6th International Conference on Group IV Photonics

The 6th Annual IEEE Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP'09) will be held 9-11 September 2009 at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins, San Francisco, California, USA . It represents a major international forum to present and discuss recent research results on the development of Si-based photonic materials and devices for the electronic\photonic convergence which is needed to build the next platform for the new information age. Applications span from optical interconnects to medical devices, from novel concepts in solar cells to optical micro electro-mechanical systems, since production of photonic devices integrated with microelectronic circuitry opens the way to a wide range of novel applications. Contributions are solicited on recent developments in group IV photonic devices operating at a wavelengths within the wide spectrum ranging from the ultraviolet to the very far infrared (terahertz). The conference will also accept papers that describe monolithic, or quasi-monolithic, integration of compound semiconductor structures upon silicon.

Topics:

Advanced Materials Technology

This subcommittee solicits papers with a primary focus on: Advances in group IV and related compatible materials technologies; Materials properties and optical interactions; Physics of materials, materials growth, deposition, and related materials processing; Advances in heteroepitaxy and hybrid bonding technologies; Demonstration of novel materials properties for device applications; Nanoocrystals and nano-engineered materials, porous Si; Integration of rare-earth and other impurities, defect states.

Sensor, Resonator, and Filter Technologies

This subcommittee solicits papers with a primary focus on: Designs, demonstrations, or performance of waveguides, resonators, filters, polarization components, photonic crystals and photonic crystal-based functionality in group IV and related compatible materials; Integration of these elements into sensors and related sensor technologies; Applications to communications, signal processing, sensors.

Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit and Active Device Technologies

This subcommittee solicits papers with a primary focus on: Designs, demonstrations, or performance of modulators, photodetectors, emitter and laser devices in group IV or process compatible materials; Photonic integrated circuits; Systems issues and systems integration of photonic integrated circuits and devices; Applications to interconnects, communications, and signal processing.

For more information contact please their conference administrator:

Samantha Blodgett
Phone +1 732 562 3898
Fax +1 732 562 8434
s.blodgett at ieee.org


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