Student Paper Competition

The papers submitted to the competition were reviewed during the standard Technical Program Committee (TPC) review process. After the papers are presented at the meeting, the Program Committee members will select winners based on content quality, value to the technical community of interest and the student's presentation skills.

2024 Finalists

Applied Industrial Spectroscopy (AIS)

Manuel Ballester Matito, Northwestern University, USA (FD1.1​)
Optical Characterization of Thin Films from Transmission Data using Deep Learning

Optical Sensors (Sensors)

Javier Elaskar, Scuola Superiore SantAnna, Italy (SM3C.2​)
Integrated High-speed Sub-picometer Wavemeter Based on Silicon Carrier-depletion Modulator

Alexander Hwang, Stanford University, USA (STu1C.2)
Integrated Optical Parametric Oscillators for Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy

Francesca Samà, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy (AW1C.1)
Improving the Sensitivity of Refractive Index Interferometric Sensors on Silicon Chip

Sachin Srivastava, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India (SF5A.5)
Bessel Beam Trapping based Fabrication of a ‘Nanoparticle over Metal’ - SERS Platform with Enhanced Performance

Pedro Vidal-Moreno, Universidad de Alcala, Spain (STu3C.5)
Frequency-Time 2D Matched Filter to Reduce Calibration Time in Multifrequency Database CP-ΦOTDR

Laser Applications to Chemical, Security and Environmental Analysis (LACSEA)

Roderik Krebbers, Radboud University, Netherlands (LTu1F.1​)
In-Situ Plasma Diagnostics Using Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Sources Based on Nonlinear Fibers

Awnik Roy, The Miami Valley School, USA (LM3E.5)
100-KHz Rate CO Imaging Using Burst-mode OPO

Daniel Zhang, Farragut High School, USA (LTu3F.2)
Deep Learning Based Optical Flow Analysis of High-speed Flows

Quantum Sensing and Metrology (QSM)

Shishir Dasika, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (QM1D.4​)
Ultra-low AC Susceptibility Measurement with Quantum Diamond Microscope

Shunsuke Nishimura, University of Tokyo, Japan (QM3D.4)
Perfectly-aligned Diamond Quantum Sensors to Visualize Superconducting Vortices

Maximilian Reichert, University of the Basque Country, Spain (QW3G.3​)
Heisenberg-Limited Quantum LiDAR for Joint Range and Velocity Estimation

Maximilian Reichert, University of Bristol, UK(QTh1G.4)
Towards Pulsed High-gain Quantum Imaging with Undetected Photons