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Poster Session
6:00-8:00 International Ballroom - Center
WP.1 -
Concept for a Holographic Particle Counter

    Georg. Brunnhofer , CTR AG, Villach, Austria, Alexander. Bergmann , TU Graz, Graz, Austria, Martin. Kraft , CTR AG, Villach, Austria,

    A novel holographic- based sensing system for the determination of aerosol particle number concentrations is pre- sented. A model was designed to support both the development of a new counting algorithm and the conception of a measurement setup.
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High Linearity of Coupling-modulated Microring Modulators

    Payam. Rabiei , Partow Technologies LLC, Vista, CA, United States

    The frequency response of microring modulators is analyzed using the Jacobi–Anger expansion method. The linearity of coupling-modulated microring (CMMR) modulators is analyzed. It is shown that the CMMR modulators can achieve a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) that is much higher than Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs).
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Enhaced Spectrophotometric Measurements for Complex Refractive Index Characterization

    Gabriella. Cincotti , University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

    Real-time image data processing tools are proposed to enhance the spectrophotometric absorbance accuracy, using a three-wavelength LED source. The measurements of the beam spot-size allow us to determine the ray displacement in the liquid cuvette and then the corresponding refractive index.
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Optimization of light trapping micro-hole structure for high-speed high-efficiency silicon photodiodes

    Ekaterina. Ponizovskaya Devine , W&WSens Devices, Inc, Lathrop, CA, United States

    We optimized micro-holes in a thin slab for fast Si photodetectors at wavelength 800-950nm. Lateral modes are shown to be responsible for the effective light trapping. Small disorder and cone hole shapes helped achieve uniform quantum efficiency in a wide wavelength range.
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Tunable Mid-IR Emission through Four-Wave Mixing in Xe- Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber

    Christian. Keyser , Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin, AFB, FL, United States, Jeffrey. Beck , Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI, United States,

    A tunable mid-IR source based on four-wave mixing in Xe-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber is investigated numerically. Tunability from the 1.95μm pump through the mid-IR is demonstrated. In spite of higher loss, modeling suggests that smaller core fiber improves conversion efficiency
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Wavelength-switchable IF over fiber network under ultra-dense WDM configuration for high-speed railway systems

    Atsushi. Kanno , NICT, Koganei, Japan, Pham. Tien Dat , NICT, Koganei, Japan, Naokatsu. Yamamoto , NICT, Koganei, Japan, Tetsuya. Kawanishi , Waseda University, Shinjuku, Japan,

    Ultra-dense wavelength-division-multiplexing-based intermediate frequency over fiber system based on single-sideband suppressed carrier modulation at 15 GHz is demonstrated with a fast wavelength-tunable laser for tracking the train cars in high-speed train systems by switching the wavelengths.
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Progress on Wavefront Sensorless Adaptive Optics

    Marinko. Sarunic , Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, Daniel. Wahl , Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, Christine. Huang , Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, Myeong Jin. Ju , Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, Robert. Zawadzki , University California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, Stefano. Bonora , CNR-Inst Photonics & Nanotech, Padova, Italy, Yifan. Jian , Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada,

    Adaptive optics has been applied to retinal imaging in order to resolve the cellular features. We are investigating wavefront sensorless adaptive optics (WSAO) for Optical Coherence Tomography and Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy, using the image quality to guide the aberration correction.
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Label-Free DNA Identification Using Light Scattering from Microbeads and Dielectrophoresis Spectroscopy

    Ivan. Lima Jr. , North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States, Fleming. Gudagunti , North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States, Logeeshan. Velmanickam , North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States, Dharmakeerthi. Nawarathna , North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States,

    We developed a label-free biosensor based on light scattering from polystyrene beads and dielectrophoresis spectroscopy that can identify single stranded DNA. We have demonstrated this method using DNA strands with 16, 17, and 26 base pairs of nucleotides.
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Switchable photonic components based on zenithal-bistable nematic liquid crystal gratings

    Romeo. Beccherelli , CNR-IMM, Roma, Italy, Dimitrios. Zografopoulos , CNR-IMM, Roma, Italy, Emmanouil. Kriezis , AUTH, Thessalonikki, Greece,

    We demonstrate electro-optically switchable photonic components based on zenithal bistable liquid-crystal gratings that operate as switchable beam splitters, beam steerers, quarter-wave plates, and narrowband guided-mode resonant filters. The switching dynamics of the liquid-crystal orientation, coupled to lightwave propagation, are investigated with a tensorial formulation.
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Multilevel Optical Data Storage using Samarium-doped Matlockite Nanocrystals

