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AOS Conference Program

WEDNESDAY 12 JULY
TIME
PAPER ID
PAPER TITLE - PRESENTER
SCHEDULED
12noon - 12.45
AOS REGISTRATION OPENS
12:45-2:00
LUNCH (provided) & TRADE EXHIBITION proudly sponsored by
REDcentre, Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) and Australian Aerospace & Defence Innovations (AADI)
 
Presentations by:
REDcentre – Innovation Partnering
QCV – Single Photon Sources
AADI – Partnering with Defence
 
Session 10: Photonic Crystals
2:00-2:30
108
Nonlinear photonic crystals in Chalcogenide: towards the all-optical logic chip
INVITED SPEAKER - Christian Grillet - CUDOS
Wed20
2:30-2:45
79
Characterisation of Chalcogenide 2D Photonic Crystal Waveguides Using Silica Fibre Nanowires. Cameron Smith, CUDOS, University of Sydney.
Wed21
2:45-3:00
49
Photonic crystal slab hetero-structures formed by refractive index variations in chalcogenide glasses. Snjezana Tomljenovic-Hanic, CUDOS, University of Sydney.
Wed22
3:00-3:15
47
Localization of light in Bessel photonic lattices. Robert Fischer, Australian National University.
Wed23
3:15-3:30
50
What is the best lattice for a planar photonic crystal superprism? Andrew Kirk, CUDOS, University of Sydney.
Wed24
3:30-4:00
AFTERNOON TEA (Provided) & TRADE EXHIBITION
 
Session 11: Nonlinear Optics
4:00-4:30
FEMTOSECOND LASERS IN THE SINGULAR OPTICS
INVITED SPEAKER - Prof. Dr. Alexander Dreischuh, Department of Quantum Electronics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria Nonlinear Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, GermanyProfessor Alexander Alexandrov Dreischuh - Sofia University, Bulgaria
Wed30
4:30-4:45
28
Regions of Existence and Transformations of (3+1)-D Dissipative Optical Solitons. Nail Akhmediev, Australian National University.
Wed31
4:45-5:00
40
Grating induced spectral enhancement via four-wave mixing. Dane Austin, CUDOS, University of Sydney.
Wed32
5:00-5:15
61
Surface gap solitons at fabricated photonic lattice interfaces. Christian Rosberg, Australian National University.
Wed33
5:15-5:30
69
Error Free Wavelength Conversion in As2Se3. Vahid Ta'eed, CUDOS, University of Sydney.
Wed34
5.30-6.35
AOS - Annual General Meeting
6.30-8.00
AOS POSTER PRESENTATIONS - includes drinks & nibbles

THURSDAY 13 JULY
TIME
PAPER ID
PAPER TITLE - PRESENTER
SCHEDULED
    Session 12 : Nonlinear Optics 2  
9:00-9.30
Nonlinear localization and solitons in atomic bandgap structures
Chair - Adrian Ankiewicz, Australian National University
Invited speaker - Elena Ostrovskaya, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence, Quantum-Atom Optics & Nonlinear Physics Centre, ANU
Th10
9:30-9.45
43
Observation of spatial shift in interaction of dark nonlocal solitons. Robert Fischer, Australian National University. Th11
9:45-10.00
33
The nonlinear wavenumber in supercontinuum generation. Dane Austin, University of Sydney. Th12
10:00-10.15
40
Infiltration of Quantum Dots into 3D Photonic Crystals Fabricated by the Two photon Polymerisation Technique. Jiafang Li, CUDOS. Th13
10:15-10.30
55
Surface Multi-Gap Solitons in Nonlinear Waveguide Arrays. Ivan Garanovich, Australian National University. Th14
10.30-11.00
MORNING TEA (provided)  
    Session 13: Correlations and spectroscopy  
11:00-11.30
Achieving the Heisenberg limit in interferometry: what does it take?
Chair - Andrew Peele, La Trobe University
Invited speaker - Howard Wiseman, Federation Fellow, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University
Th20
11:30-11.45
73
Complete Recovery of Synchrotron Wavefields using Phase-Space Tomography and its Applications in X-ray Imaging. Chanh Tran, University of Melbourne. Th21
11:45-12.00
42
Second order interference - from nonlinear optics to GPS. Murray Hamilton, University of Adelaide. Th22
12:00-12.15
50
Classical ghost-imaging and spatial coherence. Sean Crosby, University of Melbourne. Th23
12:15-12.30
46
Swept Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy: Pushing Sensitivity Limits. Brian Orr, Macquarie University. Th24
12.30 - 2.00
LUNCH (not provided)  
    Session 14: Atom optics, slow light and metamaterials  
2:00-2.30
Novel Bose-Einstein condensate applications: magnetic field topography and tilt sensing.
Chair - Russell McLean, Swinburne University of Technology
Invited speaker - Brenton Hall, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantom-Atom Optics, Swinburne University
Th30
2:30-2.45
62
Diffraction-contrast imaging of excited-state cold atoms. Robert Scholten, University of Melbourne. Th31
2:45-3.00
54
Comparison of Light Storage in Fast- and Slow-Light Atomic Media. Alexander Akulshin, Swinburne University. Th32
3:00-3.15
38
Slow light in nonlinear fibre Bragg gratings. Joe Mok, University of Sydney. Th33
3:15
49
Inductance and capacitance of circuits in an optical meta-material. Timothy Davis, CSIRO. Th34
3.15-4.00
AFTERNOON TEA (provided)  
    Session 15; Physical and applied optics  
4:00-4.30
74
The ARC Centre of Excellence for coherent X-ray science: physics, chemistry and biology working together.
Chair - Ann Roberts, University of Melbourne
Invited speaker - Keith Nugent, ARC Federation Fellow, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
Th40
4:30-4.45
39
Angular momentum in tightly focused beams with circular polarization. Zeev Bomzon, Swinburne University. Th41
4:45-5.00
56
Excitation of whispering gallery modes by two- photon absorption induced by evanescent field. Smitha Kuriakose, Swinburne University. Th42
5:00-5.15
65
High-resolution interferometric metrology of wafers. David Farrant, CSIRO. Th43
5:15-5.30
32
An Experimental Illuminator for Museum Conservation Lighting. Andrew Chalmers, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand. Th44
5.30
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