ADVANCE PROGRAM

IP 2008

International Topical Meeting on

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November 16-20, 2008
Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center
Hyogo, Japan

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Organized byGroup of Information Photonics of the OSJ

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Sponsored by
OSJ (The Optical Society of Japan (JSAP))

Endorsed by
OSA (Optical Society of America)
ICO (International Commission for Optics)
OSK (Optical Society of Korea)
IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers)
LSJ (The Laser Society of Japan)
EOS (European Optical Society)
JOEM (Japan Optomechatronics Association)
OITDA (Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association)
JPS (The Physical Society of Japan)

Scope of the conference
Information photonics is an emerging ﬁeld that includes state-of-the-art methods, devices,models, and applications related to the utilization of optics in information society. The
objective of this meeting is to bring together international scientists, researchers, engineers
and students to discuss recent developments in the ﬁeld of information photonics.

Conference Schedule
Monday, November 17

Tuesday, November 18

8:00

8:00

Registration
9:00

Plenary

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10:00

Opening Remark

pp. 11
10:00

Coffee BreakPlenary

12:00

p. 4

13:00

Sunday, November 16

14:00

14:00

Computational Optical
Sensing and Imaging
p. 4

15:00

15:00

16:00

16:00

Registration
17:00

18:00

19:00

Coffee BreakNew Schemes
for Optical Computing

Novel Optical Metrology
pp. 11-12

12:00

Lunch

13:00

14:00

Excursion

15:00

Himeji Castle
and Japanese Garden

16:00

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17:00

Get Together Party

11:00

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Lunch

Company Exhibition

11:00

17:00

Poster Session

18:00

Company Exhibition

9:00

Registration

pp. 6-11

19:00

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19:00

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Wednesday, November 19

Thursday, November 20

8:00

8:00

Registration

Registration

9:00

9:00

10:00

p. 21

pp. 12-13

10:00

Coffee BreakCoffee Break
11:00

11:00

3D Imaging

Materials

p. 22Company Exhibition

Digital Holographic Microscopy

Holography andApplications

12:00

Lunch
13:00

14:00

Optics and Photonics
Devices and Technologies

Company Exhibition

p. 13
12:00

13:00

pp. 13-14
15:00

16:00

Coffee BreakApplications ofInformation Photonics
pp. 14-15

17:00• Location
Poster Session

18:00

pp. 15-21• Opening Remark, Plenary, and Oral Presentations:
Main Hall

19:00• Poster Presentations:
Reception Hall B and Foyer

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Technical Program
Monday, November 17

13:45

Opening Session
10:00-10:15
Presider:1-p2 Invited
J. Tanida
Osaka Univ., Japan

T. Shimura

A computational compound imaging system isa novel form of imaging system. TOMBO is an
example of the system applicable to various
problems. Irregular lens arrangement andinter-lens integration are effective to enhance
the performance and the functionality of thecompound imaging system.

The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Opening Remarks
10:00

J. Tanida
Osaka Univ., Japan

Plenary Session
10:15-11:45
Presider:Computational compound imaging system

1-p3
14:15

J. Tanida
Osaka Univ., Japan

Scaling laws for single- and multi-aperture
optical systems
N. Hagen, D. J. Brady
Duke Univ., USA

1-a1
10:15

The information transmitted by an imaging
system involves tradeoffs in cost, field-of-view,
pupil size, and f-number. We show how the
information scales with these systemparameters for single and multi-aperturesystems, and outline the design space in which
multi-aperture systems can provide better
information throughput

High speed vision and its applications
M. Ishikawa

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The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

1-a2
11:00

An ultrafast all-optical digital technology
A. Huang

Terabit Cooperation, USA

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Lunch 11:45-13:15

Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging
13:15-15:00
Presider:D. J. Brady
Duke Univ., USA

1-p1 Invited
13:15

New flexibility for optical metrology andoptical trapping by digital holography
W. Osten, S. Zwick, X. Schwab, G. Pedrini
Universität Stuttgart, Germany

Digital holography in combination with spatial
light modulators applied for reconstructing
digitally stored holograms enables various new
applications for metrology and wave front
control such as the comparative holography andthe flexible manipulation of tiny particles byholographic optical tweezers.

Three-dimensional object reconstruction
and classification using computational
integral imaging and statistical analysis
S. Yeom, D. Lee, S. Kim, J.-Y. Son
Daegu Univ., Korea

Integral imaging records three-dimensional
information on elemental images.
Computational reconstruction and patternclassification are performed with statisticalanalysis of elemental images. The proposed
methods are applied to occluded targets andout-of-plane rotated objects showing promising
results.

1-p5

14:45

First experimental report for fullyinterferometric three-dimensional imaging
spectroscopy
K. Yoshimori, M. Sasamoto
Iwate Univ., Japan

Three-dimensional 3D spectral image has beenobtained by fully passive interferometrictechnique using two-wavefronts-folding
interferometer. This paper reports firstexperimental results in which measured object
is a monochromatic point source. Numericalresults for imaging properties are also shownfor comparison.

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Coffee Break 15:00-15:30

1-p9
16:30

New Schemes for Optical Computing
15:30-17:00

N. Fukuchi, T. Inoue, H. Toyoda, T. Hara
Hamamatsu Photonics, Japan

Y. Hayasaki

Presider:A lensless optical correlator using two phase
only spatial light modulators SLMs is
proposed. The SLMs are used for displaying
input and filter patterns respectively. By adding
spherical phase distributions to the patterns, thelensless design is realized. This lensless system
is simple and easy to adjust its alignment.

Utsunomiya Univ., Japan

1-p6 Invited
15:30

Coherence dynamics, coherence topology,
and singular optical coherence
W. Wang1, M. Takeda2

1: Heriot-Watt Univ., UK,
2: The Univ. of Eelectro-Communications, Japan

This paper is a review and extension of ourrecent work on singular optical coherence,
which deals with the topological defects in
optical coherence functions. Some dynamics
properties associated with a phase singularity incorrelation function and the related topologicalrules have been explored theoretically andexperimentally.

1-p10
16:45

Shizuoka Univ., Japan

We propose an encoding method based on
visual cryptography scheme to solve thealignment difficulty in the decoding process. A
periodic pattern is adopted as a key image toachieve easy decoding. Examples of theextended decoding result are demonstrated toverify the validity of the proposed method.

Concept and primal implementation ofphotonic nanoscale automaton

Break 17:00-17:15

Y. Ogura, T. Nishimura, Y. Horiguchi, J.
TanidaOsaka Univ., JapanWe describe on photonic nanoscale automata as
an embodiment of a fundamental structure forphotonic computation at a nanoscale. The
method is realized by combining photonics
with DNA technologies to control nano-sized
objects using propagating light. Experimental
results demonstrated correct state transitions of
DNA-based automata through photonic signals.

1-p8
16:15

Visual cryptography decoding with periodic
pattern
R. Shogenji, J. Ohtsubo

1-p7
16:00

Lensless optical correlator using twophase-only spatial light modulators

Hierarchical information retrieval based on
optical near-field interactions
N. Tate1, W. Nomura1, T. Yatsui1, M.
Naruse1,2, M. Ohtsu1

1: The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
2: National Inst. of Information and Communication
Technology, Japan

Optical near-field interactions exhibit
hierarchical responses in the nanometer-scale,and allow unique nanophotonic system
functions. Design logic of physical propertiesof a medium is essential factor for
implementation of hierarchical processing
based on the nanophotonics. We numericallydemonstrate basic concept of hierarchicalinformation retrieval based on optical near-fieldinteractions.

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Poster Session
17:15-18:45
Presider:p1-4

N. Yoshikawa
Saitama Univ., Japan

Implementation of elemental operations in
SIMD pattern processing with image
compression
K. Nitta, T. Minami, O. Matoba

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Kobe Univ., Japan

Phase locking conditions of VCSEL arraywith Talbot cavity

Elemental operations for SIMD Single
Instruction stream Multiple Data stream
pattern processing by means of image
compression are designed for LSI
implementation. Three logical operations
which are NOT, AND, and XOR are
constructed and verified.

T. Oiwa1, K. Tachi1, T. Nishina2, T.
Miyamoto2, T. Kurokawa1

1: Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology,Japan
2: Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Japan

We studied phase locking conditions of
two-dimensional VCSEL array with a Talbot
cavity. The emission wavelength of thefabricated 77 VCSEL array was distributed
within 0.1 nm, and the injection locking oflaser diodes were achieved for the frequency
detuning over 20 GHz.

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p1-5

N. Katsuta, K. Nitta, O. Matoba
Kobe Univ., Japan

A system to control an optical interferometerfor parallel modulo multiplication is developed.
In the system, preprocessing to determine tilt
angles of mirrors in the interferometer is
executed and signals to control the rotation
stages are transmitted to a stage controller. It is
verified that the constructed system canprovide desired results for prime factorization.

Perfect invisibility devices constructed using
left-handed metamaterials
T. Ochiai1, U. Leonhardt2, J.C. Nacher3IP

1: Toyama Prefectural Univ., Japan
2: Univ. of St Andrews, UK
3: Future University-Hakodate, Japan

In this work, we propose a novel design ofinvisibility devices based on negativerefraction that seems to create perfectinvisibility. In this device, both the time delay
and the reflection are zero. These findings
strongly indicate that perfect invisibility with
optically isotropic materials is possible.

