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Room 315 Room 316 Room 317IQECCLEO10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.IME • Solitons and NonlinearWave PropagationDemetrios Christodoulides;CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida,USA, Presider10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.CMO • Free Space Optical andQuantum CommunicationsCurtis Menyuk; Univ. ofMaryland, Baltimore County,USA, Presider10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.CMP • Resonant and PhotonicCrystal Structures EmissionMartin T. Hill; Eindhoven Univ. ofTechnology, Netherlands, PresiderIME1 • 10:15 a.m.Incoherent Surface-Solitons in Effectively-Instantaneous Nonlinear Media, Barak Alfassi,Carmel Rotschild, Mordechai Segev; Technion-Israel Inst. of Technology, Israel. We study, theoreticallyand experimentally, random-phasesurface-solitons in instantaneous nonlocalnonlinear media, where the key mechanism forself-trapping is played by the nonlocal nature ofthe nonlinearity.CMO1 • 10:15 a.m.Non-Line-of-Sight Cloud-Scatter Communication,Rex Moncur, Paul Edwards, Le N. Binh;Monash Univ., Australia. We report novel low bitrate non-line-of-sight optical free space communicationover 200 km employing forward scatteringfrom clouds with 134 dB link loss and mid-pathscatter gain of 10 dBi.CMP1 • 10:15 a.m. InvitedPhotonic Crystal Nanocavity Laser with SingleQuantum Dot Gain, Masahiro Nomura, NaotoKumagai, Satoshi Iwamoto, Yasutomo Ota,Yasuhiko Arakawa; Univ. of Tokyo, Japan. Wedemonstrate a photonic crystal nanocavity laseressentially driven by single quantum dot gain.A diluted quantum dot density (~0.4/cavity)resulted in clear single quantum dot feature anddistinct phase transition in photon correlationmeasurements.IME2 • 10:30 a.m.Area Theorem and Energy Quantization for DissipativeOptical Solitons, William H. Renninger,Andy Chong, Frank W. Wise; Cornell Univ., USA.We derive a dissipative soliton area theorem thatcontrasts with other area theorems: the energyscales directly with the pulse duration, and theenergy has an upper bound. Predictions are verifiedin a fiber oscillator.CMO2 • 10:30 a.m.Integrated Angle-of-Arrival Sensing and SimultaneousBidirectional Communication Using aCat’s Eye Modulating Retroreflector, David J.Klotzkin 1,2 , Peter G. Goetz 2 , William S. Rabinovich 2 ,Mike S. Ferraro 2 , Rita Mahon 2 , Steven C. Binari 2 ;1Binghamton Univ., USA, 2 NRL, USA. A bidirectionalsingle-aperture modulating retroreflector isrealized by superimposing a small low-frequencysignal on the interrogating beam. Transmittedand received data are frequency-separated, enablingfull-duplex operation and autodetectionof illumination.IME3 • 10:45 a.m.Soliton Interaction in Dispersion-ManagedFibers: Formation of the Soliton Molecule, AlexanderHause, Haldor Hartwig, Christoph Mahnke,Michael Böhm, Fedor Mitschke; Univ. of Rostock,Germany. We present a perturbation theoryexplaining the interaction of adjacent dispersionmanaged solitons. A stable equilibrium separationand oscillations around it are found. The modelis validated by comparison to experimental andnumerical results.CMO3 • 10:45 a.m.Power Penalty from Amplified SpontaneousEmission in Spatial Diversity Links, Todd G.Ulmer, Scott R. Henion, Frederick G. Walther;MIT Lincoln Lab, USA. We investigate the powerpenalty caused by excess amplified spontaneousemission in an optically preamplified receiverfor use with a multi-wavelength spatial diversitytransmitter to mitigate atmospheric fading.CMP2 • 10:45 a.m.Directive Emission from High-Q PhotonicCrystal Cavities through Band Folding, SylvainCombrié, Nguyen Vi Quynh Tran, Alfredo De Rossi;Thales Res. and Technology, France. A new designis proposed for tailoring the farfield of high-QPhotonic Crystal nanocavities. We achieved experimentallya six-fold improvement of the collectionefficiency. This will improve single photon sourcesbased