Frontiers in Optics 2009/Laser Science XXV Featuring leaders of optics and photonics, including two Nobel Laureates, FiO/LS 2009 drew together industry luminaries from around the globe. Sessions on 3-D display, supercomputing and imaging at the nanoscale were the talk of the conference, and advances in these areas generated buzz throughout the event. Green energy was also a central theme, with discussions of how to make integrated photonic circuits more environmentally friendly and the popular solar car races demonstrating solar-powered miniature cars for a captive audience. Attended by more than 1,500 of the field’s leaders and with more than 40 companies participating in the exhibition, and more than 1,000 presentations, FiO 2009 provided the latest technical advances, networking opportunities and so much more. We look forward to seeing you next year at FiO 2010 in Rochester, NY from October 24–28. Watch 2009 FiO Chairs Discuss This Year's Conference Highlights Video Topics: Overview of FiO 2009 Collocated Topical Meetings The Future of 3-D Display—Special Symposium Gravitational Wave Interferometry from Earth and Space—Special Symposium Optics for Imaging at the Nanoscale and Beyond—Special Symposium Phase Space Optical System Theory for the 21st Century—Special Symposium Short Courses Hot Topics in Optical Design and Instrumentation Hot Topics in Optics in Information Sciences Hot Topics in Photonics Hot Topics in Optics in Biology in Medicine Unveiling a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy—Plenary Session View the chairs discussing highlights of FiO 2009 / Fall Optics & Photonics Congress – Lahsen Assoufid, Greg Quarles, and Markus Testorf. The 2009 Technical Program Features: Six special symposia 10 Tutorials Plenary session held by two of the industry’s finest scientists; Andrea M. Ghez and Janos Kirz Ives Medal Lecture: Reobert Byer, Stanford University, USA Schawlow Prize Lecture: Robert Field, MIT, USA Three Short Courses Collocated with the Fall OSA Optics & Photonics Congress: Advances in Optical Materials (AIOM) Adaptive Optics: Methods, Analysis and Applications (AO) Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (COSI) Femtosecond Laser Microfabrication (LM) Signal Recovery and Synthesis (SRS) About FiO/LS FiO/LS Pre-Conference Schedule The Optical Society (OSA) The APS Division of Laser Science (DLS) Future Dates Join your colleagues in San Jose, CA, USA, for a variety of themes, topics, and invited speakers at the Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2009/Laser Science (LS) XXV conference. These meetings focus on timely topics in optical science and engineering and provide a place for members to exchange ideas and to expand their network of colleagues in both academia and industry. FiO/LS Pre-Conference Schedule February 19, 2009 Call for Papers Submission Site Opens for FiO/LS 2009 May 26, 2009, 12:00 p.m. noon EDT (16.00 FiO/LS Papers Submission Deadline GMT) June 2009 Registration and Housing Open Authors of submitted papers are notified of July 2009 acceptance/rejection August 2009 FiO/LS 2008 Conference Program Available Online September 11, 2009 Housing Deadline September 16, 2009 Pre-registration deadline September 21, 2009 Post deadline Paper Submission Deadline October 2, 2009 Authors of post deadline papers are notified of acceptance/rejection October 11-15, 2009 FiO/LS held at the San Jose Fairmont & St. Claire Hotel The Optical Society (OSA) FiO 2009—the 93rd OSA Annual Meeting—and LS XXV unite the OSA and American Physical Society (APS) communities for five days of quality, cutting-edge presentations, fascinating invited speakers and a variety of special events. The FiO 2009 conference will also offer a number of Short Courses designed to increase participants’ knowledge of a specific subject while offering the experience of insightful teachers. An exhibit floor featuring leading optics companies will further enhance the meeting. The APS Division of Laser Science (DLS) The LS XXV meeting serves as the annual meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) of its Division of Laser Science (DLS) and provides an important forum for presenting the latest work on laser applications and development, spanning a broad range of topics in physics, biology and chemistry. In collaboration with our colleagues at OSA, DLS will provide thorough coverage of mutually interesting topics in a number of joint sessions. Session schedules are coordinated to encourage your intellectual wanderings among DLS, OSA and joint sessions. Be prepared to engage in outstanding technical programs, exciting special symposia and networking events scheduled for this year's annual meeting. Future Dates Year Dates Location 2010 October 24–28 Rochester, NY 2011 October 16-20 San Jose, CA 2012 October 14–18 Rochester, NY 2013 October 6–10 Orlando, FL Plenary Session and Awards Ceremony The FiO 2009/LS XXV Plenary Session and Awards Ceremony is on Monday, October 12. Plenary Session Awards Ceremony Plenary Session Unveiling a Supermassive Black