Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Natural and Bioinspired Resonant Photonics
Discussion Leader: Alon Gorodetsky (University of California, Irvine, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Silvia Vignolini (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Bio-inspired and Biological Photonics Structures"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Mathias Kolle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Scalable Optical Manufacture of Structurally Colored Materials"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Miniaturization of Lasers and Resonant Structures
Discussion Leader: Lan Yang (Washington University in St. Louis, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Arseniy Kuznetsov (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore)
"Light-Emitting Dielectric Nanoantennas and Metasurfaces for Lasing"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Peidong Yang (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Nanowire Nanolaser and Photonics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Hong-Gyu Park (Korea University, South Korea)
"Advancing Nanolasers Based on Topological Cavities"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Lan Yang (Washington University in St. Louis, United States) and Femi Ojambati (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Biointegrated Lasers
Discussion Leader: Andrea Armani (University of Southern California, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Seok-Hyun Andy Yun (Harvard Medical School and MGH, United States)
"Laser Particles for Single Cell Analysis"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Marcel Schubert (University of Cologne, Germany)
"Microlaser Biosensing: Probing Biological Activity from Single Cells to Whole Animals"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Emerging Materials and Platforms for Optical Gain: Organics & Perovskites
Discussion Leader: Graham Turnbull (University of St Andrews, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Chihaya Adachi (Kyushu University, Japan)
"Advanced Molecular Design of Organic Laser Materials Aimed at Current-Driven Lasing"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Yohei Yamamoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
"Precise Design of Organic/Polymeric Microstructures for Optical and Laser Applications"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Letian Dou (Purdue University, United States)
"Light-Emission and Lasing in Organic Semiconductor-incorporated Perovskites (OSiP)"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Lasing in Living Systems
Discussion Leader: Xudong (Sherman) Fan (University of Michigan, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Yu-Cheng Chen (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore)
"Functional Living Lasers for Biomedical Device and Analysis"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Matjaz Humar (Jozef Stefan Institute / University of Ljubljana / CENN Nanocenter, Slovenia)
"Bio-Integrated Microcavities for Sensing, Barcoding and Imaging"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Resonators and Lasers for Biosensing
Discussion Leader: Sile Nic Chormaic (OIST Graduate University, Japan)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Thomas Krauss (University of York, United Kingdom)
"Dielectric Metasurfaces and Metalenses for Biological Sensing"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Yun-Feng Xiao (Peking University, China)
"Single-particle Vibrational Spectroscopy Using Optical Microresonators"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Laura Lechuga (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Spain)
"Nanophotonics Biosensors for Ultrasensitive Label-free Bioanalysis"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Advances in Resonator Geometries
Discussion Leader: Hui Cao (Yale University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Riccardo Sapienza (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Reconfigurable and Active Complex Lasers"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Femi Ojambati (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
"Few-Emitter Lasing in Single Ultra-Small Nanocavities"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Polaritonic and Toplogical Lasers
Discussion Leader: Vinod Menon (City College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Hui Deng (University of Michigan, United States)
"Tailoring Laser Properties via Strong Light-Matter Coupling"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Mercedeh Khajavikhan (University of Southern California, United States)
"Lasing in Complex Networks of Micro- and Nano- Cavities"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Sebastian Klembt (Chair for Applied Physics, University of Würzburg, Germany)
"Topological Vertical Cavity Laser Arrays Using Anorganic and Organic Microcavity Designs."
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Emerging Materials and Platforms for Optical Gain: Inorganics
Discussion Leader: Teri Odom (Northwestern University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Emory Chan (The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
"Upconverting Nanoparticle Micro- and Nanolasers: Controlled Assembly, Continuous-Wave Operation, and Photon Avalanching at Room Temperature"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Detlev Grützmacher (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)
"SiGeSn: A Versatile Material Enabling Si Photonics"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure