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IEEELASERS & ELECTRO-OPTICS SOCIETYNEWSLETTERFar-field profile of VECSELAugust 2005 Volume 19, Number 4FEATURES“The Center for Optoelectronic Devices, Interconnects and Packaging”N. Peyghambarian, R. Binder, M. Descour, M. Fallahi, D.F. Geraghty,H.M. Gibbs, S. Honkanen, G. Khitrova, A. Kost, R. Kostuk, F. Kueppers,P. Polynkin, M. Mansuripur, D.L. Mathine, S.B. Mendes, J.V. Moloney,R.A. Norwood, A. Schülzgen and T. Tkaczyk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44DEPARTMENTS69News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13• Obituary: Richard B. Dyott• LEOS 2005 Meeting Announcement• LEOS Candidates for 2006-2008 Board of GovernorsCareers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15• LEOS Profiles:* Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM 2005)Best Student Paper Award winner – Marcel W. Pruessner* 2000 IEEE/LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship recipient –Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn• Tools “Tips for Making Writing Easier: Part 6” and“How to Give Technical Presentations to Non-TechnicalAudiences: Part 3”Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19• Benefits of IEEE Senior Membership• New Senior Members• Reorganization of Membership CommitteeConferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23• ECOC 2005• Recognition at OFC 2005• Conference Calendar9Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26• Call for Papers* IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (JSTQE)* IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology (JDT)COLUMNSEditor’s Column………………2President’s Column………………….3August 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 1

President’sColumnH. SCOTT HINTONAwardsA few years ago I had the opportunity ofpresenting the IEEE Photonics Award toDr. Tingye Li, who I felt was one of thementors and teachers that helped me growup in the field. Prior to the official awardsceremony there were many who came forwardto talk to Tingye and congratulatehim for receiving this award. I am surethat many of these people, like me hadalso been helped and influenced by Tingyeas their careers moved forward. I realizedat that time, that this award was not justfor Tingye, but it was also for all of us whohave been influenced and inspired by hisactions. It was a way for all of us, as wellas the entire technical community, tothank him for his contributions to thefield and to us as individuals. I came awayfrom that meeting with a better understandingof why LEOS has been soinvolved in providing awards for our professionalcommunity.LEOS sponsors or jointly sponsorsseven major awards for leadership in ourfield of interest. They include theQuantum Electronics Award, the IEEEPhotonics Award, the IEEE/LEOSWilliam Streifer Scientific AchievementAward, the IEEE/LEOS EngineeringAchievement Award, the John TyndallAward, the Aron Kressel Award, theDistinguished Lecturer Awards, and theDistinguished Service Award. Thedescriptions for each of these major awardsare given below (See the “LEOS awards”page at www.i-leos.org).The Quantum Electronics Awardis given to honor an individual (orgroup of individuals) for outstandingtechnical contributions to quantumelectronics, either in fundamentals orapplications, or both. The Award maybe for a single contribution or for a distinguishedseries of contributions overa long period of time.The IEEE Photonics Award ispresented for outstanding achievementsin photonics. It may be presentedto an individual or a team of notmore than three.The IEEE/LEOS William StreiferScientific Achievement Award isgiven to recognize an exceptional singlescientific contribution which hashad a significant impact in the field oflasers and electro-optics in the past 10years. It may be given to an individualor to a group for a single contributionof significant work in the field.The IEEE/LEOS EngineeringAchievement Award is given to recognizean exceptional engineering contributionwhich has had a significantimpact on the development of laser orelectro-optic technology or the commercialapplication of technologywithin the past 10 years. It may begiven to an individual or to a group fora single contribution of significantwork in the field.The John Tyndall Award,endowed by Corning Inc., is presentedannually to a single individual who hasmade outstanding contributions in anyarea of optical-fiber technology,including optical fibers themselves,the optical components used in fibersystems, as well as transmission systemsand networks using fibers. Thecontributions which the award recognizesshould have met the test of timeand should have been of proven benefitto science, technology, or society.The contributions may be experimentalor theoretical. This award is jointlysponsored by the IEEE Lasers andElectro-Optics Society and the OpticalSociety of America.The Aron Kressel Award isgiven to recognize those individualswho have made important contributionsto opto-electronic device technology.The device technology cited isto have had a significant impact ontheir applications in major practicalsystems. The intent is to recognize keycontributors to the field for developmentsof critical components, whichlead to the development of systemsenabling major new services or capabilities.These achievements shouldhave been accomplished in a priortime frame sufficient to permit evaluationof their lasting impact. Thework cited could have appeared in theform of publications, patents, products,or simply general recognition bythe professional community that theindividual cited is the agreed uponoriginator of the advance upon whichthe award decision is based.The Distinguished LecturerAwards program is designed to honorexcellent speakers who have madetechnical, industrial or entrepreneurialcontributions of high quality to thefield of lasers and electro-optics, and toenhance the technical programs ofLEOS chapters. Consideration is givento having a balance of speakers whocan address a wide range of topics ofcurrent interest in the fields covered byLEOS. Eight Lecturers are selectedeach term (July 1-June 30) with someLecturers extending for a second term.Each Lecturer agrees to give a minimumof six lectures at LEOS chapters.The Distinguished ServiceAward was established to recognize anexceptional individual contribution ofservice which has had significant benefitto the membership of the IEEELasers and Electro-Optics Society as awhole. This level of service will ofteninclude serving the Society in severalcapacities or in positions of significantresponsibility.As the society president I encourageyou to get involved in nominating thetechnical leaders that have inspired andmotivated you for these awards. If youhave any comments or suggestions, pleasecontact me at h.s.hinton@ieee.org.August 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 3

Government Research HighlightsThe Center for OptoelectronicDevices, Interconnects and PackagingN. Peyghambarian, R. Binder, M. Descour, M. Fallahi, D.F. Geraghty, H.M. Gibbs, S.Honkanen, G. Khitrova, A. Kost, R. Kostuk, F. Kueppers, P. Polynkin, M. Mansuripur,D.L. Mathine, S.B. Mendes, J.V. Moloney, R.A. Norwood, A. Schülzgen and T. TkaczykAbstractThe Center for Optoelectronic Devices, Interconnects andPackaging (COEDIP) is a multi-disciplinary program, bringingtogether research and educational programs in the areas of photonics,optoelectronics, chemistry, materials sciences, electricaland computer engineering and mathematics. COEDIP’s missionis to test innovative ideas, invent novel device concepts, packagestate-of-the-art devices and sub-systems, pursue emergingresearch opportunities, prepare students for dynamic careers inthe telecommunications and photonics industries, and supportthe creation and growth of collaborations between Universityand industry partners. The industrial funding of COEDIP isleveraged by the State of Arizona funded TRIF PhotonicsInitiative program to stimulate economic growth and enhanceeducation throughout the State.Center Mission and RationaleThe Center is dedicated to being a resource base to the scientificcommunity and a leading research and educational organizationworking toward a fundamental understanding of novel opticaldevices, device physics, fabrication of optoelectronic components,monolithic device integration and packaging.Signal Power @ 1535 nm (W)10864200 10 20 30Launched Pump Power @ 976 nm (W)Fig. 1 Left: Signal vs. launched pump power for a 7cm long laserusing the active fiber shown in the inset. Right: Microscope imagesof two types of microstructured optical fiber fabricated from phosphateglasses.UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, COLLEGE OF OPTICAL SCIENCES,1630 E. UNIVERSITY BLVD., TUCSON, AZ 85721Research Programs1. Compact High Power Fiber LasersThis program is aimed at the development of compact highpower microstructured, photonic crystal and other novel fiberlasers. Current high power fiber lasers are typically several metersto a hundred meters long. Short-length fiber lasers combine theadvantages of extremely compact sizes for device integration,reduced nonlinear effects for high-power continuous and pulsedoutput, and potential single frequency operation due to increasedlongitudinal mode spacing. We have achieved several Watts ofoutput power from few cm-long fiber lasers. The researchincludes all major fiber laser design and fabrication issues. In particular,we optimize the active glass to enable extremely highEr 3+ and Yb 3+ doping levels; we design, fabricate and test specialfiber geometries and resonator configurations to maximizethe absorption of the pump light from multimode semiconductorlaser diodes, and we ultimately optimize the fiber laser efficiency[1]. An essential element of this success is the combinationof experimental research with advanced 3D laser modeling.We have demonstrated more than 9W output power generatedusing a 7cm long fiber laser [2]. This corresponds to a recordpower of 1.3W/cm of active fiber in the 1550 nm region.Er 3+ /Yb 3+ co-doped phosphate glass served as the laser materialwith an emission wavelength of 1535 nm that is compatiblewith fiber based communication and sensing systems. Key tooptimizing the output power per length is a large area of activeglass that forms the fiber core. In step index fibers used for thepreviously described lasers the achievable core diameter is limitedto a maximum of about 20µm by the control over the differencebetween the refractive index of the core and cladding glasses.To overcome this limitation we started utilizing the novelconcept of active microstructure fibers where the inner claddingthat surrounds the doped core contains a periodic structure of airholes. Shown in Fig. 1 are the first microstructured fibers madefrom phosphate glass, the same glass that allowed extremelyhigh doping levels in the record breaking step index fiber lasers.In these examples the inner cladding with the air holes is madefrom undoped glass and one or seven unit cells, respectively, inthe center of the fiber are replaced by doped, active material. Forboth structures we demonstrated single-mode laser operation [3]with mode areas twice as large as in our best step-index fibers.Based on the development of the fabrication technology formicrostructured fibers we are currently building large core fiberlasers aimed at a 4W/cm power level. This will allow 10Wlasers from less than 3cm of fiber, which is short enough toselect just one frequency with narrow band fiber Bragg gratings.Such compact single frequency lasers have high potential aslight sources in remote coherent sensing. Another direction of4 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2005