    Nicolas. Riesen , University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Australia, Kate. Badek , University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia, Lubina. Kasim , University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia, Yinlan. Ruan , University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, Tanya. Monro , University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Australia, Hans. Riesen , University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia,

    We present results demonstrating the prospects of samarium-doped nanocrystals for use in ultra-high capacity multilevel optical data storage. Optical data storage is demonstrated through fluorescence tuning of MeFCl:Sm (Me: Ba, Sr) in the deep UV with a 7 orders of magnitude linear dynamic range.
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Scene Reconstruction via Coherency Imaging

    Ahmed. Elhalawany , College of optics & photonics, Orlando, FL, United States, Andre. Beckus , Department of Electrical and C, Orlando, FL, United States, H.. Kondakci , College of optics & photonics, Orlando, FL, United States, Morgan. Monroe , College of optics & photonics, Orlando, FL, United States, Nafiseh. Mohammadian , College of optics & photonics, Orlando, FL, United States, George. Atia , Department of Electrical and C, Orlando, FL, United States, Ayman. Abouraddy , College of optics & photonics, Orlando, FL, United States,

    We implement numerical back-propagation of the experimentally obtained spatial complex coherence function to estimate both the axial and transverse positions of 1D objects. The measurement of the coherence function of partially coherent light is performed using dynamical double slits implemented via digital micromirror device.
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Ultra-broadband All-Optical Wavelength Conversion in Tellurite Waveguides with Engineered Dispersion

    Jorge. Marconi , Universidade Federal do ABC, CECSS, anto André, Brazil, Eric . Fagotto , PUC-Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, M. L. F.. Abbade , UNESP-Univesidade Estadual Paulista, São João da Boa Vista, Brazil,

    An one-(1P) and a two-pump (2P) four-wave mixing ultra-broadband all-optical wavelength converter (AOWC), based on a tellurite waveguide, are proposed and numerically tested using 56 Gb/s QPSK signals. The 1P- and the 2P-AOWC provide wavelength conversion over a 5.5 and 12 THz band, respectively.
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A Directly Modulated Distributed Feedback Laser for Millimeter-wave Signal Generation

    P. C.. Peng , Taipei Tech., Taipei, Taiwan, W. C. . Tang , Taipei Tech., Taipei, Taiwan, M. A. . Bitew , Taipei Tech., Taipei, Taiwan, H. W. . Gu , Taipei Tech., Taipei, Taiwan, B. Y. . Guo , Taipei Tech., Taipei, Taiwan, R. K. . Shiu , Taipei Tech., Taipei, Taiwan,

    In this paper, we proposed and experimentally demonstrated a directly modulated distributed feedback laser to generate microwave or millimeter-wave signals. Experimental results revealed that the proposed scheme can generate a four-fold microwave signal with a frequency varying from 60 to 80 GHz.
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Wavefront Deformation and Stress in Thin Films by Carrier Frequency Interferometry

    CARMEN . MENONI , COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT COLLINS, CO, United States

    We use carrier frequency interferometry to determine the radius of curvature of amorphous thin films deposited onto thick substrates with high accuracy with a relatively simple setup.
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All-fiber OAM Generation/Conversion Using Helically Patterned Photonic Crystal Fiber

    Mohamed. Seghilani , INRS-EMT, Montreal , QC, Canada, José. Azana , INRS-EMT, Montreal , QC, Canada,

    We propose an all-fiber Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) generator/converter based on photonic crystal fiber designed to introduce a high-accuracy helical effective refractive index profile. The design is compact, presents wideband operation (whole C-band), low loss and high OAM purity.
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Collisions of Bragg grating solitons in a semilinear coupler with cubic-quintic nonlinearity

    Md.. Islam , The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Javid. Atai , The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia,

    The collision dynamics of counterpropagating moving Bragg grating solitons in a semilinear coupler with cubic-quintic nonlinearity are investigated. The effects of soliton velocity, quintic nonlinearity and coupling coefficient on the collision outcomes are studied.
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Moving gap solitons in dual-core systems with separated nonuniform Bragg grating and nonlinearity

    Tanvir. Ahmed , The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Javid. Atai , The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia,

    We investigate the existence and stability of moving gap solitons in a dual core system where one core has only Kerr nonlinearity and the other one is linear and has a Bragg grating with dispersive reflectivity.
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Diffraction-Free Space-Time Pulsed Light Sheets with Arbitrary Beam Profile

    H.. Kondakci , CREOL, UCF, Orlando, FL, United States, Ayman. Abouraddy , CREOL, UCF, Orlando, FL, United States,

