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Technical Session 1: Active Polymers
Thursday, December 1, Room: 303


Session Chair: Eunkyoung Kim (Yonsei University, South Korea)

10:45 Conjugated Polymers for Photon Energy Conversion (Invited)
Jeonghun Kim, Byeonggwan Kim, Eunkyoung Kim○ (Yonsei University, South Korea)

11:10 Regular Undulation and Polarization Modulation observed on Film Surface of
Homogeneously aligned Chiarl SmC Polymer (Invited)
Chunying Zhang, Ryo-hei Ishige, Sungmin Kang, Masatoshi Tokita and Junji Watanabe○ (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

11:35 Optically-Functional Polymeric Films (invited)
Shinsuke Umegaki (Utsunomiya University, Japan)

12:00 Carrier-Envelope Phase Controlled by All-Optical Poling of a Polar Side-Chain Polymer (Invited)
Takayoshi Kobayashi (JST, CREST, Japan) (University of Electro-Communications, Japan) (National
Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan) (Osaka University, Japan)

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Technical Session 2: Polymers for Communication 1
Thursday, December 1, Room: 304


Session Chair: Ray T. Chen (The University of Texas, USA)

10:45 Passive and Active Polymeric Materials for Micro- and Nano-Photonic Devices (Invited)
Ray T. Chen (The University of Texas, USA)

11:10 Optical Interconnect Device Technology using High Performance Photonics Polymers
(Invited)
O. Sugihara○, F. S. Tan, B. Cai, T. Kaino, T. Yamashita, A. Kawasaki, O. Watanabe, M. Kagami, Y. Tatewaki, S. Okada, M. Tomiki, H. Sakata, M. Sato, A. Kaneko, A. Ohkawa (*Toyota Central Research and Development Labs., Inc., Japan) (**Shizuoka University, Japan) (***Yamagata University, Japan) (****FUJIFILM Corporations, Japan) (*****Tohoku University, Japan)

11:35 Optical Polymer micro/Nano-wires for O-PCB and VLSI Photonic circuit applications
(Invited)
El-Hang Lee○, Hyun-Sik Lee, Yong-Ku Kwon, Seung-Gol Lee, Beom-Hoan O, Se-Geun Park
(INHA University, South Korea)

12:00 Compensation of Birefringence of Polymers for Novel Displays (Invited)
Akihiro Tagaya○, Yasuhiro Koike (Keio University, Japan)

12:25 Real-Time Medical Tele-Consultation using 3D Dual Streaming Video through GI-POF
Network (Invited)
T. Toma○*, H. Takizuka**, Y. Koike* (*Keio University, Japan) (**Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan)


Technical Session 3: Nano-fibers & Nano-related Polymers
Thursday, December 1, Room: 303


Session Chair: Kohzo Hakuta (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

14:00 Optical Nanofibers for Manipulating Single Photons (Invited)
Kohzo Hakuta (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

14:25 Towards Strong Coupling of Quantum Emitters Inside Optical Fibers and Cavities (invited)
Saikat Ghosh (S.N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, India)

14:50 High-Q PDMS-Based Microresonators towards Sensing and Quantum-Optical Analogies
(Invited)
Yun-Feng Xiao (Peking University, P.R. China)

15:15 Polymer Single-Nanofiber Optical Sensors (Invited)
Limin Tong○, Fuxing Gu, Chao Meng (Zhejiang University, P.R. China)

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Technical Session 4: Polymers for Communication 2
Thursday, December 1, Room: 304


Session Chair: A.M.J.(Ton) Koonen
(Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)

14:00 Optical In-Building Networks: Economical and Technological Prospects (Invited)
A.M.J. Koonen○ , Y. Shi, C.M. Okonkwo, H.P.A. van den Boom, E. Tangdiongga (Eindhoven University of
Technology, Netherlands)

14:25 The European Way to Gigabit over POF (invited)
Olaf Ziemann (POF AC, University of Applied Science Nuremberg, Germany)

