TENTATIVE PROGRAM

NATO Advanced Study Institute
Photonic Crystals and Light Localization
Conference Program
June 18-30, 2000
Creta Maris Hotel
Limin Hersonnisou, Crete, Greece

All sessions will be held in the Creta Maris Hotel Conference Room. The Lectures will have 50 minutes for presentations and 10 minutes for discussion. The Talks will have 25 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion. The Posters will be displayed during two evening sessions. The poster presenter will be allowed to show one (1) view-graph, which is most representative of the poster to pique the interest of the audience.

June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 22 June 23
June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 June 28 June 29

 

Sunday, June 18, 2000

1930-2130 Welcoming Party at the Creta Maris Hote

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Monday, June 19, 2000

0830 -- Registration

0930 -- Opening and Welcoming Remarks


Morning Session Chairperson: E. N. Economou

1000 -- Lecture J. D. Joannopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Magical World of Photonic Crystals: I

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Lecture: A. Lagendijk, University of Amsterdam, Localization of Light: I

1230 -- Lecture: J. Pendry, Imperial College, Computing the Response of Structured Metals to Light

1330 -- Lunch and Discussions

Evening Session Chairperson: S. John

1730 -- Lecture: S. Lin, Sandia National Laboratory, Microfabrication of 2d and 3d Photonic Crystals: I

1830 -- Panel Discussion: Photonic Band Gaps

1930 -- End of Session

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Tuesday, June 20, 2000

Morning Session Chairperson: A. Lagendijk

0900 -- Lecture: J. D. Joannopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Magical World of Photonic Crystals II

1000 -- Lecture: S. John, Toronto, A Theoretical Roadmap for 3-d Photonic Band Gap Materials and Their Uses: I

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Lecture: E. Ozbay, Bilkent University, Physics and Applications of Photonic Crystals

1230 -- Lecture: S. Noda, Kyoto, Semiconductor Photonic Crystals

1330 -- Lunch and Discussions

Evening Session: Chairperson Kurt Busch

1730 -- Session I: Oral Presentation of the Posters

1800 -- Posters


1945 -- End of the Session

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Wednesday, June 21, 2000

Morning Session Chairperson: J. D. Joannopoulos

0900 -- Lecture: J. Pendry, Imperial College, Intense Focusing of Light Using Metals

1000 -- Lecture: S. John, Toronto, A Theoretical Roadmap for 3-d Photonic Band Gap Materials and Their Uses: II

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Lecture: E. N. Economou, Research Center of Crete, Elastic Waves in Periodic Composite Materials: I

1230 -- Talk: C. T. Chan, Hong Kong, Photonic Crystals from Metal-coated Spheres

1330 -- Lunch and Discussions

Evening Session Chairperson: D. A. Papaconstantopoulos

1730 -- Lecture: E. N. Economou, Research Center of Crete, Elastic Waves in Periodic Composite Materials: II

1800 -- Talk: J. Page, University of Manitoba, Acoustic Band Gap Materials

1830 -- Talk: F. J. Garcia-Vidal, University of Madrid, Surface Plasmons of Lamella Metallic Gratings

1900 -- Talk: D. R. Smith, University of California, San Diego, Left-handed Materials

1945 -- End of the Session

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Thursday, June 22, 2000

Morning Session Chairperson: J. Pendry

0900 -- Lecture: Ad Lagendijk, University of Amsterdam, Random Lasers

1000 -- Talk: H. Cao, Northwestern University, Localization of Laser Light in Active Random Media

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Talk: Z. Vardeny, University of Utah, Random and Distributed Lasing in Opal Photonic Crystals

1200 -- Lecture: C. M. Soukoulis, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Theory and Simulation of Random Lasers

1300 -- Talk: J. P. Woerdman, Leiden University, Special Resonators for Random and Fractal Lasers

1330 -- Lunch and Discussions

Evening Session Chairperson: K. Asakawa

1730 -- Talk: S. Lin, Sandia National Laboratory, Microfabrication of 2d and 3d Photonic Crystals: II

