Program – Łódź 2025

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Session 1: Novel Materials and Devices I

Monday 15, 8:45 – 10:35, chair: Prof. Franco Prati

• MA01: Extreme light control with structured nanophotonics; A. Alù; Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York (USA) – (KEYNOTE)
• MA02: Numerical Simulations of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser Electronic Structure and Dynamics; N. Vukovic (1), M. Ignjatovic (1), N. Stanojevic (1),(2), A. Demic (3), M. Stojkovic (1), F. Perisic (1), D. Indjin (3), J. Radovanovic (1); (1) School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade (SRB); (2) Vlatacom Institute of High Technologies, Belgrade (SRB); (3) School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds (UK) – (INVITED)
• MA03: Solution-Processed Heterojunction Oxide Thin-Film Transistors for Displays; W. Cai; Chongqing University (CHN)
• MA04: Solvent-free Synthesis of Hybrid Copper Halides for High-performance White Emission and X-ray Imaging; S. Zhao; Chongqing University (CHN)

Session 2: Photonics I

Monday 15, 11:05 – 13:10, chair: Prof. Andrea Alù

• MB01: Bound States in the Continuum Empowering Maximum Chirality and Strong Coupling Regime in Plasmonic Metasurfaces; L. Andreani (1), H. Ali (1), G. Pellegrini (1), E. Petronijevic (2); (1) University of Pavia (ITA); (2) Sapienza University of Rome (ITA) – (INVITED)
• MB02: Investigation on digital twin model of 3×3 Mach-Zehnder Interferometer mesh; T. Ma (1), A. Marchisio (1), F. Da Ros (2), V. Curri (1), A. Carena (1), P. Bardella (1); (1) Politecnico di Torino (ITA); (2) Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DEN)
• MB03: Novel Variable Confinement SOAs Modelling; C. Cruz (1), C. Calò (1), H. Carrere (2); (1) III-V Lab, a joint laboratory between Nokia Bell Labs, Thales Research & Technology and CEA-LETI, Palaiseau (FRA); (2) Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse (FRA)
• MB04: On-chip Rewritable Phase-change Metasurfaces for Programmable Optical Routing; S. Zarei; Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
• MB05: Graphics Processor Unit Accelerated Design of Multimode Interference Reflectors; G. M. Jandu, P. M. Smowton; The school of physics and astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff (UK)
• MB06: A Tunable MOEMS Open Microring Resonator for the Detection of Water Concentration in Ethanol Solutions; N. Hanine (1), A. Buzzin (1), L. Giannini (1), A. Alaeddini (1), N. P. Belfiore (2), R. Asquini (1); (1) Sapienza University of Rome (ITA); (2) Roma Tre University (ITA)

Session 3: Light-Emitting Diodes

Monday 15, 14:10 – 15:50, chair: Prof. Kamil Postava

• MC01: Multi-scale hybrid band simulation of (Al,Ga)N UV-C light emitting diodes; R. Finn (1), P. Farrell (2), T. Streckenbach (2), J. Moatti (3), S. Schulz (1,4), T. Koprucki (2), M. O’Donovan (2); (1) Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Cork (IRL); (2) Weierstrass Institute (WIAS), Berlin (GER); (3) Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, Talence (FRA); (4) School of Physics, University College Cork, Cork (IRL) – (TOP 10%)
• MC02: Modelling Electron Beam Induced Current in III-Nitride Light Emitting Diodes.; B. Utsch (1), F. Roemer (1), S. Faber (1), F. Bertram (2), G. Schmidt (2), P. Veit (2), C. Berger (2), A. Dadgar (2), A. Strittmatter (2), J. Christen (2), B. Witzigmann (1); (1) Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (GER); (2) Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (GER) – (TOP 10%)
• MC04: Estimation of light extraction efficiency in GaN-based light emitting diodes via ray-tracing modeling; S. Lach, M. Hajdel, G. Muzioł; Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS (POL)
• MC05: Superluminescent Light-Emitting Diodes (SLEDs) Operating at Ultra-High Ambient Temperatures; N. Matuschek, M. Duelk; Exalos AG (indie Switzerland) Wagistrasse 21 CH-8952 Schlieren (CH)
• MC06: Mg–Si Doped Barriers for Polarization Field Screening in High-Power InGaN/GaN Green LEDs; C. P. Singh, K. Ghosh; Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, Jammu (IND)

Poster Session

Monday 15 (Poster preview in the main room: 16:20 – 17:00, chair: Prof. Paolo Bardella; poster discussion in the patio: 17:00 – 18:30)

