{"title":"BICOP 2018 Technical Programme Committee","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/bicop.2018.8658270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/bicop.2018.8658270","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124405401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Baba, K. Jacobs, B. Stevens, B. Harrison, Adam P. Watt, T. Mukai, R. Hogg
{"title":"Resonant Tunnelling Diodes for next generation THz systems","authors":"R. Baba, K. Jacobs, B. Stevens, B. Harrison, Adam P. Watt, T. Mukai, R. Hogg","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658306","url":null,"abstract":"Resonant tunnelling diodes (RTDs) are a strong candidate for future wireless communications in the THz spectrum (sub-millimetre waves), offering compact, room-temperature operation with the potential to exceed the bit transfer rate mandated by the 12G-SDI standard, using a single wireless link. A free-space RTD emitter operating at 353GHz is described. The fabrication process consists of a dual-pass I-line photolithography & etch technique using an air bridge, allowing low resistivity ohmic contacts, and accurate control of desired device area. With extrinsic circuit elements taken into account, the intrinsic semiconductor efficiency is analysed to investigate structural improvements for radiative efficiency. Such optimised structures are presented, and then characterised after being epitaxially grown with commercially viable metal-organic vapour phase epitaxy (MOVPE) reactors. A combination of low temperature photoluminescence spectroscopy, X-Ray diffractometry, and transmission electron microscopy attest the quality of the new material. We end with a suggestion for the next steps to exceed technological readiness levels of 8, and use monolithic RTD emitters as components in new systems.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122900000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amélie Grenier, A. AlZoubi, Luke Feetham, David Nam
{"title":"Towards Scene Understanding Implementing the Stixel World","authors":"Amélie Grenier, A. AlZoubi, Luke Feetham, David Nam","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658269","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present our work towards scene understanding based on modeling the scene prior to understanding its content. We describe the environment representation model used, the Stixel World, and its benefits for compact scene representation. We show our preliminary results of its application in a diverse environment and the limitations reached in our experiments using imaging systems. We argue that this method has been developed in an ideal scenario and does not generalise well to uncommon changes in the environment. We also found that this method is sensitive to the quality of the stereo rectification and the calibration of the optics, among other parameters, which makes it time-consuming and delicate to prepare in real-time applications. We think that pixel-wise semantic segmentation techniques can address some of the shortcomings of the concept presented in a theoretical discussion.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129162187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SEREEL2 – making laser single-event effects testing available to the many","authors":"R. Sharp, J. Gow","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658358","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the phenomenon of single-event effects caused by the passage of a high energy particle through the silicon die of a semiconductor device. It goes on to outline the significance of these effects and the situations in which single-event effects can occur, followed by a summary of current testing and characterisation practices for determining the sensitivity of components to such events. Finally, the use of a relatively new technique for SEE testing, employing a pulsed laser, is introduced and examples quoted where such a technique has delivered benefits compared to more established methods. Laser testing promises to deliver much faster and lower cost results, opening up access to SEE testing to a wider range of users than is currently the case.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124420166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fragmentation Suppressed RSA Algorithm for Elastic Optical Network: A Quantitative approach","authors":"K. Singh, S. Prakash Singh, S. Sengar","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658350","url":null,"abstract":"Fragmentation is a complicated issue during online resource allocation in Elastic optical network (EON). It becomes more complicated if the connection is assumed to be dynamic in nature. In this paper for the dynamic (increase) connection, the probability density function of unused and used optical band is calculated. The role of smaller unused frequency slots on the spectral utilization is extensively analyzed through simulation. We propose a quantitative metric to quantify the fragmentation in a link. On the basis of metric, we propose a routing and spectral algorithm called Fragmentation suppressed RSA (FS-RSA). Our proposed FS-RSA helps in accommodating more number of connection by decreasing the fragmentation as compared to the conventional First fit and Random fit. The proposed scheme takes lesser computational time as compared to MinEnt RSA.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129283427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Hugues-Salas, Rui Wang, G. Kanellos, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou
