February 2017 Vol. 31, No. 1 www.PhotonicsSociety.org Growing Canada’s Silicon Photonics Research Capacity by Chrostowski et al. Also Inside: • Photonics Start-ups 101: The Exit by Poole • Meet the new members of the society’s BoG • Spotlight on society members inducted into the National Academy of Inventors • Membership news including initiatives on women in photonics, outreach, and STEM…and more! February 2017 Vol. 31, No. 1 www.PhotonicsSociety.org Growing Canada’s Silicon Photonics Research Capacity by Chrostowski et al. Also Inside: • Photonics Start-ups 101: The Exit by Poole • Meet the new members of the society’s BoG • Spotlight on society members inducted into the National Academy of Inventors • Membership news including initiatives on women in photonics, outreach, and STEM…and more! February 2017 Volume 31, Number 1 FEATURE Research Highlight. 4 – Growing Canada’s Silicon Photonics Research Capacity 9 Spotlight On �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������7 • Photonics Start-ups 101: The Exit News . 9 • Book Review: Principles of Optics for Engineers by William S.C. Chang • Winners of the 2016 IEEE Maker Project Competition Announced • IEEE Receives National Recognition as a Great Workplace by the Independent Analysts at Great Place to Work® • National Photonics Initiative Commends U.S. Congress for Bipartisan Effort to Pass American Innovation and Competitiveness Act • New York Governor Cuomo Announces U.S. AIM Photonics Manufacturing Facility to be Located in Rochester’s Eastman Business Park at ON Semiconductor • Texas High School Student Designs Self-Cooling Solar Cell Careers and Awards . 15 • IEEE Photonics Society—Call for Nominations • Call for Nominations IEEE Photonics Society 2017 Distinguished Service Award • Meet the Newly Elected Members of the Board of Governors 2017–2019 • Petition for Candidates for Election to the Photonics Society Board of Governors • Professor E.M. Dianov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Awarded 2017 John Tyndall Award Membership . 19 • Photonics Society Congratulates Fellows Inducted into the National 18 Academy of Inventors 2015 • IEEE Fellow David V. Plant becomes Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada • IEEE Photonics at IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 • Silicon Valley Women in Photonics: Light, Photonics and Fun with Cisco & NASA • STEM Outreach: IEEE Photonics at AfterSchool Alliance and NJSACC Conference • AT&T’s “Introduce a Girl to Photonics” Event on Fibers, Amplifiers, Lasers and More • Diversity Collaboration with National Society of Black Physicists • Optics and Light Lessons with Boston University’s “Girls Science Club” • IEEE Photonics Student Chapter at UCSB Encourages Young Women to Study the Science of Light • Hong Kong Chapter holds 17th Annual Postgraduate Conference Conferences. 35 29 • Report on OECC/PS 2016 • IEEE Photonics Society Conference Calendar • IEEE Photonics Society Optical Interconnects • IEEE Photonics Society Co-Sponsored Events Publications . 40 • Call for Papers: – JLT CFP: Optical Fibers Sensors 25 – JSTQE CFP: Indium Phosphide Intergrated Photonics – JSTQE CFP: Optical Detectors – JSTQE: Fiber Lasers – JSTQE CFP: Ultra Low Loss Planar Waveguides and Their Applications COLUMNS Editor’s Column ......... 2 President’s Column . .3 February 2017 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCieTY NEWSLETTER 1 Editor’s IEEE Photonics Society Column Lawrence CHEN President Associate Editor of Asia & Pacific Kent Choquette Christina Lim Welcome to the first issue of 2017! University of Illinois Department of Electrical & Dept. of Electrical and Computer Electronic Engineering We begin this year with a research highlight article Engineering The University of Melbourne describing a Canadian program, funded in large part by 208 North Wright Street VIC 3010 Australia Urbana, IL 61801 Tel: +61-3-8344-4486 the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Tel: +1 217 265 0563 Email: [email protected] of Canada Collaborative Research and Training Experi- Email: [email protected] Associate Editors of North America Past President ence (CREATE), aimed at growing the country’s sili- Brian T. Cunningham Dalma Novak Professor of Electrical and Computer con photonics research capacity. The program is led by Pharad, LLC Engineering Professor of Bioengineering 1340 Charwood Road Prof. Lukas Chrostowski from the University of Brit- Interim Director, Micro and Suite L ish Columbia. Some of you may recognize him from Hanover, MD 21076 Nanotechnology Laboratory the various workshops and/or short courses on silicon Tel: +1 410 590 3333 Director, Center for Innovative Email: [email protected] Instrumentation Technology (CiiT) photonics that he has organized and given at the IEEE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Secretary-Treasurer Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory Photonics Conference in recent years. In the short time Paul Juodawlkis 208 North Wright Street that this program has existed, a number of students, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Urbana, IL 61801 244 Wood Street postdoctoral research fellows, and other researchers phone: 217-265-6291 Lexington, MA 02421-6426 email: [email protected] have received hands-on training in silicon photonics, Tel: + 1 781 981 7895 Email: [email protected] from passive devices to active devices to packaging Dr. Nicolas Fontaine Board of Governors Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent and system integration. Workshops typically feature a G. Cincotti O. Liboiron-Ladouceur Holmdel, NJ design-fabrication-test cycle and provide an invaluable B. Eggleton C. Lim Email: nicolas.fontaine@ R. Essiambre D. Marom alcatel-lucent.com learning and training experience. The program has had K. Hagimoto P. Nouchi tremendous impact in Canada as well as the global re- T. Kawanishi S. Poole Associate Editor of Europe/ B. Lee L. Rusch Mid East/Africa search community. Kevin A. Williams Over the past year, we have been treated to Simon Vice Presidents Eindhoven University of Technology Conferences—M. Dawson Inter-University Research Institute Poole’s musings about starting up a photonics company. Finance & Admin—M. Glick COBRA on Communication He has covered a number of topics: entrepreneurship, un- Membership & Regional Technology Activities—R. Essiambre Department of Electrical Engineering derstanding the market, the importance of intellectual Publications—C. Coleman PO Box 513 property, building an efficient (and successful) team, and Technical Affairs—D. Plant 5600 MB Eindhoven, Newsletter Staff The Netherlands predicting and managing cash flow. Simon concludes Email: [email protected] Editor-in-Chief this series of articles by describing two possible ‘exit’ Lawrence R. Chen Staff Editor scenarios from the start-up. Department of Electrical & Lisa Manteria The newsletter also includes articles from the mem- Computer Engineering IEEE Photonics Society McGill University 445 Hoes Lane bership section, particularly women in photonics and 3480 University St. Piscataway, NJ 08854 outreach, and there is a description of society members Montreal, Quebec Tel: 1 732 465 6662 Canada H3A-2A7 Fax: 1 732 981 1138 Tel: +514 398 1879 that were recently inducted in the National Academy of Email: [email protected] Fax: 514 398 3127 Inventors. Finally, I invite you to meet the new members Email: [email protected] of our Board of Governors. 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