14:50 POF Modelling: An Eclectic Approach (Invited)
J. Zubia○, G. Aldabaldetreku, J. Arrue and M.A. Illarramendi (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

15:15 25Gbps POF Optical Links (Invited)
Stephen E. Ralph (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

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Technical Session 5: Advanced Photonic Materials
Friday, December 2, Room: 303


Session Cair: Francois Kajzar (University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania)

9:00 On Functionalization and Application of DNA in Photonics (Invited)
Francois Kajzar (University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania)

9:25 DNA Based Materials. Processing, Characterization and Stability (Invited)
Ileana RĂU (University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania)

9:50 Multiphoton Processes of Quantum Dots and Their Applications in Biophotonics (Invited)
K.T. Yong○*, G.S. He**, and P.N. Prasad** (*Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) (**State University of New York, USA)

10:15 π-Conjugated Cyanostilbene Derivatives: A Unique Self-Assembly Motif for Luminescent
Nanostructures (Invited)
Soo Young Park (Seoul National University, South Korea)

10:55 Liquid-Crystals-Plasmonics (LCP)-– Route to New Electro- and Nonlinear Optical Materials
(Invited)
I. C. Khoo○, Yi Ma, Junbin Huang, Yanhui Zhao, Bingxin Zhang,Tony Jun Huang (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)

11:20 Development of New Synthetic Routes to Photonic Polymers (Invited)
Carrie Y. K. Chan*,**, Jacky W. Y. Lam*,**, B. Z. Tang○*,**,***  (*The Hong Kong Univeristy of Science & Technology (HKUST), P.R. China) (**HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, P.R. China) (***Zhejiang University, P.R. China)

11:45 Design and Synthesis of Plastic Optical Materials (Invited)
Y. Okamoto○*, F. Mikes*, H. Teng*, L. Lou*, K. Koike**, Y. Koike** (*Polytechnic Institute of New York University, USA) (**Keio University, Japan)

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Technical Session 6: Photonic Functions & Devices
Friday, December 2, Room: 304



Session Chair: Jean-Michel Nunzi (Queen’s University, Canada)

9:00 Plasmonic Organic Light Emitting Diodes and Solar Cells (Invited)
Feng Liu and Jean-Michel Nunzi○ (Queen’s University, Canada)

9:25 Molecular Engineering of Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable Electro-Optic Polymers
(Invited)
T. Kim○*, J. Luo**, S.-H. Jang**, Y.-J. Cheng**, X. Zhou**, S. Huang**, and A. K.-Y. Jen**
(*Hannam University, South Korea) (**University of Washington, USA)

9:50 An Effective Tool for 3D Nano/Microfabrication: Two-Photon Stereolithography (Invited)
Jinsun Park, Prem Prabhakaran, Kyoung Kook Jang, Kwang-Sup Lee○ (Hannam University, Korea)

10:15 Development of a Polarization-Sensitive Medium for Polarization Holographic Recording
(Invited)
T. Fukuda○*, E. Uchida*, A. Emoto*, K. Masaki**, T. Ando** and T. Shimizu** (*AIST, Japan) (**Nippon Steel Chemical Co. Ltd., Japan)

10:55 Photorefactive Polymers for Dynamic Holographic Display (Invited)
Naoto Tsutsumi○, Kenji Kinashi, Wataru Sakai (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan)

11:20 Organic Photonic Research Interests at Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Invited)
Charles YC Lee (Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA)

11:45 Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Polymers and Their Applications for Micro- and Nano-Structured
Optical Components (Invited)
Rahmat Hidayat○*, Widiyanta Gomulya*, Ryan Irmansyah*, Pina Pitriana*, Herman*, Hendro*, Sahrul Hidayat**, Fitiri Fitrilawati**, Akhihiko Fujii***, Masanori Ozaki*** (*Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia) (**Padjadjaran University, Indonesia) (***Osaka University, Japan)

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