MORNING

Solar Energy:

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  Shanhui Fan, Stanford University

  The Influence of the 4n² Factor on Solar Cells   

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  Richard Swanson, Sunpower Corp.

  The Future of PhotoVoltaics   

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  Harry Atwater, Caltech; Co-Founder, Alta Devices, Inc.

  Really High Efficiency Solar Cells   

Nano-Opto-Electronics:

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  Axel Scherer, Caltech; Co-Founder, Luxtera, Inc.

  Silicon Nano-Photonics   

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  Jim Coleman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  The Impact of Strained Quantum Well Lasers   

AFTERNOON

Metal Optics:

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  John Pendry, Imperial College

  Inside the Wavelength: Seeing Really Small Objects with Light   

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  Dan Sievenpiper, University of California, San Diego

  Materials and Components With a Negative Frequency Derivative of Reactance   

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  Ming C. Wu, University of California, Berkeley

  Spontaneous Hyper Emission: Enhanced Light Emission by Optical Antennas   

Photonic Crystals:

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  Susumu Noda, Kyoto University

  Recent Progress in Photonic Crystals and Their Device Applications 

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  Philip Russell, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

  (One) Latest Development(s) in Photonic Crystal Fibers   

Quantum Information:

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  HongWen Jiang, UCLA

  Development of Electron Spin Qubits for Quantum Information Processing   

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  Thomas Szkopek, McGill University

  Would Error Correction Provide a Benefit in Classical Computers?   

Recollections:

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  Hoi-Sing Kwok, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

  On Being Yablonovitch’s First Student 

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  Nicolaas Bloembergen, University of Arizona

  Yablonovitch as a Graduate Student