{"429881":{"#nid":"429881","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Optical Society (OSA) Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOptical crystalline micro-resonators: applications and challenges\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003EDr. Ivan Grudinin\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003ENASA\u0027s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003ECalifornia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003EWhere: Van Leer W218\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003EWhen:\u0026nbsp;Tuesday Aug. 16th, at 2:00 pm\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E Optical resonators with whispering gallery modes have found numerous applications in scientific research due to small mode volume and record high optical Q factors. WGM resonators made with ultrapure crystals hold the Q factor record of above 100 billion at room temperature. Crystalline resonators have several key applications such as frequency comb generation, nonlinear and quantum optics, optical communications and precise measurements. Some challenges and possible future directions of crystalline resonator technology will also be outlined in this talk.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker Bio:\u003C\/strong\u003E Ivan Grudinin (Physics Ph.D., Caltech 2008) is a research technologist with the JPL\u2019s Quantum Sciences and Technology group.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Grudinin developed a class of compact record-high Q optical resonators. He used these devices as precise measurement tools to study a broad range of phenomena including the first demonstration of a phonon laser, one of the first demonstrations of microresonator Kerr frequency combs, efficient Raman\/Brillouin lasers, and measurement of fundamental thermal noises. His research interests include optical microfabrication, frequency standards, cavity optomechanics, quantum and nonlinear optics. You can find you more about the speaker at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/grudinin.com\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/grudinin.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOptical crystalline micro-resonators: applications and challenges - Dr. Ivan Grudinin\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Optical crystalline micro-resonators: applications and challenges"}],"uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2015-07-30 15:44:05","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:18:59","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-08-16T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-08-16T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-08-16T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-08-16 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-08-16 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-08-16 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHossein Taheri\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:h.taheri@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eh.taheri@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}