This panel will discuss a variety of silicon photonics applications that could yield a decisive advantage for defense and national security applications. Silicon photonics holds great potential for positioning, navigation, and timing as well as for sensing, remote imaging, machine vision, and more. Industry panelists will discuss their companies’ innovations as well as the challenges and opportunities for this fast-developing suite of technologies. After their presentations, panelists will discuss and answer the audience’s questions.

Moderator

William G. Schulz Managing Editor, Photonics Focus magazine SPIE (United States)

Panelists

“Semiconductor Photonics for Quantum Sensing Applications”

Amirhossein Ghods Vice President of Photonics Mesa Quantum Systems (United States)

“Germanium-Silicon Single-Photon Avalanche Diode: The Last Missing Piece of Silicon Photonic Detectors”

Neil Na Co-founder, Chief Scientist, CTO Artilux (United States)

“Heterogeneous Integration and Quantum Dot Lasers for Silicon Photonics”

Simone Šuran Brunelli Senior Materials Scientist Aeluma, Inc. (United States)

“Photonic Accelerators for Network-edge Intelligence”

Volker J. Sorger Rhines Endowed Professor of Semiconductor Photonics Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Florida (United States)

 

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Event Details

FORMAT: Oral presentations followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A.
MENU: Coffee, decaf, and tea will be available nearby.
SETUP: Theater style seating.