    We experimentally demonstrate one-dimensional diffraction-free pulsed light sheets created via highly correlated spatio-temporal spectra produced using a two-dimensional pulse shaper. The beam profile with arbitrary shape can be synthesized at the pulse center by phase and amplitude spectral modulation.
WP.19 -
Modal Analysis via Compressive Optical Interferometry

    H.. Kondakci , CREOL, UCF, Orlando, FL, United States, Ayman. Abouraddy , CREOL, UCF, Orlando, FL, United States, George. Atia , UCF, Orlando, FL, United States, Davood. Mardani , UCF, Orlando, FL, United States, Lane. Martin , CREOL, UCF, Orlando, FL, United States,

    We propose a compressive approach to optical mode analysis of a light beam in an arbitrary basis from a small set of interferogram samples. This yields significant reduction in acquisition time and reconstruction complexity without modifying the native optical interferometer or introducing additional hardware components.
WP.20 -
Modal Gain Investigation on the GaAs-based InAs/InGaAs Quantum Dot Mode-locked Laser

    Xiang. Li , NTU Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    InAs/InGaAs quantum dot mode-locked lasers are fabricated and characterized. The modal gain as the saturable absorber voltage (SAV) changes is investigated. The ground state lasing dominates at low SAV, and excited state transition emerges when SAV increases.
WP.21 -
Ideality Factor of 2 µm InGaSb/AlGaAsSb Quantum Well Lasers

    Xiang. Li , NTU Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    The ideality factor of a 2 µm InGaSb/AlGaAsSb quantum well laser is investigated. The total ideality factor comes mainly from the central p-n junction and two metal-semiconductor junctions. It decreases from 4.0 to 3.3 when the temperature is increased from 20 to 80 degree(C).
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Active Plasmonic Nanospirals

    Charles. Pelzman , New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States, Sang-Yeon . Cho , New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States,

    We report on the experimental demonstration of active Archimedean nanospirals that exhibit unique far-field patterns from the interaction of locally excited surface plasmon waves with an active medium. The captured far-field images show complicated internal mode structures such as plasmonic vortex-like modes.
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Deformable Plasmonic Metamembrane

    Charles. Pelzman , New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States, Sang-Yeon . Cho , New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States,

    In this presentation, we report on the experimental demonstration of a new class of metasurfaces, plasmonic metamembranes. Compared to conventional plasmonic metasurfaces, the demonstrated metamembrane has a mechanically flexible structure offering new designs and operation of plasmonic metasurfaces.
WP.24 -
Flexible Visible Photonic Crystal Laser Cavity

    Jie. Zhou , Peking University, Shenzhen, China, Taojie. Zhou , CUHKSZ, Shenzhen, China, Jiagen. Li , CUHKSZ, Shenzhen, China, Kebo. He , CUHKSZ, Shenzhen, China, Zhaoyu. Zhang , CUHKSZ, Shenzhen, China,

    The authors propose a L3 defect photonic crystal nanolaser embedded in flexible medium for nanoscale strain detections. A theoretical optical strain sensitivity of ~4 nm per ε (1% strain) in the x-direction and ~3 nm per ε (1% strain) in the y-direction is predicted.
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Photonic Compressed Sensing Nyquist Folding Receiver

    Richard. Shmel , Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States, Philip. Pace , Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States,

    We demonstrate how integrated photonic components can be used to generate frequency modulated optical pulses below the Nyquist criteria in order to compress a wideband radio frequency environment for sampling. The compressed signals can be analyzed and extracted using digital signal processing techniques.
WP.26 -
High Performance InP-based Ridge-Waveguide Distributed Feedback Lasers with InGaAs Multi-Quantum Wells emitting at 2004 nm

    Tao. Yang , Institute of Semiconductors, Beijing, China

    We report on the fabrication and characterization of high performance InP-based ridge-waveguide distributed feedback lasers with InGaAs multi-quantum wells emitting at 2004 nm. By means of a relatively simple fabrication process, the device can operate stably with good performance.
WP.27 -
Extremely Large Mode-Area Compact Hybrid Multi-Trench Fiber With Controlled Leakage Loss

    Dr G. Thavasi Raja , ECE, NIT Trichy, Trichy, India, Balkrishna. Kurade , ECE, NIT Trichy, Trichy, India, Dr S. Varshney , E&ECE, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, Nidhin. Prasad , ECE, NIT Trichy, TamilNadu, India,