1800 -- Talk: T. Baba, Yokohama National University, Light Propagation Characteristics in Defect Waveguides in a Photonic Crystal Slab

1830 -- Talk: D. C. Allan, Corning Incorporated, Photonic Band Gap Fibers for Real World Applications

1900 -- Talk: R. E. Slusher, Lucent Technologies--Bell Laboratories, Symmetry, Laser Action, and Output Coupling in 2d Photonic Crystals

1930 -- End of the Session

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Friday, June 23, 2000

Morning Session Chairperson: D. J. Norris

0900 -- Lecture: W. Vos, University of Amsterdam, Strong Interaction Between Light and Photonic Crystals Made Using Self-Assembly: I

1000 -- Lecture: K. Busch, University of Karlsruhe, Tunable Photonic Crystals

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Talk: F. Meseguer, University of Valencia, Inverse Opals Fabrication

1200 -- Talk: A. van Blaaderen, Ultrech University, Manipulating Colloidal Crystallization for Photonic Applications

1230 -- Talk: S. G. Romanov, University of Wuppertal, Light Manipulation of 3dTemplated Photonic Crystals

1300 -- Talk: A. Polman, FOM, Amsterdam, Fabrication and Characterization of Silicon-based Photonic Band Gap Materials

1330 -- Lunch and Discussions

Evening Session Chairperson: A. Polman

1730 -- Talk: K. Asakawa, The Femtosecond Technology Research Association (FESTA), Photonic Crystals at FESTA in Japan

1800 -- Talk: D. J. Norris, NEC Research Institute, Self-organized 3D Photonic Crystals

1830 -- Talk: R. Biswas, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Optical Measurements of Photonic Band Structure in FCC Colloidal Crystals

1900 -- Talk: H. M. van Driel, University of Toronto, Optical Reflectivity of Strongly Photonic Crystals Multiple Diffraction and Bragg Peaks that Do Not Move

1930 -- End of the Session

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Saturday, June 24, 2000

Morning Session: Chairperson R. Sprik

0900 -- Lecture: W. Vos, University of Amsterdam, Strong Interaction Between Light and Photonic Crystals Made Using Self-Assembly: II

1000 -- Talk: Y. Fink, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, A Comprehensive Approach to Photonic Crystal Formation in One, Two and Three Dimensions Using Self-assembled Block Copolymer Structures

1030 -- Talk: J. Martorell, University of Catalunya, Quadratic Nonlinear Interactions in Photonic Crystals

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Talk: V. Shalaev, New Mexico State University and Univ. P. and M. Curie, Anderson Localization of Surface Plasmons and Nonlinear Optics of Percolating Composites

1200 -- Talk: J. J. Saenz, University of Madrid, Statistical Properties of Wave transport through Surface Corrugated Waveguides

1230 -- Talk: D. Cassagne, University of Montpellier, Tight-binding Wannier Function Method for Photonic Band Gap Materials

1300 -- Talk: B. van Tiggelen, Grenoble, Wave Transport Around the Localization Threshold

1330 -- Lunch and Discussions

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Sunday, June 25, 2000

Field Trip

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Monday, June 26, 2000

Morning Session Chairperson: J. Page

0900 -- Lecture: E. Yablonovitch, University of California, Los Angeles, Electromagnetic Band Gaps at Photonic and Radio Frequencies: I

1000 -- Lecture: T. F. Krauss, University of St. Andrews, Patterned Photonic Crystal Waveguides: I

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Lecture: A. Lagendijk, University of Amsterdam, Localization of Light: II

1230 -- Talk: D. Wiersma, University of Florence, Propagation of Light in Partially Disordered Systems

1300 -- Talk: P. Halevi, Puebla, Mexico, Homogenization of 2d Periodic Composites and Photonic Crystal Optics