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Construction of optical hardware forparallel modulo multiplication

Talbot effect and Lau effect caused by lightemitter arrays with a finite number of point
light sources
K. Tachi1, T. Oiwa1, T. Nishina2, T.
Miyamoto2, T. Kurokawa1

1: Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology,Japan
2: Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Japan

We successfully observed a self-image
reproduced from two pinhole arrays
illuminated with LEDs. This result indicatesthe feasibility of the phase locking for a
two-dimensional vertical cavity surface
emitting laser VCSEL array using a Talbot
cavity.

p1-6

Allowable alignment errors of components
in an optically reconfigurable gate arraynformatifhoton
H. Morita, M. Watanabe
Shizuoka Univ., Japan

An optically reconfigurable gate array ORGA
is a type of multi-context field programmablegate arrays. The ORGA consists of aholographic memory, a laser diode array, and agate array VLSI. The ORGAs are very
advanced devices. However, the allowablealignment errors between a holographic
memory and an ORGA-VLSI and between alaser array and the holographic memory wereconcerns in an ORGA. Therefore, to clarify theassembly accuracy for future manufacture of
ORGAs, this paper presents allowablealignment errors of components constituting an
ORGA.

p1-7

Three-dimensional shape measurement
using optimum synthesized color grating
N. Yoshikawa, M. Kimura, S. Yamazaki
Saitama Univ., Japan

We propose a new method for performing
accurate 3D shape measurements by using an
optimum synthesized color grating. We haveexperimentally demonstrated that a color
grating pattern is decomposed correctly into
RGB channels and that three deformed grating
patterns can be independently obtained in asingle measurement operation.

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Reconstruction evaluation of absorbers insecure data storage using diffusing opticalmedium

C.-J. Cheng1, Y.-C. Lin1, H.-Y. Tu2,3, J.-S.
Chiang3

K. Fujimoto, S. Matsuki, K. Nitta, O. Matoba
Kobe Univ., Japan

1: National Taiwan Normal Univ., Taiwan
2: St. John’s Univ., Taiwan
3: Tamkang Univ., Taiwan

Reconstructed quality of absorbers in a highly
scattering medium is evaluated for assessmentof storage density. The absorbers can be usedas secure data when scattering is strong
enough. We present numerical results ofevaluation of contrast in absorption coefficientsas a function of normalized distance ofabsorbers in different scales.

p1-9

We propose and demonstrate an in situ
measurement technique of the light-induced
refractive index profile in the holographic
recording media by use of the phase-shifting
digital holographic microscopy. The dynamic
behaviors of grating formation and therefractive index 3-D profile in PQ:PMMA
holographic recording media can bequantitatively measured.

Parallel phase-shifting digital holography
with simultaneous use of visible and invisible
light

p1-12

K. Ito1, T. Tahara1, T. Wakamatsu1, A.
Kaneko1, T. Koyama1, Y. Awatsuji1,2, K.
Nishio1, S. Ura1, T. Kubota3, O. Matoba4

1: Kyoto Inst. of Technology, Japan
2: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
3: Kubota Holography Laboratory, Japan
4: Kobe Univ., Japan

Single-shot in-line digital holography
recording two fringe images generated at
two different planes
Y. Awatsuji1,2, T. Koyama1, T. Tahara1, T.
Wakamatsu1, A. Kaneko1, K. Ito1, K. Nishio1,
S. Ura1, T. Kubota3, O. Matoba4
1: Kyoto Inst. of Technology, Japan
2: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
3: Kubota Holography Laboratory, Japan
4: Kobe Univ., Japan

We proposed phase-shifting digital holographyusing visible and invisible light simultaneously
as a technique capable of single-shot
three-dimensional structure and spectral image
measurement. Effectiveness of the digitalholography was verified by both numericalsimulation and preliminary experiment using
two lasers operated at 633nm and 830nm
wavelengths.

p1-10Light-induced refractive index profile
measurement using digital holographic
microscopy

The authors propose an in-line digitalholography that can simultaneously record twointerference-fringe images generated at
different planes using an image sensor. The
technique is capable of three-dimensional
measurement of moving object and does not
require phase-shifting interferometry toreconstruct accurate image. The technique was
successfully demonstrated by numericalsimulation.

Single-shot phase-shifting digital holography
with dual-wavelength phase unwrapping
T. Wakamatsu1, A. Kaneko1, T. Koyama1, Y.
Awatsuji1,2, K. Nishio1, S. Ura1, T. Kubota3,
O. Matoba4

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1: Kyoto Inst. of Technology, Japan
2: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
3: Kubota Hologram Lab., Japan
4: Kobe Univ., Japan

Characteristics of shift multiplexed
recording of the holographic memory systemwith certification function
Y. Suzuki, T. Nomura, E. Nitanai, T. Numata
Wakayama Univ., Japan

We propose a single-shot phase-shifting digitalholography with two different wavelengths toachieve more accurate phase-unwrapping andlonger measurable range. Compared to therange in phase-shifting digital holography witha wavelength 633 nm, the range waslengthened fivefold in the proposed techniquewith two wavelengths 633 nm and 532 nm.

A holographic memory system using an opticalencryption method has been proposed. We
investigate crosstalk of a single hologram in the
proposed system. By the experiments, it isshown that diffraction efficiency deteriorates
enough if the media is shifted 4 m.

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p1-14Storage density consideration of collinear
holographic memory

p1-18

T. Shimura, Y. Sumi, R. Fujimura, K. Kuroda

K. Yamaguchi, H. Yamamoto

The Univ. of Tokyo, JapanThe Univ. of Tokushima, JapanWe derived formulas that describe therelationship among the storage density andsystem parameters in the collinear holographic
memory. We estimated the systemparameters required for the storage capacity of
1TB per disc of CD size.

p1-15This paper proposes a method control binocularcameras in order to adjust the depth of field andreproduced distance. Proposed method makes
the most use of the reproducible depth andprovides a linear relationship between the
distances between objects and their reproduced
distances by a large stereoscopic LED display.

High-spatial-frequency pre-enhancement forholographic memory

p1-19

N. Kinoshita, T. Muroi, N. Ishii, K. Kamijo, N.
Shimidzu

Univ. of Hyogo, Japan

A signal beam modulated spatially by
datapages in holographic memory goes throughlens when recording into and reproducing froma holographic medium. In that case, theamplitude of the high-spatial-frequency
components of the datapage decreases, causing
deterioration of the signal quality of the
reproduced datapage. We experimentallyinvestigate the effectiveness of ahigh-spatial-frequency pre-enhancement toimprove the deterioration.

Reconstruction of 3-D images using a LCD
panel is studied by the numerical simulation.
The nonlinear response of the LCD panel andthe shifted phase of modulated light havesignificant influences upon the quality ofreconstructed images. New methods aredescribed for improving the quality of image.

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Optical compensation method for
reproduced digital-bit-data in holographic
data storage
T. Muroi1, N. Kinoshita1, N. Ishii1, K.
Kamijo1, N. Shimidzu1, M. Booth2, R.
Juskaitis2, T. Wilson2
1: NHK, Japan
2: Univ. of Oxford, UK

Adaptive optics controlled by a genetic
algorithm were used to compensate for the
distortion caused by shrinkage of thephotopolymer medium in reproduced
digital-bit-data. The signal-to-noise ratio in thelocal area increased from 19.4 to 3.3 dB andthe average signal-to-noise ratio in the wholearea increased by 1.6 dB.

p1-17

Effects of performance characteristics of
LCD panel on reconstruction of 3-D images
K. SatoNHK, Japan

p1-16

Control of binocular cameras for large
stereoscopic LED display

Diffraction efficiency increase ofpolarization holographic gratings inerasable and rewritable dye-doped
liquid-crystal films

p1-20

Reconstruction of occluded regions in
integral imaging using arbitrary view
generation and optical flow
J.-H. Jung1, J.-H. Park2, B. Lee1

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1: Seoul National Univ., Korea
2: Chungbuk National Univ., Korea

Optical flow is a concept which approximatesthe motion of objects within a visual
representation. In this paper, we propose amethod for reconstruction of occluded regionof elemental image using optical flow. In thereconstruction of partially occluded 3D object,
optical flow can easily segment sub-images andfind occluded regions. Each sub-image iscompared with the central sub-image and weaccumulate the difference of sub-images in
occlusion regions. The occlusion regions ofelemental images are reconstructed by theaccumulated difference.

p1-21

Improved three-dimensional depth plane
reconstruction using light fields
J.-M. Kang1, J.-H. Park2, B. Lee1
1: Seoul National Univ., Korea
2: Chungbuk National Univ., Korea

W.-C. Su, J.-Y. Chen, C.-Y. Huang

A novel depth plane image generation
algorithm using lens array is proposed. In
integral imaging, elemental image can be
regarded as sampling of light fields. Light
fields are used for synthetic aperture
photography. We propose a new synthetic
aperture photography method which overcomesthe viewing angle limitation of lens array.