FBG in PM fiberFBGs in SM fiber11 cmsub-cavitypumppumpOuput power at 1535nm, mW2000150010005000-20dBm -40> 60dB-60-801520 1530 1540 155000 5 10 15 20Total pump power at 980nm, WFig. 2: Schematic of the fiber laser set up and its output characteristics.interest is the exploration of schemesthat are suitable for coherently combininga number of our fiber lasers into highpower output beams.2. Development of Watts-level Singlefrequencyand Short-pulse All-fiberLaser Oscillators at 1.5µm.We have developed a scalable and efficientmethod of optically pumping short,phosphate-glass active fibers fabricated atthe College of Optical Sciences [4]. Wenow use this pumping scheme to advancethe output power from all-fiber laseroscillators both continuous-wave, singlefrequency,and pulsed, into the Wattsrange. In particular, using the twistedmodecavity approach, we have demonstratedan output power of 1.9W from anall-fiber single-frequency laser oscillatorat 1.5µm. This output power is the highestamong single-frequency fiber laseroscillators reported to-date [5]. The lasersetup and power performance are summarizedin Fig. 2. In addition, we havedemonstrated 2.2W of output powerfrom a passively mode-locked fiber laserat a repetition rate of 100MHz. The minimumpulse width achieved so far is8psec. The laser schematic and the pulseautocorrelation trace are shown in Fig. 3.Work is under way to reduce the pulsewidth to below 1psec.3. High Power High BrightnessVECSELsHigh-power, high-brightness lasers aredesirable for a wide range of commercialand defense applications. Opticallypumped semiconductor vertical-externalcavitysurface-emitting lasers (VECSELs)are particularly attractive for their highpower and excellent beam quality [6]. Aschematic of an optically-pumped VEC-SEL is shown Fig. 4. This device is anextremely efficient converter ( > 50%optical-to-optical) of high power diodebarincoherent light into spectrally narrowand high brightness coherent emission.In these lasers, a semiconductormulti-quantum wells active region and adistributed Bragg reflector (DBR) stack,only a few microns thick, are mounted onthe heat spreader or heat sink, resultingin efficient heat dissipation which makesthe VECSEL a strong candidate forpower-scalable lasers. The external outputcoupler (mirror) controls transversemode operation. The active region consistsof 14 InGaAs compressive strainedquantum wells combined with strainedcompensating GaAsP barriers. Thethickness and compositions of the layersare optimized such that each quantumwell is positioned at an antinode of thestanding wave of the laser field to provideresonant periodic gain (RPG) in theAugust 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 5

Side-pumped active fiberSESAM80%7dB coup ler21 cmpump600500Signal, a.u.40030020010013 psec0-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15time, psecFig. 3: Schematic of the mode-locked fiber laser and its output.Fig. 4: Schematic of an optically-pumped VECSELVECSEL TEM 00 output (mW)Performance of DQW-4 (LR-coat.) at 15 o C (different spot)(r=10 cm, L=9 cm, defocussed 230µm pump spot)5000450040003500300025002000150010005000R=94%SE = 40 %2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000Net pump power (mW)Fig. 5: Output power of the VECSEL4.8 WFig. 6: Far-field profile of VECSELactive region. A DBR stack made of 25-pairs of AlGaAs/AlAs isgrown on the top of the active region. The fabrication of theVECSEL is critical to the laser performance. Figures 5 and 6show the TEM 00 output power and far-field of the VECSEL.Over 4W CW TEM 00 output and an M 2

6. Adiabatic Null-CouplersThis work is focused on a class of devices called adiabatic nullcouplers.These devices combine an asymmetric y-branch with aBragg grating. Our work focuses on the mode conversion providedby the Bragg grating, and how novel waveguide structurescan produce unique Bragg gratings which support new functionalities.We proposed and have recently demonstrated an antisymmetricgrating which provides more efficient mode conversionthan the traditional tilted Bragg grating while also preventingthe spurious reflections that tilted gratings produce. Fig.8 shows how the traditional tilted Bragg grating produces multiplereflection peaks, while the anti-symmetric grating producesonly the desired reflection. We have found that the experimentalresults are accurately predicted by our theoretical analysis. Weare developing null-coupler structures for optical packet headerrecognition, optical CDMA and optical encryption and are workingon experimental verification of these concepts.7. Edge Illuminated Polymer Holograms for CDMAApplicationsDuring the past few years there have been several importantdevelopments in polymers for holographic recording. One varietythat shows considerable promise is doped methyl methacrylate(MMA). In particular phenanthrene quinone (pq) dopedMMA can be form holograms in high optical quality substratesof up to 1cm thickness with high diffraction efficiency and lowshrinkage. We have been experimenting with this material tomake cascaded grating encoders and decoders for optical codedivision multiple access (CDMA) applications. An edge illuminatedhologram geometry as shown in Fig. 9 is used to extendthe effective thickness of the grating and to allow the formationof cascaded grating with different grating periods and separationsbetween gratings. This allows the realization of 2-dimensionalcodes for CDMA systems. We will be investigating a techniquefor implementing low matched encoders and decoders foruse in local area network and fiber-to-the-premise applications.(a)(b)Fig. 7: (a) Hybrid ion-exchange/sol-gel waveguide structure forbiosensing and (b) the measured signals at 632 nm and 532 nmwavelengths when ~1/2 monolayer of the cytochrome c protein isadsorbed to the hydrophilic waveguide glass surface.8. Nanophotonic Materials and DevicesThe objective here is to develop novel and low cost nano-opticaldevices for a wide range of photonic applications. We emphasizenew techniques for monolithic integration of active and passivesemiconductor devices. Our approach is to use ion implantationwith rapid thermal annealing to shift the band gap for selectedareas of a semiconductor chip and to create active regions forhigh optical gain and passive regions with low optical loss. Wealso use focused ion beam milling to fabricate nano-optical components.We have fabricated the first arrayed waveguide gratingsfor coarse wavelength division multiplexing using a unique “Sshaped”waveguide array. We have also demonstrated a worldrecord200nm band gap shift for GaAsSb quantum wells.9. CMOS BiochipCell-based biosensors are uniquely situated to obtain physiologicalresponses from live cells. These responses can give informationabout chemical toxicity, environmental pollutants andresponses to drugs. Our approach to a cell-based biosensor uses aCMOS substrate to integrate chemical, electrical, optical andcapacitive sensors into a single pixel. This multisensor integra-August 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 7

tion provides information about the cell’s health that is not possiblewith a single sensor.A cell-based biosensor requires control of the cell’s environmentto maintain viable cell cultures. We have used PDMSchambers to control the flow of the fluidic components of theculture, while preventing electrical shorting of the electricalleads. The temperature is maintained at 37.1°C via a thermoelectriccooler. This miniaturization provides the opportunityto include a variety of cell types on the same sensor. By includingkidney, heart, liver, etc. cells; a body-on-a-chip can bedeveloped to simultaneously obtain cellular responses from differentcell types.Our plan includes enhanced sensor development and integrationon the CMOS chip.0.80.60.40.210.80.601.55 1.5503 1.5506 1.5509 1.5512 1.5515 1.5518 1.5521 1.5524 1.5527 1.553Anti-symmetric Bragg gratingTGB(a)110. MicrosystemsA universal miniaturized platform for a variety of optical systemsis being developed. It is based on implementation of ultra-precisemicro-optics fabrication and assembly techniques. An exampleof an instrument based on this technology is a completemicroscope-on-a-chip for high resolution bio-imaging anddetection of precancerous cells (see Fig. 12). Specific technologiesused in the project include: (a) grayscale-lithography for fabricationof refractive lenslets in photopatternable hybrid glass; (b)development of Micro Optical Table (MOT) - an alignment freeapproach is pursued using silicon/metal springs and photolitographyfeatures providing submicron assembly precision; (c)CMOS technology for the development of a fast, small pixelimaging detector; (d) a scanning grating actuator made usingLIGA technology.All system components are integrated on the MOT platform,resulting in a miniaturized, packaged optical system. Along thecourse of the project several accomplishments were delivered.These include: (a) lenslet sag reached 100 µm, permitting fabricationof short-focal lenslet - surface roughness for the whole lenssurface is always below 20nm [16]; (b) the prototype system [17]has NA = 0.4 and magnification m = - 4 with demonstratedoptical system quality of the Strehl Ratio at 0.75 and higher; (c)demonstrated testing methodology for a 4M device and otherminiaturized optical systems [18]; (d) fast CMOS detectordesign. The pixel size is 4µm, frame rate is up to 500 images/sec.The pixel size allows 1µm spatial resolution while the frame ratepermits a real time structure illumination technique [19] - thetotal size of the CMOS is 2.6x1.5 mm 2 ; and (e) design of a scanninggrating actuator working in the frequency range of 50 -250Hz with an amplitude of ±100µm.0.40.201.55 1.5503 1.5506 1.5509 1.5512 1.5515 1.5518 1.5521 1.5524 1.5527 1.553(b)Fig. 8. Spectral reflectivity of (a) modeled anti-symmetric Bragggrating (solid), tilted Bragg grating (dashed) and (b) measuredanti-symmetric Bragg grating.Exposing BeamsFig. 9. The hologram is exposed in the conventional manner as shown on the left.After exposure the edges of the hologram are polished and illuminated from theedge. A series of gratings with different periods and separations are used toimplement an optical CDMA code for user identification.d1Ch 1 EncoderG1 G2 G nL11. Ultra-High-Speed Transmission SystemsSince photonic telecommunication networks continue to bemajor consumers of optoelectronic devices, a part of COEDIP’sresearch effort is dedicated to the improvement of efficiency andperformance of optical transmission on the system level. Thebenefit of this approach is twofold: on one level the system layerprofits from advanced components created within COEDIP,whereas at the same time the device level gets feedback withrespect to applications and requirements.Future networks will operate with higher line ratesthan today’s standard NX10 Gbit/s WDM technology.Several field trials with 40Gbit/s systems havebeen carried out by major network operators (MCI,Sprint, Verizon) in collaboration with leading systemmanufacturers (Ciena, Lucent Technolgies, Mintera).Recently installed transmission systems already offerthe capability to accept 40Gbit/s line cards.Intensity modulated differential phase shift keying(IM DPSK) has become a promising candidate forsuch future long-haul WDM transmission systemsoperating at 40Gbit/s per wavelength channel.Numerous publications based on numerical andexperimental results showed its remarkable amenities,especially its robustness with respect to nonlinear distortions.For these demonstrations, different duty8 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2005