{"title":"Co-existence of 9.6 Tb/s Classical Channels and a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Channel over a 7-core Multicore Optical Fibre","authors":"E. Hugues-Salas, Rui Wang, G. Kanellos, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658328","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a record-high co-existence DP-16QAM coherent transmission of 9.6Tb/s for classical channels with one discrete-variable quantum key distribution channel over a 7-core Multicore fibre. We demonstrate that effective secret key generation is possible even with the combined crosstalk effect of the six adjacent cores over the quantum channel. Additional measurements show the impact on the secret key rate and QBER by adding coherent optical channels in different cores.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"340 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122275616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phase-Conjugation-Based Fiber-Optic Distribution of Reference Microwave Signals in Harsh Environment","authors":"M. Belkin, T. Bakhvalova, A. Sigov, M. Kuzyuk","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658290","url":null,"abstract":"a new cost-and power-efficient approach to solve an issue of phase conjugation in analog fiber-optic interconnects delivering reference microwave-band signals is proposed and demonstrated using a single long-wavelength semiconductor laser in period doubling state. The approach is experimentally validated for a fiber-optics link in harsh operating conditions.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116080144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Banafsaj Jaafar, A. Soltan, J. Neasham, P. Degenaar
{"title":"Optical Recording and stimulation of an Injectable Wireless Medical Implant","authors":"Banafsaj Jaafar, A. Soltan, J. Neasham, P. Degenaar","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658330","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a concept design of an injectable implanted biomedical device that is capable of optically stimulating the biological tissue and record the green light emitted from the genetically encoded calcium indicator cells. The implant includes an optical sensor which records the data at 550 nm and micro-LED that stimulate the cells with blue light at 470 nm. Ultrasound link is employed by the external device to power the implant and communicate data at 300 KHz radial resonances frequency. The wireless data transmission link is represented by two off-chip piezoelectric transducers of tube shape and dimensions (OD:3.5, ID:2.5, H:3) mm with 300 KHz radial resonances frequency. Measurement results show that the optical sensor is capable of capturing the incident light at 16 pW/mm2 irradiance, then the recorded illuminance is depicted to be proportional to the value of irradiance.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130066195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Griffiths, Haochang Chen, J. Herrnsdorf, D. Li, R. Henderson, M. Strain, M. Dawson
{"title":"Hyperspectral Imaging Under Low Illumination with a Single Photon Camera","authors":"A. Griffiths, Haochang Chen, J. Herrnsdorf, D. Li, R. Henderson, M. Strain, M. Dawson","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658323","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional sensors for hyperspectral imaging are limited by noise when operated in low illumination conditions. Recent advances in single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays provide image sensors capable of single photon counting imaging. Such devices provides camera systems which can operate under low illumination levels and high frame rates, with fully digital in-pixel processing capabilities. Here, we present a hyperspectral imaging system based on low level illumination of a target scene using nine LEDs, each with different emission wavelengths. The backscattered light is captured by a SPAD camera, which can recover spectral information based on the number of photon counts received for each illumination wavelength.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131722984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Schulz, M. Zahirul Alam, J. Upham, I. De Leon, R. Boyd
{"title":"Non-linear Metasurfaces Based on Epsilon-Near-Zero Thin Films","authors":"S. Schulz, M. Zahirul Alam, J. Upham, I. De Leon, R. Boyd","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658318","url":null,"abstract":"Nonlinear effects hold great potential for a wide range of applications - all-optical signal processing, beam shaping and steering, optical computing, sensing, detection and general meteorology, to name a few. However, typically non-linear effects are weak; a typical non-linear index change is on the order of 0.01% or less and therefore they typically require high-power, short-pulse lasers, as well as long interaction length or resonant enhancement. Here, we show that a thin metasurface (50 nm total thickness), consisting of metal antennas on an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) film, can produce a giant non-linear response with the refractive index change, ∆n, exceeding 2 across a broad spectral range in the near-infrared, including the commercially important C and L band regions.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"21 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133425188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}