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SAN JOSE, Calif. — CLEO, the world-renowned conference for laser science and photonics applications, will be presented in a hybrid format, 15 – 20 May 2022. This approach will accommodate speakers and attendees from across the globe with in person and on-demand content. CLEO is co-sponsored by the American Physical Society, IEEE Photonics Society and Optica.
With six days of technical sessions, the conference will feature over 2,000 technical presentations of invited and tutorial speakers and contributed talks, plus Special Symposia, Workshops, Applications & Technology Topical Reviews, Short Courses, special events and four distinguished plenary speakers. The exhibition will include industry-focused sessions and companies showcasing market-ready technologies in all areas of lasers and photonics.
At CLEO 2022, Optica members will have the opportunity to connect at networking meetups, honor recent Optica Fellows, and have professional headshots taken in the Optica booth (113).
Visionary Presentations
“The plenary sessions are of the most highly anticipated components of CLEO, and we are particularly excited to present this year’s line-up of industry and academic visionaries,” CLEO 2022 General Chair, Dr. Ilko K. Ilev. “Each year, we select the individuals who inspire us by making great strides in moving our industry forward – people who are driving breakthrough innovation in solutions for a better future. Drs. Anderson, Cao, Delfyett, and Lipson personify these characteristics.”
For the first time, CLEO featured topical workshops ranging from commercial application for optical frequency combs and universal quantum computing to initiatives to improving diversity in STEM. The CLEO technical program was composed of 30 topic categories on fundamental science, science and innovations, and applications and technology.
Industry Leading Companies in Lasers and Electro-Optics
Companies exhibiting at CLEO 2022 will introduce new products and demonstrate new technologies at the industry-leading conference. Exhibitors included Coherent, Edmond Optics, IPG Photonics, MKS-Newport, Menlo Systems, PicoQuant, Thorlabs, Toptica Photonics and many others.
Plenary Speakers
Dana Z. Anderson, CTO ColdQuanta Inc., JILA Fellow and Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Presentation: The Wedding of Maxwell and Schrödinger
One can achieve all sorts of useful things, from clocks to computers and many things in between including RF sensors, inertial sensors, and quantum signal processors, using lasers to cool atoms to near absolute zero temperature, and then further manipulating these ultracold atoms with light. We envision a future in which such quantum matter systems are as everyday as lasers are today.
Hui Cao, John C. Malone Professor of Applied Physics, Yale University, USA
Presentation: Seeing Through Walls and Around Corners: Shaping the Flow of Light in Complex Media
A major obstacle for optical imaging or sending information through turbid media is the random scattering of light. Recent advances in optical wavefront shaping and phase recording techniques have enabled spatial and temporal control of coherent light propagation in strongly scattering tissues and multimode optical fibers with random mode mixing.
Peter J. Delfyett, University Distinguished Professor, CREOL, University of Central Florida, USA
Presentation: Ultrafast Laser Science and Technology Using Semiconductor Diode Lasers
This presentation will review the underlying physics of ultrafast, high power pulse generation in diode lasers and show how one can ‘engineer’ around the limitations imposed by physics to achieve new levels of performance. Building on these ideas, stabilized optical frequency combs generation is achieved and lay the foundational groundwork for developing chip scale systems for communication signal processing, lidar and imaging.
Michal Lipson, Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, USA
Presentation: The Revolution of Silicon Photonics
We are now experiencing a revolution in optical technologies, where one can print and control massive optical circuits on a microelectronic chip. This revolution is enabling a whole range of applications that are in need for scalable optical technologies, and it is opening the door to areas that only a decade ago were unimaginable.
CLEO’s technical presentations cover the range of emerging technologies in laser science, quantum, biophotonics, telecommunications, advanced imaging and more. Monitor the CLEO website for the latest information on conference registration. Media registration is free with credential. Digital assets available as requested.
About CLEO
With a distinguished history as the industry's leading event on laser science, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) is the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics, uniting the fields of lasers and opto-electronics by bringing together all aspects of laser technology, from basic research to industry applications. For more information, visit the event website at cleoconference.org.
About Optica
Optica (formerly OSA), Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, is the society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in the field. Founded in 1916, it is the leading organization for scientists, engineers, business professionals, students and others interested in the science of light. Optica’s renowned publications, meetings, online resources and in-person activities fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate scientific, technical and educational achievement.