Tracks

Chair:

Parsin Haji Reza (University of Waterloo)

Co-Chairs:

Shuo Tang (University of British Columbia)

Sangeeta Murugkar (Carleton University)

Daniel Côté (Université Laval)

Kamran Avanaki (University of Illinois Chicago) 

This track provides a forum to present and discuss theory, design, fabrication, instrumentation, and applications in the areas of biophotonics, novel sensing, and advanced imaging. Topics in biophotonics include, but are not limited to, biomedical optical sensing/imaging technologies, image-guided drug delivery, brain imaging, clinical systems and applications, image-guided surgery, bio-inspired optics, and novel optical technologies for diagnosis and treatment. 

Novel sensing encompasses a range of rapidly advancing technologies that include but are not limited to fiber-optic and optical waveguide techniques, micromechanical oscillators, microcavity resonators, laser-based sensors, novel molecular probe design, nanoparticles and fluorescent markers, optofluidics, lab-on-a-chip, and small-footprint devices. 

This track also encourages submissions relating to all types of optical imaging technologies for diverse applications. Topics include, but are not limited to, 3D imaging, AR/VR, wearable display, image processing, computational imaging/spectroscopy, tomographic imaging, holography, high-dimensional imaging, multi-modal imaging, and advanced microscopy.

Keynote speakers:
1. Fedor Jelezko, Ulm University, Germany, TBD
Invited speakers:
1. Alex Vitkin, University of Toronto, Canada, TBD
2. Christos Boutopoulos, Université de Montréal, Canada, TBD
3. Chenxi Qian, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada, TBD
4. Mamadou Diop, Western University, Canada, TBD
5. Radan Slavik, University of Southampton, UK, TBD
6. Myeong Jin Ju, University of British Columbia, Canada, TBD
7. Frédéric Lesage, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, TBD
8. Kanwarpal Singh, McMaster University, Canada, TBD
9. Rupa Haldavnekar, University of Oklahoma, USA, TBD
10. Sebastian Wachsmann Hogiu, McGill University, Canada, TBD
11. Jennifer Ogilvie, University of Ottawa, Canada, TBD
12. Cheng Jiang, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Université du Québec, Canada, TBD
13. Andrew Berger, University of Rochester, USA, TBD
14. Lingyan Shi, University of California San Diego, USA, TBD
15. Junjie Yao, Duke University, USA, TBD
16. Xincheng Yao University of Illinois Chicago, USA, TBD
17. Parag Chitnis, George Mason University, USA, TBD
18. Guan (Gary) Xu, University of Michigan, USA, TBD
19. Jun Xia, University of Buffalo, USA, TBD
 

Chair:

Sharif Md. Sadaf (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Co-Chairs:
Kirk H. Bevan (McGill University)
Hieu P.T. Nguyen (Texas Tech University)

Efficient utilization of light, both natural and artificial, is an essential goal of photonics technology. This track investigates photovoltaics and photonics applications in energy efficiency and manufacturing. Papers with novel results in the following topics will be considered:
 ·    Materials, Characterization techniques,
·    Numerical modeling,
·    Advanced light management and spectral shaping,
·    Devices including photovoltaics, LEDs, power converters, low-power sensors, fuel generation,
·    System architectures,
·    Solar resource and economics models,
·    Converged bidirectional power and data, and
·    Agricultural adaptations.

Keynote speakers:
1. Motoaki Iwaya, Meijo University, Japan, TBD
2. Deep Jariwala, University of Pennsylvania, USA, TBD
Invited speakers:
1. Matthew Wong, University of Texas at Dallas, USA, TBD
2. Yuh-Renn Wu, National Taiwan University, Republic of China, TBD
3. Kirk Bevan, McGill University, Canada, TBD
4. Karthik Shankar, University of Alberta, Canada, TBD
5. Rafik Naccache, Concordia University, Canada, TBD
6. Behrad Gholipour, University of Alberta, Canada, TBD
7. Karin Hinzer, University of Ottawa, Canada, TBD
8. Xianhe Liu, Xidian University, China, TBD
9. William Wong, University of Waterloo, Canada, TBD
10. Ishikawa Fumitaro, Hokkaido University, Japan, TBD
11. Abderrauf Boucherif, Sherbrooke University, Canada, TBD
12. Dayan Ban, University of Waterloo, Canada, TBD
13. Hang Chi, University of Ottawa, Canada, TBD
14. Oussama Moutanabbir, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, TBD
15. Stephane Kena-Cohen, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, TBD
16. Dongling Ma, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, TBD
17. Najeeb Khalid, Two-Photon Research Inc., Canada, TBD
18. Andreas Ruediger, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, TBD