cycles, ranging from < 1/4 to > 2/3, were applied. Nevertheless,a systematic study of the influence of the duty cycle itself on thetransmission performance of such IM DPSK systems had beenmissing and was conducted within COEDIP.The influence of the duty cycle in high-speed (40Gbit/s)long-haul (1,200km) transmission systems was investigated bymeans of numerical simulations. Two fiber types (standard single-modefiber SMF with conventional and alternating dispersioncompensation schemes and non-zero dispersion fiberNZDF), various signal power levels (-3 to +9dBm) and differentmodulation formats (conventional intensity modulation – nonreturn-to-zeroNRZ, return-to-zero RZ and carrier-suppressedreturn-to-zero CS-RZ – as well as CS-RZ DPSK) were taken intoaccount.As a result, shorter duty cycles tend to show superior performance(in terms of lower eye opening penalties) for all modulationformats, a fact, which is attributed to “more linear” transmissionfor shorter pulses.System optimization will be extended to ultra-high speeds of160Gbit/s in 2005. Additional influences such as dispersionfluctuation due to temperature changes will be taken intoaccount, and the effect of entering the so-called “quasi-linear”transmission regime will be investigated.infiltrated photonic crystals. The emphasis is on exploiting relativelywell-developed materials technologies in novel devicegeometries that enhance performance, as well as the demonstrationof low-cost fabrication techniques that can lead to high-volumemanufacture. New materials are inserted within provendevice and fabrication platforms to provide for direct comparisonwith existing systems. An example of our approach is the hybridsol-gel/electro-optic polymer modulator shown in Fig. 13. Inthis device, sol-gel waveguides are used for coupling to opticalfiber, while an internal vertical adiabatic transition transfers thesingle-mode 1550nm radiation from the sol-gel waveguide intothe electro-optic polymer waveguide, where the phase of thelight is modulated by the Pockels electro-optic effect. The elec-12. Organic OptoelectronicsOur program in organic optoelectronics encompasses areas suchas electro-optic polymer modulators, organic light emittingdiodes, photorefractive polymers, sol-gel nanocomposites, andFig. 10. Broadband, arrayedwaveguide gratings on InPFig. 11. DAPI stained COS-7cell attached directly to a CMOSchip. The electrode pattern isvisible in the image.

tro-optic polymer layer is poled by either corona or contact polingtechniques. The figure further shows the optical modulationachieved, as measured through crossed polarizersThus far, phase modulators have been demonstrated with 7-8dB of insertion loss and half-wave voltages of 13V, for a 2.4cmdevice using an electro-optic polymer with r 33 = 25 pm/V in thedevice. We have recently developed techniques that will allow usto achieve 2 to 3 times higher r 33 within the device, leading toa subsequent reduction of Vπ by the same factor. Adoption ofhigher activity electro-optic polymers and Mach-Zehnderdesigns will result in an additional factor of 3 to 4, leading to Vπin the range of 1V. In parallel with these activities, we have nowdeveloped lower-loss organically modified sol-gel systems thattake advantage of partial fluorination to reduce infrared absorptionfrom vibrational overtones. This is expected to help us tofurther reduce the insertion loss below the 5 dB level.Fig. 12. Scheme of the complete microscope-on-a-chip for high resolutionand reflected light in the tissue.Fig. 13 Hybrid sol-gel/EO polymer modulator showing modulationachieved.log ( εT/ εin)0-2-41 4 7T d/ T wFig. 14: Logarithmic plot of the transmitted pulse energy ε T inunits of the input pulse energy ε in vs the delay time T d in units ofthe pulse duration T W , for 2000 quantum wells (solid line). For200 quantum wells (dotted line), only the energy of the delayedportion of the pulse is counted. For comparison, we plot a linearfunction with slope 2γ as the dash-dotted line, which shows that thedecay of the transmitted pulse is slower than the hypothetical rategiven by the non-radiative decay and dephasing of the quantumwell polarization.13. Stopping, Storing and Releasing Light in Quantum WellBragg StructuresA major goal of our theoretical research is to develop a semiconductordevice that allows for the stopping, storing and releasingof light pulses and could be used, for example, as optical delayline. In collaboration with the University of Iowa, we are currentlystudying light propagation and manipulation in onedimensionalresonant photonic bandgap structures. Specifically,we are studying trapping of picosecond optical pulses in quantum-wellBragg structures, which are multiple quantum wellsspaced at approximately half the wavelength that corresponds tothe lowest exciton resonance in the individual quantum wells.The photonic bandstructure of the system exhibits a small transmissionwindow adjacent to the Bragg frequency if the excitonresonance is slightly detuned. Trapping and delaying of a lightpulse can be achieved if this transmission window is closed whilethe pulse is inside the structure. Reopening of the transmissionwindow releases the light pulse.From our numerical simulations of light delay in theses structures,we found that large (almost ideal) systems with 2000quantum wells allow for efficient trapping and storing ofpicosecond pulses. For example, Fig. 14 shows that a 4-bit delayof a pulse with duration T W = 6ps is accompanied by an energyloss of only about 10dB. We found that, for the parameters usedin this simulation, the loss is not dominated by the rate γ whichaccounts for dephasing and non-radiative decay of the excitonicpolarization in the individual quantum wells (γ = 0.1meV in thecalculation). Short structures with, for example, 200 quantumwells, have inferior delay-line characteristics, as shown for a 3pspulse in Fig. 14.In 2005, we plan to extend our analysis of optical delay inquantum well Bragg structures, including for example, furtherwork on anti-reflection coating of Bragg structures and pulsedeformation compensation. We also plan to study non-linearoptical effects as well as the issue of polarization switching inthese structures.14. True Strong CouplingA quantum well planar microcavity can exhibit normal modecoupling or vacuum Rabi splitting (VRS) if the excitonlinewidth is narrow enough and the cavity Q high enough. This10 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2005

system is analogous to many-atom VRS,and operates in the nonperturbativeregime which is distinctly different fromthe regime of strong coupling (nevertheless,many semiconductor physicists callit “strong coupling”). Consequently, itsproperties can be understood semi classically,i.e. the electromagnetic field can betreated classically [20]. Quantum effects,e.g. matter-photon entanglement, areneeded for quantum information processing,and they are most pronounced in thestrong coupling regime, where the VRSis due to a single atom or single quantumdot (SQD). Several years ago, we reportedprogress toward strong coupling using aquantum well in a 3D oxide-aperturemicropillar and predicted strong couplingusing a SQD [21]. True strong couplingoccurs when the coupling gbetween the dipole moment µ of a SQDtransition and the vacuum field fluctuationsin the cavity mode exceeds both thedephasing rate γ of the SQD transitionand the loss rate κ of energy out of thecavity. Spectrally this means that thesplitting 2g must be larger than the coupledsystem linewidth (κ + γ)/2 for zerodetuning (when the eigenenergies of theSQD transition and cavity mode aredegenerate); otherwise, the emission isnot double-peaked, and the splitting isnot resolved. Whereas QD transitionlinewidths in the range 10-100 µeV havebeen reported, typically Q values havebeen only ~1000, resulting in κ = ν/Qvalues of order 1meV. Therefore, the goalhas been to maximize γ/ κ∝Q/√V in therace for strong coupling. Recently,Noda’s group achieved a Q of 45,000 fora new photonic crystal cavity design inSi; applying that design to the fabricationof a photonic crystal slab nanocavity inGaAs, Tomo Yoshie and Axel Scherer atCaltech obtained Q = 20,000 in some ofthe nanocavities with a computed V ≅0.04µm 3 [22]. Last year we observed truestrong coupling in one of their nanocavitiescontaining InAs dots grown by OlegShchekin and Dennis Deppe at theUniversity of Texas in Austin. Doublepeakedemission was resolved at zerodetuning, and the characteristic anticrossingrepulsion of the coupled systemeigenenergies was mapped out by scanningthe uncoupled energies through oneanother; see Fig. 15, where 2g ≅ 41GHz,κ≅42GHz, and γ≅21.5GHz [22]. Thissolid-state quantum system entangles thequantum dot transition qubit with thecavity photon qubit; someday it may beused for quantum state transfer or for aquantum phase flip gate. In order to controlthis strongly coupled system we needto learn how to access it more directly,perhaps by coupling it to a photonic crystalwaveguide. Further, we hope to climbthe Jaynes-Cummings ladder, with eachhigher rung having one more photon inthe nanocavity. The vacuum Rabi splittingreported above was seen in photoluminescencefrom rung one to rung zero.Evidence for the second rung with √2larger splitting would show that theSQD is small enough for the system to betruly quantum and therefore suitable forentanglement applications.AcknowledgementsThese works are supported by Corning,IFOS, Inc., Nitto Denko, NorthropGrumman, NP Photonics, Nippon SheetGlass, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,Sony, Terapixel, DARPA, ONR, ARO,NSF, AFOSR and the Technology andResearch Initiative Funding (TRIF) fromthe State of Arizona.References1. L. Li, M. M. Morrell, T. Qiu, V. L.Temyanko, A. Schülzgen, A. Mafi, D.Kouznetsov, J. V. Moloney, T. Luo, S.Jiang, and N. Peyghambarian, “ShortCavityDotIncreasingTemperature1182.25 1182.50 1182.75 1183.00Wavelength (nm)Fig. 15 Dot-nanocavity anti-crossing. Thetemperature is increased in 1°K steps startingwith 13°K at the top and reaching29°K at the bottom. The two coupled-systempeaks (black lines are eye guide) areplotted as a function of temperature andcompared with the scan rates of an uncoupledQD (red curve) and the empty cavity(blue). The PL peaks anti-cross instead offollowing the crossing of the dot and cavityresonances.August 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 11

