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Agenda

Downloadable and printable PDF agenda for the 2020 Virtual OpTeC Conference

Session 1 - Chair: Joseph Shaw

9:00 am                Cole Hammond, Krishna Rupavatharam, and W. Randall Babbitt
                               Spectrum Lab, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                               Time of flight cameras and their application in holography

 

 9:20 am                Aaron D. Marsh, P. J. T Woodburn, T. L. Rust, C. W. Thiel, R. L. Cone
                               Physics Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                               New materials for rare-earth-based quantum information applications at telecommunications                                               wavelengths

 

 9:40 am                Marshall T. McNally, Augustin A. Pineda, and Robert A. Walker
                               Chemistry & Biochemistry Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                               Resonant second harmonic studies of the Néel transition in nickel oxide

 

10:00 am             Trevor Vannoy,1 Jackson Belford,1 Joseph Aist,1Kyle Rust,1 Trey Scofield,1 James H. Churnside,2
                              Michael Roddewig,3 Joseph A. Shaw,1,3 Bradley Whitaker1 
                                        1 Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                              2 National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin., Earth Systems Research Lab, Boulder, CO  
                                        3 Optical Technology Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                              Machine learning for detecting fish in airborne LIDAR measurements of water bodies

10:20 -10:40 am               BREAK

Session 2 - Chair: Wataru Nakagawa

10:40 am               Katelyn M. Duncan,1 Christine A. Gobrogge,1 Rhys Trousdale,1 William Steel,2 and Robert A. Walker1,3
                                          1 Chemistry & Biochemistry Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                          2 Chemistry Dept., York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA 
                                          3 Montana Materials Science Program
                                Quantitative membrane partitioning studies of ecologically relevant synthetic organic molecules

 

11:00 am             Owen Wolfe,1,2 Wm. Randall Babbitt,1,2 R. Krishna Mohan1
                                       1Spectrum Lab, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                       2Physics Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                             Differential Interferometric SSH Lidar

 

11:20 am             Kevin Repasky
                              Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT                                                                     Semiconductor-based lidar for probing the lower troposphere

 

11:40 am             Michael Roddewig
                              Optical Technology Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                              Basic FMCW Lidar Design

 

12:00 pm             Lunch break

Session 3 - Chair: Charles Thiel

1:00 pm             Nathaniel Field,1 Michael R. Roddewig,2 and Joseph A. Shaw1,2 
                                        1 Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                        2 Optical Technology Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                              Quasi-monostatic polarimetric BRDF measurements: Device, procedure, and results

 

1:20 pm                John Sample, Joseph Wishart, Matthew Thompson 
                              Physics Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                              Development of a High Throughput Solar X-ray Spectrometer Using SiPMs

                 

1:40 pm               Torrey McLoughlin,1 WM. Randall Babbitt,1 Phillip A. Himmer,2 and Wataru Nakagawa2
                                       1 Physics Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                       2 Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                              Auger electron spectroscopy for surface ferroelectric domain differentiation in selectively poled                                            MgO:LiNbO3

 

2:00 pm               Thomas L. Rust, Aaron D. Marsh, Sophia Kennedy-Overfelt, Philip J. T. Woodburn, Charles W. Thiel,                                      Rufus L. Cone
                              Physics Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT  
                              Thin-film Er3+-doped LiNbO3 via molten salt ion exchange

 

2:20 -2:40 pm    BREAK

Session 4 - Chair: W. Randall Babbit

2:40 pm                Matthew Strasbourg,1 Cory Johns,1 Zoe Noble,1 Emanuil Yanev,2 Thomas P. Darlington,2 P. James                                       Schuck,2 James C. Hone,2 Nicholas J. Borys1
                                         1 Physics Dept.,  Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                         2 Mechanical Engineering Dept., Columbia University, New York, NY
                               Enhanced multiexciton formation by an electron-hole plasma in 2D semiconductors

 

3:00 pm               Alex Kaufman,1,2 Krishna Rupavatharam,1 Randy Babbitt1,2 
                                       1 Spectrum Lab, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                       2 Physics Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                             WavePy3: A wave optics package for Python 3

 

3:20 pm               Jason Carter
                             Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Graduate Education
                             Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                             Greetings from Montana Hall

 

3:30 pm               Joseph A. Shaw1,2
                                      1 Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                      2 Optical Technology Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                            A brief history of optics and photonics in Montana

               

3:50 - 4:10 pm   BREAK

Session 5 - Keynote - Chair: Joseph Shaw

4:10 pm                Joseph Goodman 
                              Stanford University
                              Fourier Transforms and Fourier Optics with Mathematica

Conference Continued in the OpTeC Colloquium - Thursdays at 4:10 pm Mountain 

 12 Nov. 2020, 4:10 pm      John (Ioannis) Roudas1, Jaroslaw Kwapisz,2 and Xin Jiang3
                        1 Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                2 Mathematical Sciences Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                3 Engineering & Environmental Science Dept., College of Staten Island, City University of
                         New York, Staten Island, NY
                         Nonlinear noise in coherent optical communications systems

 19 Nov. 2020, 4:10 pm     Charles Kankelborg 
                        Physics Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                        FURST solar spectroscopy mission

14 Jan. 2020, 4:10 pm        Nathan Kuehl and Christopher Ebbers
                                              Physics Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                              Troubleshooting, repair and calibration of Burleigh WA-1500 Wavemeter
                        4:35 pm        Bryan Scherrer, Kevin Repasky, and Joseph A. Shaw
                                               Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                               Model and simulation of wing-beat modulation lidar for making 3D maps of flying insects 

21 Jan. 2021, 4:10 pm    Wataru Nakagawa
                       Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                       Nanophotonics Applications and Sabbatical Exploration

28 Jan. 2021, 4:10 pm    Riley D. Logan, Elizabeth Rehbein, and Joseph A. Shaw
                                           Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 
                                           Drone-based hyperspectral imaging for river ecology
                       4:35 pm    Shannon Hamp, Riley Logan, and Joseph A. Shaw
                                          Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                                          VIS-SWIR optical transmittance measurements of 3D printing materials  

4, Feb. 2021, 4:10 pm    Brian D’Urso
                     Physics Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                    Towards precision pulsed levitated optomechanics in a magneto-gravitational trap

11 Feb. 2021, 4:10 pm      Musaddeque Syed, Erica Venkatesulu and Joeseph A. Shaw
                     Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
                    Characterization of a division-of-focal-plane polarization imager