Technical Events

Conv. Ctr. Ballroom 20C

Monday 27 August 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Tuesday 28 August 8:00 to 10:00 pm
Wednesday 29 August 5:30 to 7:00 pm

Conference attendees are invited to attend the poster sessions on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evening. Each evening will represent a different set of conferences. Come view the posters, ask questions, and enjoy the refreshments. Authors of poster papers will be present to answer questions concerning their papers. Attendees are required to wear their conference registration badges to the poster sessions.

Poster Setup

Poster presenters may set up between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm on the day of their assigned presentation. Poster presenters who have not set up by 5:00 pm on the day of their presentation will be considered a "no show" and their manuscript will not be published. Presenters must remove their posters immediately after the poster session. Posters not removed will be considered unwanted and will be discarded. SPIE assumes no responsibility for posters left up after the end of each poster session.

Conference Chair: Masud Mansuripur, College of Optical Sciences/The Univ. of Arizona

Date: Wednesday 29 August
Time: 8:25 AM - 8:30 AM

Date: Wednesday 29 August
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Conv. Ctr. 31C

Time: 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Author(s): Anthony E. Siegman, Stanford Univ.

Time: 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Author(s): Kristina M. Johnson, Duke Univ.

Time: 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Author(s): Albert Macovski, Stanford Univ.

Time: 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Author(s): Alexander A. Sawchuk, Univ. of Southern California

Time: 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Author(s): James C. Wyant, College of Optical Sciences/The Univ. of Arizona

Time: 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Author(s): Lambertus Hesselink, Stanford Univ.

Date: Wednesday 29 August
Time: 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Time: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Author(s): Harrison H. Barrett, College of Optical Sciences/The Univ. of Arizona

Time: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Author(s): Jehoshua Bruck, California Institute of Technology

Time: 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Author(s): Raymond K. Kostuk, The Univ. of Arizona

Time: 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Author(s): Ellen Ochoa, NASA Johnson Space Ctr.

Time: 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Author(s): Robert A. Sprague, SiPix Imaging Inc.

Time: 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Author(s): James R. Fienup, Univ. of Rochester

Time: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Author(s): Jack D. Gaskill, College of Optical Sciences/The Univ. of Arizona

Date: Wednesday 29 August
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Time: 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Author(s): Yoshito Tsunoda, Hitachi-Maxell (Japan)

Time: 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Author(s): John F. Walkup, Emeritus Texas Tech. Univ.

Time: 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Author(s): Gordon R. Knight, Nanochip, Inc.

Time: 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Author(s): Antonio R. Dias, Dias Associates

Time: 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Author(s): Barry L. Shoop, U.S. Military Academy

Date: Wednesday 29 August
Time: 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Time: 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Author(s): David A. B.Miller, Stanford Univ.

Time: 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Author(s): Mike Farn, Consultant

Time: 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Author(s): Eric W. Hansen, Dartmouth College

Time: 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Author(s): Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, Univ. of California/Berkeley

Time: 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Author(s): Masud Mansuripur, College of Optical Sciences/The Univ. of Arizona

Conference Chairs: Kristina M. Johnson, Duke Univ.; Michael G. Robinson, ColorLink, Inc.

Date: Thursday 30 August
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Conv. Ctr. 25B

The evolution of visual entertainment systems has relied on advances in optical materials, devices, and hardware/software systems to capture, transmit, store and display pictures with ever increasing clarity, resolution, color gamut, and brightness. With the advent of improved three-dimensional display technology, 3D high-definition home and cinema projection will explode in the next decade.

This workshop will focus on the enabling optical technologies for future entertainment systems including, novel illumination devices, optical system design, digital and analog reflective, transmissive, transmission, and emissive displays, making animation realistic, games for training, education and entertainment, image capture, processing storage and display. The ergonomic and human factors associated with visualizing new and innovative technologies will also be emphasized.