Cladding-Pumped Er/Yb Phosphate Fiber Laser with 1.5 WOutput Power,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 2721 (2004).2. T. Qiu, L. Li, A. Schülzgen, V. L. Temyanko, T. Luo, S.Jiang, A. Mafi, J. V. Moloney, and N. Peyghambarian,“Generation of 9.3-W Multimode and 4-W SinglemodeOutput from 7-cm Short Fiber Lasers,” IEEE Phot. Tech.Lett. 16, 2592 (2004).3. L. Li, A. Schülzgen, V. L. Temyanko, T. Qiu, M. M.Morrell, Q. Wang, A. Mafi, J. V. Moloney, and N.Peyghambarian, “Short-length Microstructured PhosphateGlass Fiber Lasers with Large Mode Areas,” Opt. Lett. 30,1141 (2005).4. P. Polynkin, V. Temyanko, M. Mansuripur and N.Peyghambarian, “Efficient and scalable side pumpingscheme for short, high power optical fiber lasers andamplifiers,” IEEE Phot. Tech.Lett. 16, 1 (2004).5. P. Polynkin, A. Polynkin, M. Mansuripur and N.Peyghambarian, “Single-Frequency, Linearly Polarized FiberLaser with 1.9W Output Power at 1.5um Using Twisted-Mode Technique,” in Proc. CLEO 2005, Baltimore, MD,May 22-27, 2005, postdeadline paper CPDB11.6. L. Fan, M. Fallahi , J. Hader, A. R. Zakharian, M.Kolesik, J. V. Moloney, T. Qiu, A. Schülzgen, N.Peyghambarian, W. Stolz, S. W. Koch and J. T. Murray,“Over 3-W high-efficiency vertical-external-cavity surface-emittinglasers and application as an efficient fiberlaser pump source,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 211116 (2005).7. J. Hader, J.V. Moloney, S.W. Koch and W.W. Chow,“Microscopic modeling of gain and luminescence insemiconductors,” IEEE J. Sel. Topics in Quant.Electron. 9, 688 (2003).8. A.R. Zakharian, J. Hader, J.V. Moloney, S.W. Koch, P.Brick and S. Lutgen ”Experimental and TheoreticalAnalysis of Optically Pumped Semiconductor DiscLasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1313 (2003).9. J. Carriere, J. Franz, B. Youmans, S. Honkanen, and R.Kostuk, “Measurement of waveguide birefringence usinga ring resonator,” IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett. 16, 1134(2004).10. J. Castro, D. Geraghty, B. West, and S. Honkanen,“Fabrication and comprehensive modeling of ionexchangedBragg optical add-drop multiplexers,”Appl. Opt. 43, 6166 (2004).11. S. Yliniemi, B. West, and S. Honkanen, “Ion-exchangedglass waveguides with low birefringence for a broad rangeof waveguide widths,” Appl. Opt., in press.12. P. Madasamy, S. Honkanen, D. Geraghty, and N.Peyghambarian, “Single-mode tapered waveguide laser inEr-doped glass with multimode-diode pumping,” App.Phys. Lett. 82, 1332 (2003).13. B. West and S. Honkanen, “MMI devices with weakguiding designed in three dimensions using a geneticalgorithm,” Opt. Express 12, 2716 (2004).14. B. West, P. Madasamy, N. Peyghambarian, and S.Honkanen, “Modeling of ion-exchanged glass waveguidestructures,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids 347, 18 (2004).15. J. Auxier, M. Morrell, B. West, S. Honkanen, A.Schülzgen, N. Peyghambarian, S. Sen, and N. Borelli,“Ion-exchanged waveguides in glass doped with PbSquantum dots,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 6098 (2004).16. J.D.Rogers, A. Kärkkäinen, T. Tkaczyk, J.T. Rantala andM. Descour, “Realization of refractive microopticsthrough grayscale lithographic patterning of photosensitivehybrid glass,” Opt. Exp. 12, 1294 (2004).17. M.R. Descour, A. Karkkainen, J.D. Rogers, L. Chen, R.S.Weinstein, J.T. Rantala, B. Kilic, E. Madenci, R.R.Richards-Kortum, E.V. Anslyn, R.D. Dupuis, R.J. Schul,C.G. Willison and C.P. Tigges, “Toward the developmentof miniaturized imaging systems for detection of pre-cancer,”IEEE JQE 38, 122 (2002).18. J. Lee, J.D. Rogers and M. Descour, “Imaging qualityassessment of multi-modal miniature microscope,” Opt.Exp. 11, 1436 (2003).19. T. Tkaczyk, E. Dereniak, S. Gaalema, W. Bahn, S. Sun, T.Erickson, J.D. Rogers, T. Christenson, R. Richards-Kortum and M.R. Descour, “High speed CMOS for structuredillumination technique,” SPIE Proc. 5726 (2005).20. G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs, F. Jahnke, M. Kira, and S. W.Koch, “Nonlinear optics of normal-mode coupling semiconductormicrocavities,” Rev. Mod Phys. 71, 1591 (1999).21. C. Ell, H. M. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, E. S. Lee, S. Park, D.G. Deppe, and D. L. Huffaker, “Toward quantumentanglement in a quantum-dot nanocavity,” LEOSNewsletter 13(4), 8 (1999).22. T. Yoshie, A. Scherer, J. Hendrickson, G. Khitrova, H. M.Gibbs, G. Rupper, C. Ell, O. B. Shchekin, and D. G. Deppe,“Vacuum Rabi splitting with a single quantum dot in aphotonic crystal nanocavity,” Nature 432, 200 (2004).12 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2005

NewsRichard B Dyott FIEEEBorn Tientsin, China19th June 1924Died Chicago, USA29th March 2005Dick Dyott was born the instinctiveengineer. As a youngster at HarrowSchool he occupied the erstwhile study ofWinston Churchill. On visiting his formerquarters with the Headmaster of theday, the great man expressed surprise atthe clutter of wires, cats’ whiskers andcrystals which adorned the room. Dick’sreply – a very assertive “But Sir, I wantto be a radio engineer”.Dick went on to spend more thanhalf a century as exactly that. His earlydays were in radar, the land of klystronsand ripple beam amplifiers in the immediatepost Second World War period atGEC’s Hirst laboratories in Wembley,London, now a supermarket, to Dicksymbolising graphically the demise ofUK engineering. By the late 1960’s hehad developed his enduring interest infibre optics, simulating the double crucibleprocess using – to his management’shorror – cups of molten sugar“they were like Lady Bracknell” heprotested “Sugar!!!….”. Dick’s stronglyintuitive microwave background didhowever always make him cautious ofcircular fibre’s natural symmetry and thepolarisation problems that thisinevitably caused. Neither did he eversubscribe to the appeal of the low indexdifference. “You can’t bend it”.His early fibre work was at the PostOffice (now BT) laboratories in NorthLondon where not only was the trendtowards the circular but at the time multimodewas also the ethos, anotheranathema to Dick. BT moved toMartlesham Heath in fields and flatlandsand Dick, unwilling to leave his belovedLondon, where he could sing Berlioz inSt Paul’s and find outlets for his numerousother interests (which included ESPand telepathy!!) moved to ImperialCollege supported by AndrewCorporation based in Chicago. There hehad the opportunity to move from circularsymmetry into early crystal core fibresand in time to the tightly bound highindex difference elliptical core whichcontinued to dominate his activities fortwenty or so years. He moved toChicago, set up the e-core facility andwas the driving force behind fibre gyroprogrammes at Andrew (and laterKVH). In Chicago he could also sing,which he did with the SouthwestSymphony for many years, becoming itsPresident just before he died.Dick had many friends throughoutthe world. There were those to whom hepresented samples of elliptical core fibreto try out crazy ideas and odd experiments.There are many who delighted inhis company, regaled by endless stories ofthe Trans Siberian Express, or amorousmischief on the Metropolitan Line on theLondon Underground. He tookimmense delight in his work. He revelledin the positive and applied doggedingenuity to the setbacks with which weare all familiar. He believed in trying thelong shot experiment “on a Friday afternoon”.Many of these were successful. Hedelighted too in frustrating the “topbrass” for whom he always retained amischievous (often justified) disrespect.He was more the Rueb Goldberg, theHeath Robinson, than the complex programme.He was also immenselyrespected, recipient of SPIE’s TechnologyAchievement Award, recognised as anIEEE Outstanding Engineer and awardeda DSc from London University.Dick will be remembered with affectionand admiration, whether a scientistor chorister. We enjoyed his companytogether with Jan, his close companionin the US, for over twenty years. Heretained close contact with family inLondon and was immensely proud of histhree daughters and his much lovedgrandson. He was the inventor, scientist,innovator, never politician, never seekerof glory. He was that very rare being, thegreen-fingered engineer.Brian Culshaw:University of Strathclyde, UKAlan Rogers:Polarimetrix Limited, UKReg Russell: RetiredAlan Reddish: RetiredAugust 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 13