National Changhua Univ. of Education, Taiwan

The diffraction efficiency of a polarization
hologram in dye-doped liquid-crystals can beincreased by using two writing beams withunequal intensity. We find the achievablemaximum diffraction efficiency of a sample
with thickness of 6m can reach 18% when the
beam ration of two recording beams is 10:1.

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Three-dimensional moving picturerecording and observation of visible
femtosecond light pulse propagation bymeans of light-in-flight recording byholography

p1-25

K. Fujii, K. Kashiwagi, T. Shioda, Y. Tanaka,
T. Kurokawa

Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

S. Nakajima1, M. Makino1, M. Aihara1, T.
Kakue1, A. Kuzuhara1, Y. Awatsuji1,2, K.
Nishio1, S. Ura1, T. Kubota3

Optical memory for optical packet storage
remained in the optical domain is required for
future packet-switched photonic networks. We
propose the optical fiber loop memory in a
simple conformation with an optical switch andan EDFA. 2.5-Gbps packet pattern was
successfully buffered for 5.5 s corresponding
to 10 circulations.

1: Kyoto Inst. of Technology, Japan
2: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
3: Kubota Holography Laboratory, Japan

398-picosecond moving picture ofthree-dimensional image of propagation of
224-femtosecond laser pulse with 400-nm
center wavelength was demonstrated bylight-in-flight recording by holography. The
pulse was generated from near-infrared
femtosecond light pulse by SHG with BBO
crystal. Konica Minolta P5600 was used forrecording material sensitive for the visible
light.

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p1-26

Muroran Inst. of Technology, Japan

In order to provide color management
environment with high quality, it is necessary
to calibrate the tone reproduction curve of a PC
display. We developed a visual calibration
method of a PC display using the Color
Matching Method CMM that employs a visualevaluation but not a colorimeter.

Y. Kodama, R. Kobe, T. Shioda, Y. Tanaka, T.
Kurokawa

p1-27

Using an optical synthesizer that can produce
arbitrary pulse shape from optical frequency
comb by precisely controlling its intensity andphase spectra, we experimentally clarified thepulse shape optimal for fiber transmission.

p1-24

Development of the algorithm to separate
halftone dots for evaluation of printed image
quality
T. Yuasa, Y. Aizu

Muroran Inst. of Technology, Japan

Printed images are generally controlled by area
modulation of halftone dots. Therefore, it isimportant to measure accurately dot areas forcontrolling printing processes. In this paper,
new algorithm is developed for separating
halftone dots consisting of 4 color inks eachother and measuring the area of halftone dots.

Photonic label recognition by time-spaceconversion and two-dimensional filteringwith delay compensation
H. Tsunematsu1, T. Arima2, N. Goto1, S.
Yanagiya1
1: The Univ. of Tokushima, Japan
2: Toyohashi Univ. of Technology, Japan

A visual calibration method for calibrating
the tone reproduction curve of a PC display
T. Yuasa, Y. Aizu

Fiber transmission characteristics of opticalshort pulses generated with optical pulse
synthesizer

Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Buffering of 2.5-Gbps optical packets byfiber loop with optical switch and EDFA

p1-28

Optical label recognition system using
time-to-space conversion and spatial Vander
Lugt two-dimensional correlation andpost-processing with a slit and delay
compensator is proposed. For four-bit BPSKlabels at 160Gb/s, eight different labels are
distinguished. The ratio of auto-correlation tocross-correlation is 0.62 and 0.4 without andwith time gating.

Improvement of GPU particle filter for fasthead tracking
S. Hosooka, T. Makino, H. Kinoshita, N.
Tsumura, T. Nakaguchi, Y. Miyake
Chiba Univ., Japan

In this paper, we present improved GPU
particle filter for 3D head position and rotation
tracking by using shapefree texture technique.
The proposed system enables to track user’s
head position and rotation with low calculation
cost by the use of the pre-composed 3D modelof the tracking target.

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p1-29A measurement of bidirectional texture
function for flatbed scanning system

p1-33

Y. Itakura, M. Yokoyama, N. Tsumura, T.
Nakaguchi, Y. Miyake

P. Pavlíek1, O. Hbl1, 2

1: Joint Laboratory of Optics of Palacky University
and Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciencesof the Czech Republic, Czech
2: Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Chiba Univ., Japan

Recently, a flatbed scanning system which canmeasure the glossiness of the object is requiredfor digital archives. To develop the “simulator”
of this scanning system, we propose a novel
measurement method to obtain Bidirectional
Texture Function BTF, and a model ofirradiance distribution from the linear lightsource.

p1-30

p1-31

Determination of a fringe peak of aninterferogram by low-coherent
interferometry

White-light interferometry measuring opticallyrough surface shows an error caused by surface
roughness. This error has a statistical characterand is nonzero even if the determination of thecontrast maximum of the interferogram werecompletely accurate. The analysis of this error
is discussed in the presented paper.

p1-34

Wavelength shift of surface plasmon
resonance depending on the carrier densityof the layer piled on an Ag thin film

Y. Tanohata, T. Nomura, E. Nitanai, T. Numata

N. Saiga, R. Nakao, S. Adachi

Wakayama Univ., Japan

Yonago National College of Technology, JapanThe method to determine the fringe peak of aninterferogram by low-coherent interferometry
is porposed. Phase relation between two
wavelengths is used for determination.
Preliminary experimental results are shown toconfirm the proposed method.

Using Kretscmann arrangement of a right
triangle prism with a thin Ag film piled a metal
or weak conductive semiconductor film, thesurface plasmon was excited by He-Ne laser of632.8 nm. It was assured that the plasmon
exhibited the shifted absorption dip dependingon their density of free electrons.

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Method for determining microindenter tip
topography with a scanning white lightinterferometer and the uses of image
stitching method

Y.-L. Chen, H.-C. Hsieh, W.-T. Wu, D.-C. Su,
K.-Y. Hsu
National Chiao-Tung Univ., Taiwan

A scanning white light interferometer is used totest a microindenter tip from two different
angles, and two results are obtained. Then these
two results are merged together to form the 2D
topography by using the image stitching
method. Its validity is demonstrated.

p1-32

Limits of measurement uncertainty ofwhite-light interferometry on rough surfaces

Reproduction system of sound informationfrom wax phonograph cylinders based on
low-coherence topography
T. Hasegawa, T. Iwai

Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

p1-35

Observation of 380 nm electroluminescencefrom monolayer ZnO nanoparticles/organic
heterostructure

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C.-Y. Lee, C.-F. Lin

National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan

We report electroluminescence from ZnO
nanoparticle-based devices prepared by the
dry-coating method. With dry-coating process,the structure of the ZnO nanoparticle
monolayer in the device can be achieved. The
devices show the ZnO band-gap emission at
380 nm and the background emission from theinterface between host matrix and Alq3.

p1-36

Simultaneously sensing differential pressure
and temperature using fiber Bragg gratings
H.-J. Sheng1, W.-F. Liu1, K.-R. Lin1, M.-Y.
Fu2
1: Feng-Chia Univ., Taiwan
2: Air Force Academy, Taiwan

We build up a new reproduction system ofsounds from old wax phonograph cylinders
based on a low-coherence topographic method.
The surface profile of the wax phonographcylinder is measured by this system, andtransformed numerically to the sound.

By a novel packaging design of fiber Bragg
grating, a simultaneously temperature anddifferential pressure fiber sensor is proposed.
The pressure sensitivity and the temperaturesensitivity are 5.2710-1 Mpa-1 and 0.04 nm/ °C respectively. This simple and low-cost
device can be applied in the wide range ofmultifunction sensing heads.

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Using immersion lithography for fabricating
the ridged polymeric waveguide with areflective end
R. F. Shyu1, S. L. Lu1, J.-J. Wu2, H. Yang2
1: National Formosa Univ., Taiwan
2: National Chung Hsing Univ., Taiwan

This contrivance aims to develop the ridged
polymeric waveguides with a reflective end onplane. The key process is to immerse thephotomask and substrate in DI water for
lithography expose and the ridged polymer
waveguides with a 45° reflective end can be
fabricated.

p1-38

Wavelet generic Fourier descriptor for
pattern classification and recognition using
optical joint transform correlator

Tuesday, November 18
Plenary Session
9:00-10:30
The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

2-a1
9:00

Univ. of California, San Diego, USA

2-a2
9:45

Intraoral three-dimensional shapemeasurement using a compound-eye camera
with integrated pattern projector

Optical scanning holography: principles andapplications
T. PoonInstrument Research and Development
Establishment, India

p1-39

Ultrafast optics and nanophotonics in
information systems
Y. Fainman

R. B. Yadav, A. K. Gupta

In this paper, we report retrieval andclassification of various shapes employing
wavelet generic Fourier descriptor WGFD.
WGFD technique has been applied to a
database of 1000 shapes, with 20 different
classes. For retrieved shape recognition, an
optical experiment employing joint transform
correlator architecture has been carried out.

T. Shimura

Presider:Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., USA

Coffee Break 10:30-11:00
Novel Optical Metrology
11:00-12:00
K. HsuPresider:National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan

2-a3 Invited
11:00

H. Tanabe1, K. Kagawa1, C. Ogata2, Y.
Ogura1, Y. Nakao3, T. Toyoda3, Y. Masaki3,
M. Ueda2, J. Tanida1

Multispectral Microscopy using
Coded Aperture Snapshot Spectral Imaging
D. Brady, C. Fernandez
Duke Univ., USA

Coded aperture snapshot spectral imaging uses
compressive sampling and constrained image
estimation to reconstruct full data cubes fromsingle frames, thus enabling real-time
multispectral imaging. This talk describes the
spectral microscopy using this approach,focusing particularly on images of multiple
fluorescent makers in biological assays.

