Events
Laser Applications to Chemical, Security and Environmental Analysis
22 June 2020 – 26 June 2020 OSA Virtual Event
The meeting covers diagnostics of combustion and industrial process gases, atmospheric sensing and monitoring, and the analysis of gases that may contain chemical or biological agents. Sensing of liquids (e.g., aerosols) and solids (e.g., particulates or explosives) is also discussed. Topics include exciting new developments in analytical spectroscopy, ultrafast lasers, frequency combs, and miniaturization using optical approaches spanning the VUV to THz spectral range.
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Topics
New technologies in laser sources for optical sensing applications
- Continuous wave, pulsed, modulated lasers and their characterization
- High-repetition-rate sources
- Broadband lasers
- Ultrafast lasers
- Frequency combs
Chemical sensing methods:
- Spectroscopic sensing of gases, aerosols, and particulates
- Combustion and industrial process monitoring
- Real-time control
- Energy topics
- Extension of techniques toward the VUV or THz spectral ranges;Novel spectroscopic science
- Nonlinear optical techniques
- Extension to multiple points or to volumetric measurements
- High-repetition-rate imaging
- Sensor miniaturization
Security applications
- Remote sensing
- Miniaturization, optical lab-on-chip systems, and silicon photonics
- Distributed sensor networks
- Biochemical/biophysical applications of laser techniques
- Use of new sources offering high power or pulse energy
- Industrial security monitoring & Industrial Process Control
Environmental analysis
- Atmospheric sensing of gases, solids, and liquids
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Advancements in LIDAR
- Extension and improvement of spectroscopic databases
- Airborne sensor systems
- Ruggedized sensor systems
- Propagation of laser beams through scattering media
- Urban, Rural and Volcanic Emission Measurements
Speakers
- Pascal Del'Haye, National Inst of Standards & Technology, Germany
THz-wave Generation and Imaging with a Microresonantor Frequency Comb - Xue Dong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Deep Learning in Laser Diagnostics of Combustion - Andreas Ehn, Lunds Universitet, Sweden
Development and Application of Laser-based Diagnostics of Plasma and Plasma-assisted Chemistry - Peter Fjodorow, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Ultrasensitive Diagnostics in Combustion Environments: Progress and Trends in Intracavity Absorption Spectroscopy - Kathryn Gabet Hoffmeister, Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque
Thermographic Phosphor Digital Image Correlation - Mark Gragston, University of Tennessee Space Institute, United States
Multiplexed Structured Image Capture: Applications for High-speed Imaging and Field of View Extension - Stephen Grib, Air Force Research Laboratory, United States
High-speed Measurements in Reacting and Non-reacting Flows Using Burst-mode Lasers - Jennifer Inman, NASA
From Wind Tunnels to Flight Vehicles: Visualization and Quantitative Measurements Supporting NASA’s Space Program - Johannes Koeth, Nanoplus Nanosystems and Tech GmbH, Germany
Interband Cascade Lasers in the 3-6 Micron Wavelengths Range for Gas Sensing Applications - Hebin Li, Florida International University, United States
Optical 2D Coherent Spectroscopy of Many-body Interaction and Correlation in Atoms - Xunchen Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
High-speed Thermometry in Combustion - Falguni Patadia, NASA, United States
Satellite Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Particles: Looking Down from Space - Glen Perram, Air Force Institute of Technology, United States
Digital Holography for Laser Weapons and Remote Sensing - Wei Ren, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Photothermal Gas Sensing in Hollow Core Fibers - Yihua Ren, Rheinish Westfalische Tech Hoch Aachen, Germany
In-situ Laser Diagnostic of Nanoparticle Formation and Transport by Phase-selective Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy - Lucile Rutkowski, Institut de Physique de Rennes, France
Recent Advances in Near Infrared Precision Spectroscopy for Laboratory Astrophysics - Michael Shattan, Air Force Institute of Technology
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Diagnostics for Nuclear Debris - Mitchell Spearrin, University of California Los Angeles, United States
3D Laser Absorption Imaging of Combustion Gases Assisted by Deep Learning - Benjamin Williams, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Engine Diagnostics with Non-linear Spectroscopy - Gerard Wysocki, Princeton University, United States
Remote Sensing of Chemicals in Urban Environment Using Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Laser Frequency Comb Spectrometer - Zhili Zhang, University of Tennessee Knoxville, United States
Radar REMPI for Quantitative Combustion and Plasma Diagnostics - Bo Zhou, Southern Univ of Science & Technology, China
Towards Comprehensive Laser-based Diagnostic Capabilities for Reacting Systems
Committee
- Johannes Kiefer, Universitat Bremen, Germany, Chair
- Wolfgang Meier, German Aerospace Center DLR, Germany, Chair
- Hans Stauffer, Spectral Energies LLC, United States, Chair
- Frank Beyrau, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg , Germany, Program Chair
- Joakim Bood, Lund University, Sweden, Program Chair
- Paul Hsu, Spectral Energies LLC, United States, Program Chair
- Christopher Abram, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany
- Christoph Arndt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
- Jun Chen, Univ of Shanghai Science & Technology, China
- Weidong Chen, Universite du Littoral, France
- Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
- Thomas Dreier, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Aamir Farooq, King Abdullah Univ of Sci & Technology, Saudi Arabia
- Benoit Fond, Otto-von-Guericke Univ Magdeburg, Germany
- Yi Gao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- Naibo Jiang, Spectral Energies, LLC, United States
- Waruna Kulatilaka, Texas A&M University, United States
- Jerry Meyer, US Naval Research Laboratory, United States
- Anil Patnaik, Air Force Institute of Technology, United States
- Anna-Lena Sahlberg, Lunds Universitet, Sweden
- Thomas Seeger, Universität Siegen, Germany
- Vincenzo Spagnolo, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
- Azer Yalin, Colorado State University, United States
- Rui Yang, University of Oklahoma, United States
Plenary Session
Radislav Potyrailo
GE Research, USA
Journey from natural to fabricated gas sensing photonic nanostructures: unexpected discoveries and societal impact
Existing spectroscopic and material-based gas sensors often degrade their performance in complex backgrounds. Thus, new sensing approaches are required with improved sensor selectivity and accuracy. In this talk we analyze capabilities of natural and fabricated photonic three-dimensional nanostructures as sensors for detection of different gases. Our performance advances in detection of multiple gases with specific nanostructure designs were achieved by coupling spectral responses of these nanostructures with machine learning (a.k.a. multivariate analysis, chemometrics) tools. Our new acquired knowledge from studies of natural and fabricated nanostructures allowed us to advance our design rules of sensing nanostructures toward needed gas selectivity for numerous gas monitoring scenarios at room and high temperatures for industrial, environmental, and other applications.