News (cont’d)LEOS 2005 Meeting AnnouncementLEOS 2005, to be held the 23rd –27th of October in Sydney, Australia, isthe 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEELasers and Electro-Optics Society(LEOS). This conference has establisheditself as an important event for the latestdevelopments in lasers and electrooptictechnologies. With a strong coreof invited talks given by preeminentspeakers from around the globe, LEOS2005 will provide an ideal platform tolearn about new fields and understandnew technological trends.One of the LEOS charters is to promotecareer awareness among studentsand young researchers in photonics andrelated fields. New for this year the2005 LEOS Annual Meeting will host a“Careers in Research” Forum whichwill take place on Sunday October 23.Attendees will have the opportunityto:• Listen to presentations from academia,industry, and entrepreneurshighlighting milestones for achievingsuccess.• Listen to LEOS student awardwinners.• Interact with the highlightedspeakers.• Present poster papers of theirresearch.The “Careers in Research”Forum is soliciting submissionsfrom students and research groupsfor poster presentations. In additionto focusing on the results specificto the individual, the posterscould also highlight the broaderresearch area of the research group.To be considered the 35 wordabstracts should be submitted as apart of regular papers submissionto LEOS Annual Meeting. Theguidelines for posters will be publishedon LEOS web site(www.ieee.org/organizations/society/leos/LEOSCONF/LEOS2005).LEOS Candidatesfor 2006-2008Board of GovernorsBallots for the election of candidates to the Board ofGovernors will be mailed soon to all voting members.This year’s candidates are:Carmen MenoniColorado StateUniversityMarkus AmannWalter SchotkyInstituteMichael HaydukAir Force ResearchLabHideo KuwaharaFujitsu Laboratories,Ltd.David PlantMcGillUniversityS.J. Ben YooUniversity ofCaliforniaAlwyn SeedsUniversity CollegeLondonKent ChoquetteUniversity ofIllinois14 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2005

Career SectionIndium Phosphide & Related Materials(IPRM 2005) Best Student Paper Award RecipientMarcel W. PruessnerMarcel W. Pruessner received the B.S. andM.S. degrees in electrical engineeringfrom the University of Maryland, CollegePark in 1998 and 2002, respectively. Heis currently working towards the PhDdegree, also in electrical engineering.In 1999 he worked at the U.S. Patentand Trademark Office in Arlington,Virginia as a Patent Examiner. From 1999-2000 he was aFaculty Research Assistant at the Institute for Research inElectronics and Applied Physics at the University ofMaryland. His research focused on electron beam positionsensing and control electronics for an accelerator ring project.Since 2000 he has been a graduate research assistant inthe MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab (MSAL) at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park, under the guidanceof Prof. Reza Ghodssi.His graduate research focuses on indium phosphideoptical waveguide microelectromechanical systems(MEMS). This work is supported by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences(LPS). The research combines waveguide integrated opticswith micromechanical components and semiconductormicromachining. Mr. Pruessner has developed severaltypes of low-power electrostatically actuated waveguideall-optical switches. Currently, his research focuses onmicromechanical resonators integrated with cantileverwaveguides for sensing applications.Mr. Pruessner is a student member of the IEEE/LEOS societyas well as Phi Beta Kappa (elected 1998), and he is therecipient of a 2003-2004 Achievement Rewards for CollegeScientists (ARCS) fellowship (Washington, D.C. Chapter).It is an honor to receive the Indium Phosphide andRelated Materials (IPRM) Best Student Paper Award. Onbehalf of my co-authors (Madhumita Datta, KuldeepAmarnath, S. Kanakaraju, and Reza Ghodssi), I thank theIPRM technical committee for giving our paper thisrecognition as it encourages our continued efforts in thisexciting field combining photonics and MEMS.

Career Section (cont’d)2000 IEEE/LEOS Graduate StudentFellowship RecipientSarun SumriddetchkajornSarun Sumriddetchkajornreceived his Ph.D. inOptical Science and Engineeringfrom the Universityof Central Floridain 2000 based on hiswork in fiber-optic beamcontrol systems underthe direction of Prof.Nabeel A. Riza. Duringhis stay in the US as a graduate student, he received severalawards including the 1999 Optical Society of America(OSA)’s New Focus Student Award, the 1999 Motorola’sVirtual Display Outstanding Proposal Award, the 2000International Society for Photo-Optical InstrumentationEngineers (SPIE)’s “D. J. Lovell” Award, and the IEEE-LEOSGraduate Fellowship Award.After completion of his Ph.D., he became a photonics engineerat Nuonics, Inc. in Florida responsible for the developmentof fiber-optic processors using microelectromechanical system,liquid crystal, and acousto-optic technologies. In 2001, hereturned to his home country, Thailand, working as a researcherin the Electro-Optics Section at the National Electronics andComputer Technology Center. His current research is in thephotonic area where he applies photonics to solve problems forindustrial, medical, and environmental applications.Based on his work in optical touch switches and fiber-opticcomponents for telecommunications, he received the 2003Young Technologist Award and the 2004 Young ScientistAward from the Foundation for the Promotion of Science andTechnology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King. Inaddition, he initiated the formation of the OSA, IEEE-LEOS,and SPIE Thailand Chapters in order to dissiminate optics andphotonics to Thai society. Recently, he has also been awardedthe 2005 ICO-ICTP prize from the International Commissionfor Optics (ICO) and the Abdus Salam International Centre forTheoretical Physics (ICTP) for his achievements in applyingoptics and photonics to biomedical devices and telecommunicationsas well as for his interest in diffusing optics and photonicsin Thai society.“The 2000 IEEE-LEOS Graduate Fellowship given to me atthe year I completed my Ph.D. work has greatly contributed tomy research career. At that time, I had an opportunity to attendthe LEOS Annual Meeting in Puerto-Rico where I learned a lotof things in technical sessions as well as through discussionswith several well-known scientists. I am really thankful to allcommittee members and my advisor for laying some good seedsto me both directly and indirectly. It is indeed an excellent wayto motivate good people and bring them to the society. Thankyou very much.The other 2000 LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship Awardrecipients were featured in the April 2005 issue of the LEOSNewsletter.TOOLSTips for Making Writing EasierPeter Reimold and Cheryl ReimoldPart 6: Toning YourFirst DraftUp – Or DownPerhaps the greatest help for speedystyle editing is knowing what kind of“drafter” you are. Some people whowrite their drafts quickly, letting theirideas pour out without thinking aboutthe form they take (as we are advocating),produce chatty, somewhat sloppyprose that needs toning up; others producelong-winded paragraphs full ofstuffy language and complex constructions.If you know where your troublestend to lie, you’ll find it easier to applyquick editing touches.In this column we give you sometips for both streamlining a chattydraft and simplifying convolutedprose. To explore your own style needsin more depth, you can visit our Website, http://www.allaboutcommunication.com,and take the style test postedthere. Review the eight style rulesin the test. Are there any that youoften violate in your first drafts? Thenlearn how to fix those weak spotsquickly.Toning UpGetting Rid of AwkwardTransition ClutterIn a previous column we discussed oneorganizational remedy for chatty prose:Add headings and turn text into listswhere appropriate. This immediatelygives your piece a crisper, more businesslikeflavor. For instance, supposeyou find many clumsy transitionphrases such as “With regard to X…”or “As far as Y is concerned….” Thensimply create subheadings for X, Y,etc., begin each section with the main16 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2005