1: Osaka Univ., Japan
2: Osaka Dental Univ., Japan
3: FUNAI Electric, Japan

We propose an intraoral three-dimensional
shape-measurement system in which a patternprojector based on a diffractive optical element
is integrated in the lens gap of a compound-eye
camera. An evaluation system with a liquid
crystal spatial light modulator demonstrated
distance accuracy of 0.46 mm rms..

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Wednesday, November 19

2-a4
11:30

Remote and in-situ calibration of translation
stage by low-coherence tandem
interferometer
A. Hirai1, J. Kitta2, F. Kobayashi3, K. Sasaki1,
H. Matsumoto4

1: National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology, Japan
2: Japan Quality Assurance Organization, Japan
3: Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology,Japan
4: The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Holography and Applications
9:00-10:30
Seoul National Univ., Korea

3-a1 Invited
9:00

In-situ calibration system of translation stage
by transferring length information between two
distantly located low coherence interferometers
through a single-mode optical fiber isdeveloped. Experimental results of repeatabilityof 21 nm and reproducibility of 40 nm areachieved. In-situ calibration of a translation
stage is demonstrated.

Vibration-insensitive scanning white-lightinterferometer

3D optics
G. Barbastathis
MIT, USAIn 3D optics, light interacts with an entire
volume of modulated refractive index. We
review light propagation in 3D optical elementswith a spatial carrier “volume holograms” andtheir use as highly shift variant lenses withdepth selectivity for scan-less 3D imaging andcompare with digital holographic imaging.

2-a5
11:45

B. LeePresider:3-a2 Invited

IP
9:30

M. E. Pawowski1, M. Takeda2

Holography in femtosecond laser processing

1: Anritsu Precision, Japan
2: Univ. of Electro-Communications, Japan

Y. Hayasaki

A vibration-insensitive scanning white-lightinterferometer is presented, which is capable ofshape measurement with nanometer-range
repeatability in ordinary room condition.
Measurement in a hostile environment ispossible due to the use of a high speed camera
and a self-calibration algorithm based on areference fringe signal generated by a He-Ne
laser.

Holographic technique using acomputer-generated hologram displayed on aliquid crystal spatial light modulator performs
parallel femtosecond laser processing with highthroughput and high light-use efficiency. We
demonstrate some control methods of thediffraction peak of CGH and two-dimensional
and three-dimensional parallel laser processing.

Utsunomiya Univ., Japan

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3-a3

10:00

Calculation method considering reflectance
distribution for computer-generated
hologram using micro-facets
K. Yamaguchi, Y. Sakamoto
Hokkaido Univ., Japan

In this paper, we propose a new method thattakes into consideration the reflectance
distribution of object surfaces. To improve thereality of reconstructed images forcomputer-generated hologram, the reflectance
distribution for computer-generated hologram
was confirmed by comparing theoretical andsimulated values and using opticallyreconstructed images.

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10:15

One-shot color digital holography

3-a7
11:45

K. Maejima, H. Toge, K. Sato
Univ. of Hyogo, Japan

Moving picture recording of femtosecond
light pulse propagation with rewritable
recording material
K. Tosa1, M. Aihara1, T. Kakue1, A.
Kuzuhara1, M. Makino1, Y. Awatsuji1,2, S.
Ura1, K. Nishio1, T. Kubota3

One-shot digital holography is developed inorder to record the complex-amplitude
hologram for a color 3-D image
instantaneously. The complex-amplitude
hologram is obtained by spatially sampling therecorded hologram and by interpolating thesampled hologram data. A fine color images isreconstructed from the RGB
complex-amplitude in-line hologram.

1: Kyoto Inst. of Technology, Japan
2: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
3: Kubota Holography Laboratory, Japan

We suceeded in recording and observing, forthe first time, moving pictures of femtosecond
light pulse propagation by light-in-flightrecording by holography using rewritable
recording material. We used an ultrashortpulsed laser that generated 130fs duration pulseof 400nm center wavelength, andphoto-conductor plastic hologram plate as
rewritable recording material.

Coffee Break 10:30-11:00
Materials
11:00-12:00
O. Matoba

Presider:Lunch 12:00-13:30

Kobe Univ., Japan

3-a5 Invited
11:00

Advances in doped photopolymers for
information storage and processing

Optics and Photonics Devices Technologies
13:30-15:00
M. Naruse

Presider:

NICT, JapanS. H. Lin, K. Hsu

National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan

We present a two-step approach for fabricating
cm-thick doped photopolymer materials.
Experimental characterizations show extra-low
photo-induced shrinkage in these samples.
These materials are promising for volume
holographic data storage and image processing
applications.

3-p1 Invited
13:30

S. Sinzinger

Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany

We discuss recent technological developments
focused on the fabrication of efficient
microoptical ele-ments and systems for various
applications. Ultraprecision micromachining
and holographic lithography have reached ahigh level of precision and flexibility which isinteresting for the fabrication of freeform(micro-)op-tical elements e.g. for beam shaping
and optimized imaging.-

3-a6
11:30

Optical information recording in films ofphotoinduced birefringent materials and its
application
D. Barada1,2, K. Tamura3, T. Fukuda2, T.
Yatagai1,3

1: Utsunomiya Univ., Japan
2: National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology, Japan
3: Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan

Freeform (Micro-) optics for information
photonics

3-p2
14:00

Polarization recording of optical information infilms made of azobenzene-containing materials
was described. It was theoretically verified thatphotoinduced birefringence of azobenzene
films are applicable to polarization holographic
recording media. Based on the recording
principle, the optical recording of a twodimensional phase pattern in an azobenzene
film was demonstrated.

Planar-integrated optics and micro-fluidics
for lab-on-a-chip systems
P. Deiter, C. Bonerz, M. Gruber
Univ. of Hagen, Germany

We present a planar integration platform forlab-on-a-chip systems. Proof-of-principle
demonstrators equipped with ultrasonicmicro-fluidic pumps and with various built-in
microscopic illumination schemes wereconstructed and tested

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3-p3
14:15

Plasma-deposited silicon nitride/ silicon
dioxide waveguide for on-chip scale photonic
integrated circuit
K. Ikeda, Y. Fainman

Univ. of California, San Diego, USA

We report a silicon nitride/ silicon dioxide
waveguide prepared using plasma-enhanced
chemical vapor deposition for on-chip scale
photonic integrated circuit, which has the
propagation loss of ~4dB/cm. We obtain thequality factor of ~35,000 for a ring resonatorwith the waveguide and study its thermal andKerr nonlinearities.

Applications of Information Photonics
15:30-17:00
Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany

3-p6 Invited
15:30

Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark

A unique Photonics Workstation has beendeveloped for generating arrays of currently
100 fully reconfigurable laser-traps making 3D
real-time optical manipulation andcharacterization possible with the use of a
joystick or computer vision. A patented spatial
mapping is used to obtain real-timereconfigurable optical traps in the sample
volume where the manipulation of a plurality ofnano-featured micro-objects takes place.

Design of a wavelength selective switch using
an LCOS and a multi-stacked AWG
fabricated on wedge-shaped substrates
K. Sorimoto1, H. Tsuda1, H. Ishikawa2, T.
Hasama2, H. Kawashima2, K. Kintaka2, M.
Mori2, H. Uetsuka3

We designed a compact wavelength selective
switch using an LCOS and a multi-stacked
arrayed-waveguide grating using wedge-shaped
substrate. It had 11 output ports and could route
40 optical signals of 100-GHz-spacing
wavelength channels.

14:45

3-p7

IP

1: Keio Univ., Japan
2: National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology, Japan
3: Hitachi Cable, Japan3-p5

Interacting with the nano-world on the
all-optical photonics workstation
J. Glückstad

3-p4
14:30

S. Sinzinger

Presider:Supercontinuum comb generation using
optical pulse synthesizer andhighly-nonlinear dispersion-shifted-fiber

N. Tamura, S. Choi, K. Kashiwagi, T. Shioda,
Y. Tanaka, T. Kurokawa

Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Supercontinuum comb light was generated byusing an optical pulse synthesizer and ahighly-nonlinear fiber. To broaden the spectral
bandwidth, we investigated comb generation
conditions including the seed pulse shape, therepetition frequency rate and the fiber length.

16:00

Spatio-temporal characteristics of a
wavefield with lateral and longitudinal
periodicity
J. Jahns1, S. Helfert1, A. W. Lohmann2
1: FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
2: Univ. of Erlangen, Germany

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We consider the properties of an optical
wavefield which is periodic in lateral andlongitudinal direction. Such wavefields can begenerated by a Fabry-Perot resonator withperiodic mirrors or by a multimode waveguidewith z-periodic modulation. The wavefield may
be temporally stationary or pulsed.