Hole at the X-Ray Microscopy Center of Our Galaxy Janos Kirz Andrea M. Ghez Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley Univ. of California at Los Angeles, USA Natl. Lab, USA View presentation (PDF) View presentation (PDF) Ghez Video Part 1 Kirz Video Part 1 Ghez Video Part 2 Kirz Video Part 2 Ghez Video Part 3 Kirz Video Part 3 Kirz Video Part 4 Abstract: More than a quarter century ago, it was Kirz Video Part 5 suggested that galaxies such as our own Milky Way may harbor massive, though possibly Abstract: X-rays penetrate objects opaque to dormant, central black holes. Definitive proof, for electrons and visible light. X-ray spectra near or against, the existence of a massive central black absorption edges reveal the local chemical hole lies in the assessment of the distribution of environment. Linear and circular dichroism matter in the center of the Galaxy. The motion of provide contrast in magnetic materials. the stars in the vicinity of a black hole offers a way Advances in X-ray optics, as well as lensless to determine this distribution. Based on 10 years imaging methods, provide high spatial of high resolution imaging, Dr. Ghez's team has resolution. X-ray free-electon lasers coming on moved the case for a supermassive black hole at line may open the door to sub-nm resolution the Galactic Center from a possibility to a imaging of macromolecules. certainty. Additionally, spectroscopy has revealed that the stars orbiting in such close proximity are Biography: Janos Kirz received his Ph.D. in apparently massive and young; the origin of these physics from the University of California, stars is difficult to explain, given the strong tidal Berkeley, in 1963. He spent most of his forces, and may provide key insight into the professional life at Stony Brook University, growth of the central black hole. where he is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus. His interest in X-ray microscopy dates Biography: Andrea M. Ghez, professor of physics to a stay at Oxford University in 1972–1973. and astronomy, is one of the world’s leading During the past 5 years he has been at the experts in observational astrophysics, whose work Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley sheds light on how our Milky Way Galaxy, Sun Laboratory, where he served as Acting Director and Earth came to be. (2004–2006) and is currently Scientific Advisor. Working in the field of high resolution imaging, Professor Ghez has used the Keck telescopes to demonstrate the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, with a mass 4 million times that of our sun. She has also discovered that most, if not all, stars shortly after birth have companion stars and that in most cases the separations of these companions pairs are smaller than the size of our solar system. For her research at Keck, Professor Ghez was named in Discover Magazine's 20th anniversary issue (2000) as one of the top 20 scientists in the country under 40, who ―have demonstrated once-in-a-generation insight‖ and ―will likely change our fundamental understanding of the world and our place in it.‖ Her work at the center of our Galaxy was also selected by the journal Science as one of the top 10 science results for 2002. A member of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) faculty since 1994, Professor Ghez also serves as a member of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. She received a B.S. from MIT in 1987 and a Ph.D. in physics from Caltech in 1992. Before coming to UCLA, she was a Hubble Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Arizona's Steward Observatory. Her honors and awards include a MacArthur Fellowship (2008), Aaronson Award from the University of Arizona (2006), election to the National Academy of Sciences (2004) and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2004), the Sackler Prize from Tel Aviv University (2004), the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award from the American Physical Society (1999), the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize from the American Astronomical Society (1998), Sloan Fellowship (1996), and a Packard Fellowship (1996). Professor Ghez has served on numerous national committees and boards. Currently, her service work includes membership on the National Research Council’s Board on Physics and Astronomy and the Thirty-Meter-Telescope’s Science Advisory Committee. Awards Addresses Robert L. Byer Robert W. Field Stanford Univ., USA MIT, USA 2009 Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn 2009 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science Endowment Recipient Recipient View presentation (PDF) View presentation (PDF) Ives Medal Lecture: Surfing Lightwaves; Schawlow Prize Lecture: Acetylene: Just Large meeting the challenges of the 21st Century Enough Abstract: In the fifty years since the Abstract: What can acetylene (H-C≡C-H) do demonstration of the laser, coherent light has that a diatomic molecule cannot? It can undergo changed the way we work, communicate and play.