Career Section (cont’d)TOOLSidea, and present details as a bullet list.After that quick touch there may belittle else left for you to change!Smoothing Out a Choppy StyleDo your paragraphs typically containmany short sentences in a row, or isthere some reasonable balance betweenlong and short? If you have nothingbut short sentences, the piece willappear choppy. The remedy is simple:Group some ideas that belong togetherand join them with informative connectorssuch as because, if, when, but,or although. For instance, take thisparagraph of four short sentences:We evaluated new and used XYZmachines. We concluded from ourtest that it was sufficient to install aused XYZ machine. The installationwould require an initial capitalinvestment of less than USD 30 000.The annual savings from this investmentwere calculated as USD 45 000.This can be made clearer and lessmonotonous by grouping the materialinto two sentences with helpfultransitions:From our evaluation of new andused XYZ machines, we concludedthat it was sufficient to install a usedmachine. Such an installation wouldrequire an initial capital investment ofless than USD 30 000 but yield annualsavings of USD 45 000.Sharpening Your Word Choice“Write as you speak” is great advice forproducing a natural style, but it canbackfire if you tend to speak imprecisely.If you know that is your habit,check that your words express yourmessage accurately.Take the ugly verb impact, as inimpact our bottom line. Is the impactgood or bad? The reader has no idea.Words such as improve, worsen, raise,or lower give that helpful information.One frequent trouble spot is theword and used as a sentence connector.Often a more specific transition wordsuch as nevertheless or therefore would bemore helpful to the reader. Forinstance, consider the and in the followingsentence: As you might guess,no single test has all the answers andwe like to look at a range of tests tounderstand a particular printing systemissue.Replacing and with instead wouldbe a good way to make the sentencemore informative and professional: Asyou might guess, no single test has allthe answers; instead, we like to look ata range of tests to understand a particularprinting system issue.Toning DownNow let’s confront the opposite problem:convoluted first drafts with overlyfancy words and complex, long sentencesthat are hard to read. We offerthree simple ways to fix such commonproblems.Simple WordsOne easy way to make your pieceshorter and more energetic is to replacelong, Latin-based words such as cognizantor possess with shorter, simplerones such as aware or have. Here aresome other stuffy expressions and theirsimpler versions:a sufficient number of = enoughafford an opportunity to = allowin reference to = aboutprovide a means whereby = enablepursuant to these guidelines = underthese guidelinesremunerate/remuneration = payrender assistance to = help, assistSome of your fancy words may alsoinvite misunderstanding. For instance,exceptionable means objectionable, and isnot to be confused with exceptional (=out of the ordinary). Since readers maynot know the difference, it’s best tostay clear of such dangerous wordsaltogether.Simple Sentence ConstructionsTake a look at your sentences. Domany have more than two clauses orspan more than two lines? This happensmost frequently with technicalwriting, as in this example:Visual and microscopic inspectionsof the samples, which were coated withthree layers of formulation 1 and driedin an IR oven at 300ºF after each coating,showed that samples 1-6 had verygood surface quality, and they alsopassed the tape adhesion test, whilegloss was somewhat lower than in thecontrol sample.This sentence boasts four clausesand several thoughts. To simplify,break up some of the sentences, at leastthose with more than one thought. Ifyou follow the rule of “one thought toa sentence,” you will change that overloadedmonster into three readablesentences:Visual and microscopic inspectionsof the samples showed that samples 1-6 had very good surface quality butsomewhat lower gloss than the controlsample. They also passed the tapeadhesion test. These samples had beengiven three coats of formulation 1 andwere dried in an IR oven at 300ºF aftereach coating.Active VerbsOne weakness in almost all businesswriting is overuse of the passive voice,as in:The study, which had beenrequested by management a yearago, was completed by the team inlate May.Simply state who does what (activevoice) rather than what was done (passive),unless knowing the agent is of nointerest to the reader. It cuts out wordsAugust 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 17

Career Section (cont’d)TOOLSand avoids many grammar errorsintroduced by the passive voice. Theexample then becomes:The team completed the study,which management had requested ayear ago, in late May.Similarly, the 14-word passivesentence:It is recommended that this matterbe brought up at the next team meeting.Becomes the clearer 11- wordactive sentence:We recommend taking up thismatter at the next team meeting.Whether your drafts need toningup or down, it can be a pleasureto watch these few simple techniquesallow the clarity of yourthought to shine through! AsRobert Frost put it, “All the fun’sin how you say a thing.”How to Give Technical Presentationsto Non-Technical AudiencesPeter Reimold and Cheryl ReimoldPart 3: Magic QuestionsYou have been told to give a presentationon your project to peoplefrom different areas of the company.What is the first question you askyourself? If you are like most people,it is “What on earth am I goingto tell them about it?”That question is the reason mostpresentations go off the rails. Why?Well, it sends the presenter straight tothe subject of the talk to look for themost interesting or important detailsof it. And here is the sad part: The featuresthat most fascinate the technicalexpert (you) are almost guaranteed tosend the non-technical listeners (youraudience) into loud, painful yawns.Say you’re presenting theresults of work done to resolve customercomplaints on your company’stop-selling product. Youranalysis of specks contaminating arecent sample showed a few ofthem to be bits of ABC instead ofthe anticipated EFG. That is mostsurprising to you as it suggests thepresence of certain unexpectedminerals in the water used to preparethe product. The discovery isimportant to you in another way asit was made on the new spectroanalyticalmachine you had persuadedthe company to buy. You arepretty sure the old machines wouldnot have detected the tiny amountsof ABC.How much do you think thesales representatives in your audiencewill care about those momentousfindings? Or the people fromaccounting? Gripping as they maybe to you, the facts by themselvesmean nothing to your listenersunless you can demonstrate how thefacts affect their lives and work.In fact, you can take it as given thatthe interests of your non-technicalaudience will always be different fromyours. Those are the words that shouldguide as you plan your talk. They willlead you to a different question.Instead of “What am I going to tellthem about this?” you will ask “Whatwould they want to know about it?”Ask the Magic QuestionsPut the subject of your presentationaside for a moment and focus exclusivelyon your potential audience.Who are they? What do they do?What departments do they represent?Why are they coming to your talk?Now select about five peoplefrom that audience. The numberdoes not matter so much as thespectrum of interests they present.Try to get as broad a range as possible.One by one, imagine each ofthose people standing in front ofyou asking the following questions:1. What do you want to tell me?2. Why does it matter to me?3. How does it affect what I do?4. How can it help me do myjob better?5. What do you want me to dowith this information?If you answer those questions rigorously,in complete sentences, twothings will happen: First, you willprobably find that your answers toquestions 2 through 4 will causeyou to modify your answer to question1, which will become the mainmessage of your presentation. Thesubsequent questions may force youto sharpen the focus of that mainmessage or even to change it altogetherif you cannot make it fit theinterests of the listeners. Second,you will have the essence of a successfulpresentation in front of you.Your answers to your five listeners’questions will produce the coreof an audience-driven presentation.Built on their interests and needs, itwill naturally become a talk theywill want to hear.Their Language,Not Yours“That’s all very well,” you may bethinking. “But what if I havesomething I deeply want to tellthese people, whether or not theywant to hear it?” Our answer issimple. If you can show them thatyour message touches their lives,interests, work, or needs —posi-

Career Section (cont’d)TOOLStively or negatively—they will listen.If you can’t, they won’t. Yourchallenge is to tell your story intheir language.Next time, we will see how to begindoing just that.Cheryl and Peter Reimold havebeen teaching communication skillsto engineers, scientists, and businesspeoplefor 20 years. Their latest book,The Short Road to Great Presentations(IEEE Press–Wiley, 2003), isavailable at ieee.org, in bookstores,and from Amazon.com. Their consultingfirm, PERC Communications(+1 914 725 1024, perc com@-aol.com), offers businesses consultingand writing services, as well as customizedin-house courses on writing,presentation skills, and on-the-jobcommunication skills. Visit their Website at http://www.allabout communication.com/.The articles in the Career Section“Tools” is gratefully reprinted withpermission from the authors as wellas with permission from the IEEEProfessional Communication SocietyNewsletter editor Rudy Joenk.These articles are reprinted from theJan/Feb 2004 issue, Volume 48,Number 1, page 8 and 9, and theJul/Aug 2004 issue, Volume 48,Number 4, page 5 of the IEEE PCSNewsletter.Benefits of IEEE Senior MembershipThere are many benefits to becoming an IEEE Senior Member:• The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence• An attractive fine wood and bronze engraved Senior Member plaque to proudly display.• Up to $25 gift certificate toward one new Society membership.• A letter of commendation to your employer on the achievement of Senior member grade(upon the request of the newly elected Senior Member.)• Announcement of elevation in Section/Society and/or local newsletters, newspapers and notices.• Eligibility to hold executive IEEE volunteer positions.• Can serve as Reference for Senior Member applicants.• Invited to be on the panel to review Senior Member applications.The requirements to qualify for Senior Member elevation are, a candidate shall be an engineer, scientist, educator, technical executiveor originator in IEEE-designated fields. The candidate shall have been in professional practice for at least ten years and shall haveshown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years.”To apply, the Senior Member application form is available in 3 formats: Online, downloadable, and electronic version. For moreinformation or to apply for Senior Membership, please see the IEEE Senior Member Program website: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smprogram.htmlNew Senior MembersThe following individuals were elevated to Senior Membership Grade thru July:Dechang AnYasuhiko ArakawaJoseph A. BarnardDavid J. BradyChi-Hao ChengChing K. ChiaTracy S. ClementMarla L. DowellMarcus DuelkNicholas J. FrigoAndrea A. GaltarossaKira S. GiboneyAlexei GlebovIan D. GoepfertRobert H. HerrickRobert K. HickernellMartin HuPatrick IannoneCharles N. IronsideWayne A. JonesPeter A. KrugLars LadingYong H. LeeBrian E. LemoffJinghui LiAndy Lock Yen LowUri MahlabLluis F. Marshal-GarviRichard P. MirinMoshe NazarathyNathan R. NewburyMorten NissovThomas R. O’BrianDaniel B. OgilvieDouglas J. PaulEdik U. RafailovMansoor A. SaifiMario A. SantoroAndrew M. SaranganPing ShumWilliam J. SiskaninetzKumar N. SivarajanYu SunGregory L. TangonanMarek S. WartakYang Ping WenPeter WinzerPaul D. Yoder

