Special Symposia at Frontiers in Optics 2009/Laser Science XXV

The Future of 3-D Display: The Marketplace and the Technology

See Lahsen Assoufid, FiO Program Chair, discuss highlights of the symposium.

Symposium organizer: Hong Hua; Univ. of Arizona, USA

3-D displays have become substantially critical for many applications, including medical and scientific visualization, flight simulation and training, engineering design, and entertainment. One example is the reviving enthusiasm in 3-D cinema. A recent animated film, “Beowulf”, was shown in 3-D in many theaters around the world and generated millions of dollars in box office revenue. There is also increasing interest in developing 3-D home entertainment systems. On the technology side, many of the traditional displays methods, such as 3-D projection systems and head mounted displays, have been making steady improvements, and several different new display concepts and technologies have emerged. This symposium aims at bringing together researchers who are involved in 3-D display technologies, a range of applications, and research vis-à-vis human factor.

Keynote Speaker

FTuA1, 3-D Entertainment: A Revolution that has Already Started, Rod Archer; RealD Inc., USA

Tutorial Speaker

FTuA2, What Should We Know about Human Depth Perception in Constructing 3-D Displays? Martin Banks; Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA

Invited Speakers

FTuF1, Three-Dimensional Sensing, Visualization, and Display by Integral Imaging, Bahram Javidi¹, Manuel Martinez-Corral², Adrian Stern³, Edward Watson⁴; ¹Univ. of Connecticut, USA, ²Univ. of Valencia, Spain, ³Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel, ⁴AFRL, USA

FTuF2, Development of Integral Images, Pingfan Wu, Douglas S. Dunn, Robert L. Smithson, Steven J. Rhyner; 3M Corp., USA

FTuF3, Problems in Physically Based Simulations of Real-World Environments, Donald P. Greenberg; Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell Univ., USA

FTuM1, Accommodation Responses to Stereoscopic Images, Kazuhiko Ukai; Waseda Univ., Japan

FTuM2, A Novel 3-D Display that Presents Nearly Correct Focus Cues, Martin S. Banks¹, Gordon D. Love², David M. Hoffman¹, Philip J. W. Hands², Andrew K. Kirby²; ¹Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA, ²Durham Univ., UK

FTuM3, Volumetric True 3-D Display Using Multi-Focal Scanned Light, Brian Schowengerdt; Univ. of Washington, USA

FTuM4, 3-D TV Based on Integral Method Using Extremely High-Resolution Video System, Masahiro Kawakita, Jun Arai, Fumio Okano; NHK Science & Technical Res. Labs, Japan

FTuT1, Large Area 3-D Updateable Holographic Displays Using Photorefractive Polymers, Nasser Peyghambarian; Univ. of Arizona, USA

FTuT2, Progress in Volumetric Three-Dimensional Displays and Their Applications, Gregg E. Favalora; Actuality Systems Inc., USA

FTuT3, The Coming Generation of Head Worn Displays, Kevin Thompson¹, James P. McGuire¹, Ozan Cakmakci¹, Jannick P. Rolland²; ¹Optical Res. Associates, USA, ²Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, USA

Gravitational Wave Interferometry from Earth and Space

See Tom Carruthers, FiO Program Chair, discuss highlights of the symposium.

Symposium organizer: Michael Barnes¹, David Reitze²; ¹Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, ²Univ. of Florida, USA

Within the past 10 years, kilometer-scale terrestrial gravitational wave detectors have been built to search for gravitational waves emitted from cataclysmic astrophysical sources such as colliding black holes and the Big Bang. In order to detect gravitational waves, surface-based interferometers have been developed with unprecedented sensitivities, approaching 10^-19 m/s. Plans are underway to develop space-based gravitational wave detectors that will open up a whole new window on the universe. Large-scale underground optical and atom interferometers are in the planning phases. This symposium will cover the emerging field of gravitational wave astronomy with an emphasis on the central role lasers and optical technologies play in the operation of gravitational wave detectors.

