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NWU-OSA CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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March 8, 1996 (Friday), 1:00 p.m.

SEMINAR TOPIC: A Tunable Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser

SPEAKER: Jerry LaChapelle, EECS Dept, Northwestern University.

LOCATION: EECS Conference Room, Tech. Room L324

Pizza and Refreshments at 12:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY 9, 1996 (Friday), 3:30 p.m.

SEMINAR TOPIC: PHOTONIC SWITCHING USING VLSI OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

SPEAKER: ANTHONY L. LENTINE, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville

Prospective Faculty Candidate

LOCATION: Tech. Room L324

ABSTRACT

Coffee at 3:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY 1, 1996 (Thursday), 3:00 p.m.

SEMINAR TOPIC: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE PLANAR WAVEGUIDE DEVICES IN GLASSES AND CRYSTALS

SPEAKER: KIM ALLEN WINICK, University of Michigan

LOCATION: Tech. Room A230

ABSTRACT

Coffee at 2:30 p.m.

JANUARY 24, 1996 (Wednesday), 4:30 p.m.

SEMINAR TOPIC: "NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN QUANTUM INFORMATION AND COMPUTATION"

SPEAKER: DR. CHARLES H. BENNETT, IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center

LOCATION: Tech. Lecture Room 6

ABSTRACT

Refreshments at 4:00 p.m.

JANUARY 22, 1996 (Monday), 4:00 p.m.

SEMINAR TOPIC: LONG-TERM STORAGE OF A SOLITON BIT STREAM USING PHASE-SENSITIVE AMPLIFICATION

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR WILLIAM L. KATH,
Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics,
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science,
Northwestern University

LOCATION: Tech Room 3396

ABSTRACT

Refreshments at 3:30 p.m.

JANUARY 16, 1996 (Tuesday), 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

SEMINAR TOPIC: CONTROLLING LIGHT BY LIGHT INDUCED ATOMIC NONLINEARITIES

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR GIRISH S. AGARWAL, Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India

LOCATION: Tech Room A230

ABSTRACT

Coffee at 3:00 p.m.

JANUARY 11, 1996 (Thursday), 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

****** Thu Jan 11 12:45:08 1996 *******

Subject: CANCELLED -- Optical Systems and Technology Colloquium

Due to periodic shutdown of the Logan airport, our speaker, Eric Swanson of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, for the Optical Systems and Technology Colloquium could not make it to Chicago. The colloquium is therefore CANCELLED. It will be rescheduled at some future date.

SEMINAR TOPIC: "A High-Speed, High-Capacity, All-Optical Network: Architecture, Technology, and Test-Bed Activities"

SPEAKER: ERIC A. SWANSON, Assistant Group Leader, Optical Communication Technology, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

LOCATION: Tech Room B211

ABSTRACT

Coffee at 3:00 p.m.

AT&T Bell Laboratories is coming to campus December 1, 1995!

Anyone in a technical field should check out System Engineering at AT&T.

AT&T Bell Laboratories invites you to join us for a short introduction to this exciting career.

ROOM: 2C - Norris Center
DATE: 12/1/95
TIME: 3 - 5 pm *** Refreshments will be provided ***

Congratulations to the New NWU-OSA Chapter Officers!

co-Presidents:
Susan Hagness (hagness@eecs.nwu.edu)
Jerry LaChapelle (lachapel@eecs.nwu.edu)

Secretary: Glenn Bartolini (bartolin@eecs.nwu.edu)

Treasurer: Sriram Raghavendran (sriram@eecs.nwu.edu)

NOVEMBER 10, 1995 (Friday): 4:00pm

Location: Tech B211 (2nd Floor Mech. Eng. Conference Room)

NOVEMBER 16, 1995 (Thursday)

SEMINAR TOPIC: "Rare Earth Doped LiNbO3 Waveguide Lasers and Optical Amplifiers"
SPEAKER: Professor Leon McCaughan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
LOCATION: Tech Room A230

Abstract:

Although the term integrated optics can include optical circuitry fabricated in semiconductors, polymers, glasses, and various ferroelectrics, the most sophisticated, efficient, and highly integrated guided wave structures fabricated to date are LiNbO3-based. Recently, guided wave optical amplification and lasing have been added to the functional elements of this technology. I will briefly review the progress in and challenges of these new devices, and then discuss our recent results using an alternate pump wavelength.

