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Monday
19 September 2011 |
Session/
Time |
Activity |
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Session 1 |
Welcome: Chair: Dr Christo Schutte |
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08:45 |
WELCOME - Prof Monuko du Plessis,
University of Pretoria |
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09:00 |
OPENING
Mr B Gerryts, DST
THE VISION OF THE DST (Aerospace
Spill-over Cloud) |
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09:30 |
INVITED - Mr Hubert
Jerominek, INO, Canada MEMS
BOLOMETRIC DETECTOR ARRAYS: TECHNOLOGY
AND APPLICATIONS |
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10:10 |
Mr Simphiwe Duma
CEO: TIA |
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10:40 |
Tea |
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Session 2 |
SMEOS Overview / Review
Chair: Prof Monuko du Plessis |
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11:00 |
INVITED - Prof L Pavesi,
Univ of Trento, Italy
NANOSILICON NANOPHOTONICS
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11:40 |
P Rademeyer
THE UP/INSIAVA SILICON PHOTONICS INITIATIVE - AN OVERVIEW |
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12:05 |
R Santos
QWIP RESEARCH ATLABGE/ITA: CURRENT STATUS |
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12:30 |
T
Joubert
CMOS FOCAL PLANE PROCESSING CHIP FOR IR ARRAY IMAGER |
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12:55 |
Lunch |
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Session 3 |
Applications
Chair: Dr Anthon Botha |
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14:00 |
A Strever
OPTICAL AND THERMAL APPLICATIONS IN GRAPEVINE RESEARCH – AN OVERVIEW
AND SOME NOVEL APPROACHES
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14:25 |
J Guillen-Bonilla
CHARACTERIZATION OF VISUAL APPEARANCES OF ORNAMENTAL GRANITE TILES
THROUGH A MULTIPLE CLASSIFIER SYSTEM: PROPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL
APPLICATION |
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14:50 |
S Hugo
A LENSLESS, AUTOMATED MICROSCOPE FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS |
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15:15 |
Sightseeing |
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Tuesday
20 September 2011 |
Session4 |
Optical fiber structures
Chair: Prof Wilhelm Leuschner |
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08:45 |
INVITED - Prof C Claeys,
Imec, Belgium
MICRO- AND NANOELECTRONICS AS INNOVATION DRIVER FOR SOCIETAL
APPLICATIONS |
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09:25 |
J Burger
METHODOLOGY FOR IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGHLY BIREFRINGENT
PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBRE FOR SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION |
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09:50 |
R Kritzinger
DIGITAL DESIGN OF BROADBAND LONG-PERIOD FIBRE GRATINGS BY AN INVERSE
SCATTERING ALGORITHM WITH FLIP-FLOP OPTIMISATION |
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10:15 |
L Faria
OPTICAL FIBER MICROBEND SENSORS AS AN OPTION FOR PROTECTION,
DETECTION AND MONITORING |
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10:40 |
Tea |
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Session 5 |
Physical phenomena
Chair: Dr Pieter Rademeyer |
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11:00 |
INVITED - P M Fauchet, Univ
of Rochester, USA
BIOSENSING SYSTEMS WITH PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MICROCAVITIES USING THE SOI
PLATFORM |
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11:40 |
A Bogalecki
SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF SILICON CMOS LIGHT SOURCES |
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12:05 |
M C Wagener
GROWTH AND CHARACTERISATION OF InAsSb PHOTODETECTORS FOR MWIR
APPLICATIONS |
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12:30 |
L van Schalkwyk
CHARACTERIZATION OF AlGaN-BASED FOUR-QUADRANT SOLAR-BLIND UV
SCHOTTKY PHOTODETECTORS |
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12:55 |
Lunch |
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Session 6 |
Modelling, simulation
and design
Chair: Dr Johan Burger |
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14:00 |
J Venter
MODELLING OF Si:Ge
HETEROSTRUCTURES FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS |
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14:25 |
R van Zyl
STATE OF THE ART GUNN DIODES: CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS IN DESIGN
AND OPTIMISATION |
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14:50 |
Poster session
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A Alberts
AN OPTIMIZED OPTICAL
CONCENTRATOR FOR USE IN THE COLLECTION OF A DIFFUSE WIDE SPECTRUM
LIGHT SOURCE FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONS. |
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L Faria
MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF A
COMMERCIAL SMD NPO CAPACITOR (BYPASS) FOR LOW TEMPERATURE
APPLICATIONS ON CRYOGENIC PHOTODETECTORS |
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M Goosen
AN ALL-CMOS MICRODISPLAY
USING NOVEL LIGHT SOURCES FOR DATA DISPLAY APPLICATIONS |
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L
Luke
NUMERICAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSES OF SILICON BASED MEMS BOLOMETER
MEMBRANES |
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W Maclean
OPTIMIZATION OF CMOS
COMPATIBLE MICROBOLOMETER DEVICE PERFORMANCE |
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S Mukarugina
PROTOTYPE FOR REAL TIME
VIBRATION DETECTION
USING FIBER SENSORS |
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P
Senda
NUMERICAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSES OF TITANIUM AND VANADIUM OXIDE BASED
MEMS BOLOMETER MEMBRANES |
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J Van de Vyver
DIRECT-WRITE
PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY AT 405NM WAVELENGTH |
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J Venter
AN ANALYSIS OF RANGE AND
SENSITIVITY CHARACTERISTICS IN INFRARED DETECTORS USING INTEGRATED
CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGIES |
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15:30 |
Sightseeing |
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Wednesday 21 September 2011 |
Session 7 |
Manufacturing and
assembly
Chair: Mr Friedl Swanepoel |
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08:45 |
INVITED - Prof J J Liou,
Univ of Central Florida, USA
OUTLOOK AND CHALLENGES IN ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PROTECTION
OF MODERN AND FUTURE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS |
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09:25 |
C Schutte
REACTIVE ION ETCHING (RIE) PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR MICRO-ELECTRONIC
SENSORS |
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09:50 |
J Terblanche
PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR CLOSED LOOP FIBRE OPTIC GYROSCOPES |
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10:15 |
C Versteeg
WAFER LEVEL PACKAGING WITH WEDGE-SEAL METHOD |
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10:40 |
Tea |
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Session 8 |
Device measurement and
characterization
Chair: Dr Pieter Rademeyer |
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11:00 |
INVITED - Dr J Koehne,
NASA, USA
NANOTECHNOLOGY-ENABLED BIO AND CHEMICAL SENSORS |
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11:40 |
L Faria
Cryogenic Temperature C-V investigation on commercial SMD Capacitors
for cooled sensors |
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12:05 |
J Burger
AB INITIO FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FREQUENCY
DOUBLED FIBRE LASER UTILIZED FOR PRECISION OSCILLATORS |
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12:30 |
W Leuschner
THE FUTURE OF SOLID-STATE LIGHTING |
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12:55 |
Lunch |
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Session 9 |
Novel device
applications
Chair: Dr Trudi Joubert |
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14:00 |
J Schoeman
CHARACTERISATION OF THE ELECTRICAL RESPONSE OF A NOVEL DUAL ELEMENT
THERMISTOR FOR LOW FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS |
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14:25 |
M Goosen
CMOS AVALANCHE ELECTROLUMINESCENCE APPLICATIONS - MICRODISPLAY AND
HIGH SPEED DATA COMMUNICATION |
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14:50 |
Closing and Prize
giving
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Dr Christo Schutte
Conference Chairman |
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15:15 |
Sightseeing |
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17:00 |
Farewell dinner |
