Bi-weekly talks
The Rochester Section meets approximately twice each month, usually on Tuesdays. Our meetings include a talk by a featured speaker. Each talk is preceded by an informal dinner at a local restaurant with the invited speaker. The annual dinner meeting in April includes a banquet dinner. These meetings are open to all individuals. The meetings for the upcoming 2009-20010 year are listed below. Please contact a member of the house committee to RSVP for a particular pre-talk dinner.
The Next Talk:
Dynamic Silicon Nanophotonic Devices
Date: April 6th
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Speaker: Stefan Preble
Abstract:
Optical interconnect technology has been successfully used for decades in long-distance telecom applications, and in recent years it is becoming an increasingly attractive alternative to on-chip metal interconnects. Silicon is the ideal material for on-chip optical interconnects because of its maturity in the electronics industry, offering the possibility of monolithic integration of both photonic and electronic functionality on one chip. This talk will give an overview of the state of the art in the field, from Si-compatible lasers to detectors and the prospects for chip-scale optical interconnects in the near future. It will also cover recent results on silicon nanophotonic resonant devices that dynamically control light. Specifically, the talk will present a completely new way to change the wavelength of light based on the dynamic tuning of a resonator, as well as how this same effect can be used to realize optical memories and optical diodes.
Speaker Bio
Stefan Preble is an Assistant Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the Microsystems Engineering Program. He received his B.S. degree from RIT in 2002 and Ph. D. degree from Cornell University in 2007. Stefan's research interests are currently in novel silicon nanophotonic devices and optical interconnects. He recently received a DARPA Young Faculty Award and an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award. He also received a gold medal award in the 2005 Human Competitive Evolutionary Algorithms competition for his work on evolutionary photonics. He has publications in Nature Photonics, Optics Express, Applied Physics Letters and Physical Review Letters.
Pre-Meeting Dinner
The pre-meeting dinner will be held at Phillips European Restaurant (26 Corporate Woods ) at 5pm. For reservations please contact Xinye Lou (lou@optics.rochester.edu) by noon on Monday, April 5th.
Upcoming Talks
The calendar below displays the upcoming talks for the 2009/2010 meeting year. Please check back often as this calendar may change in the upcoming weeks.
A PDF version of the year's calendar can also be downloaded here (also in 11x17 format).
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Directions to UR Laboratory for Laser Energetics (UR/LLE)
From the city of Rochester, take Mount Hope Ave. south, then turn right onto East River Road at the exit for I-390. Take the first left into the LLE entrance. Park anywhere in the lot.
From the north or west, take I-390 south to Exit 16A toward West Henrietta Rd. Bear left at the light, then take the first right into the LLE entrance. Park anywhere in the lot.
From the east, take I-590 south to I-390 north and follow the directions from the south.
From the south, take I-390 north to exit 16 toward West Henrietta Rd. At the exit ramp, get into the second lane from the right and go straight through the light (crossing East Henrietta Rd.). Stay in that lane, following the signs for West Henrietta Rd. Go straight through another light (crossing West Henrietta Rd.), and then take the next left into the LLE entrance. Park anywhere in the lot.
There is a small blue sign at the LLE entrance, but it's not very visible, so just look for the place to turn.
Here is a link to google maps which can be used to provide exact driving directions to UR/LLE.