Assis. Prof. Luat Vuong

Cooperating Faculty in Physics, Materials Science, and Electrical Engineering

University of California, Riverside, USA

Speech title：Nature-inspired Image Processing with Nanophotonics

Abstract:

In the past, in order to achieve higher data transmission capacity, communication networks have embraced different modulation and multiplexing schemes. Among many approaches, space-division multiplexing has recently drawn sufficient attention with free-space optical (FSO) communication systems. In this talk, I will discuss several opportunities for image processing in this area and our own work with fractal-structured beams, also referred to as diffractal spatial multiplexing schemes.  Diffractal spatial multiplexing leverages redundancy for robust signaling, and may enable misalignment-robust communication between non-coaxial transceivers.

Brief biography:

Luat received her Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Cornell, studying optical vortex collapse and filamentation dynamics in Alexander Gaeta's Quantum and Nonlinear Photonics Group and supported by the AT&T Labs Fellowship. With a Fulbright in 2007, she joined the Delft University of Technology Optics Group in the Netherlands, where she studied the near-field scattering in plasmonic structures, then segued into research on nanostructured organic photovoltaics at ICFO- The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain with a European Commission MC-IIF Postdoctoral Fellowship. She is a recipient of the 2012 NSF Career Award,  a 2016 J-FRASE, Sloan-funded Award, and the 2019 DARPA Young Faculty Award.