on photonic crystals considerably.Monday, June 1IME4 • 11:00 a.m.Solitons in Semiconductor Microcavities Operatingin the Strong Coupling Regime, OlegA. Egorov 1 , Dmitry V. Skryabin 2 , Alexey V. Yulin 2 ,Falk Lederer 1 ; 1 Inst. of Condensed Matter Theoryand Solid State Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ.Jena, Germany, 2 Ctr. for Photonics and PhotonicMaterials, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Bath, UK.We demonstrate theoretically the existence ofpolariton-solitons in semiconductor microcavity inthe strong-coupling regime. Their relaxation timeand required pump powers are at least one orderless than those of their weakly coupled light-onlycounterparts.CMO4 • 11:00 a.m. TutorialQuantum Communication: Real-World Applicationsand Academic Research, Nicolas Gisin;Univ. de Genève, Switzerland. The field of quantumcommunication is mature enough to divided intoan applied side, around Quantum Key Distribution,and a fundamental research program. Thistutorial gives an intuitive perspective on somerecent advances.CMP3 • 11:00 a.m.InP 2-D Photonic Crystal Lasers Integratedonto SOI Waveguides, Yacine Halioua 1,2 , TimothyKarle 1 , Isabelle Sagnes 1 , Gunther Roelkens 2 , DriesVan Thourhout 2 , Rama Raj 1 , Fabrice Raineri 1,3 ;1LPN, CNRS, France, 2 Photonics Res. Group (IN-TEC), Ghent Univ.–IMEC, Belgium, 3 Univ. Paris-Diderot, France. We report the fabrication of InPphotonic crystal lasers operating around 1.55µmat room temperature, integrated and evanescentlycoupled to SOI waveguides. Laser operation isobtained from a line-defect accurately alignedabove the SOI circuitry.Concurrent sessions are grouped across four pages. Please review all four pages for complete session information.57
Room 336 Room 337 Room 338 Room 339CLEOIQEC10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.CMQ • Ultrafast OpticsApplicationsStefan Nolte; Friedrich SchillerUniv. Jena, Germany, Presider10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.CMR • Optical CoherenceTomographyDavid Erickson; Cornell Univ.,USA, Presider10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.CMS • Pollutant and EmissionSensingTerrence Meyer; Iowa State Univ.,USA, Presider10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.IMF • Quantum Information IPaul E. Barclay; Hewlett-PackardLabs, USA, PresiderCMQ1 • 10:15 a.m.Optical Bandwidth and Focusing Dynamics Effectson an Underwater Laser Acoustic Source,Melissa Hornstein, Theodore G. Jones, AntonioTing, Dennis Lindwall; NRL, USA. Both femtosecondand nanosecond laser pulses can producenonlinear effects in water, including filamentationand laser-induced breakdown resulting in acousticgeneration. We examine the effects of GVD, varyingwavelength, bandwidth, energy, and focusingconfigurations.CMR1 • 10:15 a.m. TutorialAdvances in Optical Coherence Tomography forBiological Imaging, Johannes F. de Boer; VU Univ.Amsterdam, Netherlands. Advances in OpticalCoherence Tomography will be discussed. Sensitivityadvantages of Spectral or Fourier Domainand Optical Frequency Domain Imaging or SweptSource OCT will be explained, and examples ofclinical applications will be presented.CMS1 • 10:15 a.m. InvitedCharacterizing Particulate and Droplet SizeDistributions: Exhaust Emissions to Cloud Research,William D. Bachalo; Artium Technologies,Inc., USA. Phase Doppler interferometry appliedto spray research has improved combustionefficiency with emissions reductions and ledto insights in atmospheric and meteorologicalresearch. Laser-induced incandescence is demonstratedas a means for monitoring combustionparticulate emissions.IMF1 • 10:15 a.m. InvitedEfficient Routing of Single Photons with OneAtom and a Microtoroidal Cavity, Takao Aoki 1 , A.S. Parkins 2 , D. J. Alton 3 , C. A. Regal 3 , Barak Dayan 4 ,E. Ostby 3 , K. J. Vahala 3 , H. J. Kimble 3 ; 1 Kyoto Univ.,Japan, 2 Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand, 