3-p8

16:15

DWDM transmission of 27-frequency
channels with 50-GHz spacing using
frequency comb light source

Y. Matsunaga, T. Hoshi, Y. Tanaka, T. Shioda,
T. Kurokawa
Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

We generated a multi-frequency light with
27-frequency channels of 50-GHz spacing
using tandem-connected two LN LiNbO3
modulators. The RIN for each channel wascomparable with the seed LD. The error-free
10-Gbps DWDM transmission was
successfully achieved over 20-km transmission.

Coffee Break 15:00-15:30

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16:30

Poster Session
17:15-18:45

Duty-cycle-division-multiplexing DCDM:
towards the largest network capacity

Presider:G. A. Mahdiraji1, A. F. Abas1, M. K.
Abdullah2, A. M. Mohammadi1, M. Mokhtar1

p3-1

1: Univ. Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
2: Significant Technologies, Malaysia

A multiplexing technique based on duty-cycle
is proposed. The channel demultiplexing is
performed electronically at single user bit rate,
which is very economic. In a three-user system
310 Gb/s, the worst receiver sensitivity
achieved is -25.7 dBm. The chromatic
dispersion tolerance ranging from 205 ps/nm to
226 ps/nm.

Osaka Prefecture Univ., Japan

A simple method for characterizing amplitude
and phase of picosecond optical pulse without
autocorrelation measurements is proposed,
which is based on an iterative calculation using
only its fundamental and second harmonic
power spectra. The feature of this method is
examined by comparing it with a conventional
method using autocorrelation techniques.

AWG-based tunable optical dispersion
compensator using integrated thermooptic
phase shifters
Y. Ikuma, H. Tsuda

Simple method for characterizing
picosecond optical pulse without
autocorrelation measurements
K. Wada, D. Noritake, H. Fukui, T.
Matsuyama, H. Horinaka

3-p10
16:45

H. Tsuda
Keio Univ., Japan

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Keio Univ., Japan

We have proposed and fabricated the tunableoptical dispersion compensator using integrated
lens-shaped phase shifters in the slab
waveguide of the AWG. The tuning range wasfrom 0 to +125 ps/nm with a bandwidth of 51
GHz. The power penalty was less than 3 dB for12.5 GHz RZ-PRBS signals.

Controlling transit thermal lensing effect intransparent liquids by femtosecond laser
pulsesJ.-L. Tang1, S.-Z. Kuo1, Y.-C. Li1, T.-H. Wei1,
J.-N. Wang2
1: National Chung Cheng Univ., Taiwan
2: National Yunlin Univ. of Science andTechnology, Taiwan

A simple and novel way to control thermal
lensing effect in transparent molecular liquids,
by interrupting the continuously output 28
femtosecond laser pulses into trains of various
widths with respect to the thermal diffusion
time, is presented.

Break 17:00-17:15

p3-3

Multi-speed configuration for ORGAs
M. Nakajima, M. Watanabe
Shizuoka Univ., Japan

Optically reconfigurable gate arrays ORGA area type of multi-context field programmablegate arrays. The gate array of an ORGA is
optically reconfigured using a holographic
memory addressed by a laser diode array.
However, the holographic reconfiguration
speed for each configuration context differs.
Therefore, this paper presents a multi-speed
configuration method and experimental results
obtained for ORGAs.

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Robustness improvement in double random
phase encoding using fingerprint keys

p3-8

H. Suzuki, T. Ito, T. Obi, M. Yamaguchi, N.
Ohyamap3-5

S. Maehara, K. Fujimoto, K. Nitta, O. Matoba

Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Japan

Kobe Univ., Japan

An image encryption technique with fingerprint
keys by applying double random phase
encoding has been proposed where the false
rejection rate is not sufficient compared withconventional biometric authentication
techniques. We propose a method to improve
the robustness of such technique against
rotation or distortion of fingerprints.

A method to obtain three-dimensional3D shapeusing multi-cameras located at different
distances is presented. After magnification
ratios in all perspectives are measured, 3D data
can be reconstructed by multiplying phasefunction like synthetic aperture. We present
experimental results of reconstruction andextraction of 3D object.

Fully phase-encoding for digital holographic
encryption based on liquid crystal spatial
light modulators

p3-9

H.-Y. Tu1,2, J.-S. Chiang2, J.-W. Chou3, C.-J.
Cheng3This work describes a fully phase-encoding
technique for optoelectronic encryption scheme
based on liquid crystal spatial light modulators
which are operated at phase mode to performthe phase-encoding capability. Double keyholograms are employed to promote theinformation security. Both analytical andexperimental results are presented anddiscussed.

H. Sakai, Y. Ogura, J. Tanida

We study an implementing method forrealizing an automaton in a nanoscale towards
nano-information processing based on
photonics. Conformation of DNA is utilized torepresent the state of automaton. Experimental
results demonstrated intentional
conformation-change of DNA with opticalsignals, which can be remotely operated inparallel.

p3-7

1: Osaka Univ., Japan
2: Funai Electric, JapanIP

An implementation of a nanoscale
automaton using DNA conformation
controlled by optical signals
Osaka Univ., Japan

Irregular lens arrangement in compact
compound-eye digital camera TOMBO for
high-resolution imaging and accurate depth
estimation
R. Horisaki1, Y. Nakao2, T. Toyoda2, K.
Kagawa1, Y. Masaki2, J. Tanida 1

1: St. John’s Univ., Taiwan
2: Tamkang Univ., Taiwan
3: National Taiwan Normal Univ., Taiwan

p3-6

Three-dimensional shape reconstruction
based on multi-cameras located at different
distances and its applications

Irregular lens arrangement and a
depth-incorporated super-resolution algorithm
are proposed for a compound-eye camera toincrease imaging resolution and depth
estimation accuracy. Simulation shows that the
sampling coverage at the distance of 10 m was
improved by 53%. 6dB improvement of thepower spectrum at 0.25/ pixel is confirmed
experimentally.

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An inverse imaging approach to sectional
image reconstruction in optical scanning
holography
X. Zhang1, T.-C. Poon2, E. Y. Lam1

1: The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., USA

Inverse imaging is proposed to reconstruct thesectional images in a hologram by opticalscanning holography. The methodology isbased on formulating the reconstruction as aninverse problem, which is ill-posed andrequires regularization. Experiments on
multiple-section holograms demonstrate theefficacy of the approach in sectional image
reconstruction with suppression of the defocus
noise.

3D motion estimation of imaging device
using on-sensor motion detection

K. Nakayama1, A. Shikino1, T. Hamamoto1, K.
Kodama2
1: Tokyo Univ. of Science, Japan
2: National Inst. of Informatics, Japan

We propose a method for three-dimensionalmotion estimation of imaging device. By using
two-dimensional motion of each pixel detected
on an image sensor at high frame rate, weestimate the motion of the sensor itself in real
time.

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Numerical optimization of dynamic
holographic optical tweezers by Jones
matrix

p3-15

D. Miho, K. Harada, D. Sakai, T. Tsukahara,
S. Kamemaru

Y. Doi, J. Yamamoto, T. Iwai

Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Japan

Kitami Inst. of Technology, JapanThe 0-th order diffraction light in thereconstructed image disturbs the particle
manipulation in the performance of the
dynamic optical holographic tweezers. The
purpose of this research is to investigate
polarization characteristics of amplitude andphase modulations in the HOTs to reduce theinfluence of the 0-th order diffraction light.

p3-12

Stability of particles trapped by opticaltweezers using time-division holograms

We propose a technique of hologram recording
in glass plate using corona charging. The
recording material used in this study isconventional soda-lime glass. Fouriertransform hologram recorded in glass plate canbe reconstructed using visible laser beam. The
first-order diffraction efficiency of thehologram is 0.03%.

p3-16

J. Yamamoto, T. Iwai

Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Japan

1: Kobe Univ., Japan
2: Hyogo Prefectural Inst. of Technology, Japan
3: DAISO, Japan
4: The New Industry Research Organization, Japan
5: KYOWA ELECTRONICS, JapanAn integrated holographic imaging elementHIE
for wearable glasses used in a 3D eye-gaze
detection is fabricated. The integrated HIE
consists of a transmission-type and areflection-type HIEs to detect user’s eyes andscenes. Experimental results of the integrated
HIE are presented.

Numerical study on moving picturerecording of ultrashort light pulse magnified
by microscope objective lens inlight-in-flight recording by holography
M. Makino1, T. Kakue1, M. Aihara1, A.
Kuzuhara1, Y. Awatsuji1,2, K. Nishio1, S.
Ura1, T. Kubota3

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1: Kyoto Inst. of Technology, Japan
2: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
3: Kubota Holography Laboratory, Japan

Integrated holographic imaging element
using white light for 3D eye–gaze detection
systemM. Zhou1, Y. Kitagawa1, O. Matoba 2, Y.
Takizawa1, T. Matsumoto1, H. Ueda3, A.
Mizuno4, N. Kosaka5

We numerically simulated the recording andreconstruction of moving picture of lightpropagation maganified 10 times by amicroscope objective lens consisting of twolens groups containing four elements inlight-in-flight recording by holography.
Recordability of the moving picture of
propagating 130fs pulse during time range
about 800fs was verified.

p3-14

Integrated holographic imaging element forthree-dimensional eye-gaze detection system
M. Ono1, O. Matoba1, M. Zhou2, Y.
Kitagawa2, H. Ueda3, N. Kosaka4, A. Mizuno5

We so far have developed optical tweezers
using time-divided holograms. In thistechnique, we have to consider the effect of thetime-division optical trapping of particles. In
this research, we investigate the stability of
optical trapping of particles by experiments andnumerical analysis.

p3-13

Recording of Fourier transform hologram inglass plate

1: Hyogo Prefectural Inst. of Technology, Japan
2: Kobe Univ., Japan
3: DAISO, Japan
4: Kyowa Electronics, Japan
5: The New Industry Research Organization, JapanA new integrated optical imaging element
which is used to obtain images from two
different directions by using one imaging
sensor has been proposed and fabricated. The
imaging characteristics were evaluatedexperimentally. As a result, our holographic
imaging element exhibited high resolution evenunder a white light illimination. Thus, it would
be expected to act as an important part ineye-gaze detection system.