Thursday, November 16, 1995
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Tech Room A230

Coffee at 3:00 p.m.

OCTOBER, 28 1995 For those of us who are career minded: don't forget about INDUSTRY DAY at the Omni Orrington Hotel, 10am to 1pm.

Over 55 company reps from throughout the US will present to recruit students in Engineering disciplines for summer, co-op, and permanent employment.

OCTOBER 24 - 26, 1995
NWU-OSA announces Technology 2005 , a showcase of new & emerging technology at
McCormick Place Convention Center - Chicago, Illinois (Over 60,000 Sq. Ft. Of Exhibits)

Admission to exhibits is free, smyposia and workshops require registration ($) .

Further details can be found at the "Technology 2005" WWW site.
OCTOBER 14, 1995
NWU-OSA attended the:

"Midwest Regional Student Chapters of the Optical Society of America"

at Purdue Univeristy MSEE 239A/B

We will be leaving at 7:00am SHARP from the the parking lot in front of Tech (corner of Noyes and Sherman), in order to reach Purdue by 10am.

There has been significant interest in this event, so if you plan to join us, RSVP to doc@nwu.edu so we can make appropriate travel arrangements.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 10:00am TO 6pm

*** VOLLEYBALL RESULTS
SEPTEMBER 1995
NWU-OSA contributes to another successful freshmen 1995 orientation program. Putting together Optics Demonstrations for Freshmen Orientation, NWU-OSA members organized several demo's for the incoming undergraduate students, which included a new "Water Light Pipe" waveguide demo. Such exhibitions give the incoming students an idea of what is available at Northwestern so that they can choose areas of specialization and prepare for their careers.
JULY 5 and 26, 1995
Northwestern "Cherub" Program for high school students NWU-OSA gives optics demonstrations and tutorials to groups of 15-20 students.
MAY 30, 1995
SEMINAR: "Noiseless Amplification of Optical Images" by: Dr. Mikhail Kolobov" University of Essen
MAY 1995,
Invited Publication: D. Rafizadeh, D. Caplan, "Optics in the Fishtank" Optics and Photonics News, 1995
MARCH 17, 1995
SPEAKER: Prof. Michel Marhic, EECS Dept.
TOPIC: Overcoming third-order nonlinearities in optical communication links.
FEBRUARY 1, 1995
SPEAKER: Rose Joseph, EECS Dept., Northwestern University
TOPIC: Maxwell's Equations Models for Nonlinear Optics
JANUARY 24, 1995
SPEAKER: Prof. J. Sipe
TOPIC: Gap Solitons in periodically-varying nonlinear media.
JANUARY 1995
NWU-OSA Travels to Evanston Township High School. Presentations and demonstrations to high school seniors are given on topics such as optical communications, fiber optics, interference, holography, polarization, scattering. The goal of this outreach program is to spread awareness of optics and motivate interest in the subject and science in general. One particular area of focus is to emphasize the relevance of optics and physics outside of the classroom and how it impacts our life styles. NWU-OSA is invited back to ETHS in the Spring for additional demo's that will coincide with the scheduled study of electromagnetic waves and optics.
OCTOBER 19, 1994,

MEETING AND TALK

SPEAKER: David Caplan, EECS Dept., Northwestern University
TOPIC: "Amplification of Optical Signals via Four-wave Mixing in Semiconductors"

After the talk, we will discuss plans for the OSA Outreach Program (geared towards introducing students at local high schools to optics through demos and hands-on projects)

OCTOBER 14, 1994
MEETING AND LUNCHTIME TALK (Pizza and Drinks!)

We will discuss and plan upcoming OSA student chapter projects.


SPEAKER: Daniel Chu:
TOPIC: "Double-disk structure for output coupling in microdisk lasers."