Time: 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Author(s): Mark J. Prusten, Optical Design Labs.; Michael Magee, The Univ. of Arizona

Time: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Author(s): Olha V. Malinochka, Kiev Univ. of Economy and Transport Technology (Ukraine)

Time: 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Author(s): Bob Y. Chang, Christina M. Chase, Labsphere, Inc.

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Author(s): Sayuri Hashimoto, Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan); Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Citizen Active Co., Ltd. (Japan); Akira Onozawa, Eiich Hosoya, Ikuo Harada, NTT Microsystem Integration Labs. (Japan); Junzo Okunaka, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Japan)

Time: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Author(s): Milos Klima, Czech Technical Univ. (Czech Republic)

Time: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Author(s): Emin Gabrielyan, Switzernet (Switzerland)

Date: Tuesday 28 August
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Marriott Marina F

Panel Moderators:
Paul C. W. Davies, BEYOND – Ctr. for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona State Univ.
Richard B. Hoover, NASA/National Space Science and Technology Ctr.

Panel Members:
Eric M. Galimov, V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry (Russia)
Francois C. Raulin, GDR CNRS Exobio (France)
Alexei Yu. Rozanov, Paleontological Institute (Russia)
David S. McKay, NASA Johnson Space Ctr.
Gilbert V. Levin, Spherix Inc.
Michael Storrie-Lombardi, Kinohi Institute
Jere H. Lipps, Univ. of California/Berkeley
David Deamer, Univ. California/Santa Cruz
Joseph Seckbach, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel)
N. C. Wickramasinghe, Cardiff Univ. (United Kingdom)

Date: Tuesday 28 August
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Marriott Coronado

Chair: Scot S. Olivier, Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

This meeting provides a forum for communication within the specialized fields of active and adaptive optics for scientists and engineers who are working or interested in these and related disciplines, including sensor technologies, control systems, real-time computing, optical and mechanical precision engineering.

This event will feature a keynote talk by Olivier Guyon from the Subaru Telescope on Adaptive Optics Techniques, Technology Developments and Future Needs for Extra-Solar Planet Detection. Adaptive Optics systems dedicated to the direct detection and characterization of exoplanets, ("Extreme-AO") are now being developed for 8m-class telescopes. More capable systems are also planned for the next generation of large telescopes on the ground as well as for coronagraphic space telescope missions. These highly specialized AO systems incorporate very innovative techniques and hardware, and will be quite different from current "general-purpose" AO systems. Dr. Guyon will review the current state of "Extreme-AO" development and show that several promising techniques, especially in high sensitivity wavefront sensing and coronagraphy, point to a bright future for extrasolar planet science with AO, both from the ground and in space.

A panel discussion with Dr. Guyon and other experts in this field will follow.

Date: Monday 27 August
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Marriott Mission Hills

Chair: R. John Koshel, Lambda Research Corp. and College of Optical Sciences/The Univ. of Arizona

We will present two topics: étendue and state-of-the-art concepts for displays. For the former, speakers from display manufacturers, such as Philips, will be on hand to discuss such display topics as:

LED displays,

Visual experience of viewing displays, and

Future trends in displays.

For the étendue topic, a panel with a moderator will be convened to discuss this very important topic of illumination system design. Étendue describes the geometrical propagation characteristics of optical systems, and for illumination systems it provides a metric for design analysis and limitations. This provides a physical limit analogous to that of the diffraction limit of imaging/lens design. For both topics, each presenter will give a short overview, followed by questions from the audience. If you would like to participate as a presenter in either of these areas, or possibly in another area, please contact John Koshel (john.koshel@osa.org). At the conclusion of the planned agenda the floor will be open to impromptu presentations and questions. Light refreshments will be served. We look forward to your participation.

