Table of Contents Schedule at a Glance ...................................... 2 Laser Science Symposium on Undergraduate Research ........ 16 FiO/LS Chairs’ Welcome Letters ............................. 3 Symposium on Mesoscopic Optics of Disordered Media . 17 A Tribute to Steve Jacobs ............................... 17 General Information ....................................... 5 Symposium on Mid-Infrared Fiber Sources .................. 17 Conference Services ................................... 5 Symposium on 100 Years of vision at OSA: Most Cited Papers First Aid and Emergency Information ...................... 6 in OSA Journals . 18 Sponsoring Society Booths .............................. 6 Symposium on Integrated Photonic Manufacturing ........... 18 Stay Connected Symposium on Integrated Quantum Optics ................. 18 Conference Materials . 9 Special Events . 19 FiO/LS Mobile App .................................... 9 Exhibition Information ..................................... 23 Conference Plenary Session and Awards Ceremony FiO/LS Committees . 25 Plenary Presentations . 11 APS Arthur L. Schawlow Prize and Lecture .................. 12 Explanation of Session Codes ............................... 26 Frederic Ives Medal /Jarus W. Quinn Prize Presentation FiO/LS Agenda of Sessions ................................. 27 and Lecture ........................................... 12 FiO/LS Abstracts . 36 OSA Awards and Honors FiO/LS Subject Index ..................................... 132 OSA and APS Awards and Special Recognitions . 12 OSA Foundation Student Travel Grants .................... 14 Key to Authors and Presiders .............................. 142 OSA Foundation Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Scholarship . 14 OSA Foundation Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition.......................................... 14 OSA and APS thank the following sponsors OSA Foundation Incubic/Milton Chang Travel Grant .......... 14 for their generous support of this meeting: OSA Foundation Jean Bennett Memorial Student Travel Grant .. 15 OSA Foundation Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Student Travel Grant . 15 Carl E. Anderson Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation .......................................... 15 Special Symposia Symposium on 100 Years of Optical Design, Fabrication, Testing and Instrumentation – A Historical Look Back . 16 Symposium on 50th Anniversary of Low-Loss Optical Fibers .... 16 Check the Mobile App for regular updates. Program updates and changes through 13 October may be found on the Conference Program Update Sheet distributed in the registration bags. FiO/LS 2016 • 16–21 October 2016 1 Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance Note: Dates and Times are subject to change. Check the Mobile App for regular updates. All times reflect Eastern time zone. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 17 October 18 October 19 October 20 October 21 October GENERAL & EXHIBITS Registration 15:00–20:00 07:00 –17:00 07:00–18:00 07:00–17:00 07:30–16:30 WORKinOPTICS.com Kiosk & E-Center 15:00–20:00 07:00 –17:00 07:00–17:00 07:00–17:00 07:30–16:30 Speaker Preparation Room 15:00–18:00 07:00–18:00 07:00–18:00 07:00–18:00 07:30–16:00 Coffee Breaks 10:00–10:30 09:30–10:30 09:30–10:00 10:00–10:30 15:30–16:00 14:30–15:00 16:00–16:30 15:30–16:00 Exhibit Hall Open 09:30–16:00 09:30–14:00 Unopposed Exhibit-only Time 09:30–10:30 09:30–11:00 12:00–13:00 12:30–14:00 14:30–16:00 Glass Art Contest & Auction 09:30–16:00 09:30–14:00 OSA Student Chapter Competition 14:00–16:00 PROGRAMMING FiO/LS Technical Sessions 08:00–18:00 10:30–18:00 14:00–18:30 08:00–18:00 Laser Science Symposium on Undergraduate Research 12:15–18:00 Joint FiO/LS Plenary & Awards Sessions 08:00–09:30 08:00–09:30 FiO Poster Sessions 14:30–16:00 09:30–11:00 OSA Light the Future Speaker Series featuring Michio Kaku and Nobel Laureates 11:00–12:30 Postdeadline Paper Sessions 10:30–12:30 SPECIAL EVENTS Women of Light, a Special Program for Women in Optics hosted by WiSTEE CONNECT 11:00–17:00 Make Optics Career Roundtable 17:00–18:00 Diversity & Inclusion Reception: A Look at the LGBT Climate in Physics 17:00–18:00 FiO/LS Welcome Reception 18:30–20:30 Optics in Digital Systems Technical Group Networking Breakfast 07:30–08:30 OSA Fellow Members Lunch 12:00–13:15 Optical Material Studies Technical Group Special Talk 12:00–13:30 Polarization Technical Group Special Talk 12:00–13:30 OSA Friends and Family Event 13:45–16:00 Meet the OSA Editors’ Reception 15:30–16:30 Photonics Clambake 2016 17:30–20:30 Optics & Energy: Reflections on the Past and Lighting the Future 18:00–19:00 OSA Student Member Party 19:00–22:00 Optics Alumni Networking Reception 19:00–22:00 AIM Photonics Northeast Supply Conference (NESCO) 08:00–17:00 Environmental Sensing Technical Group Special Talk 12:00–13:00 Meet the Editors of the APS Journals Reception 15:30–17:00 OIDA Member and Exhibitor Appreciation Reception 16:00–17:00 OSA Annual Business Meeting 17:00–17:45 DLS Annual Business Meeting 17:00–18:00 