SEPTEMBER 1994
NWU-OSA contributes to successful freshmen orientation program. Putting together Optics Demonstrations for Freshmen Orientation, NWU-OSA members organized several demo's for the incoming undergraduate students, which was attended by record numbers of students this year. Such exhibitions give the incoming students an idea of what is available at Northwestern so that they can choose areas of specialization and prepare for their careers.
AUGUST 16, 1994
The Northwestern Student Chapter of the Optical Society of America (OSA) would like to invite you to a presentation :
PRESENTATION TOPIC: "Entrepreneurship in the Field of Optics" SPEAKER: Prof. Max Epstein, MEAS Prof. in EECS & Biomed Depts.
JUNE 1994,
CHAPTER ELECTIONS:
MAY 18, 1994,
NWU - OSA PRESENTATION and DEMONSTRATION TOPIC:
A New Way to Create 3-Dimensional Images using Volumetric Displays SPEAKER: Robert G. Batchko, President of Lamda Systems Corp. There have been many approaches to real-time three-dimensional (3-D) imaging. Stereo techniques, include red-green or polarizing glasses, and holograms which can be displayed in real-time using acousto-optic modulators. The drawback of these techniques is that they are essentially 3-D images projected onto 2-D screens. Even at their best, they have substantially less than 180 degree fields of view. In contrast, volumetric displays can be seen through 360 degrees. Robert Batchko has developed (and will demonstrate) his patented "Volumetric Display" device that produces images inside a transparent acrylic cylinder. The effect is a bit like enclosing a model ship inside a bottle, which a person can view from any side, with the added benefit that a person could see the inner workings of the ship because the outside edges are largely transparent. Applications include air traffic control displays, medical imaging and 3-D entertainment (neat games).
MAY 2, 1994
SEMINAR: "Wideband Optical Networks" by: Vincent W. S. Chan Associate Head, Communications Division MIT Lincoln Laboratory
MARCH 2, 1994
The Education Council of the Optical Society of America has awarded the NWU-OSA Student Chapter a $1000 grant for its proposed Student Outreach Program. For those who helped in drafting the proposal CONGRATULATIONS are in order.
FEBRUARY 16, 1994
NWU-OSA SEMINAR: Glenn Bartolini from Professor Kumar's Quantum Optics Laboratory is doing research at Amoco Laser Company. He will give a presentation on his research which has been accepted by the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) conference to be held later this month in in San Jose, CA.
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Phase sensitive fiber amplifiers for all fiber optical communications.
JANUARY 31, 1994
SEMINAR: "Quantum Noise Reduction with Pulsed Light in Optical Fibers", by: Dr. Keren Bergman, MIT
JANUARY 21, 1994,
SEMINAR : "An Optical Magnetic Ink Code Recognition System" by: Yi-Chiun Chen, MSEE Candidate
DECEMBER 1, 1993
SEMINAR: Deana Rafizadeh from Professor Ho's Nonlinear Optics and Quantum Electronics Lab in the EE/CS Dept will talk on her research at Northwertern and her experience working at AT&T Bell Labs.
PRESENTATION TOPIC: Pulse Amplification at 1.5 Microns Using Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers.
Oct 15, 1993
Second NWU-OSA Fall meeting. Students/Profs. attending the conference will highlight events for students that did not attend. (De-briefing)
Oct 3-8, 1993
A group of roughly 15 students, post doc's, and professors will be attending the Annual OSA conference. Northwestern Univ. will sponsor xxxx papers and presentations.
Sept 28, 1993
First OSA Meeting - Fall Quarter 1993 NWU-Chapter officially recognized by OSA! GUEST LECTURER: Nathan Kutz, NSF Fellow from the Applied Math Dept at Northwestern University.
TOPIC: Soliton Propagation and Novel Nonlinear Amplification Schemes.
OTHER MEETING TOPICS:
Itinerary of events during the year was planned. Started the compilation of an NWU mailing list for the purpose of facilitating communications between academia and industry after students graduate.
July 22, 1993
Second meeting of OSA Students from Prof. P. Kumar's Quantum Optics Lab give presentations on their research activities. D.Caplan = DFWM theory/experiment and applications D.Gerwe = Nonlinear Waveguides ... D.Levandovski = Ti-Saphire Laser sytems ...
JUNE 24, 1993
NWU-OSA Chapter officers elect Professor Prem Kumar as OSA Faculty Advisor. Chapter goals/objectives are discussed.
JUNE 23, 1993
First Official OSA meeting. NWU-OSA Chapter officers elections, Rolando Espindola appointed as President, David Caplan appoitned as Vice President, and David Gerwe appointed as Secretary/Treasurer by approximately 20 student OSA members. Student membership is diverse, including undergraduate and graduate students from EE/CS, Chemistry, Material Science, Applied Math and Physics departments
April 15, 1993
OSA contacted, and membership applications rec'd at NWU. Initial EMAILing list generated, and information sent out to perspective students. Many enthusiastic responses received from the first OSA mailing. Optics Bulletin Board is provided by EE/CS dept, allows for the posting of OSA news, events, and other optics related information.
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