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Dear All,<br>
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Please see below details of a seminar at the Institute of Photonics
on Weds. I encourage you to attend.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Rob<br>
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All,<br>
Dr. Michael Strain from the University of Glasgow
will be visiting the Institute on Wednesday June 5th and
will give a 20-30 minute presentation on "Photonic
Integrated Circuits". The abstract is appended below and
it promises to be an extremely interesting talk, so I
hope to see a good attendance. The talk will begin at
3pm in the large meeting room on level 5.<br>
Best regards,<br>
Keith<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Abstract<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Planar integrated optical devices are
extremely compact and mechanically stable, providing an
attractive platform for many application areas and removing
the need for the critical alignment and control of bulk
optical setups. By utilising basic building block devices,
complex optical circuits have been realised for use as
all-optical signal processors, biosensors, ultrashort pulse
generators and measurement devices. Furthermore, recent
advances in post-fabrication tuning of individual components
has allowed the creation of flexible, reconfigurable
circuits whose functionality can be simply modified through
direct electrical connection. I will show experimental
demonstrations of reconfigurable circuits for signal
processing, biosensing and mode-locked laser control,
realised across multiple material platforms.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>Keith Mathieson Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Director, Institute of Photonics<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Reader in Neurophotonics<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Tel: +44 (0)141 548 4901<o:p></o:p></pre>
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