1330 -- Lunch and Discussions

Evening Session Chairperson: A. Moroz

1730 -- Lecture: C. Beenakker, Leiden University, Random Matrix Theory of Random Lasers and Photonic Localization: I

1830 -- Session II: Oral Presentation of Posters

1900 -- Posters

2000 -- End of the Session

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Tuesday, June 27, 2000

Morning Session Chairperson: M. Sigalas

0900 -- Lecture: E. Yablonovitch, University of California, Los Angeles, Electromagnetic Band Gaps at Photonic and Radio Frequencies: II

1000 -- Lecture: H. Benistry, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, Applications of 2d Photonic Crystals to Optoelectronics: I

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Talk: A. Forchel, Wuerzburg University, Integration of Photonic Crystals with Active Optoelectronic Devices

1200 -- Talk: R. B. Wehrspohn, Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure, Halle, Electrochemically Prepared High-aspect-ratio Pore Arrays for 2d Photonic Crystal Applications

1230 -- Talk:

1300 -- Lunch and Discussions

Evening Session Chairperson: E. Yablonovitch

1730 -- Lecture: T. F. Krauss, University of St. Andrews, Patterned Photonic Crystal Waveguides: II

18:30 -- Panel Discussion: Applications of Photonic Band Gap

1930 -- End of the Session

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Wednesday, June 28, 2000

Morning Session Chairperson: H. Benistry

0900 -- Lecture: C. Beenakker, Leiden University, Random Matrix Theory of Random Lasers and Photonic Localization: II

1000 -- Talk: Zhao-Qing Zhang, Hong Kong, Photonic Crystals and Perturbation Theory

1030 -- Talk: Y. Vlasov, Ioffe Institute, Influence of Disorder in Photonic Crystals

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Talk: C. M. Soukoulis, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, The Effects of Disorder in Photonic Band Gap Structures

1200 -- Talk: V. Kuzmiak, Chez Republic, The Localization of Light in a Random 2d Dielectric Medium

1230 -- Talk: G. Cwilich, Yeshiva University, A Poor Man's Photonic Crystal: Propagation in Random and Non-random Structures

1245 -- Talk: S. Venakides, Duke University, Computational and Theoretical Results in Photonic Crystals

1300 -- Panel Discussion: Photonic Band Gaps and Disorder

1330 -- Lunch and Discussions

Evening Session Chairperson: P. Halevi

1730 -- Talk: R. Biswas, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Antenna Applications of Photonic Crystals

1800 -- Talk: M. Sigalas, Agilent Laboratories, Waveguide Bends in 3D Layer-by-Layer Photonic Band Gap Materials

1830 -- Talk: N. A. Nicorovici, University of Sydney, Localization and Homogenization in Photonic Crystals

1900 -- Talk: A. Orlowski, Warsaw, From Proximity Resonances to Anderson Localization Universality Effects in Multiple Scattering

1930 -- End of the Session

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Thursday, June 29, 2000

Morning Session Chairperson: T. F. Krauss

0900 -- Lecture: H. Benistry, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, Applications of 2d Photonic Crystals to Optoelectronics: II

1000 -- Talk: D. Chigrin, University of Wuppertal, One-dimensional Photonic Crystals Omnidirectional Reflection and Superprism Phenomena

1030 -- Talk: A. Moroz, Ultrech University, Complete Photonic Band Gap Structures Below Infrared Wavelengths

1100 -- Coffee Break

1130 -- Lecture: E. Yablonovitch, University of California, Los Angeles, Electromagnetic Band Gaps at Photonic and Radio Frequencies: III

1230 -- Panel Discussion Photonic Crystals and Optoelectronic Devices

1330 -- Lunch and Discussions

Evening Session Chairperson: C. M. Soukoulis

1730 -- Remarks and Discussion Open and Future Directions

1800 -- Panel Discussion Open and Future Directions

1930 -- Closing Session End of the Institute



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UPDATED: 2 JUNE 2000 0800 CDST