Implementation of non-monotonic logic by
Fourier-holography technique: logic withexceptions
A. M.Alekseev, A. V.Pavlov

St.Petersburg State Univ. for Information
Technologies, Russia

Based on our previous work on implementationof fuzzy-valued logic by Fourier-holography
setup, in this paper we make next step – frommonotonic logic to non-monotonic one. We
discuss implementation of the logical operators
and use both computer simulation andexperimental verification to confirm ourconclusions.

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p3-18Optimization of hologram based on opticalestimation of parallel laser beam

p3-21

S. Hasegawa, Y. Hayasaki
Utsunomiya Univ., Japan

G. Park1, K. Hong1, S.-W. Min2, B. Lee1
1: Seoul National Univ., Korea
2: Kyung Hee Univ., Korea

Computer-generated hologram is optimized on
the basis of a uniformity estimation of thediffraction peaks in its optical reconstruction.
The optical optimization is iteratively
performed by rewritable capability of a liquid
crystal spatial light modulator. The
improvement of uniformity of the diffraction
peaks with the optical optimization method isdemonstrated.

p3-19

Three-dimensional user interface using a
haptic device for volumetric display

Conventional integral imaging system has
weak points from the viewpoints of resolution
and pseudoscopic problems. In order toovercome both problems, we propose opticaldepth converter modified by a lens array and amirror as a three-dimensional screen for
projection-type integral imaging systems. It is
verified by experiments.

p3-22

D. Miyazaki, T. Honda, K. Ohno, T. Mukai
Osaka City Univ., Japan

Simultaneous implementation of real andvirtual integrated images with a micro
convex lens array
Y. Kim1, S.-W. Min2, B. Lee1

A new user interface for intuitive manipulationof three-dimensional information is proposed.
A haptic threedimensional input device isintroduced into a volumetric display system.
The experimental results of force feedback
operation and three-dimensional dragging
operation with a stylus for a virtual object
formed by a volumetric display are presented.

p3-20

Combination of a lens array and a mirror as
three-dimensional screen for projection-type
integral imaging system

1: Seoul National Univ., Korea
2: Kyung Hee Univ., Korea

We developed an integral imaging system fordisplaying real and virtual images
simultaneously. A plano-convex lens array isadopted for using both lens effect and mirror
effect. An objective lens is employed for
implementing high quality 3D images.

IP

System for synthesizing arbitrary viewpoint
images by random access image sensors
S. Ogura1, Y. Haruta1, T. Hosaka1, A.
Kubota2, R. Oi3, T. Hamamoto1

1: Tokyo Univ. of Science, Tokyo, Japan
2: Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Yokohama-shi, Japan
3: National Inst. of Information andCommunications Technology, Japan

In this paper, we propose the method toestimate highly accurate depth information andsynthesize high-quality arbitrary viewpoint
images by using image sensors arranged on agrid. Experimental result showed the favorable
performance. Further, the overview ofprototype system to realize the proposed
method in real-time is described.

p3-23

Numerical analysis for an imaging optics
with micromirror arraynformatifhoton
Y. Matsukura1, K. Nitta1, O. Matoba1, S.
Maekawa2
1: Kobe Univ., Japan
2: National Inst. of Information andCommunications Technology, Japan

Characteristics of a transmission mirror device
is analyzed numerically. Point spread of thedevice is estimated. As a result of estimation,
the relations between positions of targets andresolution of images are investigated.

p3-24

Polarization-analyzing CMOS sensor forTAS
T. Tokuda, H. Yamada, K. Minakawa, K.
Sasagawa, J. Ohta
Nara Inst. of Science and Technology, Japan

We have proposed and designed apolarization-analyzing CMOS photosensor anddemonstrated its functionality. A
microchamber device equipped with the sensor
was also developed.

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Determination method of orientation of arough surface by the degree of polarization

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M. Tani, K. Tabata, A. Mizutani, H. Kikuta

M. Nagamatsu1,2, K. Mitani2, K. Nakagawa2,
H. Shimizu2

Osaka Prefecture Univ., Japan

A method for determining an orientation of arough surface by measuring the polarization of
scattered light has been proposed. The object
surface is illuminated with the linearlypolarized light with different angles. The
polarization states of light scattered is analyzed
by a polarimeter consisting of a rotating
quarter-wave plate, an analyzer, and aband-pass wavelength filter. The surface
orientation can be determined from the degreeof polarization.

p3-26

1: Shikoku Polytechnic College, Japan
2: Kagawa Univ., Japan

Curing process of urushi lacquer is analyzed
from the dynamic behavior of the speckle
images, using the temporal autocorrelation
function of the light intensity at a pixel in theimage and the spatial cross-correlation function
between the successive flames. There is noinconsistency between the experimental results
and the curing theory.

p3-29

Visualization of skin hemodynamics by useof digital RGB images

1: Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Japan
2: Tohoku Univ., Japan

1: Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Japan
2: Muroran Inst. of Technology, Japan
3: Yamagata Univ., Japan

p3-27

The self-organized precipitation method was
proposed to manufacture nano-structuralpolymer particles. We need to measure theparticle growth in size as a function of thedepth from the liquid-air interface. We develop
a new in situ measurement system of theparticle size depending on the depth and the
time.

p3-30

Spatial phase-shifting digital holography for
3D particle tracking velocimetry
S. Murata, D. Harada, Y. Tanaka
Kyoto Inst. of Technology, Japan

This paper presents a spatial phase-shifting
digital holography for three-dimensional
particle tracking velocimetry. The present
method employs a pair of two spatiallyphase-shifted holograms captured at anextremely short time interval. The performanceof the present method is evaluated bynumerical simulation to demonstrate its
feasibility in velocity measurement.

Polarized light for measuring a human skinfeature indicating aging
J.-Y. Son1, Y. A. Vashpanov2, D.-H. Jung1,
K.-D. Kwack2, D.-S. Lee1
1: Daegu Univ., Korea
2: Hanyang Univ., Korea

The hand skin surfaces of different age men are
illuminated by a polarized light and the skin
images are taken through an analyzer. Whenthe analyzer is adjusted to obtain the brightest
picture of each hand, the amount of the brightspots and their distinctiveness are increasing
with the age.

Monitoring of polymer particle growth inself-organized precipitation phenomena
Y. Yamamoto1, T. Iwai1, H. Yabu2, M.
Shimomura2

I. Nishidate1, T. Maeda2, Y. Aizu2, K. Niizeki3

A method is proposed for visualizing theconcentrations of melanin, oxygenated bloodand deoxygenated blood in skin tissue using
digital RGB images. The total bloodconcentration and oxygen saturation can also
be reconstructed. Monte Carlo simulation oflight transport specifies a relation between thechromophore concentrations and CIEXYZ
which are compatible with the common RGB
working space. In vivo imaging of a human
hand during forearm occlusion demonstrated
the ability of the method to evaluate thespatiotemporal hemodynamics of skin tissue.

Analysis of curing process of urushi lacquer
by digital speckle correlation

p3-31

Two-wavelength full-field heterodyne
inteferometry for measuring large stepheightH.-C. Hsieh, Y.-L. Chen, W.-T. Wu, D.-C. Su,
K.-Y. Hsu
National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan

A collimated heterodyne light beam isintroduced into a Twyman-Greeninterferometer, and the phase of each pixel on
the camera can be measured accurately with theheterodyne interferometry. The same test isoperated again with two-wavelengthinterferometry and two-dimensional surface
profile can be obtained.

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Observation of addition of multiple
laser-induced shock waves with pumpprobe
interference microscopy

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A. Takita, Y. Hayasaki

S.-S. Hsu, T.-Y. Chang, H. Yang

Utsunomiya Univ., Japan

National Chung Hsing Univ., Taiwan

Pump-probe interference microscope wasconstructed for an observation of ultrafast
laser-induced phenomena. Refractive index
changes caused by laser-induced shock waves
in water were measured. An addition of two
shock waves was observed. The refractive
index change was twice as that formed bysingle shock wave.

A novel high numerical aperture NA microlens
array fabrication method using proximity
printing process with the microlens mask is
proposed. The microlens mask is a transparent
glass with the fabricated microlens array on
one side. High NA value 0.66 microlens array
was developed through UV lithography
process.