    We propose an extremely large mode-area compact hybrid multi-trench fiber with ~40µm core at 1064nm. High-index arc in trench helps to achieve mode-area of 1300µm^2 at a practical bending radius of 7.5cm. Resonant rings and trench gaps maintain effectively single-mode operation and bending loss constraints.
WP.28 -
Higher Order Micro Transmission Grating Fabrication Inside Quartzglass by Femtosecond Laser Micromachining

    Sanyogita. Singh , IIT KANPUR INDIA, Kanpur, India

    We report fabrication of volume grating inside the quartz glass sample using femtosecond direct writing technique with 7μm grating period. The maximum diffraction efficiency with change in refractive index~10-4 was examined to be 69.69 % for 632.8 nm .
WP.29 -
A Vertically-stacked Anti-Polar Diode (VAD) Pixel for Organic Semiconductor Image Sensors

    Jennifer. Kassel , UCF - CREOL, Orlando, FL, United States

    A novel pixel structure is demonstrated to provide simple patterning for switchable 2-terminal devices with almost 100% fill factor. A blocking diode is grown directly on top of an organic photodiode to provide a vertically stacked structure that can easily be integrated in series.
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All-Optical Modulation of Ultrasharp Lattice Plasmons

    Mohammad. Taghinejad , Georgia Institute of Technolog, atlanta , GA, United States

    A sub-picosecond all-optical plasmonic modulator is demonstrated by leveraging ultrafast injection dynamics of hot-electrons at the interface of gold/ITO, incorporated into a metamaterial absorber. Accurate control over modulation depth and modulation wavelength is achievable in the proposed design.
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Efficient Single-Mode Waveguide Coupling of Electrically Injected Optical Antenna Based nanoLED

    Nicolas. Andrade , UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

    We propose a novel structure to efficiently couple the output of electrically injected slot antenna-based nanoLED into a single mode waveguide. 3D FDTD simulations show it is possible to achieve 85% waveguide-coupling efficiency with a 250nm 3dB bandwidth.
WP.32 -
Extending the direct modulation bandwidth by mutual injection locking in integrated coupled DFB lasers

    Yuanfeng. Mao , Institute of Semiconductors, Beijing, China, Yongguang. Huang , Institute of Semiconductors, Beijing, China,

    We demonstrate the modulation bandwidth enhancement in integrated coupled DFB lasers. The coupling strength of the dual DFB is tunable duo to a SOA sandwiching in the center. The 3-dB bandwidth is increased from 8.6 GHz to 18.7 GHz under mutual injection locking.
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Ultrafast Direct Measurement of HBT Effect Between Different Modes by Two-photon Absorption

    Bin. Bai , Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, Yu. Zhou , Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, Hui. Chen , Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, Jianbin. Liu , Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, Huaibin. Zheng , Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, Zhuo. Xu , Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China,

    HBT effect of thermal light between different modes based on multi-mode interference is directly observed in a modified Michelson interferometer with orthogonal polarizations by a two-photon absorption detector at ultrashort timescale, which serves as a new unique tool for ultrafast quantum bunching distribution.
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Improving the Performance of Narrow Linewidth Semiconductor Laser through Self-Injection Locking

    Zhaosong. Li , University of CAS, Beijing, China, D.. Lu , Chinese Academy of Science, Y.. He , Chinese Academy of Science, J.. Wang , Chinese Academy of Science, X.. Zhou , Chinese Academy of Sciences, J.. Pan , Chinese Academy of Science,

    The performance of a narrow linewidth external cavity semiconductor laser was improved in terms of linewidth and working range by using a self-injection scheme. A linewidth narrowing by a factor of 8~22 and a working range improvement by a factor of 1.33 were demonstrated.
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Fabrication for 3-Dimensionally Shuffled Polymer Waveguide with GI Circular Core Using the Mosquito Method

    MD OMAR FARUK. RASEL , KEIO UNIVERSITY, YOKOHAMA, Japan, T.. Ishigure , Keio University,

    We fabricate 3-dimensional shuffling structure in multimode polymer waveguide with graded-index (GI) circular core for optical printed circuit board (OPCB) using the Mosquito method. The waveguide aligned with a 250-µm inter-channel pitch contains vertically bent structures to achieve greater wiring density for on-board optical interconnects.
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Design and Fabrication of a Bi-directional Mode-Division Multiplexer (BMDM) for Optical Interconnects

    Omnia. Nawwar , E-JUST, New Borg Elarab city, Egypt, Hossam. Shalaby , Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, Ramesh . Pokharel , Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan,

