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RIT professor co-chairs international conference on ultrafast optics in Beijing, Aug. 16–21 Jie Qiao represents RIT, presents research Aug. 6, 2015 by Susan Gawlowicz Follow Susan Gawlowicz on Twitter Follow RITNEWS on Twitter Rochester Institute of Technology professor Jie Qiao is the general cochair of the international conference on Ultrafast Optics UFO X taking place in Beijing from Aug. 16 to 21. Ultrafast optics uses short optical pulses that can provide higher intensity than a continuous wave of light. Highenergy lasers can weld, cut and polish glass and other materials. The technology enables integrated photonics and integrated optoelectronics—that combine or bond different materials. Ultrafast optics holds the potential to advance additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, and freeform optics that go beyond traditional spherical shapes. “Optics is the enabling technology right now for cuttingedge research in telecommunication, energy, environmental sensing and optical displays,” said Qiao, associate professor in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science. “Ultrafast lasers can transform the way optical components are being manufactured, leading to a costeffective, efficient and environmentally friendly solution for fabricating integrated photonics, freeform optics, microoptics and optoelectronic packaging.” Global interest in ultrafast optics has increased participation in the 10th international Ultrafast Optics conference that Qiao helped organized. The biennial event is expected to draw 200 scientists from 20 countries. This year marks the first time the conference has been held in China, which has a growing presence in optics research and development. Qiao’s leadership role in the international conference and her presentation, “Ultrafast polishing of siliconbased materials”—coauthored with RIT imaging science Ph.D. student Lauren Taylor—help put RIT on the map for ultrafast optics research and associated technologies. Qiao’s Advanced Optical Fabrication, Instrumentation and Metrology Laboratory at RIT’s Center for Imaging Science produces fundamental research on theoretical modeling and experimental demonstrations of ultrafast lasers and materials interaction. Her other lines of research include an optical differentiation wavefront sensor for freeform metrology and phase imaging, and coherent phasing of segmented largescale gratings for next generation telescopes or laser systems. Qiao gained her reputation in the field of ultrafast optics in 2007 with landmark research at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester, where she developed an efficient optical system that produced highenergy, picosecond pulses. Qiao used three halfmeter segmented gratings—optical components that control the travel path of different wavelengths of light—to compress highintensity lasers pulses in a segmented optical Jie Qiao Twitter Print Facebook PrintFriendly Email Buffer Tumblr More... (294) Powered by AddThis

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RIT professor co-chairs international conference on ultrafast optics in Beijing, Aug. 16–21Jie Qiao represents RIT, presents research

Aug. 6, 2015 by Susan Gawlowicz Follow Susan Gawlowicz on Twitter

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Rochester Institute of Technology professor Jie Qiao is the general co­chair of theinternational conference on Ultrafast Optics UFO X taking place in Beijing from Aug. 16 to21.

Ultrafast optics uses short optical pulses that can provide higher intensity than a continuouswave of light. High­energy lasers can weld, cut and polish glass and other materials. Thetechnology enables integrated photonics and integrated optoelectronics—that combine orbond different materials. Ultrafast optics holds the potential to advance additivemanufacturing, or 3D printing, and free­form optics that go beyond traditional sphericalshapes.

“Optics is the enabling technology right now for cutting­edge research intelecommunication, energy, environmental sensing and optical displays,” said Qiao,associate professor in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science. “Ultrafastlasers can transform the way optical components are being manufactured, leading to acost­effective, efficient and environmentally friendly solution for fabricating integratedphotonics, freeform optics, micro­optics and optoelectronic packaging.”

Global interest in ultrafast optics has increased participation in the 10th internationalUltrafast Optics conference that Qiao helped organized. The biennial event is expected todraw 200 scientists from 20 countries. This year marks the first time the conference hasbeen held in China, which has a growing presence in optics research and development.

Qiao’s leadership role in the international conference and her presentation, “Ultrafastpolishing of silicon­based materials”—co­authored with RIT imaging science Ph.D. studentLauren Taylor—help put RIT on the map for ultrafast optics research and associatedtechnologies.

Qiao’s Advanced Optical Fabrication, Instrumentation and Metrology Laboratory at RIT’sCenter for Imaging Science produces fundamental research on theoretical modeling andexperimental demonstrations of ultrafast lasers and materials interaction. Her other lines ofresearch include an optical differentiation wavefront sensor for freeform metrology andphase imaging, and coherent phasing of segmented large­scale gratings for next­generation telescopes or laser systems.

Qiao gained her reputation in the field of ultrafast optics in 2007 with landmark research atthe Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester, where she developed anefficient optical system that produced high­energy, picosecond pulses. Qiao used threehalf­meter segmented gratings—optical components that control the travel path of differentwavelengths of light—to compress high­intensity lasers pulses in a segmented optical

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system that works like a 1.5­meter, continuous system. Her research appeared in the high­impact journals Optics Letters and Optics Express. Qiao’s solution is now standardtechnology in high­energy laser optics.