Review Program 2019
Topics
New design, research, development for:
- IR Instrumentation: Optical, Spectrometers, Gas and Flame Detection, Remote Temperature Measurement
- IR Detectors and New Material Development
- IR Sources: Lasers, LEDs, MEMS
- IR Components: Filters, Optics, Mirrors, Fibers
Schedule
Program – October 29: Friend Center, Princeton University
8:30-9:00 Coffee and Registration
9:00-9:10 Opening Statement and Welcoming Remarks
Tuesday Morning Session Chair: Gerard Wysocki
9:10-9:35 Fiber-Coupled QCL for Open-Path Sensing of
Ammonia
Prof. Mark Zondlo
Princeton University
9:35-9:50
Precision Frequency Comb Spectroscopy with a Cross-Dispersed Mid-Infrared Spectrograph
Michelle Bailey
NIST
9:50-10:05 IR based hydrocarbon composition analyzer – enabling Technology in the Clean Energy Revolution
Vidi Saptari
MKS Instruments
Poster Presenters: Xuehui Guo and Jing Wang
10:30-10:45 Interband Cascade Laser Frequency Combs
Lukasz Sterczewski
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
10:45-11:00 Frequency Stabilization of a Quantum
Cascade Laser Dual-Comb Spectrometer
Cheyenne Teng
Princeton University
11:00-11:15 Mid-Infrared LEDs push into the Long-Wave IR Spectrum for Environmental and Health Sensing
Mark Miller
Terahertz Device Corporation
11:15-11:30 Applications of Novel DFB-ICL and DFB-QCL
Packages to Industrial Gas Sensing
Michael 'Mickey' Frish
Physical Sciences Inc.
11:30-11:55 Q & A Session
Poster Presenters: Jie Liu and Daniel Moore
11:55-12:00 Group Photo
12:00-1:00 Lunch
Tuesday Afternoon Session Chair: Terry Marta
1:00-1:25 Infrared optoelectronics Based on Optical
Metasurfaces: Ultrafast Modulation and Polarimetric Detection
Prof. Yu Yao
Arizona State University
1:25-1:40 MWIR detectors and FPAs with Very Low Dark Current Density
Alexander Soibel
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, CalTech
1:40-1:55 High Operating Temperature InAs/GaSb Type-II Superlattice Detectors
Andreas Woerl
Fraunhofer - IAF Germany
Poster Presenters: Michael Soskind
and Vasilios Deligiannaki
2:20-2:45 Chalcogenide Materials for mid-IR Devices: Processing and Characterization
Prof. Craig Arnold
Princeton University
2:45-3:00 QCL-based Spectrometer for Liquid Analysis in Industrial Applications
Bob Shine
Daylight Solutions
3:00-3:15 Infrared Radiation Thermometer for Combustion Gas Temperature Measurement
William 'Bud' Foran
Heitronics Infrared Systems
Poster Presenters: Jannatt Rosna and
Paris Blaisdell Pijuan
3:40-3:55 Roughness Limits for TIS/RMS Measurements
John Stover
The Scatter Works
4:00-4:15 Sensitivity Analysis of Infrared Bidirectional
Reflectance Distribution Function
Measurements using Different Detector
Chet Szwejkowski
Surface Optics Corporation
4:20-4:35 IR Performance of Retroreflective Materials in Maritime Search and Rescue
Prof. Jane Hodgkinson
Cranfield University UK
4:45-5:45 Lab Tour: PRISM Cleanroom and Imaging and Analysis Center
6:00-9:00 Networking Dinner at Triumph Brewing Company
Wednesday Morning Session Chair: Yu Yao
8:30-9:00 Coffee
9:00-9:05 Welcome Back and Reminders
9:05-9:30 Development of a Prism-based Broadband Optical Cavity (400-1600nm) for High Sensitivity Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy
Prof. Weidong Chen
Littoral Cote d’Opale University France
9:30-9:45 GaAs/AlGaAs-Based Monocrystalline Interference Coatings for Low-Loss Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy Mirrors at 4.5um
Garrett Cole
Crystalline Mirror Solutions
9:45-10:00 Tandem Interferometric Real-time Monitoring of 3D Laser Metal Additive Manufacturing
Dominic Murphy
IAM SENSTECH
10:00-10:15 Experimental challenges for deriving the optical constants for solid materials in the infrared
Tanya Myers
PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Poster Presenters: Da Pan and James Maslar
10:40-11:05 Resonant Cavity Infrared Detectors for Mid-wave Infrared Spectroscopy
Jerry Meyer
NRL (Naval Research Lab)
11:05-11:20 Broadband Characterization and Modeling of Infrared Photodetectors Mounted in TO-8 Package
Mateusz Zbik
VIGO System S.A.
11:20-11:35 Heteroepitaxial Integration of Mid-Infrared Light Emitting Diodes and Photodetectors onto Silicon
Prof. Peter Carrington
Lancaster University UK
11:35-11:50 Mid-IR MEMS Thermal Emitter Development and Test Results
Davorin Babic
Laser Components Detector Group
Poster Presenters: Nathan Li and Patrick Link
12:15-1:00 Lunch
Wednesday Afternoon Session Chair: Nicholas Croglio
1:00-1:15 Leveraging Surface Polaritons for Infrared Light Sources
Thomas Folland
Vanderbilt University
1:15-1:30 3-4 micron VCSELs and DFB ICLs for Gas Spectroscopy
Kevin Lascola
Thorlabs
1:30-1:55 Photonic Integrated Circuits for Trace Gas Spectroscopy
Eric J. Zhang
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
1:55-2:10 Mid-Infrared Integrated Photonic Circuits for Non-Destructive and Real-Time Chemical Analysis
Prof. Pao-Tai Lin
Texas A&M University
2:10-2:35 Q & A Session
2:35-2:50 Production III-V Epitaxy for IR Applications
Amy Liu
IQE
2:55-3:05 Infrared U.S. and International Market Trends and Growth from a Detector and Laser Manufacturers Perspective
Matt Robinson
Laser Components USA, Inc.
3:05-3:15 MIRTHE+ Closing Remarks and Student Awards presented by Shankar Baliga
Monday, October 28
5:30-7:00 pm Meet and Greet Cocktail Reception
Tuesday, October 29
8:30 am Registration
9:00 am - 5:00 pm WORKshop, Friend Center, Princeton University Campus
5:00 - 6:00 pm Tour of MIRTHE+ labs
6:00 pm Drinks and Dinner, Triumph Brewing Company, Princeton
Wednesday, October 30
9:00 am - 4:00 pm WORKshop, Friend Center, Princeton University Campus
4:00 - 5:00 pm Tour of MIRTHE+ labs
