Award

OPTICA Best Paper Award

C7. Quantum Optics, Atomic Physics and Quantum Information

Topologically Protected Entanglement Emitters

Tianxiang Dai1, Yutian Ao1, Jueming Bao1, Jun Mao1, Yulin Chi1, Zhaorong Fu1, Yilong You1, Xiaojing Chen1, Chonghao Zhai1, Bo Tang2, Yan Yang2, Zhihua Li2, Luqi Yuan3, Fei Gao4, Xiao Lin4, Mark G. Thompson5, Jeremy L. O'Brien6, Yan Li1, Xiaoyong Hu1, Qihuang Gong1, Jianwei Wang1 (1. Peking Univ. (China), 2. Chinese Academy of Scis. (China), 3. Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China), 4. Zhejiang Univ. (China), 5. Univ. of Bristol (UK), 6. The Univ.of Western Australia (Australia))
C8. Micro and Nanophotonics, and Light Localization Effects

Erbium‐doped Rare‐Earth Oxide Thin Film Waveguides for Integrated Quantum Photonic Devices

Xuejun Xu1, Masaya Hiraishi1,2, Tomohiro Inaba1, Tai Tsuchizawa3, Atsushi Ishizawa1, Haruki Sanada1, Takehiko Tawara4, Jevon Longdell2, Katsuya Oguri1, Hideki Gotoh1 (1. NTT Basic Research Laboratories (Japan), 2. University of Otago (New Zealand), 3. NTT Device Technology Laboratories (Japan), 4. Nihon University (Japan))
C11. Semiconductor and Integrated Optical Devices

Efficient Lithium Niobate on Insulator Phase Modulator Using Light Recirculation

Haijin Huang1, Xu Han2, Armandas Balčytis1, Aditya Dubey1, Andreas Boes1, Thach Nguyen1, Guanghui Ren1, Mengxi Tan1, Yonghui Tian2, Arnan Mitchell1 (1. Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre, School of Engineering, RMIT University (Australia), 2. Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of MOE, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University (China))

OPTICA Best Student Presentation Award

C2. Ultrafast and Nonlinear Phenomena

Continuous Synthesis of Arbitrary Optical Waveforms on a Sub‐Femtosecond Timescale

Akihiro Tomura (University of Electro‐Communications, Japan)
C5. Laser Processing and Innovative Applications

Multi‐Material Two‐Photon Lithography Using Liquid Bridges Driven by a Permanent Magnet

Daiki Ishikawa (Yokohama National University, Japan)
C7. Quantum Optics, Atomic Physics and Quantum Information

Single‐ and Multi‐Phonon Subtraction to a Mechanical Thermal State via Optomechanics

Andreas Svela (Imperial College London, UK / Univ. of Oxford, UK)
C12. Silicon Photonics

110 Gbaud PAM‐4 Silicon Microring Modulator operating in the C‐band

David Weng U Chan (The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
C14. Advanced 2D and Nanocarbon Materials for Photonics and Energy

Observation of Moire Exciton Dynamics in Twisted MoSe2‐WSe2 Heterstrobilayer

Heejun Kim (Kyoto University. Japan)
C18. Microwave Photonics

High‐frequency microwave generation using period‐one dynamics of two mutually coupled semiconductor lasers

Chin‐Hao Tseng (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)