About the Speaker
Dr. Radislav Potyrailo is a Principal Scientist at GE Research, leading the growth of wireless, wearable, and industrial/consumer chemical and biological sensors. He has been leading programs on inventing sensing systems and bringing them from lab feasibility studies, to field validation, and to commercialization. Radislav has been Principal Investigator on programs funded by AFRL, DARPA, DHS, NETL, NIH, NIOSH, and TSWG. Some of these results Radislav summarized in 120 granted US Patents and 150+ publications on transducer technologies, sensing materials, and data analytics describing sensing concepts and their implementations. He has delivered 80+ invited lectures and ten keynote/plenary lectures at national and international conferences. He is the initiator and a co-organizer of the First Gordon Research Conference on Combinatorial and High Throughput Materials Science and other conferences and symposia (ACS, MRS, Pittcon) on sensors and functional materials. His recent recognitions include SPIE Fellow and Prism Award by Photonics Media/SPIE.
Sune Svanberg
South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, China, and Department of Physics, Lund University, Sweden
Laser Spectroscopic Sensing in Environmental, Ecological, and Biomedical Research
Spectroscopic sensing by laser techniques provides powerful approaches to many areas strongly influencing human daily life. Non-intrusive monitoring can be pursued locally and by remote sensing. Examples from the environmental, ecological, and biomedical fields will be given.
About the Speaker
Sune Svanberg obtained his doctorate from the University of Gothenburg in 1972, and since 1980 has been a professor of physics at Lund University, Lund, Sweden. During 30 years, he was the head of the Atomic Physics Division, and during 15 years he has been the director of the Lund Laser Centre. Since 2011 he has been a distinguished professor at South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China. He holds nine honorary doctor/professor appointments, and is a member of six scientific academies. Dr. Svanberg is a fellow of five learned societies, and received numerous national and international awards. He served on many boards and committees, including a 10-year membership of the Nobel Committee for Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Based on a long career in basic atomic spectroscopy and high-power laser/matter interactions, his current research interests focus on laser spectroscopic applications to the environmental, ecological and biomedical fields.
Special Events
Women of Imaging and Sensing Meet and Greet
Grab your coffee, soda or beverage of your choice and join other women of Sensing & Imaging for an informal virtual get together. Members of each committee will be on hand to answer any questions you may have or simply log in and learn a bit about OSA’s diversity and inclusion efforts and share your ideas on helping ensure our community and this meeting is as welcoming and inclusive as possible.
Volunteer Engagement I – OSA Technical Groups
Join OSA Board of Meetings Technical Group Development Chair Daniel Smalley to learn more about the governing structure and activities of OSA Technical Groups. The session will include a brief overview and time for Q&A.
Introductory Remarks and Plenary Session I (Sensing Congress)
OSA Career Lab: Developing Profitable Technology Products
Developing products that make money is the primary goal of most technology companies, but it’s not an easy task to accomplish. Many factors impact whether a product is ultimately successful or not. Learn an overview of the important fundamentals for developing products that will make money for your company.
Volunteer Engagement II – OSA Meetings
Join members of the Sensing and Imaging committee to discuss the roles, responsibilities and time commitment needed to serve on a meeting committee. The session will include a brief overview and time for Q&A.
Technical Groups: Illumicon
You are invited to join the OSA Display Technology Technical Group for Illumicon, an exclusive members-only event. Building on the declarations established at past Illumicon gatherings, attendees will converge online to discuss and debate emerging trends, technologies and opportunities in advanced 3D displays. Entrance to the online event will be granted to those able to enter the secret password.
Volunteer Engagement III – OSA Publishing
Join Kara Peters, NC State University, USA, Applied Optics Topical Editor and Samuel Thurman, Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, USA, JOSA A Topical Editor to learn how to become a reviewer, what editors are looking for in a reviewer, and what makes a good review. The session will include a brief overview and time for Q&A.
Introductory Remarks and Plenary Session II (Imaging Congress)
Student and Early Career Professionals Happy Hour
Join fellow students and early career professionals for an informal virtual get together. Grab your coffee, soda or beverage of choice for a chance to meet other students and early career professionals from across the world and swap stories of life in graduate school and beyond. Share the joys, trials, challenges, and camaraderie of the hard work
