Plenary Speakers

  • Chennupati Jagadish

    Chennupati Jagadish

    The Australian National University, Australia

    Professor Jagadish is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics and Electronic Materials Engineering at the Australian National University. He has made pioneering contributions in semiconductor optoelectronics and nanotechnology. He has published more than 800 journal papers, co-authored a book and co-edited 15 books. He is a fellow of 16 Science and/or Engineering Academies of Australia, US, UK, China, Europe, India, The World Academy of Sciences and received many awards including UNESCO Medal for Nanotechnology, IEEE Photonics Award, IEEE Nanotechnology Pioneer Award. He has received Australia’s highest civilian honor, AC, Companion of the Order of Australia, in 2016 for his contributions to physics and engineering, in particular nanotechnology. He has received 2023 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award from the President of India. He is currently serving as the President of the Australian Academy of Science and in the past served as President of IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE Nanotechnology Council and Australian Materials Research Society.

    Speech Title: Semiconductor Nanostructures for Optoelectronics Applications

    Abstract: Semiconductors have played an important role in the development of information and communications technology, solar cells, solid state lighting. Nanowires are considered as building blocks for the next generation electronics and optoelectronics. In this talk, I will present the results on growth of nanowires, nanomembranes and microrings and their optical properties. Then I will discuss theoretical design and experimental results on optoelectronic devices. In particular, I will discuss nanowire and micro-ring lasers and integration of nanowires and microrings. I will present results on single photon sources and detectors. Nanowire based energy devices such as solar cells and photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting will be discussed. I will present the results on chemical and bio sensors and neuro-electrodes to study brain signaling to understand dementia. Future prospects of the semiconductor nanostructures will be discussed.

  • Juergen Czarske

    Juergen W Czarske

    Dresden University of Technology, Germany

    Juergen W Czarske is Full Professor and leads the BIOLAS center and Institute for Circuits and Systems of TU Dresden.He is Member of Fraunhofer Society, Excellence Cluster Physics of Life, Else Kröner-Fresenius Center for Digital Health, BrainLinks & BrainTools in Freiburg and visiting professor in Arizona (Wyant College), at USST, SIOM and CORE (Japan). Prof Czarske´s awards include the 2019 OPTICA Joseph-Fraunhofer-Award/Robert-M.-Burley-Prize in Optical Engineering, 2020 Laser Instrumentation Award of IEEE Photonics Society, 2022 SPIE Chandra S Vikram Award in Optical Metrology and 2024 SPIE Dennis Gabor Award in Diffractive Optics.

    Prof Czarske is editor of Light Science and Applications, Advanced Photonics, Advanced Imaging, Light Advanced Manufacturing, Photonics, JEOS:RP. He is Vice President of International Commission for Optics, ICO, and was the general chair of the world congress ICO-25 with 3 Nobel laureates and attendees from 55 countries. He was a nominator for the Nobel Prize in Physics.

    Speech Title: Intelligent Photonics for Advanced Biomedical Imaging

    Abstract: Light has the potential to understand diseases and prevent their development, improve diagnostics, or cure them early and gently. Lens-based systems for tissue imaging have been continuously improved. However, lensless imaging enables paradigm shifts with unique advantages. We present lensless endoscopic techniques using diffusers, which enables 3D imaging with minimally invasive procedures. Diffusers perform a coding process that is transmitted via an endoscopic fiber and decoded using physics-informed deep learning. This intelligent photonics allows 3D imaging through scattering media by computer-based techniques but also by optical diffractive neural networks with low energy consumption. Furthermore, prospects of quantum imaging exploiting entangled photons are presented. The transfers of disruptive intelligent photonics to biomedicine, but also for metaverse, and fiber communication are highlighted.