speaker Archives - European Conference on Integrated Optics

01/02/202301/02/2023

Visible light integrated photonics

presented by invited speaker Professor Joyce Poon, University of Toronto at the 2023 edition of this conference.

Joyce Poon is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, and Honorary Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Technical University of Berlin. She and her team specialize in integrated photonic devices and circuits for communications and neurotechnology. She received the PhD and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2007 and 2003 respectively, and the BASc in Engineering Science (physics option) from the University of Toronto in 2002.

03/01/202303/01/2023

Integrated and nonlinear quantum optics

A keynote presentation by Professor Roberto Morandotti, INRS, Montral, Canada at the 2023 edition of this conference.

He is professor at INRS-EMT since 2008 and has a broad knowledge in the field of photonics, ranging from the fabrication of integrated devices to the use of state-of-the-art optical characterization techniques in the Infrared and Terahertz frequency domains. During the last years, he has established a novel and very successful line of research in nonlinear optics and integrated photonics.

02/01/202309/01/2023

Progress in electronic-photonic integrated circuits and systems: platforms, devices and applications

presented by invited speaker Professor Miloš Popović, Boston University at the 2023 edition of this conference.

His research areas are: Theory, design and experimental demonstration of integrated photonic and optoelectronic devices; silicon photonics
CMOS electronics-photonics integration; integrated electronic-photonic systems-on-chip, Nonlinear integrated photonics, Quantum integrated photonic circuits and Phononic, acousto-optic, optomechanical and light-force based nanoscale devices.

30/12/202203/01/2023

Waveguide amplifiers in Si3N4 by ion implantation of erbium

presented by invited speaker Dr. Yang Liu, EPFL at the 2023 edition of this conference.

Yang Liu joined the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM) in EPFL as a postdoctoral researcher in December 2020, holding a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. He worked in the nonlinear photonics group lead by Benjamin Eggleton at CUDOS, and received his Ph.D in physics from University of Sydney, Australia in mid 2019.

29/12/202203/01/2023

Integrated programmable photonics

presented by invited speaker Dr. Daniel Pérez López, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia at the 2023 edition of this conference.

He holds a BSc, MSc and PhD degrees In Telecommunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València and is full-time working in the Photonics Research Labs. His research embraces integrated photonics, focusing on programmable photonic processors. he has been involved in several research projects and published around 20 contributions in international referred journals and conferences.

28/12/202203/01/2023

Integration of quantum light sources, circuits and superconducting detectors on nanophotonic chips

presented by invited speaker Professor Carsten Schuck, Munster University at the 2023 edition of this conference.

The vision of his reseach is centered around a versatile quantum technology platform on silicon chips that allows for realizing applications in quantum communication, quantum information processing and quantum sensing. We pursue this goal by leveraging modern nanofabrication capabilities for integrating quantum emitters and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPD) with reconfigurable nanophotonic circuits.

26/03/202226/03/2022

Recent advances in silicon integrated photonics for high-bandwidth and energy-efficient optical interconnects

presented by invited speaker Haisheng Rong, Sr. Principal Engineer, R&D Manager, Intel. Haisheng Rong (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Nankai University, Tianjin, China, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. He is currently a Senior Principal Engineer with Intel Labs. He has made numerous contributions to the development and commercialization of silicon photonics technology with Intel.

10/03/202210/03/2022

Waveguide Fourier Transform Spectrometers for Remote Sensing and Raman Spectroscopy

Presented by invited speaker Hugh D. Podmore, Senior Optical Systems Engineer, Honeywell Aerospace, Canada. He is senior optical systems engineer and PhD physicist with over 8 years experience in integrated optics and free-space optical systems development for space applications. Currently leading the optical payload team for the Quantum EncrYption and Science Satellite (QEYSSat), I aspire to continue to lead mission payload teams for deep space and planetary exploration.

09/03/202210/03/2022

Integrated THz-photonics transceivers by all-dielectric phonon-polariton nonlinear nanoantennas

A presentation by invited speaker Costantino De Angelis, Professor at University of Brescia, Italy. He received the Master degree (cum laude) in Electronic Engineering and the Ph. D. degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Padova in 1989 and 1993, respectively. In 1998 he has been appointed Professor of Electromagnetic Fields at the University of Brescia.

01/03/202201/03/2022

Quantum photonics based on nonlinear integrated optics

is the title of the presentation by invited speaker Christine Silberhorn, Professor, Paderborn University, Germany. The IQO group develops novel optical devices and methods for possible future applications in quantum information processing, quantum communication and for fundamental quantum experiments. Exploiting the potential of integrated optical devices enables on the one hand the realization of compact, miniaturized and rugged quantum lights sources and converters.