TECHNICAL PROGRAM & EVENTS

 

Agenda At-A-Glance (PDF)
Preliminary, subject to change

Technical Program (PDF)
Updated on Oct. 15, 2019. Preliminary, subject to change

MODE OF PRESENTATION

Please read the following notandum before you prepare your presentation.

Mode of Presentation

PLENARY & INVITED SPEAKERS

 

Plenary Talks

Benjamin J. Eggleton (The University of Sydney Nano Institute)

"A Renaissance in Brillouin Photonics for On-Chip Signal Processing and Sensing"

 

Waguih S. Ishak (Corning Research & Development Corporation)

"Glass-Based Optics For the Connected World"

 

Susumu Noda (Kyoto University)

"Progress in Photonic-Crystal Lasers"

 

Invited Talks

Sheng-L. Huang (National Taiwan University)

"Skin Cancer Detection Using Cellular Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography"

 

Daniel Kuchta (IBM)

"High Speed VCSELs and Co-Packaging for Short Reach Communication within Cloud and High Performance Computing"

 

Raimondas Petruškevičius (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania)
"Perforated Microring Resonators for Enhanced Sensing"


Shinichi Saito (University of Southampton)
"Novel Si Photonic Waveguides and their Application to Optical Modulators"

 

Gal Harari (Technion)

"Topological Insulator Laser"

 

Cheng Wang (City University of Hong Kong)

"High-Speed Electro-Optics Based on Lithium Niobate Nanophotonics"

 

Yuanmu Yang (Tsinghua University)
"Extreme Nonlinear Optics in Epsilon-near-zero Materials"

 

Uwe D. Zeitner (Fraunhofer IOF)

"Micro- and Nano-Structures for High-End Optics"

 

Bao-P. Zhang (Xiamen University)

"Green VCSELs Based on Nitride Semiconductors"

 

Jing Zhang (Ghent University)

"Heterogeneous Integration in Silicon Photonics through Micro-Transfer-Printing"

SPECIAL OPEN SESSIONS on Sunday

■MOC SCIENCE SCHOOL IN TOYAMA "LIGHT AND LASER"

  Nov. 17 (Sun.) 10:00-12:15

 

Open to public, especially high school and university students.
MOC attendees are welcome, but talks will be given in Japanese.

 

1)"The Surface Emitting Laser Turned of Light: Everybody Has It"

Kenichi Iga (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

2)"Organic Light Emitting Diodes - For New Era Displays -" 

Hiroyuki Okada (Professor, University of Toyama)

3)"Observing Gravitational Waves by Laser Interferometer"

Takaaki Kajita, Nobel Laureate in Physics

(Director of Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR))

(Professor, The University of Tokyo)

 

■SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM "SENSING BY LIGHT"

  Nov. 17 (Sun.) 13:30-17:00

 

Talks will be given in English.

 

0) Introductory Talk

 Kenichi Iga (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

1)"Light for Detecting Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves"

 Takaaki Kajita, Nobel Laureate in Physics (The University of Tokyo)

2)"LiDAR: A Key to AI-Mobile"

 Toshihiko Baba (Yokohama National University)

3)"VCSEL Array for 3D Sensing"

 Connie J. Chang-Hasnain (University of California, Berkeley)

4)"Biophotonic Imaging and Sensing"

Ken-Tye Yong (Nanyang Technological University)

EVENTS

 

Get Together

"Get Together" will be held in 1F-Gallery in the evening of Nov. 17 (Sunday). 

All the attendees of MOC2019 are cordially invited.


 

Award Ceremony

MOC Award Ceremony will be held in the morning of Nov. 18 (Monday).
Technical Award Ceremony will be held at the end of the conference.

 

 

Micro Concert and Conference Party

CONCERT and PARTY: Evening of Nov. 19 (Tuesday)

 

The 20th Microconcert(PDF)


“MICRO CONCERT” : One hour concert will be performed by Machida Philharmony Baroque Ensemble (MPB) after the technical session. Attendees and their families/friends are cordially invited (Free of Charge).

“CONFERENCE PARTY” : A Buffet Style Party will open right after the concert. Registration Required / \3,000 per person.

 

Technical Exhibition

Table-top technical exhibition is planned during MOC2019. Take this opportunity to see the latest products and technologies in relation to microoptics. Exhibition will be held at 3F-Foyer.

 

 

Exhibitors (alphabetical order)
・Lumerical Inc. (LightBridge, LLC.)
・Optoquest Co.,Ltd.
・Think-Lands Co., Ltd.