Tutorial Speaker

JMB1, Gravitational Wave Interferometry, Peter Fritschel; MIT, USA

Invited Speakers

JMB2, LISA: Detecting Gravitational Waves from Space, Jeffrey Livas; NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr., USA

JMB4, The Virgo Gravitational Wave Detector, François Bondu; Univ. de Rennes 1, France

JTuA1, Next Generation Interferometers for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Rana Adhikari; Caltech, USA

JTuA3, GEO600 and Directions in Optics Related Research for Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector, Sheila Rowan; Univ. of Glasgow, UK

JTuA5, Japanese Gravitational Wave Detectors: LCGT and DECIGO, Seiji Kawamura, LCGT Collaboration, DECIGO Working Group; Natl. Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan

Laser Science Symposium on Undergraduate Research

Symposium organizer: Harold Metcalf; Stony Brook Univ., USA

This special DLS annual symposium is rapidly becoming one of the most successful DLS traditions (this year's is the ninth of a series that began at the Long Beach meeting in 2001). During the past several years the number of undergraduates presenting papers has grown from only 10 to nearly 40, and the talks have been of outstanding quality, some absolutely stellar. Last year's posters were outstanding as well, and generated a great deal of lively interest and on-the-spot discussion. This year's symposium will consist of afternoon poster and oral sessions. The event provides an opportunity for some of the student members of our community, who are already among the finest young scientists to be found anywhere, to present their work before an audience of their peers as well as the larger optics community. All are invited and encouraged to attend the sessions.

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Optics for Imaging at the Nanoscale and Beyond

See Lahsen Assoufid, FiO Program Chair, discuss highlights of the symposium.

Symposium organizers: Lahsen Assoufid, Ian McNulty, Christian Schroer, Valeriy Yashchuk; Argonne Natl. Lab, USA

Powerful and exciting new tools have enabled imaging with light at unprecedented resolution reaching well into the nanoscale, from the visible to the x-ray region. This symposium brings the latest optical methods for nanoscale imaging across a broad spectral range to the fore. Rapidly developing techniques are covered including single-molecule fluorescence and coherent diffractive imaging, and novel optical elements such as 4-PI lenses, Fresnel zone plates, and singular optics. Researchers in fundamental as well as applied and industrial fields will find this symposium to address a wide range of topics relevant to imaging with light at the nanoscale.

Tutorial Speaker

FThA1, Introduction to Diffraction Limited X-Ray Optics, David Attwood; Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Lab, USA

Invited Speakers

FThA3, Singular and Other Novel X-Ray Diffractive Optics, Anne Sakdinawat; Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Lab, Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA

FThA4, Laboratory X-Ray Micro- and Nano-Imaging, Hans M. Hertz, M. Bertilson, E. Chubarova, O. Hemberg, O. v Hofsten, A. Holmberg, M. Lindblom, U. Lundström, D. Nilsson, M. Otendal, J. Reinspach, P. Skoglund, P. Takman, T. Tuohimaa, U. Vogt; Royal Inst. of Technology, Sweden

FThG1, X-Ray Nano-Tomography at HZB, Gerd Schneider¹, Peter Guttmann¹, Stefan Heim¹, Waltraud Müller², Jim McNally²; ¹Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Elektronenspeicherring BESSY II, Germany, ²Lab of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Natl. Cancer Inst., Natl. Inst. of Health, USA

FThG2, X-Ray Refractive Optics for Nanofocusing, Anatoly Snigirev; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France

FThG3, 10nm-Level Focusing of Hard X-Rays by KB Mirrors, Kazuto Yamauchi; Osaka Univ., Japan

FThM1, Intracellular Nanoscale Imaging with Fluorescence Photoactivation Localization Microscopy, Samuel Hess; Univ. of Maine, USA

FThM2, Nanoscale X-Ray Focusing with Reflective Optics, Gene E. Ice¹, Jonathan Z. Tischler¹, Jae-Young Choi², Wenjun Liu³, Ali Khounsary³, Lahsen Assoufid³, Deming Shu³, Chian Liu³; ¹Oak Ridge Natl. Lab, USA, ²Pohang Accelerator Lab, Republic of Korea, ³Advanced Photon Source, Argonne Natl. Lab, USA

FThM3, Fabrication of Freeform Mirrors: Metrology and Figuring, Helge Thiess, H. Lasser; Carl Zeiss Laser Optics GmbH, Germany

FThM4, The Hard X-Ray Nanoprobe Beamline at Argonne National Laboratory, Jörg Maser, Martin V. Holt, Robert P. Winarski, Volker Rose, Gregory Brian Stephenson, Peter Fuesz; Argonne Natl. Lab, USA

