Seminar Series

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Upcoming

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DateSpeakerLocationTitle
May 1-2, 2024Prof. Emanuel Istrate, Victoria College, University of TorontoTBDNoise Workshop (Title TBA)

Past

DateSpeakerLocationTitle
Oct 16, 2023, 3 pmProf. Barry Sanders, University of CalgaryMP606Quantum kittens, cats, combs and compasses: superposing coherent states for sensing, communication, computing and pleasure
Sept 19, 2023, 5-6 pmDr. Eli Bourassa, XanaduMS3278Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing with Photonics
July 24, 2023, 2 pmProf. Yaron Bromberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem GB119Coherent backscattering of entangled photon pairs
March 23, 2023, 5-6 pmProf. Anthony Chan Carusone, University of Toronto, Alphawave SemiGB119The Role of Co-Packaged Optics in our Connected Future
May 26, 2022,
3 pm
Prof. Roel Baets, Ghent UniversityGB303Heterogeneous Integration in Silicon Photonics
Nov. 12, 2021, 1 pm ESTProf. Dirk R Englund, MITZoomProgrammable Photonics for Quantum Information and Machine Learning
Oct. 22, 2021, 1 pm ESTDr. Aaron Zilkie, Rockley PhotonicsZoomRockley Photonics: A Case Study of a High-Growth Silicon Photonics Start-Up
May 6, 2021, 10 am ESTProf. Jianping Yao, University of OttawaZoom
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Microwave Photonics
Apr. 15, 2021, 12 pm EDTProf. Kerry Vahala, CaltechZoom
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Microcombs: Unifying the optoelectronic spectrum at the chip scale
Mar. 4, 2021, 4 pm ESTProf. Benjamin Eggleton, University of SydneyZoom
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A Renaissance in Brillouin scattering
Feb. 26, 2021, 12 pm ESTProf. Bhavin Shastri, Queen’s UniversityZoom
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Neuromorphic silicon photonics and applications
Jan. 20, 2021, 4 pm ESTProf. Nader Engheta, University of PennsylvaniaZoom
Meeting ID: 811 4525 3617
Structuring Light with Metaphotonics
Dec. 10, 2020, 12 pmProf. Andrew Weiner, Purdue UniversityZoom
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High-Dimensional Frequency Domain Quantum Photonics
Nov. 12, 2020, 1 pmProf. Govind P, Agrawal, Rochester UniversityZoom
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Space-Time Duality in Optics and its Applications
Feb. 19, 2020, 11 amProf. Sophie Larochelle, Laval UniversityGB 220Optical fibers and amplifiers for space division multiplexing
Jan. 17, 2020, 11 amProf. Qiaoqiang Gan, University at BuffaloGB 221Hybrid solar-vapor generation and radiative cooling condensation: a cost-effective strategy for solar water sustainability
Oct. 16, 2019 10 amProf. Andrew Kirk, McGill University10 King’s College Rd., SF1101Photonic biosensing: opportunities and challenges
Sep. 10, 2019 1 pm Prof. Mostafa El-Sayed, Georgia Institute of Technology 1 King’s College Cir., MS 3153 Nanotechnology Enables Hot Gold Nanorods to Kill Cancer Cells and to Stop Alive Sick Cells from Migrating to other Places in the Body
May 28, 2019
3 pm
Prof. Akira Furusawa, University of Tokyo35 St. George St.,
GB 303
A time-domain multiplexed measurement-based large-scale optical quantum computer
June 12, 2019
2 pm
Prof. Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, ICFO35 St. George St.,
GB 303
Optical parametric oscillators: Fundamental concepts to advanced technology
May 16, 2019
4 pm
Dr. Hiroki Takesue, NTT35 St. George St.,
GB 303
Coherent Ising machine: a photonic computer using network of degenerate optical parametric oscillators
Mar. 28, 2019
12 pm
Dr. Rohit P. Prasankumar, Los Alamos National Lab 40 St. George St.,
BA 1170
Shedding New Light on Dirac Materials with Nonlinear Optics
Jan. 21, 2019
1 pm
Dr. Sylvie Menezo, SCINTIL Photonics40 St. George St.,
BA 1170
Lasers and modulators made from a new InP/Si heterogeneous integration process
Jan. 16, 2019
1 pm
Prof. Jian-Hua Jiang, Soochow University164 College St.,
RS 211
Topological cavity states in two-dimensional photonic/phononic chips
Dec. 5, 2018
3 pm
Prof. Robert W. Boyd, University of Ottawa1 King’s College Cir.,
MS 3153
Epsilon-Near-Zero Materials: How Light Behaves When the Refractive Index Vanishes