23 - 28 June, 2024
Stanford University
Stanford, California USA
Afternoon Arrivals
15:00 - 18:00 Registration Check-in, Stern Hall, Larkin West, Galvez St.
19:00 - 20:30 Opening Reception, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center, Room #300, “Mackenzie Room”
Eric Van Stryland, CREOL (2014 Siegman Chair and 2006 Optica President)
Daily Topic: Science of Lasers
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons
08:45 – 09:00 Day 1 Kick-Off, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201
Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA
09:00 – 09:15 Remembering Tony Siegman
Jeannie Siegman and Robert L. Byer
09:15 – 10:00 Lasers Then, Now, and Future
Robert L. Byer, Stanford University, USA
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30 Lasers Then, Now, and Future (continued)
Robert L. Byer, Stanford University, USA
11:30 – 12:30 Parametric Down Conversion Over 60 Years
Stephen Harris, Stanford University, USA
12:30 – 13:00 Nonlinear Optics Demonstration
Stanford Optica Student Chapter (STU)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor
14:00 – 15:00 Quantum Optics & Photonic Inverse Design
Giovanni Scuri and Geun Ho Ahn, Stanford University, USA
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15 Quantum Optics & Photonic Inverse Design (continued)
Giovanni Scuri and Geun Ho Ahn, Stanford University, USA
16:15 – 17:30 Nano, Pico, and Femtosecond Lasers for Micromachining
James Kafka, Emeritus Fellow, Spectra-Physics / MKS, USA
17:30 – 19:00 Poster Session #1, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center
19:00 Dinner, Arillaga Family Dining Commons
Daily Topic: Laser Measurement Science
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons
08:45 – 09:00 Day 2 Kick-Off, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201
Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA
09:00 – 10:00 Ultrafast Lasers
Ursula Keller, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Ultrafast Lasers (continued)
Ursula Keller, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
11:15 – 12:00 Quantum Computers
Jon Simon, Stanford University, USA
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor
13:00 – 14:00 Quantum Computers (continued)
Jon Simon, Stanford University, USA
14:00 – 14:45 Post von Neumann Computing
Hideo Mabuchi, Stanford University, USA
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:15 Post von Neumann Computing (continued)
Hideo Mabuchi, Stanford University, USA
16:15 – 17:30 Commercial Laser Applications
Julie Eng, Coherent Corp., USA
17:30 – 19:00 Poster Session #2, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center
19:00 Dinner, Arillaga Family Dining Commons
Daily Topic: Integrated Photonics
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons
08:45 – 09:00 Day 3 Kick-Off, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201
Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA
09:00 – 10:00 Programmable Photonics
Francesco Morichetti, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Programmable Photonics (continued)
Francesco Morichetti, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
11:15 – 12:00 Quantum Nonlinear Integrated Photonics
Amir Safavi-Naeini, Stanford University, USA
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor
13:00 – 14:00 Quantum Nonlinear Integrated Photonics (continued)
Amir Safavi-Naeini, Stanford University, USA
14:00 – 14:45 A New Way of Making, Using and Understanding Optics
David Miller, Stanford University, USA
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:15 A New Way of Making, Using and Understanding Optics (continued)
David Miller, Stanford University, USA
16:15 – 17:30 Adventures in Silicon Photonics
Michael Hochberg, Centre for Geopolitics, USA
17:30 – 19:00 Poster Session #3, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center
19:00 Dinner, Arillaga Family Dining Commons
Daily Topic: Laser Applications
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons
08:45 – 09:00 Day 4 Kick-Off, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201
Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA
09:00 – 10:00 Attosecond Science/FELs
Agostino Marinelli and James Cryan, Stanford University, USA
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Attosecond Science/FELs (continued)
Agostino Marinelli and James Cryan, Stanford University, USA
11:15 – 12:00 Optical Communication
Joseph Kahn, Stanford University, USA
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor
13:00 – 14:00 Optical Communication (continued)
Joseph Kahn, Stanford University, USA
14:00 – 14:45 Biophotonics
Steve Chu, Stanford University, USA
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:15 Biophotonics (continued)
Steve Chu, Stanford University, USA
17:00 – 17:30 The Genesis of the Siegman School, Faculty Club (Cedar Room)
Speakers: Jeannie Siegman, Gary Bjorklund, and Eric Van Stryland
17:30 – 19:00 Celebrating the Siegman International School on Lasers Evening Soirée
Daily Topic: Lasers in Quantum Science and Engineering
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons
08:45 – 09:00 Kick-Off Day 5, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201
Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA
09:00 – 10:00 Frequency Comb Spectroscopy
Scott Diddams, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Frequency Comb Spectroscopy (continued)
Scott Diddams, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
11:15 – 12:00 Synthetic Dimensions in Photonics
Shanhui Fan, Stanford University, USA
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor
13:00 – 14:00 Synthetic Dimensions in Photonics (continued)
Shanhui Fan, Stanford University, USA
14:00 – 14:30 Closing Remarks/Adjournment
Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA
14:30 – 15:30 Optional Tour of Ginzton Laboratory