FThT1, Multi-Modal Scanning X-Ray Microscopy, Andreas Menzel¹, Pierre Thibault¹, Martin Dierolf¹^,², Cameron M. Kewish¹, Franz Pfeiffer^,; ¹Paul Scherrer Inst., Switzerland, ²Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

FThT3, Future Developments for Hard X-Ray Zone Plates, Wenbing Yun; XRADIA Inc., USA

OSA Topical Meeting Highlights

Symposium organizer: Michael Duncan, NRL, USA

OSA offers a wide variety of topical meetings where cutting-edge research is presented. In an effort to bring some of the outstanding presentations that are given at these meetings to a broader audience, the committee has chosen, for the fourth year in a row, to offer a special session devoted to important papers from many of the topical meetings. One select presentation from each of a number of topical meetings held in 2009 (or late 2008) will be highlighted so that FiO attendees may see the type of exciting research being reported. The papers in this special session have been chosen by topical meeting attendees and by the topical meeting chairs.

Invited Speakers

Nonlinear Optics, 2009
FWO1, Active Terahertz Metamaterials, Hou-Tong Chen, John F. O'Hara, Abul K. Azad, Antoinette J. Taylor; Los Alamos Natl. Lab, USA

Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications, 2009
FWO2, Photonics in Supercomputing: The Road to Exascale, Jeffrey Kash; IBM Res., USA

Optical Trapping Applications, 2009
FWO3, Optical Manipulation of Femtoliter Aqueous Droplets for Nanochemistry Applications, Ana Jofre, Ben Faulk, Jason Case; Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Advanced Solid-State Photonics, 2009
FWO4, Fourier Domain Mode Locking (FDML): A New Laser Operating Regime and Applications for Biomedical Imaging, Profilometry, Ranging and Sensing, Robert Huber; Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. München, Germany

Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging, 2009
FWV1, Deflectometry Challenges Interferometry: 3-D-Metrology from Nanometer to Meter, Gerd Häusler¹^,², M. C. Knauer¹, C. Faber¹, C. Richter¹, S. Peterhänsel¹, C. Kranitzky¹, K. Veit²; ¹Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, ²3D-Shape GmbH, Germany

Slow and Fast Light, 2009
FWV2, Manipulating Slow Light by Ultrahigh-Q Nanocavities and Their Coupled Arrays, Masaya Notomi, T. Tanabe, E. Kuramochi, H. Taniyama; NTT Basic Res. Labs, Japan

Novel Techniques in Microscopy, 2009
FWV3, Wide Field, Minimally Invasive OCT: Recent Advances and Clinical Implications, Ben Vakoc, Brett E. Bouma; Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Phase Space Optics—Optical System Theory for the 21st Century

Watch Markus Testorf, Subcommittee Chair and Symposium Organizer, discuss highlights of the symposium.

Symposium organizer: Markus Testorf; Dartmouth College, USA

This special symposium is aimed at promoting phase space optics, i.e. optical system theory in terms of the Wigner distribution function and related joint signal transformations. In recent years phase space optics has expanded its scope significantly, and it is recognized as an important complement to standard Fourier optics. Important applications that have benefited from phase space concepts include phase retrieval, computational imaging with extended focal depth, and generalized sampling strategies. The special symposium will feature invited presentations given by experts representing the cutting edge of research in this area.

Tutorial Speaker

FWQ1, Wigner Distribution, Partial Coherence, and Phase Space Optics, Martin J. Bastiaans; Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Eidhoven Univ. of Technology, Netherlands

Invited Speakers

FWQ2, The Connection between Rays and Waves, Miguel A. Alonso; Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, USA

FWQ3, Novel Optical Devices for Extended Field of View, Jorge Ojeda-Castañeda; Univ. of Guanajuato, Mexico

FWW1, Wigner Cross-Terms in Sampled and Other Periodic Signals, William T. Rhodes¹, John J. Healy², John T. Sheridan²; ¹Florida Atlantic Univ., USA, ²Univ. College Dublin, Ireland

FWW2, The Radon-Wigner Transform and Its Application to First-Order Optical Systems, Genaro Saavedra, Walter D. Furlan; Univ. de València, Spain

FWW3, Design of Rotating Beams, Tatiana Alieva¹, Eugeny Abramochkin²; ¹Univ. Complutense de Madrid, Spain, ²PN Lebedev Physical Inst., Samara Branch, Russian Federation