Date: Tuesday 28 August
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Marriott Marina D

Chairs: Mary Turner, Breault Research Organization, Inc.; Steve Johnston, Photon Engineering, LLC; Rich Pfisterer, Photon Engineering, LLC

Modern Lens Design Methods

Six completely different methods for designing and optimizing optical systems, starting from scratch, will be discussed. Many design examples will illustrate these methods of generating new designs, and some will be demonstrated in real time during the talk. Systems shown range in complexity from a 27 element lithographic lens to a very simple new type of stereo viewer designed for Salvador Dali. Some design methods, like starting from a set of parallel plates, show a very surprising sensitivity to the exact initial conditions. A new and very simple type of perfect optical system (no aberrations of any kind and it forms a flat real image of a flat real object) was invented using no computations of any kind, using one of the six design methods. This material should lead to some interesting discussions by the group.

About the author:
David Shafer has been a lens designer for 41 years. He is a Fellow of the O.S.A. and received the SPIE Conrady Award in 2005. Dave has had his own design and consulting business since 1980 and mainly works with lithographic and wafer inspection designs. He has a special interest in using aberration theory to generate new types of optical designs and in optimization methods. Dave is 64, but he reads on a 66 year old level.

Date: Tuesday 28 August
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Marriott Cardiff

Chair: Alson E. Hatheway, Alson E. Hatheway Inc.

This is the annual meeting of the premier group of optomechanical engineers that design and analyze the world's optical instruments and systems. Our feature speaker will be Larry Stepp who will discuss,

Optomechanical Challenges of the Thirty Meter Telescope

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will be an extremely large, ground-based segmented-mirror optical-infrared telescope. Although similar in concept to the Keck Observatory 10-meter telescopes, each Keck telescope has just 36 hexagonal segments, while TMT will have 492! TMT faces new technical challenges because of its size and complexity and new programmatic challenges because of the strong pressure to limit its cost and complete its construction as quickly as possible. Larry Stepp is the TMT Telescope Department Head. His department is responsible for the telescope structure, optics and controls.

This gathering is open to all attendants to the Optics and Photonics Symposium. Anyone who wishes to put an item on the agenda should contact the Chair [Al Hatheway: aeh@aehinc.com]. One agenda item will certainly be the advance planning of our biennial conference on Optomechanics for year-after-next's (2009's) Optics and Photonics Symposium.

Following the speakers and other agenda items the floor will be open for our traditional 'Problems and Solutions Workshop' session so bring some challenges for the group.

Date: Tuesday 28 August
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Marriott Balboa

Chair: Warnick J. Kernan, NSTec

This meeting brings together technologists and scientists with interests in neutron, x- and gamma-ray detection, spectroscopy, and imaging for all applications.

This meeting will feature a special presentation on "Title," Dr. Ann M. Parsons, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr.

Date: Tuesday 28 August
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Marriott Mission Hills

Chair: Forbes R. Powell, Luxel Corp.

The X-Ray/UV Optics Technical Community is comprised of scientists and engineers involved in the design, development, and application of X-Ray/UV optical technologies. This meeting will feature a fast moving series of brief informal presentations in a format similar to that used at some conferences to preview poster session papers. Speakers will be allowed 2 viewgraphs and 5 minutes including questions to present whatever they think might be of interest to those present. Presenters will speak in the order they sign up at the meeting. After the last presentation we will open the meeting to a general discussion with no preset rules. We have used this meeting format for the last five years with good success.

In the past we have had an interesting mix of senior people giving brief updates on their current activities, and young scientists and engineers asking for help in finding information that might aid them in their work. For this reason, we would like to encourage broad attendance and participation in this meeting. It provides a good vehicle for "networking" and "mentoring" within this group's areas of endeavor. There will be two prizes for the best talks as judged by the audience present. One prize will be for the best talk by a senior person, and one prize will be for the best talk by a young person. Deciding on the winners has always added to the fun.

Date: Wednesday 29 August
Time: 11:50 AM - 1:20 PM
Location: Conv. Ctr. 28B

(No-Host Lunch) In conjunction with conference 6682

Chair: Art Lompado, Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc.
Co-Chair: Derek Sabatke, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

This event is focused on research, development, engineering, and applications in fields of optics where polarization and its measurement are key issues. Held in conjunction with Conference 6682: Polarization Science and Remote Sensing III.