    A bi-directional mode-division multiplexer (BMDM) based on strip waveguides is presented. The device is fabricated and tested to prove the concept. Insertion losses less than -3:5 dB with crosstalks less than -15 dB are measured for all multiplexed modes at 1550 nm.
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Transfer of Complex Spatial Coherence Function in Reflection from Inhomogeneous Scattering Media

    Mahed. Batarseh , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, Zhean. Shen , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, Roxana. Rezvani Naraghi , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, Heath. Gemar , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, Sergey. Sukhov , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, Aristide. Dogariu , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States,

    We investigate both experimentally and numerically the transformation of spatial coherence function (SCF) during reflection from a scattering medium. We demonstrate that the information about SCF of the incident field survives scattering at grazing angles of incidence and for angularly detuned observation direction.
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Wide-Field Interferometric Measurements of Nonstationary Complex Coherence Function

    Heath. Gemar , University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States, Mahed . Batarseh , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, Roxana. Rezvani Naraghi , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, Sergey. Sukhov , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, Aristide. Dogariu , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States,

    We demonstrate an optimized two-step procedure for measuring the full complex coherence function. The measurement relies on a wavefront shearing interferometer that permits characterizing nonstationary fields over an extended angular domain. The accuracy of the coherence measurement was demonstrated by excellent agreement with theoretical predictions.
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Spectral Plasmonic Lensing of an Array of Metallic Nanoslits

    Moein. Shayegannia , University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Zacharie. Léger , University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Nastaran. Kazemi-Zanjani , University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Nazir. Kherani , University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada,

    We utilized a Monte Carlo optimization algorithm on an array of metallic nanoslits of uniform width to maximize the normalized electric field at a focal point. The results indicate optimal hyperspectral focusing of light in the far-field.
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A Multi-frequency Optoelectronic Oscillator Based on a Dual-output Mach-Zender Modulator and Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

    Feng . Fan , Dalian University of Technoloy, Dalian, China, Mingshan. Zhao , Dalian University of Technolog, Dalian, China, Jingjing. Hu , Dalian University of Technolog, Dalian, China, Wenwu. Zhu , Dalian University of Technoloy, Dalian, China, Yiying . Gu , Dalian University of Technoloy, Dalian, China,

    A multi-frequency optoelectronic oscillator (MF-OEO) is proposed. The MF-OEO simultaneously implements two tunable oscillation frequencies of microwave signal from 1 GHz to 16 GHz. The phase noises at 10 kHz frequency offset are -92.32 dBc/Hz and -90.75 dBc/Hz for 10 and 15 GHz signals.
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Self-injection Locked Quantum-dash Multi-wavelength Laser

    Mohammed Zahed Mustafa. Khan , ORL, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Mohamed. Shemis , ORL, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Emad. Alkhazraji , Jubail Industrial College, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Talal Ali. Khan , ORL, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Amr. Ragheb , KACST-TIC for the e-Society, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Habib. Fathallah , King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saleh. Alshebeili , King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

    InAs/InP quantum-dash multi-wavelength laser is reported utilizing self-injection locking coherency boosting technique. Subcarrier controllability between 1-16 Fabry-Perot modes (1600-1610nm) with ~-3–9dBm mode power is achieved. Thereafter, a successful 64 Gbit/s DP-QPSK data transmission is demonstrated via a single self-injection locked mode over 20km single-mode-fiber.
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An Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm for Optical Diffraction Tomography

    Shengli. Fan , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, Seth. Smith-Dryden , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States,

    An iterative algorithm is presented for optical diffraction tomography beyond the validity of filtered backprojection or backpropagation algorithms. This algorithm is numerically demonstrated to reduce the normalized root-mean-squared error (NRMS) in refractive index of the reconstructed object by a factor of four.
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Detection System for Point-Of-Care Multiplexed Bead-Based Immunoassays

    Kevin. de Haan , University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    We demonstrate a bead based assay which can detect the presence of an analyte in a small sample using a microfluidic cartridge. The fluorescence emitted by the beads and fluorophores bound to the beads is used to detect the presence of C-reactive protein.
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Implementation of OCDMA Using Nested Ring Resonators

    Hossam . Shalaby , Prof.Dr., alexandria, Egypt, mahmoud . elrabiaey , Eng., alexandria, Egypt, Ziad. El-Sahn , Dr., alexandria, Egypt, El-Sayed . Youssef , Prof.Dr., alexandria, Egypt,

    We present an implementation of an optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) encoder using compact nested two-ring-resonators filter. The encoder is based on silicon on insulator (SOI) technology to filter three wavelengths. The proposed implantation footprint has a 30% reduction of those using cascaded-ring-resonators filters.