6th CIPS Annual Meeting | Challenges for 21st Century Photonics                 Advance Program

2009

The overall focus of the Annual Meeting is to discuss the opportunities and challenges for integrated photonic components, modules, and subsystems to have a significant impact on future systems and applications.

Silicon Photonics

Advances in materials and devices, especially modulators, waveguides and detectors, and in optical circuit integration will be highlighted. Applications to interconnects, data communications, and signal processing will be discussed.

High Speed Interconnects

Optical interconnects hold the promise for higher density and per-link data rate. Due to high density, one of the grand challenges is the energy-efficiency of the optical front-ends and electrical links that drive them, both on and off-chip. The talks will focus on the recent advances in high-performance systems that exploit the nascent capabilities of optical interconnects and silicon photonics.

Advanced Semiconductor Emitters

This session will investigate a variety of advanced semiconductor laser sources. Devices to be highlighted include quantum dot lasers, external-cavity sources, advanced uncooled diodes and high-power SOAs. Presentations will include material on epi materials, devices and applications.

Optical Broadband – FTTx

The session will focus on the key technology alternatives for advanced broadband access.  It will highlight both WDM PON and 10GPON components and architectures, and will also address content and traffic issues related to next-generation networks.

Ultrafast Technologies

The session will focus on the science and applications of intense ultrafast light sources.  A broad range of technologies and applications will be discussed, including sources for communication systems and medical instrumentation.

Medical Photonics

This session will explore the application of photonic devices to various problems in biosensing and medical diagnostics.  While an overview of the various applications will be provided, the session will focus on the role of photonics in the process of drug discovery and manufacturing.

Integrated Multimaterial Fibers

The session will focus on recent advances in photonic and electronic integration in optical fibers composed of multi-materials. Emphasis will be on materials, devices, and applications.

Portable Photonics

Key photonic technologies for mobile applications will be discussed. These include microprojectors, displays and backlighting. One emphasis will be on the progress and role of organic semiconductors.

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Poster Sessions will feature current research presented by MIT graduate students coinciding with the poster presentations that follow the plenary talks.

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