19. Giovanni Fanchini, University of Western Ontario, Canada, TBD

20. Manisha Gupta, University of Alberta, Canada, TBD

21. Alex Walker, National Research Council, Canada, TBD

Chair:

Arkady Major (University of Manitoba)

Co-Chairs:

Bernd Witzel (Université Laval)

Shawn Sederberg (Simon Fraser University)

Francois Blanchard (École de technologie supérieure)

Heide Ibrahim (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)

This track will provide a forum to present and explore recent developments in the areas of high-power laser technology, ultrafast optics, and applications. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Advances in laser sources; ultrafast solid-state, fiber, waveguide, and semiconductor laser sources;

• Nonlinear frequency conversion;

• High peak power lasers and amplification technologies;

• High-intensity laser-matter interactions;

• Laser-based XUV and X-ray sources;

• Applications of novel short-wavelength sources;

• Laser-based particle acceleration;

• Attosecond science;

• High harmonic generation;

• Relativistic nonlinear phenomena;

• Intense pulse propagation;

• Sources of THz radiation;

• THz spectroscopy, sensing, and imaging;

• New THz measurement techniques;

• THz nonlinear optics;

• Ultrafast devices, systems, and measurement techniques;

• Applications of ultrafast technology.

Keynote speakers:
1. Félicie Albert, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA, High Intensity Laser Science and Development of Novel X-ray light source
 

Invited speakers: 
1. Martin Bernier, Laval University, Recent progress in fluoride glass fiber lasers
2. Liang Dong, Clemson University, USA, All solid-photonic bandgap fibers for high-power fiber lasers
3.Hichem Guerboukha, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA, Structuring THz Beams for Radar and Wireless Communications
4. Peter Dombi, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary, Ultrafast current control in dielectrics and metals
5. Mikhail Polyanskiy, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, Ultrafast multi-terawatt long-wave-infrared lasers with CO2 amplifiers
6. François Fillion-Gourdeau, INRS, High-power theory at ALLS

7. David Purschke, University of Rochester, High-harmonic generation probes nanoscale disorder in amorphized silicon

Chair:
Pablo Bianucci (Concordia University)

Co-Chairs:
Jayshri Sabarinathan (University of Western Ontario)
Pin Long (O/E Land Inc.)

This track aims at giving an overview of recent trends and achievements in nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, and plasmonics, with a particular emphasis on fundamental nonlinear radiation-matter interactions, practical applications of nonlinear spectroscopy, integrated nonlinear optical devices, deep-subwavelength investigations, nanostructures, and nanomaterials for photonics, nanoplasmonic systems, metasurfaces, and metamaterials. We encourage the submission of abstracts that are related to one or more of the above topics.

Keynote speakers:
1. Michal Lipson, Columbia University, USA, TBD
2. Pierre Berini, University of Ottawa, USA, TBD
Invited speakers:
1. Eva Wieg, Technical University of Munich, Germany, TBD
2. Misha Sumetsky, Aston University, UK, TBD
3. David Moss, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, TBD
4. Martina Delgado-Pinar, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, TBD
5. Lewis Hill, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany, TBD
6. Camille-Sophie Brès, Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne, Switzerland, TBD
7. Lisa Fischer, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany, TBD
8. Paul Barclay, University of Calgary, Canada, TBD
9. Stefania Impellizzeri, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, TBD
10. Philippe St.-Jean, Université de Montréal, Canada, TBD
11. Ross Cheriton, National Research Council, Canada, TBD
 

Chair:

Winnie Ye (Carleton University)

Co-Chairs:

Jens Schmid (National Research Council)
Ahmad Atieh (Optiwave)

The goal of this track is to provide an overview of recent achievements and trends in semiconductor photonics, involving theoretical and experimental advances from the component and device level to the system application level. Both short and long-haul communication platforms will be considered. The central interest of the track is on envisioned technologies and strategies aimed at increasing the performance capabilities of available broadband communication platforms. Topics of interest in optical communications include innovative optical multiplexing strategies, such as space-domain multiplexing combined with time-domain or/and frequency-domain multiplexing techniques, advanced optical modulation formats, coherent communication strategies, digital-signal processing methods for pre- and post-compensation of linear and nonlinear impairments,  and linear and nonlinear photonic technologies for communication applications, such as integrated-waveguide (e.g., silicon photonic) technologies.

