Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
Seminar Schedule
Fall Semester 2005
Date
Speaker/Topic
Friday, September 2
Dr. Alex Figotin and Dr. Ilya Vitebski
The University of California at Irvine
"Slow light and resonance phenomena in photonic crystals"
Friday, September 9
Dr. Mike Fiddy, Center Director
"Optics Center Update"
Thursday, September 15
NC Photonics Industry Forum
McKimmon Conference Center at NCSU in Raleigh, NC
Friday, September 23
Dr. Eric Johnson, Associate Professor of Optics and ECE
University of Central Florida/CREOL

"Micro and Nano-Optics for Passive and Active Device Applications"
Friday, September 30
PHYSICS FACULTY MEETING - NO SEMINAR
Thursday, October 6
through
Saturday, October 8
OPTICS IN THE SOUTHEAST
at Georgia Tech in Atlanta
Keynote Speaker: Prof. H.J. Caulfield, SPIE's Gold Medal Awardee
Vans will travel from Charlotte on Wednesday October 5
Friday, October 14
Dr. Paul Pellegrino
Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
Friday, October 21
OSA Annual this week - NO SEMINAR
Friday, October 28
PHYSICS FACULTY MEETING - NO SEMINAR
Friday, November 4

Etta Pisano, M.D.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Thursday, November 17
Dr. Arthur H. Edwards
Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicle Division
"Electronic Structure of Chalcogenide-based phase-change materials:
Do we understand rewriteable DVD's?"
Friday, November 18
Fourth Annual Optoelectronics Symposium
Invited speakers to date:
Dr. Michael Lebby, Executive Director, OIDA
Dr. Dennis Prather, University of Delaware
Friday, November 25
Thanksgiving Holiday - No Seminar
Friday, December 2
PHYSICS FACULTY MEETING - NO SEMINAR