On Wednesday, March 2, 2011, "2nd KAUST-KFUPM Photonics
Workshop" was held at KAUST. Faculty, students, researchers, and visitors
from the University of Michigan, University of St. Andrews, University of Central
Florida, City University of London, and KFUPM participated enthusiastically in
the day-long workshop.
Among the visiting speakers, Prof. Pallab Bhattacharya, University of
Michigan, gave a talk on “Quantum dot and nanowire visible LEDs and
lasers”; Prof. Thomas Krauss, University of St. Andrews, gave a talk
on “Controlling light in photonic nanostructures for enhanced emission and sensing applications”; Prof. Eric Michielssen, University of Michigan, gave a talk
on “Fast-multipole (FMM) accelerated integral equation methods for analyzing
photonic devices; Prof. George Stegeman, University of Central Florida, gave a talk
on “Nonlinear optics of high intensity laser filaments in air; and Prof. Aziz
Rahman, City University of London, gave a talk on “Rigorous characterization of
nanophotonic devices by finite element method.
Later on, KAUST and KFUPM faculty illustrated their recent works in
photonics research. The workshop ended with a poster session from Graduate
Students and Post-Doctoral Researchers from KAUST and KFUPM.