Keynote speakers:
1. David Moss, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, TBD
2. Perry Shum, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, TBD

Invited speakers:
1. Chao Shen, Fudan University, China, Advances in III-Nitride Laser Diodes Towards Large Modulation Bandwidth, Narrow Linewidth and Integrated Photonics
2. Aref Chowdhury, Lightwave Logic, USA, TBD
3. Robert Boyd, University of Ottawa, Canada, TBD
4. Sean Nelan, Spark Photonics, USA, Frontiers of Integrated Photonics: From Design to Deployment
5. Jonathan Bradley, McMaster University, Canada, High stimulated Brillouin scattering gain in hybrid tellurite-silicon nitride waveguides
6. Christina Lim, University of Melbourne, Australia, Reconfigurable Optical Crosshaul Networking for Future Wireless Communication Networks
7. Zhihong Huang, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, USA, TBD
8. Jose-Manuel Luque-Gonzalez, University of Malaga, Spain, TBD
9. Radovan Korcek, National Research Council, Canada, TBD
10. José Azaña, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, TBD
11. Ksenia Dolgaleva, University of Ottawa, Canada, TBD
12. Wei Shi, Université Laval, Canada, TBD
13. Maximilien Billet, Ghent University, Canada, TBD
14. Xu, Chang, McMaster University, Canada, TBD
15. Cem Bonfil, Optiwave Systems Inc, Canada, OptiSystem Software Enabling Photonic Integrated Circuits Simulation from Mask Layout to System Characterization
16. Ahmed Abumazwed, CMC Microsystems, Canada, Monolithic Silicon Photonics: High-Performance Silicon Nitride Passives and Tunable Active Filters
17. Thomas Jennewein, Simon Fraser University, Canada, Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Photonic Integrated Entangled Photon Sources For Quantum Key Distribution
18. Stewart Aitchison, University of Toronto, Canada, TBD
19. Mohamed Swillam, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, Tunable Doped‑Silicon Plasmonic Metasurfaces for Mid‑IR Applications
20. Zhenguo Luo, National Research Council, Canada, TBD
21. Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, McGill University, Canada, TBD

22. Po-Han Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, “Postprocessing-Free 3D Printing of Glass Micro-Optics for Integrated Photonics via Multiphoton Lithography”. 
23. Kaustubh Vyas, GenISys, Inc., USA, Improving Pattern Fidelity and Yield in Semiconductor Photonics through Predictive Lithography Simulation and Automated Pixel-Rich SEM Measurements

Chair:

Gabriella Tessitore (Université Laval)

Co-Chairs:
Diogo Alves Galico (University of Alberta)
Ksenia Dolgaleva (University of Ottawa)
Artiom Skripka (Oregon State University)

The achieved progress in photonic devices relies on a broad spectrum of materials. Whether inorganic or organic, crystalline or amorphous, pure, doped, or hybrid, their design represents a challenging task and the focus of this chapter. We are thrilled to invite contributions describing innovative photonic materials that contributed to the advancement of photonics in sensing, optics, communication, light, computing, and energy. Fundamental and theoretical studies are likewise welcome, as they represent the core knowledge that paves the way for novel technologies. Finally, we strongly encourage contributions providing novel insights into the use of artificial intelligence or machine learning in the creation of novel photonic materials.

Keynote speakers:
1. S. J. Ben Yoo, University of California Davis, USA, TBD
2. Kirill Koshelev, Australian National University, Australia, TBD
Invited speakers:
1. Younès Messaddeq, Université Laval, Canada, TBD
2. Bozhang Dong, Université Laval, Canada, TBD
3. Oksana Ostroverkhova, Oregon State University, USA, TBD
4. Anna Klinkova, University of Waterloo, Canada, TBD
5. Oliver Pitts, National Research Council, Canada, TBD
6. Khaled Mnaymneh, National Research Council, Canada, TBD
7. Mathieu De Lafontaine, University of Ottawa, Canada, TBD
8. Chang-Hyun Kim, University of Ottawa, Canada, TBD
9. Nathalie Vermeulen, Vrije University, The Netherlands, TBD
 

Chair:
Sean Molesky (Polytechnique Montréal)
Co-Chairs:
Stefanie Czischek (University of Ottawa)

This track aims to give an overview of how artificial intelligence (AI) intersects with photonics from two different perspectives:

• Using AI for photonics: application of artificial neural networks, deep learning, machine learning, genetic algorithms, automated reasoning, Bayesian approaches, big data, advanced optimization techniques for inverse design, and other AI paradigms to integrated optics, nanophotonics, remote sensing, spectroscopy, microscopy, quantum optics, computational imaging, quantum communication protocols, augmented and virtual reality, and other areas of photonics.