OSA 100 Year BASH 18:30–21:30 VIP Industry Leaders Networking Event 12:30–14:00 2 FiO/LS 2016 • 16–21 October 2016 Welcome to Frontiers in Optics 2016 We are pleased that you have chosen to join us to celebrate The Optical Society’s centennial year • Be sure to join us for the OSA 100 Year BASH on Wednesday, 19 October from 18:30–21:30. as we return to the organization’s birthplace, Rochester, New York. The 2016 Frontiers in Optics • The Light the Future Speaker Series featuring a presentation by Michio Kaku will be held on th (FiO) Conference, the 100 Annual meeting of The Optical Society, will encompass the breadth of Thursday, 20 October from 11:00–12:30 optical science and engineering and provide an atmosphere that fosters the exchange of informa- tion between those working on fundamental research and those looking for solutions to engineer- • Late-breaking advances in optics will be presented on Friday, 21 October, in the FiO ing problems. On behalf of the FiO Subcommittee Chairs, we would like to thank our colleagues Postdeadline Paper Sessions, running from 10:30–12:30. from the Division of Laser Science (DLS) of the American Physical Society (APS) for assisting in • The OSA Foundation is pleased to announce the 8th annual Emil Wolf Outstanding cultivating joint topics and sessions that will greatly enhance the experience of the attendees at Student Paper Competition. One award winner will be selected from each of the seven FiO FiO 2016. subcommittees. Selections will be made based on the quality of the submitted technical summary and presentation. Winners will be announced at the end of the conference and in The technical program features nearly 900 invited, tutorial, and contributed oral and poster the next issue of Optics & Photonics News (OPN). presentations by celebrated members of the community describing some of the most exciting advances in their fields. Special symposia and other major events further highlight major advances • Wednesday and Thursday, while you are enjoying the poster sessions and the coffee breaks in many selected areas. This year’s program also features two renowned Plenary speakers. Lukas in the Exhibit Hall and/or taking breaks from the presentations, please see the latest in Novotny, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, will give the presentation, “Controlling Light-matter Interac- scientific and optical instrumentation and information that our exhibitors have on display! tions on the Nanometer Scale” during Wednesday’s Plenary session. Michal Lipson, Columbia We welcome you to FiO 2016 and encourage you to take full advantage of the benefits of this University, USA, will discuss “Next Generation Silicon Photonics” at the Thursday Plenary session. year’s social and networking opportunities, technical sessions, corporate programming, poster Our Plenary session programming will also include the award presentations from two individuals sessions and exhibition! receiving two of the highest honors for OSA and APS. Gerard Mourou, University of Michigan, USA, winner of the OSA 2016 Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize, will give an address at the Wednesday Plenary session. Robert W. Boyd, recipient of the APS 2016 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize will present during Thursday’s Plenary session. In addition to these distinguished speak- ers, OSA will celebrate our 100th Anniversary with a continuation of the Light the Future Speaker series. This event will feature Michio Kaku, Futurist and theoretical Physicist, City College of New York, USA. FiO is pleased to offer several special symposia – The Symposium on 100 Years of Optical Design, Fabrication, Testing and Instrumentation – A Historical Look Back (Tuesday, 18 October, 08:00–14:30); The Symposium on the 50th Anniversary of Low-Loss Optical Fibers (Tuesday, 18 October, 08:00–15:30); The Symposium on Mesoscopic Optics of Disordered Media (Wednesday, Urs Utzinger 19 October, 10:30–14:00); A Tribute to Steve Jacobs (Wednesday, 19 October, 10:30–14:00); The Scott Carney Symposium on Mid-Infrared Fiber Sources (Thursday, 20 October, 14:00–18:30); The Symposium University of Illinois at University of Arizona, USA on 100 Years of Vision at OSA: Most Cited Vision Papers in OSA Journals (Thursday, 20 October, Urbana-Champaign, USA General Chair 14:00–16:00); The Symposium on Integrated Photonic Manufacturing (Friday, 21 October, 08:00– General Chair 14:30); and the Symposium on Integrated Quantum Optics (Friday, 21 October, 14:30–17:30). Details about all the symposia are listed on the Symposia pages of this program. This year’s meeting is filled with many informational and networking events. Some of the high- lights of FiO 2016 include the following: • OSA’s Science Educators’ Day will be held on Sunday, 16 October, from 13:30–16:30, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Rochester. Hosted by The Optical Society, Science Educator’s Day (EDAY) provides middle and high school science teachers with a wide variety of optics-focused lesson plans and classroom demonstration guides.