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Events 2020-2021

AP 483 Optics and Electronics Seminar (Spring 2021)
Prof. David A. B. Miller
Mondays via Zoom

https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97651947395?pwd=eGVYQWs3cGl4cTVBb3ZiQnRORElwQT09
Password: 031847

     NOTE: 1/2 of seminars will be given at 12:00 Noon* and 1/2 at 4:15 PM

* March 29, 2021:  12:00 Noon
Wim Bogaerts, Silicon Photonics, Ghent University-IMEC
Title:  Programmable Photonics

April 05, 2021:  4:15 PM
Joel Carpenter, University of Queensland
Title:  Creation of Time-Reversed Optical Waves

* April 12, 2021:  12:00 Noon
Hilmi Volkan Demir, Bilkent University/NTU Singapore
Title:  Semiconductor Nanocrystal Optoelectronics:
A Journey from Colloidal Quantum Dots to Wells

* April 19, 2021:  12:00 Noon
Peter Banzer, University of Graz
Title:  Playing Hide-and-Seek at the Nanoscale – Tailored Field
Landscapes for Precise Particle Tracking and More

April 26, 2021:  4:15 PM
Gordon Wetzstein, Stanford University
Title:  End-to-End Optimization of Optics and Algorithms

May 03, 2021:  4:15 PM
Keren Bergman, Columbia University
Title:  Energy Efficient, Multi-Terabit Photonic Connectivity for Disaggregated Computing

     May 10, 2021 - CLEO Conference - No Talk

* May 17, 2021:  12:00 Noon
Ursula Keller, ETH
Title:  Dual Comb Mode Locking and Applications

May 24, 2021:  4:15 PM
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University
Title:  Inverse Designed Integrated Photonics

     May 31, 2021 - Holiday - No Talk

* noon time talk

AP 483 Optics and Electronics Seminar (Winter 2021)
Prof. Bert Hesselink, Organizer
Mondays via Zoom

https://stanford.zoom.us/j/99397444101

January 11, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Demetri Psaltis
Professor of Optics, EPFL
Title: Optics and Machine Learning

January 18, 2021
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (holiday, no classes)

January 25, 2021 at 4:15 pm
Harry Atwater
Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
Title:  Laser Lightsails

February 1, 2021 at 4:15 pm
Eric Mazur
Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University
Title: Extreme optics with zero-index and flat-band metamaterials

February 8, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Loukas Paraschis
Senior Director, Cloud Transport Architecture and Technology, Infinera
Title: A Photonics Perspective on Data Center Interconnects

February 15, 2021
Presidents' Day (holiday, no classes)

February 22, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Tom Soh
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Radiology, Stanford University
Title: Continuous measurements of biomolecules in live subjects

March 1, 2021 at 4:15 pm
Max Yuen
Research Engineer, Stanford University
Title: Grating Based Differential Phase Contrast X-ray Imaging and Recent Applications to Medical Imaging

March 8, 2021 at 4:15 pm
Ellen Ochoa
American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center
Title: My Experiences and Science at the ISS

March 15, 2021 at *12:00 pm
Xiaobo Yin
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics, University of Colorado in Boulder
Title: Large Scale Micro-/nano-photonic Materials for Energy and Sustainability

*new time

Fall 2020-21
Prof. Amir Safavi-Naeini, Organizer

Mondays from September 14 – November 16, 2020

Remote via Zoom at 4:15 pm PST

https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95644162933

September 14, 2020
Olivier Pfister
Professor of Physics, University of Virginia
Title: Quantum computing over the rainbow: the quantum optical frequency comb as a platform for measurement-based universal quantum computing

September 21, 2020
Warwick Bowen
Professor of Physics, University of Queensland, Australia
Title:  Sensing beyond the conventional limits: vortices, viscosity and molecular vibrations

September 28, 2020
Mona Jarrahi
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, U.C.L.A.
Title:New Frontiers in Terahert Technology
 
October 5, 2020
Ben Eggleton
Professor, Director of the University of Sydney Nano Institute, Australia
Title: A Renaissance in Brillouin scattering

October 12, 2020
Sophia Economou
Professor, Dept. of Physics, Virginia TECH
Title: Spin-photon interfaces for quantum networks

October 19, 2020
Andrea Armani
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, USC
Title: Organic small molecule integrated photonics

October 26, 2020

John Davis
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Canada
Title: Quantum Techonologies Enabled by Cavity-Optomechanics at Low Temperatures

November 2, 2020
Hanhee Paik
Research Staff, Experimental Quantum Computing, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, NY
Title: Benchmarking quantum computers and future directions for superconducting quantum hardware

November 9, 2020
Ana Asenjo Garcia
Assistant Professor of Physics, Columbia University
Title:TBA

November 16, 2020
Mankei Tsang
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer engineering & Dept. of Physics, National
University of Singapore
Title: Resolving starlight: a quantum perspective