Morning
Introductory Remarks by Organizers
Solar Energy
- Shanhui Fan, Stanford University
The Influence of the 4n2 Factor on Solar Cells - Richard Swanson, Sunpower Corp.
The Future of PhotoVoltaics - Harry Atwater, Caltech; Co-Founder, Alta Devices, Inc.
Really High Efficiency Solar Cells
Nano-Opto-Electronics
- Axel Scherer, Caltech; Co-Founder, Luxtera, Inc.
Silicon Nano-Photonics - Jim Coleman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The Impact of Strained Quantum Well Lasers
Afternoon
Metal Optics
- John Pendry, Imperial College
Inside the Wavelength: Seeing Really Small Objects with Light - Dan Sievenpiper, University of California, San Diego
Materials and Components With a Negative Frequency Derivative of Reactance - Ming C. Wu, University of California, Berkeley
Spontaneous Hyper Emission: Enhanced Light Emission by Optical Antennas
Photonic Crystals
- Susumu Noda, Kyoto University
Recent Progress in Photonic Crystals and Their Device Applications - Philip Russell, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
(One) Latest Development(s) in Photonic Crystal Fibers
Quantum Information
- HongWen Jiang, UCLA
Development of Electron Spin Qubits for Quantum Information Processing - Thomas Szkopek, McGill University
Would Error Correction Provide a Benefit in Classical Computers?