Oil leakage sensor for plant inspection

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T. Nakashima1, H. Nakajima1, O. Matoba2
1: Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Japan
2: Kobe Univ., Japan

Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan

We have developed phase modulation type ofliquid-crystal-on-silicon spatial light
modulators which are easy to control. The
devices have high light-utilization efficiency,
high diffraction efficiency and high precisionin phase modulation. The characteristics of thedevices and some experimental results arereported.

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Development of localized surface plasmon
resonance based reactive oxygen species
ROS detection method using silver
nanoparticles
T. Endo, Y. Yanagida, T. Hatsuzawa
Tokyo Inst. of Technology, JapanThe quantitative determination of reactive
oxygen species ROS such as hydrogen
peroxide has possibilities for applying to
medical and environmental applications. In thisstudy, a localized surface plasmon resonance
LSPR based quantitative determination ofhydrogen peroxide using silver nanoparticles
was carried out.

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Easily controllable LCOS spatial light
modulator for precise phase modulation
N. Matsumoto, T. Inoue, N. Fukuchi, H.
Tanaka, M. Takumi, N. Mukozaka, T. Hara

The oil leakage sensor for plant inspection has
been developed. New detection method thatsimultaneously utilizes light absorption
characteristic and fluorescence characteristic
was proposed focusing on optical characteristicof oil. The experimental result confirmed its
enough sensitivity for practical application andensured reliable detection eliminating surface
conditions.

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High numerical aperture microlens and its
array using proximity printing with themicrolens mask

A novel technique to measure thephase-drift of an optical phase modulator
R.-C. Twu, H.-Y. Hong, H.-H. Lee

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An electrodynamical model of atransmission-mode vertical-cavity
modulator based on Si/SiO2 microstructure
for inter/intra-chip interconnects

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H. V. Baghdasaryan1, T. M. Knyazyan1, A. S.
Berberyan1, T. T. Hovhannisyan1, M.
Marciniak2
1: State Engineering Univ. of Armenia, Armenia
2: National Inst. of Telecommunications, Poland

An electrodynamical model of atransmission-mode vertical-cavity modulator
EA consisting of Si p-n junction embedded
between Si/SiO2 DBRs for inter/intra-chip
interconnects is suggested. The transparency ofthe structure permits to have a cascade ofmodulators installed in special trunks in chips
for connection between different layers of an
integrated circuit.

Southern Taiwan Univ., Taiwan

In this paper, we develop a measurement
system with capabilities of phase unwrapping,real-time and long-term monitoring formeasuring a phase-drift caused byphotorefractive effects in lithium niobate phasemodulators. To extract the phase-drift
variations, the experimental setup uses a
homodyne interferometer with aphase-modulation and a Fast Fourier Transform
FFT demodulation schemes.

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Real-time three-dimensional measurement
system by confocal optical system withinclined plane and smart image sensor

Y. Hisano1, K. Hayashi1, T. Murai1, D.
Miyazaki1, T. Mukai1, K. Kagawa2, J. Ohta3

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Thursday, November 20
Digital Holographic Microscopy
9:00-10:00
Presider:We developed a high-speed three-dimensional
measurement method based on a confocal
system with an inclined image plane and asmart image sensor. The proposed confocal
optics is suitable to measure athree-dimensional shape of an object rapidly.
We report the results of real-time
three-dimensional measurement by a smart
image sensor.

4-a1 Invited

MIT, USA

9:00

EPFL, Switzerland

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9:30

Flow control of microspheres in fluid basedon optical repulsive radiation force

Confocal scheme to improve thereconstructed image in digital holographic
microscopy
W. T. Hsieh1, G. L. Chen1, M. K. Kuo2, C. C.
Chang3
1: School of Defense Science, National Defense
Univ., Taiwan
2: Department of Electronic & ElectricalEngineering, National Defense Univ., Taiwan
3: Ming Dao Univ., Taiwan

1: The Univ. of Tokushima, Japan
2: Utsunomiya Univ., Japan

Flow of a micro object with lower refractive
index than surrounding solvent is controlled by
optical repulsive radiation forces. The repulsive
forces are generated by multiple focused beams
formed with a computer-generated hologram.

A confocal configuration for reconstruction thatuses one off-axis digital hologram without
additional phase-retrieval elements inexperimental setup is presented. The system
can be applied to digital holographic
microscopy to reconstruct image without
defocus aberration. The results demonstratethat the twin-image can be suppressed and theabsolute phase can be retrieved without
aberration.

High light uniformity dot pattern design oflight guide plate with LEDs light source
L. S. Chou, C. H. Fu

Yuan Ze Univ., Taiwan

A novel design with high light uniformity andlight emission efficiency is obtained ,in which
the diffusers and brightness enhancement films
are no longer needed . As comparing with the
CCFL used, the design provides much better
performance in brightness, incr easing emission
efficiency from 53% up to 87.55% and light
uniformity has reached 88.66%. A software ofTrace Pro is used for simulation.

Digital holographic microscopy
C. Depeursinge

M. Miyazaki1, H. Yamamoto1, Y. Hayasaki1,2

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G. Barbastathis

1: Osaka City Univ., Japan
2: Osaka Univ., Japan
3: Nara Inst. of Science and Technology, Japan

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Holographic microscope with large visual
depth
H. Toge, O. Murata, K. Sato
Univ. of Hyogo, JapanA new technology of the holographic
microscope is developed for recording ahigh-resolution 3-D image with large visual
depth. A number of holograms are recorded forvarious incident angles of illuminating light,
and these holograms are arranged forgenerating a wide hologram for the image
reconstruction.

Coffee Break 10:00-10:30

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3D Imaging
10:30-12:00

11:45
H. Yoshikawa

Presider:H. Sato1, K. Kimura1, A. Kubota2, R. Oi3, T.
Hosaka1, T. Hamamoto1

Nihon Univ., Japan

1: Tokyo Univ. of Science, Japan
2: Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Japan
3: National Inst. of Information andCommunications Technology, Japan4-a4 Invited
10:30

Image synthesis using eight cameras array
and its real time implementation on FPGA

Recent works on integral imaging and its
100-year of history

We propose a method to compose the imageof a virtual viewpoint from the eight cameras
array. The synthesis is based on thereconstruction filter derived from the relation
with light field rendering. The image
composition can be implemented in real timeusing an FPGA.

B. LeeSeoul National Univ., Korea

Integral imaging is a promising way to display
three-dimensional 3D images with 100 years ofhistory. It displays real-time 3D movies withfull color and parallax. Recent works on
integral imaging are introduced.

4-a5 Invited
11:00

Three-dimensional television based on the
integral method
F. Okano, J. Arai, M. Kawakita
NHK, Japan

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Three-dimensional television 3DTV based on
the integral method is introduced. The method
combines a lens array and an extremely highresolution video system. It realizes full-colorand full-parallax moving images in real-time,enabling the 3D television system to beachieved. Integral images captured byincoherent light can be converted toholography.

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11:30

Multi-functional display by use ofpolarization processing
H. Yamamoto

The Univ. of Tokushima, Japan

A multi-functional display is realized by use ofpolarization processing. The proposed display
consists of two spatial light modulators ofpolarization processing type. By use of
encryption, the viewing zone is limited inthree-dimensional space. By use of information
sharing, two different images are viewed at thetwo viewing positions.

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All speakers are required to register for participation in IP2008.

• Oral presentation• Location: Main Hall
• Presentation time

Presentation Discussion

Total

Plenary

35min

5min

40min

Invited Papers

25min

5min

30min

Contributed Papers

10min

5min

15min

• Equipment
A PC-based data projector will be available at the conference site.
Speakers are asked to bring in their own personal computer plus aback-up USB Flash Drive (Windows based) with downloaded
presentation material. Speakers are recommended testing in
advance before their session.

• Poster presentation• Location: Reception Hall B and Foyer
Poster session will be held from 17:15 to 18:45 on November 17
and 19. Each speaker is provided a 1.8 m height x 1.8 m widthbulletin board on which to display his/her summary of the paper.
Speakers must remain in the vicinity of the bulletin board during
the poster session to answer questions of attendees in English.

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Post-deadline Papers
A limited number of post-deadline papers will be accepted for oral orposter presentation. The authors should bring their printed 50-wordabstract and their printed 2-page manuscript to the registration desk by
17:00, Sunday, November 16. The authors should prepare both the oral
and poster presentation. Please see the guideline in both presentationstyles. Review result will be noticed at the registration desk by 10:00,
Monday, November 17.
Please see the information of paper submission on the website,
http://ip2008.i-photonics.jp/submission.html .

