Tuesday July 29, 2014
Noon – 1  pm
Texas Instruments (TI) Auditorium E-1
2900 Semiconductor Drive
Santa Clara, CA
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TITLE: Nanoscale Optofluidic Devices

SPEAKERS: Prof. Holger Schmidt, Department of Electrical Engineering, UC Santa Cruz

ABSTRACT:
Integrated photonic devices have traditionally been designed for data communications using exclusively solid-state materials. However, a vast area of potential applications, in particular in the life sciences, involve interactions of light with liquids and gases. Recently, a number of optofluidic approaches have been considered that are aimed at integrating such non-solid media with chip-scale photonic structures. We have developed a versatile, planar photonic platform based on hollow-core optical waveguides. I will describe the physical foundations and optical characteristics of this platform and a broad range of devices and capabilities that are made possible by this approach. In particular, I will discuss the incorporation of nanoscale features for enhanced chip-scale particle detection, manipulation and trapping. I will outline a path to a fluidically and optically integrated “optofluidic” platform that enables direct detection of single nucleic acids and proteins for a new generation of photonics-based molecular diagnostic instruments.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
Holger Schmidt received his PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. After serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow at M.I.T., he joined the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2001 where he is Narinder Kapany Professor of electrical engineering and Director of the W.M. Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics. His research interests cover a broad range in photonics and integrated optics, including optofluidic devices, atom photonics, nano-magneto-optics, nonlinear optics, and ultrafast optics. He has over 200 publications and co-edited the CRC Handbook of Optofluidics. He is an OSA Fellow and the recipient of an NSF Career Award and a Keck Futures Nanotechnology Award.

AGENDA:

• 11:30 am – Registration & light lunch (pizza & drinks)
• Noon – Presentation & Questions/Answers
• 1:00 pm – Adjourn