Membership SectionReorganization of LEOS’ Membership CommitteeAlan E. WillnerUniv. of Southern CaliforniaChair, Membership CommitteePresident-Elect, LEOSFig. 1. Main committees that report to the LEOS Board ofGovernors. (Courtesy of P. Shumate.)“So, is it true that there is no official duty for the LEOSPresident-Elect?” This was true, but not anymore.There are three main LEOS committees that are composedof members of the Board of Governors (BoG) andthat serve to help the BoG function smoothly. As shown inFig. 1, these committees are: Membership, Long-RangePlanning (LRP), and Executive Coordination. Soon afterScott Hinton took over as LEOS President in 2004, hereorganized the Membership Committee so that it canrespond more effectively to the needs of our society. As reference,the old and new Bylaws that pertain to theMembership Committee are reprinted at the end of thisarticle.The core individuals of Membership governance are thethree V.P.’s of Membership representing the three mainregions of the world. Previously, the Membership Committeehad been chaired by one of these individuals on a yearly rotatingbasis. Given the importance of the MembershipCommittee, Scott saw an opportunity to raise the profile ofthe Committee by having the committee chaired by theLEOS President-Elect (or President, if no President-Electexists). This change enables better project continuity duringa Chair’s two-year term and puts the President-Elect right inthe middle of key membership directions. Moreover, thischange is quite consistent with the fact that the ExecutiveCoordination and Long-Range Planning Committees arechaired by the President and the Past-President, respectively.In a very general sense, the Membership Committee’smission is to advance the needs of our members, and is thereforeintimately tied to almost all aspects of LEOS governance.More specifically, the Membership Committee isengaged in the following ongoing activities:• improve Local Chapter, Student Chapter, and regionalactivities• generate/disseminate public relations, membership, andoutreach material• administer the Graduate Student Fellowships, ChapterAwards, and other student awards• develop membership growth and retention campaigns• track membership statistics and maintain a member database• facilitate globalization of society activities• work closely with Newsletter, website, and DistinguishedLecturer programs• help establish/improve relations with other Societies• promote student membership and enhance universityrelationships• identify innovative programs for professional growth andcareer developmentA few brief points can help illustrate the breadth of LEOSmembership activities:• LEOS has ~7,500 members located in 100 countries• 47% of our members are from outside the U.S., far higherthan the IEEE as a whole• LEOS maintains 64 Local Chapters that hold >200 localmeetings/year• Many Chapters maintain their own newsletters andhomepages20 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2005

Membership Section (cont’d)For 2005, the Membership Committee is composed of:• Three Membership & Regional Activities Vice-Presidents– Nabeel Riza (Americas)– Jens Buus (Europe, Mid-East, Africa)– Katsunari Okamoto (Asia and Pacific)• Four elected BoG members in 2nd year of terms– Catrina Bryce– Yoshiaki Nakano– Wayne Sorin– Robert Tkach• President (Chair in President’s 1st year of term)– H. Scott Hinton• President-Elect (Chair in President’s 2nd year of term)– Alan WillnerAlthough this is the official committee roster, it was felt thattwo more individuals should be invited to the committeemeetings:• Past-President– Giok-Djan Khoe• Newsletter Associate Editor for Membership– Hon TsangThe reason for inviting the Past-President is that he/she isthe Chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee. One canloosely consider Long-Range Planning to be “strategic”whereas Membership can be considered “tactical,” and manyLRP actions will fall to the Membership Committee forimplementation. Additionally, the Newsletter AssociateEditor would have much to contribute to the MembershipCommittee since the LEOS Newsletter is a key instrumentfor disseminating LEOS material.The reorganized committee has been meeting in-personthree times a year and having conference phone calls inbetween each in-person meeting. (Although it is a challengeto coordinate schedules around the globe, a reasonableapproach has been 6 a.m. for U.S. West Coasters and 10 p.m.for parts of the PacRim.) Some recent activities that theMembership Committee is or has been involved withinclude:• recommend a new logo for LEOS• promote more member elevations to Senior Member grade• explore non-standard types of membership categories• revamp the Graduate Student Fellowship Program byreplacing nominations with applications and by institutingon-line submissions• invigorate activities for Chapter Chairs• create a plan for on-line short courses, tutorials, and lecturesIt is important to note that Gail Walters (LEOS SeniorAdministrator) and Katrina Edsell (LEOS AdministrativeAssistant) have primary staff responsibility for this committee.The entire committee wishes to extend its deepest appreciationto Gail, Katrina, and Paul Shumate for their invaluablesupport, insight, and good cheer.I cannot overstate the fact that this committee serves theLEOS members. Therefore, we need critical help from ourtechnical community volunteers. Please feel free to contactany of the committee members if you wish to become moreinvolved in LEOS Membership activities.BylawsOLD 13.1. Membership Committee The MembershipCommittee consists of the three Vice Presidents(Membership and Regional Activities), the President, andthe four Board of Governors members serving the secondyear of their elected term. The Chair shall be one of the VicePresidents (Membership and Regional Activities), rotatingamong the three regions such that a Vice President of anyregion serves no more than a one-year consecutive term. TheCommittee shall encourage membership in the Society. TheCommittee is responsible for the promotion of the Society’sarea of interest and shall disseminate publicity and informationof interest to potential members, to the Chapters, and tothe Society membership. The Committee shall make recommendationsto the Board of Governors concerning all matterspertaining to the Society membership. It shall plan membershiprecruiting and retention campaigns, and help in theirexecution. The Committee shall also establish liaison withother Society entities to assure that the interests of membersare adequately addressed and shall assist members in becomingactive in Society affairs. It shall actively promote studentmembership and enhance relationships with universitiesengaged in the Society Field of Interest.NEW 13.1. Membership Committee The MembershipCommittee consists of the three Vice Presidents (Membershipand Regional Activities), the President, the President-Electand the four Board of Governors members serving the secondyear of their elected term. The Chair shall be the President-Elect or the President if he/she is in the first year of their twoyearpresidency. The Committee shall encourage membershipin the Society. The Committee is responsible for the promotionof the Society’s area of interest and shall disseminate publicityand information of interest to potential members, to theChapters, and to the Society membership. The Committeeshall make recommendations to the Board of Governors concerningall matters pertaining to the Society membership. Itshall plan membership recruiting and retention campaigns,and help in their execution. The Committee shall also establishliaison with other Society entities to assure that the interestsof members are adequately addressed and shall assistmembers in becoming active in Society affairs. It shall activelypromote student membership and enhance relationshipswith universities engaged in the Society Field of Interest.August 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 21

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Conference SectionWelcome to ECOC 2005 from the General Co-chairsWill Stewart and David PayneWe would like to welcome you all to the31st European Conference on OpticalCommunication (ECOC) in Glasgowfrom 25th-30th September 2005.The first ECOC was held inLondon over 30 years ago and was thefirst international conference on thetopic. One of us (DP) was actually onthe organising committee! ECOCremains today the best venue at whichto catch up with the rapidly movingfield of optical communications andrelated topics; developments fromphotonic crystal fibre through tuneableswitches to lasers and new techniquesfor access. The vast photonicsplatform technology continues to diffuseinto new areas, from sensing tooptical data processing, many of themalso expanding rapidly.In the last 30 years optical communicationshas moved from a laboratorycuriosity to the technology ofchoice for all high-rate communications;it has steadily spread from thecore (where it now totally dominates)towards the user, with millions offibre lines now in the access sectionsof the network. Fibre optics has driventhe internet revolution and is setto drive it further! ‘Real’ broadband(100MBit/s plus) will revolutionizethe world as much as the internetalready has and perhaps be the finalspur for the elusive fibre-to-thehomeroll-out. Just how many minuteswill you wait to download thelatest movie? ECOC, famed for itsunparalleled coverage of the latestscience and advanced technology, isthe place to come to find out how itwill be done! It is the next best thingto living in the future.ECOC emphasises high technicalquality in all its presentationsthrough a rigorous screening processWill Stewartundertaken by an extensive panel ofinternational experts. We attractpapers from all over Europe, Japan,the US and many other countries(almost 50 from all round the worldlast year); this is truly where theworld meets to catch up on the latestdevelopments in the area. With avery strong Far-Eastern showing forattendees, presentations and the exhibition,ECOC is how you catch up onthe impressive photonics deploymentin that part of the world.The programme will be busy. AsECOC has become the oldest andhighest-profile combined scientificand industry event in optical communication,the Sunday now containsworkshops and related meetingson the photonic industry developmentand new technologies. Also,a full selection of short courses willenable you to bring your knowledgeup to speed even before the conference.And, yes, the get-togethers arestill there.The conference itself continues togrow, and some 500 papers can beDavid Payneexpected in a mix of plenary, invited,tutorial, regular and poster presentations.The most critical emergentareas are arranged as symposiafocusing on particular topics,enabling you to catch up with themost critical areas before they catchup with you!The modern Glasgow conventioncentre offers superb facilities, andGlasgow, a past European City ofCulture, is a fascinating and intriguingbackdrop. And of course historicScotland offers many other attractionsfrom castles to golf and maltwhisky, as well as the shoppingopportunities! The UK and localScottish photonics/communicationsindustry and academic research baseis also very strong and is supportingthe conference fully.Again a very warm welcome andwe hope to see you all in Glasgow inSeptember.Optoelectronics Research CentreSouthampton UniversityECOC General Co-ChairsAugust 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 23

Conference Section (cont’d)Recognition at OFC 2005H. Scott Hinton recognized Gee-KungChang, Steven P. DenBaars, HiroakiInoue, and Thomas H. Wood, newly electedto the grade of IEEE Fellow. Dr. Changreceived recognition, “for contributions tooptical networking and label switchingtechnologies”. Dr. DenBaars receivedrecognition, “for the development ofnitride materials and devices”. Dr. Inouereceived recognition, “for contributions tosemiconductor optical switches and modulators”.And Dr. Wood received recognition,“for contributions to high performanceoptical communications systems”.Rod C. Alferness received the 2005IEEE Photonics Award, “for seminalcontributions to enabling photonicstechnologies and for visionaryleadership in their applicationto networks and systems”. Theaward was presented to Dr.Alferness by Michael R. Lightner,IEEE President-Elect.Roger Stolen (second from the right)received the 2005 John TyndallAward, “for fundamental contributionsto the understanding of opticalfiber nonlinearities, including theidentification and understanding ofstimulated Raman scattering infibers”. The award was presented toDr. Stolen by Alan Evans, Corning,Inc.; Susan Houde-Walter, OSAPresident; and H. Scott Hinton,LEOS President.24 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2005