• For inquiries, please contact: Secretariat for IP2008
Takanori NOMURA
Wakayama University
930 Sakaedani, Wakayama, Wakayama, 640-8510 JAPANTEL: +81-73-457-8174 FAX: +81-73-457-8201
E-mail: ip2008secretariat@i-photonics.jp

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The special issue of JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS,
the journal of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, for IP2008 will
be published in September, 2009. Every authors of IP2008 are strongly
encouraged to submit the original papers to the special issue. The
deadline for submission is January 20, 2009. Application form forthe special issue will be distributed on site. Please note that all thesubmitted papers will be judged following the editorial policy ofJAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. For your information,
visit the website, http://www.ipap.jp/. The submission from invited
speakers are also welcome. The information of online submission will
be announced in the website, http://ip2008.i-photonics.jp/.
If you want any further information, please contact,
Dr. O. Matoba
Editor/Secretariat, IP2008 Special Issue
Kobe University
E-mail: matoba@kobe-u.ac.jp25Company Exhibition
Company Exhibition is planned with the following schedule. Manykinds of optics related businesses will be presented.
Date & Time:
Monday, November 17
10:00-17:00
Tuesday, November 18
9:00-12:00
Wednesday, November 19 9:00-17:00
Thursday, November 20
9:00-12:00
Companies:
FDK CORPORATIONFUNAI ELECTRIC CO. LTD
Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.
(as of August 5, 2008)

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Executive Committee Members

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Organizing Committee:
Chair: Jun Tanida
Osaka University, Japan

Daisuke Miyazaki
Osaka City University, Japan

Yasuhiko Arakawa
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Masahiko Mori
AIST, Japan

Yasuhiro Awatsuji
Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan

Shinji Matsuo
NTT, Japan

Karl-Heinz Brenner
Universität Mannheim, Germany

Takanori Nomura
Wakayama University, Japan

Maria L. Calvo
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Alexander V. Pavlov
St. Petersburg State University for ITMO, Russia

Pavel Cheben
National Research Council of Canada, Canada

Alexander A. Sawchuk
University of Southern California, USA

Tsutomu Hara
Hamamatsu Photonics K. K., Japan

Hugo Thienpont
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Bergium

Yoshio Hayasaki
Utsunomiya University, Japan

Hiroyuki Tsuda
Keio University, Japan

Satoshi Ishihara
JST, Japan

Norimichi Tsumura
Chiba University, Japan

Jürgen Jahns
FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

Kelvin Wagner
University of Colorado, USA

Byoungho Lee
Seoul National University, South Korea

Toyohiko Yatagai
Utsunomiya University, Japan

Duncan MacFarlane
The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Local Executive Committee:
Chair: Daisuke Miyazaki
Osaka City University, Japan

Rui Shogenji
Shizuoka University, Japan

Vice Chair: Yoshio Hayasaki
Utsunomiya University, Japan

Akihiro Takita
Utsunomiya University, Japan

Keiichiro Kagawa
Osaka University, Japan

Naoya TateThe University of Tokyo, Japan

Kiyoshi Nakagawa
Kagawa University, Japan

Takashi Tokuda
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Eiji Nitanai
Wakayama University, Japan

Wataru Watanabe
AIST, Japan

Kouichi Nitta
Kobe University, Japan

Kenji Yamada
Osaka University, Japan

Yusuke Ogura
Osaka University, Japan

Hirotsugu Yamamoto
The University of Tokushima, Japan27

Program Committee:
Chair: Tsutomu Shimura
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Naruse
NICT, Japan

Vice Chair: Osamu Matoba
Kobe University, Japan

Fumio Okano
NHK, Japan

Anand Asundi
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Jun Ohta
NAIST, Japan

Ravi Athale
MITRE Corp., USA

Wolfgang Osten
Universität Stuttgart, Germany

Yasuhiro Awatsuji
Kyoto Institute of Technology, JapanDavid Plant
McGill University, Canada

David J. Brady
Duke University, USA

Ting-Chung Poon
Virginia Tech, USA

Yeshaiahu Fainman
University of California, USA

Philippe RefregierInstitut Fresnel, France

Jesper Glückstad
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Joseph Rosen
Ben Gurion University of Negev, Israel

Tsutomu Hara
Hamamatsu Photonics K. K., Japan

Yunlong Sheng
University of Laval, Canada

Lakshminarayan Hazra
University of Calcutta, India

Kehra SinghITT Delhi, India

Akiko Hirai
AIST, Japan

Jung-Young Son
Hanyang Univesity, South Korea

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Ken Yuh Hsu
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Bahram Javidi
University of Connecticut, USA
Yoshimasa Kawata
Shizuoka University, Japan

Hisao Kikuta
Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Kashiko Kodate
Japan Women's University, Japan
Shinichi Komatsu
Waseda University, Japan

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Mohamed Taghizadeh
Heriot-Watt University, UK

Yasuhiro Takaki
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Hiroyuki Tsuda
Keio University, Japan

Norimichi Tsumura
Chiba University, Japan
Naoya Wada
NICT, Japan

Masahiro Yamaguchi
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Tsuyoshi Konishi
Osaka University, Japan

Leonid P. Yaroslavsky
Tel Aviv University, Islael

Duncan MacFarlane
The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Hiroshi Yoshikawa
Nihon University, Japan

Robert Magnusson
University of Connecticut, USA

Nobukazu Yoshikawa
Saitama University, Japan

Thomas Naguhton
Ireland National University, Ireland

Hongchen Zhai
Nankai University, China

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Registration

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You are welcome to register to attend IP2008 via the website,
http://ip2008.i-photonics.jp/ .
The regular participant’s fee includes admission to all the technical sessions,the get together party, the banquet and the excursion, and a copy of theTechnical Digest.
The student participant’s fee includes admission to all the technical sessions
and the get together party, and a copy of the Technical Digest. A limited
number of tickets for the banquet may be purchased at the reception desk.
The accompanying person’s fee includes admission to the get together party,
the banquet, and the excursion.
On and before
October 17

After
October 18

Regular Participant

50,000 yen

60,000 yen

Student Participant

15,000 yen

20,000 yen

Accompanying Person

15,000 yen

15,000 yen

Category• Cancellation Policy
There will be no refunds for the registration fee.

Get Together Party
Sunday, November 16, from 17:00 to 19:00
The Get Together Party will take place in the Reception
Hall (B) in Awaji Yumebutai International ConferenceCenter. Enjoy the beginning of the event with reﬂeshments
and informal discussions.

Accommodation
The Westin Awaji Island Hotel is located next to the International ConferenceCenter, and other hotels are listed in
http://www.yumebutai.org/english/guide/stay.html.
You can make your hotel reservation via the IP2008 website,
http://ip2008.i-photonics.jp/ .

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Conference Site
Awaji Island - the place where the romance of magnificent Japanese
mythology and natural scenery still exist. The Awaji Yumebutai International
Conference Center is a resort and conference center surrounded by a richnatural environment. The conference center assures you of a success inevery conceivable type of international and academic conference, as wellas incentives, trainings, seminars, or ceremonies. In cooperation with theadjoining The Westin Awaji Island, we offer a wide variety of options foryour activities and parties that you cannot experience anywhere else but in
Awaji. The location is easily accessible from Kobe and Osaka via the Akashi
Kaikyo Bridge. Public Bus services from the Kansai International Airport
also offer an easy access to the conference center.
NARITAAIRPORTIP
By AirKANSAIAIRPORT

Limousine Bus
65 min.

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(ITAMI)AIRPORTBus
40 min.

Limousine Bus
90 min.

JR LineNarita Express
53 min.

SANNOMIYA STATION

JR Shinkansen(Bullet Train)
160 min.

JR
SHIN-OSAKA

JR Line60 min.

JR Line20 min.

Bus
45 min.

HIGASHIURA IC
Taxi
10 min.

JR
MAIKO
Bus
20 min.

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Social Program

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We would like to invite you to the IP2008 Banquet which is to be held in
the Plants Museum of Miracle Planet. Please join us for this opportunity to
mingle with your fellow participants! Date: Tuesday, November 18
An excursion is planned for the afternoon of Tuesday, November 18. This
will be a tour to Himeji Castle, which, in December 1993, became the ﬁrst
site in Japan to be registered as a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO.
Enjoy the highest international reputation of all Japanese castles.
<Himeji Castle and Japanase garden: Half-day Tour>
Fee: Included in the registration fee
Date: Tuesday, November 18
Assemble time and place: Entrance Lobby of the conference location 13:00[SCHEDULE]
Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center 13:00- by bus - 14:10 Himeji Castle and Japanese garden 16:10- by bus - 17:20 Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center
19:00- Banquet at The Plants Museum of Miracle Planet"Himeji Castle"
Himeji Castle, built in the early 17th century, represents the highest
achievement in Japanese castle architecture.
Designated as a national treasure in 1931, the castle was registered as theWorld Cultural Heritage in 1993 as the first cultural site in Japan. The
registration occurred because the castle has kept its original design at thetime of construction, such as turrets, stone walls, gates, and moats, whichstill survive today. The main castle keep (Dai-ten-shu) connected with threesmall keeps (Ko-tenshu) linked by passage turrets (Watari yagura) remains
perfectly in their original forms. Because of its elegant appearance totally
covered with white plaster,the castle has been compared to a white bird ﬂying
off to the sky. Its famous nickname is White Heron Castle. Take enough time
to tour around the castle.

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ormation
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Post-deadline Papers:
Early Registration:
Online Registartion:
Hotel Reservation:

November 16, 2008
October 17, 2008
October 31, 2008
October 31, 2008

• For inquiries, please contact: Secretariat for IP2008
Takanori NOMURA
Wakayama University
930 Sakaedani, Wakayama, Wakayama, 640-8510 JAPANTEL: +81-73-457-8174 FAX: +81-73-457-8201
E-mail: ip2008secretariat@i-photonics.jp

Design/Layout: Naoya Tatethe Univ. of Tokyo