PRESS RELEASE
12 September 2022
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Meet at the Intersection of Science and Applications: 2022 Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science Conference
Conference to Introduce the Technologies of Tomorrow Built with the Research of Today
ROCHESTER – The Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science (FIO LS) conference will be held 16-20 October 2022 at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, NY. The hybrid conference will feature two plenary talks, and seven visionary discussions on the latest optics and laser science advances. The joint plenaries are scheduled for 18-19 October 10:30-11:30, Eastern Time UTC-04:00.
“The five-day conference will feature over 50 technical sessions, poster presentations, and special events,” Virginia Tech professor Ting-Chung (T.-C.) Poon and FIO general chair. “The technical program is supplemented by three themes that represent leading-edge applications in optics and photonics. Each theme operates as a unique ‘workshop’ within the conference.”
“FIO LS’s vibrant business-focused programming will provide participants with an understanding of current market trends as well as new technologies and insight into the future of optics and laser science,” Turan Erdogan, Plymouth Grating Laboratory, Inc., and FIO general chair. “Exhibit floor technical sessions will address the state of the industry, emerging technologies and recommended courses of action to tackle even the toughest business challenges.”
“Our team of General Chairs worked with the FIO LS subcommittees to carefully curate a technical program that addresses the breadth and depth of the optics and photonics community,” David Reis, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences and LS general chair. “The meeting's structure is influenced by technical divisions such as fabrication, design and instrumentation; optics in biology, medicine, vision and color; and information acquisition, processing and display.”
“For those who are either early or established in their careers, networking events at FiO LS are intended to bring people together and to provide long-lasting, enduring professional connections,” remarked Colorado State University professor Randy Bartels and LS general chair. “Many multidisciplinary events have been planned to increase the opportunity of cross industry collaboration.”
Plenary Speakers
Scott Acton, Ball Aerospace & Technologies, USA
Presentation: Peddling a Telescope: Reflections on Aligning the Webb Telescope and Cycling the World
Acton will step us through the alignment and phasing of the Webb Telescope and share some of his adventures experienced while attempting to cycle around the world to promote the telescope.
Monika Ritsch-Marte, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
Presentation: Opportunities in Optical Imaging by Wavefront Shaping with Spatial Light Modulators
Liquid crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs) provide a wealth of opportunities to extend optical imaging. Used as a programmable Fourier filter, an SLM can emulate various microscopy techniques. SLMs allow for multiplexing the image into sub-images showing different modalities (brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast), customized parameter settings, or different depths inside the sample. Wavefront correction with SLMs also advances the imaging depth in strongly scattering brain tissue.
Visionary Speakers
- Marty Banks, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Kimberly Budil, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
- Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia, PsiQuantum, USA
- Tony Heinz, Stanford University, USA
- Demetri Psaltis, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
- Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology, USA
- Frank Wise, Cornell University, USA
Special Presentation: U.S. Representative Joe Morelle
U.S. Representative Joe Morelle (D-NY), who represents the Rochester, New York region in the U.S. Congress, will make special remarks to FiO Conference attendees about the role of optics in growing America's position as a global leader in innovation.
Exhibition Programming
Commercializing Meta-optics: Applications, New Opportunities and Challenges
Organizer: Rob Devlin, CEO, Metalenz, Inc., USA
Meta-optics are planar optical elements comprised of subwavelength nanostructures. By precisely engineering the scattering properties of these nanostructures, meta-optics provide unprecedented control over electromagnetic radiation with a single layer of material, creating the opportunity to greatly reduce the size and complexity of existing optical systems, while also providing new functionality to optical modules. Given their planar nature and simple construction, meta-optics enable the large-scale mass production of optics in existing semiconductor foundries for the first time. This panel will discuss the path of meta-optics from lab-scale demonstrations to the first commercial applications. It will also explore new opportunities within the field and remaining challenges for widespread adoption.
Challenges of PIC Packaging for Power-Efficient High-Speed Optical Communications
Organizers: Thomas Brown, University of Rochester, USA; Turan Erdogan, Plymouth Grating Laboratory, Inc., USA; Alex Turukhin, Cisco, USA
Photonics packaging, particularly the test, assembly, and packaging of photonic integrated circuits and systems remains one of the most technically complex and expensive steps in prototyping and manufacturing photonic integrated circuits. During this session, speakers will describe the most significant challenges and discuss solutions for improving scalable manufacturing processes and tools for PICs and PIC Applications. These include traditional telecom applications and low-cost biosensors, PICs for quantum technology, and photonics for precision metrology and spectroscopy.
Health and Safety:
Optica Management is committed to the health and safety of conference participants and is following global, federal, state and local health guidelines in preparation for FIO LS 2022. All conference attendees, exhibitors, vendors and staff must be fully vaccinated and show proof of vaccination with photo ID and wear a mask in the Rochester Convention Center at all times except when actively eating and drinking. Please visit the health and safety page for additional information on requirements and procedures for entering the conference, including vaccine and mask guidelines.
Registration Information:
Credentialed media and analysts who wish to cover FIO LS can find registration and other essential information in the FIO LS media room. Digital assets are available for credentialed media.
About the 2022 Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science
Frontiers in Optics is Optica’s Annual Meeting and is held together with Laser Science, a meeting sponsored by the American Physical Society’s Division of Laser Science (DLS). The two meetings unite Optica’s and APS communities for four days of quality, cutting-edge presentations, in-demand invited speakers, and a variety of special events spanning a broad range of topics in optics and photonics—the science of light—across the disciplines of physics, biology, and chemistry. Register to attend: Media Registration.
About Optica
Optica (formerly OSA), Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, is the society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in the field. Founded in 1916, it is the leading organization for scientists, engineers, business professionals, students and others interested in the science of light. Optica's renowned publications, meetings, online resources and in-person activities fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate scientific, technical and educational achievement. Discover more: Optica.