Conference Section (cont’d)Conferences through 31 December 2005 For further informationplease see the LEOS conference calendar at www.ieee.org/leos11th International Topical Meetingon Optics of Liquid CrystalsConference Dates:2-Oct-2005 to 7-Oct-2005Marriott Suites on Sand Key,Clearwater, FL USAConference URL:http://www.beamco.com/olc.htmConference E-mail: ick1@psu.eduInternational Topical Meeting onMicrowave Photonics (MWP 2005)Conference Dates:12-Oct-2005 to 14-Oct-2005Seoul Olympic Parktel, South KoreaConferenceURL:http://www.mwp2005.orgConference E-mail: ychoi@cau.ac.krIEEE LEOS 18th Annual Meeting(LEOS 2005)Conference Dates:23-Oct-2005 to 27-Oct-2005Hilton Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaConference URL:http://www.i-LEOS.orgConference E-mail:leosconferences@ieee.orgMicroOptics Conference (MOC 2005)Conference Dates:31-Oct-2005 to 2-Nov-2005Hilton Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaConference URL:http://www.i-LEOS.orgConference E-mail:leosconferences@ieee.orgInternational Semiconductor DeviceResearch Symposium (ISDRS 2005)Conference Dates:7-Dec-2005 to 9-Dec-2005Holiday Inn Select, Bethesda, MD USAConference URL:http://www.ece.umd.edu/isdrs2005/Conference E-mail: hefner@nist.govOptical Fiber CommunicationConference and NationalFiber Optic Engineers Conference(OFC/NFOEC 2006)Conference Dates:5-Mar-2006 to 10-Mar-2006Anaheim Convention Center,Anaheim, CA USAConference URL: http://www.osa.orgConference E-mail:info@ofcconference.orgAsia Pacific Microwave PhotonicsConference (AP-MWP 2006)Conference Dates:24-Apr-2006 to 26-Apr-2006International Conference Center Kobe,Kobe, JapanConference URL: http://www.i-LEOS.orgConference E-mail:amimura@bcasj.or.jpIndium Phosphide & Related Materials(ISLC 2006)Conference Dates:8-May-2006 to 11-May-2006Princeton University,Princeton, NJ USAConference URL: http://www.i-LEOS.orgConference E-mail:m.hendrickx@ieee.orgWorkshop on Interconnections withinHigh Speed Digital Systems (HSD 2006)Conference Dates:14-May-2006 to 17-May-2006El Dorado Hotel,Santa Fe, NM USAConference URL: http://www.i-LEOS.orgConference E-mail: c.bluhm@ieee.orgConference on Lasers & Electro-Optics and Quantum Electronics& Laser Science Conference(CLEO/QELS 2006)Conference Dates:21-May-2006 to 26-May-2006Long Beach, CA USAConference URL: http://www.osa.orgConference E-mail: cleo.info@osa.orgIEEE LEOS SemiconductorLaser WorkshopConference Dates:26-May-2006Long Beach, CA USAConference URL: http://www.i-LEOS.orgConference E-mail:m.hendrickx@ieee.orgNorthern Optics (NO 2006)Conference Dates:12-Sept-2006 to 14-Sept-2006Radisson SAS Hotel NorgeBergen, NorwayConference URL:http://web.unik.no/NO2006/Conference E-mail:gunnar.arisholm@ffi.noAvionics, Fiber-Opticsand Photonics TechnologyConference (AVFOP 2006)Conference Dates:12-Sept-2006 to 14-Sept-2006Sheraton Annapolis HotelAnnapolis, MD USAConference URL: www.i-LEOS.orgConference E-mail:c.bluhm@ieee.orgInternational SemiconductorLaser Conference (ISLC 2006)Conference Dates:17-Sept-2006 to 21-Sept-2006Waikoloa Beach MarriottWaikoloa, HawaiiConference URL:http://www.i-LEOS.orgConference E-mail:m.hendrickx@ieee.orgOptical Fiber Sensors Conference(OFS-18)Conference Dates:23-Oct-2006 to 27-Oct-2006Gran Melia Cancun ConventionCenter & Spa Resort, Cancun,MexicoConference URL:www.osa.org/ofs-18Conference E-mail:alexis.mendez@mchengineering.comIEEE LEOS 19th Annual Meeting(LEOS 2006)Conference Dates: 29-Oct-2006 to 2-Nov-2006Montreal, CanadaConference URL:http://www.i-LEOS.orgConference E-mail:leosconferences@ieee.orgAugust 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 25

Publication SectionCall for PapersIEEE JOURNAL OFSELECTED TOPICS INQUANTUM ELECTRONICS1. High-Speed IntegratedPhotonicsSubmission Deadline: 15 October 2005Publication Date: September/October 2006Primary Guest Editor: DanBlumenthal, UCSB Santa Barbara,CA, USA.2. NanophotonicsSubmission Deadline: 31 October 2005Publication Date: November/December 2006Primary Guest Editor: Selim Unlu,Boston University, Boston, MA,USA.3. Silicon PhotonicsSubmission Deadline: 31 October 2005Publication Date: Second half of 2006Guest Editors: Philippe M.Fauchet, University of Rochester,Rochester, NY, USA, Douglas J.Paul, University of Cambridge,Cambridge, UK, and Jung Shin,KAIST, Korea.4. Solid State LightingSubmission Deadline: 16 July 2006Publication Date: First half of 2007Primary Guest Editor: Franky So,OSRAM, Opto Semiconductors, SanJose, CA, USA, Associate GuestEditors: Andrew J. Steckl,University of Cincinnati, OH, USA,Junji Kido, Yamagata University,Japan, and Colin Humphreys,Cambridge University, Cambridge,UK.Please send a .pdf of Word file ofeach manuscript (including keywordsand author biographies) andoriginal figures suitable for reproductionto Janet Reed atj.l.reed@ieee.org. Manuscripts mustbe accompanied by a completedIEEE Copyright Form* (signed anddated), which can also be mailed oremailed. It will speed the publicationprocess if authors’ biographiesand photographs are included at thetime of submission. Additionalinformation for authors regardingmanuscript format may be found onthe inside back cover of any issue ofthe IEEE Journal of Selected Topicsin Quantum Electronics.** All submissionswill be reviewed in accordancewith the normal procedures ofthe Journal.All copyright forms should be mailed to:Janet L.A. ReedJSTQE Editorial Office(Title of Topic Area)IEEE/LEOS445 Hoes LanePiscataway, NJ 08854 USAExpress mail packages should besent to the attention of Janet Reed(phone +1 732 562 3893). Call or sendan e-mail to j.l.reed@ieee.org if youhave any questions about this issue.For all papers published inJSTQE, there are voluntary pagecharges of $110.00 per page foreach page up to eight pages. Invitedpapers can be twelve pages inlength before overlength pagecharges of $220.00 per page arelevied. The length of each paper isestimated when it is received in theEditorial Office. Authors of papersthat appear to be overlength arenotified and given the option toshorten the paper. Additionalcharges will apply if color figuresare required.*The IEEE Copyright Transfer &Export Control Compliance Form can befound online at:http://www.ieee.org/about/documentation/copyright/cfrmlink.htm**Detailed submission instructions areposted at: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/transactions/information.htmIEEE/OSA JOURNAL OFDISPLAY TECHNOLOGYPROF. SHIN-TSON WU,UNIVERSITY OFCENTRAL FLORIDA, USA,EDITOR-IN-CHIEFIEEE/OSA Journal of DisplayTechnology, sponsored jointly byseven IEEE Societies and the OpticalSociety of America, is a new archivaljournal devoted to the timely disseminationof new results and discussionson all aspects of display technologies,i.e., understanding thebasic science and engineering ofdevices, to device design and fabrication,driver and interface electronics,system design, applications, andhuman-factors topics. Clearly, thesetopics span many disciplines, andthis journal will, for the first time,bridge these themes of multi-disciplinaryinterest.The transactions will be availablein paper and electronic format, andwill be subject to the standards ofIEEE and OSA with a thorough independentreview process. Papers aresolicited in all areas of display technologyincluding:• Flat panel displays (LCDs, PDPs,OLEDs, FEDs,…)• Active matrix display• CRTs, VFDs, 3D displays, electronicpaper• Microdisplays and projection displays• Materials and components• Optical design• Display packaging• Lighting technologies• Display drivers and interfaces• Modeling• Display systems and engineering• Manufacturing technology• Reliability and testing• Applications• Human factors26 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2005

Publication Section (cont’d)The Journal’s inaugural issue isscheduled for September 2005. Itwill consist of contributed and invitedpapers covering a wide range ofdisplay technologies. The editorialboard consists of internationally recognizedexperts. Widest circulationis assured because ~900 libraries,worldwide, subscribe to IEEE periodicalspackages that will contain theIEEE/OSA Journal of DisplayTechnology. Additionally, OSA willinclude JDT as an offering in its toprankedOptics InfoBase.Manuscripts should conform torequirements for regular papers orbriefs (similar to those outlined on theinside back cover of the IEEE/OSAJournal of Lightwave Technology).Manuscripts can be submitted electronicallythrough IEEE’s ManuscriptCentral: http://leos-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com.Inquiries can be directed toLinda Matarazzo, Manager, IEEE LEOSEditorial Office, l.matarazzo@ieee.org(phone +1 732 562 3910; fax +1 732981 1138).August 2005 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 27

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