2004 Special Symposia

Biophotonics Instrumentation
Photonics in Nanotechnology
Commercialization in Semiconductor Photonics

Biophotonics Instrumentation
PWC1, Instruments for fluorometric assays in high-throughput screening for drug discovery, John Owicki; Consultant, USA.
PWC2, Optical sensing in the clinic, David Benaron; Spectros Corp., USA.
PWC3, Cytology: Advances in flow and microscopy, J. Paul Robinson; Purdue Univ., USA.
PWG1, High-content screening for biopharmaceutical discovery, D. Lansing Taylor; Cellomics, Inc., USA.
PWG2, High-resolution imaging of coronary atherosclerosis by optical coherence tomography, Gary J. Tearney¹, Ik-Kyung Jang², Brett E. Bouma³; ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellman Ctr. for Photomedicine, USA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Cardiology Division, USA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, USA.
PWG3, Whole body imaging of internal biological sources of light, Christopher H. Contag; Stanford Univ., USA.

Photonics in Nanotechnology
PThC1, Using singularities and darkness for optical nanolithography, Marc D. Levenson¹, Takeaki Ebihara²; ¹PennWell Publishing, USA, ²Canon USA, USA.
PThC2, Extreme ultraviolet lithography: Optics - the next generation, John Goldsmith¹, David T. Attwood², John S. Taylor³; ¹Sandia Natl. Labs., USA, ²Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Lab., USA, ³Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab., USA.
PThC3, The future of optical lithography, Nigel R. Farrar, Tony Yen; Cymer Inc., USA.
PThD1, Quantum dot photonic devices and applications, Petros M. Varangis¹, L. Zhang¹, A. L. Gray¹, R. Wang¹, S. Luong¹, L. Cheng¹, K. Sun¹, C. Bryan¹, F. Nabulsi¹, T. Whittington¹, Z. Zou¹, L. Olona¹, C. Wiggins¹, T. Tumolillo¹, J. Zilko¹, H. Su², K. J. Malloy², L. F. Lester²; ¹Zia Laser, Inc., USA, ²Ctr. for High Technology Materials, Univ. of New Mexico, USA.
PThD2, Nanophotonic materials and devices for optical system integration, Shaya Fainman; Univ. of California at San Diego, USA.
PThD3, Photonic crystal fiber technology: A comparison with conventional optical fiber, Karl Koch; Corning, Inc., USA.

Commercialization of Semiconductor Photonics
PTuD1, New applications for short wave infrared imagers, Martin Ettenberg; Sensors Unlimited, USA.
PTuD2, Super efficient lasers diodes, Martin Stickley; DARPA, USA.
PTuD3, The development of VCSEL technology, Jim Tatum; Honeywell VCSEL Optical Products, USA.
PTuG1, Advances in widely-tunable lasers and transmitters, Gregory Fish; Agility Communications Inc., USA.
PTuG2, Superluminescent sources for optical coherence tomography, Scott Merritt; Covega, USA.