3 Caltech,USA, 4 Weizmann Inst. of Science, Israel. We demonstraterobust and efficient routing of photonsusing a microtoroidal cavity QED system. Singlephotons from a coherent input are sorted to oneoutput of the fiber with excess photons redirectedto the other.CMQ2 • 10:30 a.m.Remote Detection of Aluminum and Trace MethaneUsing Mobile Femtosecond Laser System ofT&T Lab, Yousef Kamali 1 , Jean-François Daigle 1 ,Patrick Tremblay Simard 1 , Francis Théberge 2 , MarcChâteauneuf 2 , Huailiang Xu 1 , Ali Azarm 1 , YanpingChen 1 , Claude Marceau 1 , Zhen-Dong Sun 1 , JensBernhardt 1 , Sophie Chagnon-Lessard 1 , François Lessard1 , Gilles Roy 2 , Jacques Dubois 2 , See Leang Chin 1 ;1Ctr. d’Optique, Photonique et Lasers (COPL),Laval Univ., Canada, 2 Defence Res. and Development(DRDC)-Valcartier, Canada. We report tworemote sensing experiments of aluminum in thewinter time and trace methane in the summer timeusing the mobile femtosecond laser facility T&T(Terawatt & Terahertz) designed by the DefenceR&D Canada-Valcartier.Prof. J.F. de Boer is a full professor at the VUUniversity, Amsterdam. He was an associateprofessor at Harvard Medical School until 2008.He is a pioneer of OCT technologies and applicationin Medicine. He developed the first videorate Spectral Domain OCT. His current interestsinclude endoscopy and microscopy.Monday, June 1CMQ3 • 10:45 a.m.Picosecond Ultrasonics Using an OpticalCavity, Yanqiu Li, Qian Miao, Arto Nurmikko,Humphrey Maris; Brown Univ., USA. We haveimplemented a new means of measuring very highfrequency ultrasound in nanostructured materials(known as picosecond ultrasonics) by using ahigh-Q optical resonator that enables significantenhancement and detailed characterization ofultrasound signals.CMS2 • 10:45 a.m.Ultra-Compact Multipass Laser AbsorptionSpectroscopy Platform for Distributed SensorNetworks, Stephen G. So 1 , Ardalan AmiriSani 2 , Frank K. Tittel 2 , Gerard Wysocki 1 ; 1 PrincetonUniv., USA, 2 Rice Univ., USA. A prototypethree-node wireless sensor network of portable,battery-powered spectroscopic trace-gas sensorsequipped with custom 24-pass Herriott cells hasbeen developed. Individual sensor performanceand sensor network localization of a gas plumewill be reported.IMF2 • 10:45 a.m. InvitedQuantum State Preparation with Waveguidesand Photon Counting, Christine Silberhorn; Max-Planck-Inst. für Optik, Germany. Recent progressin quantum communication highlights the needof advanced non-Gaussian states exhibiting highpurity and spatio-spectral single-mode characteristics.We employ tailored waveguides and photoncounting to implement efficient state preparationsuitable for quantum networks.CMQ4 • 11:00 a.m.New Concept for Ultra-Broadband PhotonicIntegrator with Fundamentally UnlimitedOperation Time Window, Mohammad HosseinAsghari 1 , Yongwoo Park 1 , Yitang Dai 2 , JianpingYao 2 , José Azaña 1 ; 1 INRS, Canada, 2 Univ. of Ottawa,Canada. We propose and demonstrate a conceptfor temporal integration of optical waveformswith no fundamental limitation on the device’soperation time window and frequency bandwidthusing a pulse multiplier concatenated with a fiberBragg grating.CMS3 • 11:00 a.m.Design and Deployment of a Quantum CascadeLaser Absorption Spectrometer in an Open-PathSensor System For Trace Gas Analysis, Anna P.M. Michel 1 , Peter Q. Liu 1 , June K. Yeung 1 , PaulCorrigan 2 , Mary Lynn Baeck 1 , Xiaole Pan 3 , HuabinDong 3 , Zifa Wang 3 , Timothy Day 4 , James A. Smith 1 ,Fred Moshary 2 , Claire F. Gmachl 1 ; 1 PrincetonUniv., USA, 2 CUNY, USA, 3 CAS, China, 4 DaylightSolutions, USA. A widely tunable, external cavityquantum cascade laser was used in the deploymentof an open-path sensor for the measurement ofwater vapor, ozone, ammonia, and carbon dioxidein the urban atmosphere of Beijing, China.58CLEO/IQEC and PhotonXpo 2009 • May 31–June 5, 2009
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