• Using photonics for AI: application of photonics technology for AI computing, such as analogic optical computing for AI, reservoir computing, photonic quantum machine learning, photonic hardware accelerators, neuromorphic computing, and photonics neural networks.

  Keynote speakers:
  1. Marin Solijacic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, TBD
  2. Jonathan Fan, Stanford University, USA, TBD
  Invited speakers:
  1. Arka Majumdar, University of Washington, USA, TBD
  2. Zin Lin, Virginia Tech, USA, TBD
  3. Bhavin Shastri, Queen's University, Canada, TBD
  4. Nir Rotenburg, Queen's University, Canada, TBD
  5. Alejandro Rodriguez, Princeton University, USA, TBD
  6. Joyce Poon, University of Toronto, Canada, TBD
  7. Ali Adibi, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, TBD
  8. Roberto Morandotti, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, TBD
  9. Luca Del Negro, Boston University, USA, TBD
  10. Carlos A. Ríos Ocampo, University of Maryland, USA, TBD
  11. Steven Hughes, Queen's University, Canada, TBD
  12. Rodrigo Vargas, McMaster University, Canada, TBD 

Chair:

Pavel Cheben (National Research Council)

Co-Chairs:

Jonathan Bradley (McMaster University)

Sendy Phang (University of Nottingham) 

This track focuses on the physics, design, and simulations of optical and photonic structures, devices, and systems. It is intended to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas on optics, photonics, and optoelectronics theory, design, simulation, and verification techniques at different levels, including material properties, components, devices, systems, fabrication, and applications. The track covers a wide range of topics in photonic theory, simulation, and design, including: waveguide photonic bandgap engineering, microcavities, passive and active photonic devices, sensors, diffractive and subwavelength structures, integrated optical circuits for datacom, WDM, and coherent communication systems, light sources, photodetectors, modulators, amplifiers, wavelength converters, switches, couplers, resonators, filters, free-space optics, optical interconnects, optics for aerospace and defense, photonic design automation, manufacturing and verification tools, and novel algorithms and photonic CAD software for photonics and integration with electronics. 
 

Keynote speakers:
1.    Nikolay Zheludev, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, Nanophotonic metamaterial structures and time crystals
2.    Alan Willner, University of Southern California, USA, Orbital angular momentum of light for communications 
 

 Invited speakers:

1. Andy Knights, McMaster University, Canada, Photon engineering in silicon photonics
2. Mario Dagenais, University of Maryland, USA, Photonics integration for quantum
3. Juan Diego Anilla Castanon, CSIC, Spain, Design of supercontinuum sources based on the ultralong pulsed fiber laser
4. David Moss, Swinburne University, Australia, Ultra-high bandwidth applications of optical microcombs
5. Alejandro Ortega Monux, University of Malaga, Spain, Silicon-on-Insulator grating couplers with millimeter-range working distance
6. Weijie Gao, The University of Osaka, Japan, TBD
7. Ming Qui, Westlake University, China, Silicon carbide nanohotonics devices and their applications
8. Alberto G. Curto, Ghent University, Belgium, Chiral sensing with silicon nanophotonics
10. Carlos A. Ramos, CNRS, France, Silicon photonics for emerging applications in the near and mid-infrared
11. Daniel Benedikovic, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, Efficient optical chip interfacing in silicon nitride photonics
12. Evanescent Wu, University of Electronic Science and Technology, China, Evanescent field optimization on silicon nitride hybrid waveguide for biochemical sensing and electro-optics
13. Marcus Ossiander, University of Graz, Austria, Progress in metasurfaces for the extreme ultraviolet
14. Luca Razzari, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, Shaping optical nonlinearities with nanostructured materials
15. Baptiste Auguie, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Multiple scattering of light by nanoparticles with the T-matrix method
16. Zindine Mokeddem, University of Paris Saclay, France, TBD
17. Aadhi Rahim, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, Fully integrated hybrid multimode-multiwavelength photonic processor for real-time signal processing
18. Antonio Hurtado, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom, TBD
19. Daniel Brunner, FEMTO-ST, France, Model free end-to-end training and computational metrics of high-dimensional nonlinear photonic systems
20. Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora, Loughborough University, UK, Phase encoding engineering and gain-controlled nonlinearities in spatial photonic reservoirs,
21. Xin Huang, The University of Tokyo, Japan, Quantum hydrodynamic transport: From phonon Poiseuille flow to thermal Tesla valve and its photonic design extensions
22. Alicia Ruiz-Caridad, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain, Tunable photonic devices based on mixed ionic-electronic conductors
23. Pablo Ginel-Moreno, AGPhotonics, Spain, Self-calibrated optical phased array architecture for sensing and free-space optical communications
24. Zhigang Chen, Nankai University, China, Generalized angular momentum conservation in discrete systems with nonlinear band-touching
25. Rogério de Sousa, University of Victoria, Canada, Theory of loss in ferroelectric photonic devices
26. Iain Crowe, Manchester University, UK, Revised geometric-strain model for partially suspended germanium microbridges: A combined resonant Raman and high-resolution electron back scatter diffraction (HR-EBSD) mapping study
27. Vien Van, University of Alberta, Canada, Synthetic topological flat bands in micro ring photonic lattices
28. Behrad Gholipour, University of Alberta, Canada, Engineering interaction pathways in coupled meta surfaces for zero static power programmability
29. Winnie Ye, Carleton University, Canada, Metamaterial grating couplers for communication applications
30. Dawson Bonneville, Luceda Photonics, Belgium, Design to High-Yield Manufacturing: PIC Design in the Era of Volume at Scale
31. Cameron Horvath, Applied Nanotools, Canada, TBD
32. Matthew Halsall, University of Manchester, UK, TBD
33. Ksenia Dolgaleva, University of Ottawa, Canada, Nonlinear optical characterization of SOI Hyugens waveguides
34. Spencer McDermott, Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre, Canada, TBD
 

Chair:

Benjamin Sussman (National Research Council / University of Ottawa)

Co-Chairs:

Nathan Roberts (University of Ottawa)

Michael Reimer (University of Waterloo)

Considerable efforts are underway globally to employ fundamental aspects of quantum physics to develop quantum technologies. This track will bring together leading theoretical and experimental physicists to discuss the latest developments in various implementations of quantum applications using atoms, molecules, and photons. Concerning quantum communications, though the emphasis is on quantum key distribution, we welcome a diverse range of topics: from components (sources, detectors, memories, repeaters, integrated devices) to systems (fiber-based and free-space), from novel protocols to quantum hacking schemes to quantum measurements

Keynote/Invited Speakers
1. Nir Rotenberg, Queen’s University, Canada, TBD
2. Stephen Hughes, Queen’s University, Canada, TBD
3. Ebrahim Karimi, University of Ottawa, Canada / Chapman University, USA, TBD
4. Jeff Lundeen, University of Ottawa, Canada, TBD
5. Robert W. Boyd, University of Ottawa, Canada, TBD
6. Tami Pereg-Barnea, McGill University, Canada, TBD
7. Christoph Simon, University of Calgary, Canada, TBD
8. Stéphane Kéna-Cohen, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, TBD
9. Bienvenu Ndagano, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, TBD
10. Lily Childress, McGill University, Canada, TBD
11. Roberto Morandotti, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, TBD
12. Philip Poole, National Research Council Canada, Canada, TBD
13. Paul Barclay, University of Calgary, Canada, TBD
14. Lindsay LeBlanc, University of Alberta, Canada, TBD
15. Shabir Barzanjeh, University of Calgary, Canada, TBD
16. Erika Janitz, University of Calgary, Canada, TBD
17. Michal Bajcsy, University of Waterloo, Canada, TBD
18. Alex Gaeta, Columbia University, USA, TBD
19. Markus Allgaier, University of North Dakota, USA, TBD
20. Peter Mosley, University of Bath / ORCA Computing, UK, TBD
21. Simone Luca Portalupi, University of Stuttgart, Germany, TBD
22. Val Zwiller, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, TBD
23. Julien Laurat, Sorbonne University, France, TBD
24. Kenji Ohmori, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan, TBD