• MP01: Simulations and Theoretical Background: Quantum Entanglement in Photonic Quantum Computing and Cryptography; M. Nadir; Tampere University (FIN)
• MP02: High-Efficiency Nanoplasmonic Dual-Band Band-Stop Filters Using Step Impedance Resonators; K. Thirupathaiah (1), M. Qasymeh (2); (1) Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Hyderabad, Telangana (IND); (2) Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
• MP03: All-Optical 2R Regeneration Based on Similariton Generation in HNL-PCF for High Bit Rate Networks; L.Cherbi, H.Azza; Laboratory of instrumentation (LINS), Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB) Algiers, Algeria
• MP04: Simulations of light emission at reverse voltage of wide-well InGaN light-emitting diodes; K. Sakowski, A. Bercha, G. Muziol, M. Hajdel, W. Trzeciakowski; Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (POL)
• MP06: Inverse-Designed Ultra-Compact Polarization Demultiplexer; P. Kumar (1), T. Srnivas (2), E.S. Shivaleela (3); Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IND)
• MP07: DFB-LD connected in series to DBR with optical gain; M. Ueno and T. Numai; Ritsumeikan University (JPN)
• MP08: Self-Powered High Performance AlGaN-Based Solar Blind UV MSM Photodetector; B. Choubey, A. Ahmad Bhat, K. Ghosh; Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, Jammu-181221 (IND)
• MP09: Design of Polarization Maintaining Fiber Based on Polyethylene Terephthalat Polymer for Sensing Application; L. Cherbi, M. Benlachheb; Laboratory of instrumentation (LINS), Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB) Algiers (ALG)
• MP10: Numerical models for the analysis of thermal phenomena in nitride edge-emitting lasers and their one-dimensional arrays; D. Dąbrówka, R.P. Sarzała; Institute of Physics, Lodz University of Technology (POL)
• MP12: Light Interference Fringe Detection with DBSCAN for Integrated Mirrors; V. Voskerchyan, N.X. Xu Bonnie, L. Chang, S. Garcia-Blanco; University of Twente (NLD)
• MP13: Legume: A guided-mode expansion method for photonic crystal slabs for inverse design and light-matter interaction; S. Zanotti (1), M. Minkov (2), D. Nigro (1), D. Gerace (1), S. Fan (3), L.C. Andreani (1); (1) University of Pavia (ITA); (2) Flexcompute (USA); (3) Stanford University (USA)
• MP14: Inaccuracy Amplified: Compressed Sensing Under Experimental Misalignment; B. Ersöz, P. Chaudhary, P. Bardella, M. Dabbicco, L. Columbo, M. Brambilla; (1) Politecnico di Torino (ITA); (2) Università di Bari Aldo Moro (ITA); (3) Politecnico di Bari (ITA)
• MP15: Modeling Gaussian Beam Propagation in Micro-Droplets with Ray Optics; R.H. Klenk (1), S. Abdani (1), W. Vogel (1), M. Berroth (1), M. Heymann (2), G. Rademacher (1); (1) Institute of Electrical and Optical Communications, University of Stuttgart (GER); (2) Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, University of Stuttgart (GER)
• MP16: Signatures of non-classical light emission from semiconductor lasers; D. Nello (1), L. Columbo(1); Politecnico di Torino, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (ITA)

Session 4: Photonics II

Tuesday 16, 8:30 – 10:25, chair: Prof. Philippe Lalanne

• TuA01: Coherent and incoherent phenomena in anisotropic periodic gratings; K. Postava, T. Fordos, T. Kohut, L. Halagacka; VSB – Technical University of Ostrava Faculty of Materials Science and Technology and Nanotechnology Center, Poruba (CZE) – (INVITED)
• TuA02: Sooner and Better, Perfection in Compromise and Getting it Right First Time: Some Hopes and Realities of Simulation in Industry; D. Childs; Ipswich Research Centre, Huawei R&D UK Ltd, Ipswich (UK) – (INVITED)
• TuA03: Strong light-matter coupling in nanostructures and quantum neural networks; Michał Matuszewski (1), Amir Rahmani (1), Andrzej Opala (2), Dogyun Ko (2), Maciej Dems (3); (1) Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (POL); (2) Faculty of Physics University of Warsaw (POL); (3) Institute of Physics, Łódź University of Technology (POL) – (INVITED)
• TuA04: Dielectric Dipole Nanoantenna Design for highly Directional Emission from SiV Color Centers; M.A. Ahamad, F.A. Inam; Aligarh Muslim University (IND)
• TuA05: Dependence of optical modes in hyperbolic metamaterials on surrounding medium; O. A. Kochanowska, T. J. Antosiewicz; Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw (POL)

Session 5: Novel Materials and Devices II

Tuesday 16, 10:55 – 13:00, chair: Prof. Matthias Auf der Maur

• TuB01: Dynamics of passive mode-locking in class-B lasers with a saturable absorber; F. Prati; Insubria University, Como (ITA) – (KEYNOTE)
• TuB03: Theoretical investigation of optical polarisation in alloy disordered (Al,Ga)N quantum well systems; R. Finn, M. O’Donovan, T. Koprucki and S. Schulz; (1) Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Cork (IRL); (2) Weierstrass Institute (WIAS), Berlin (GER); (3) School of Physics, University College Cork, Cork (IRL)
• TuB04: Numerical and experimental investigation of erbium (III) ion doped fluoride glass fiber laser operation at threshold; S. Sujecki (1), L. Sojka (2), L. Pajewski (2), S. Lamrini (3), M. Farries (4), A. Seddon (4), D. Furniss (4), E. Barney (4), S. Phang (4); (1) Military University of Technology Warsaw (POL); (2) Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Wroclaw (POL); (3) LIMA Photonics GmbH Goettingen (D), (4) Nottingham University Nottingham (UK)
• TuB05: Simulating a High Extinction Ratio Interferometric Electroabsorption-Modulated Laser Transmitter; R. Spalding, D. Moodie, R. Cronin, N. Hattasan, J. Griffiths, D. Childs; Huawei IRC, Ipswich (UK) – (TOP 10%)
• TuB06: Development of 2D carrier transport model for random dopant effect and exciton coupling model; M.-H. Chang, L.-A. Huang, Y.-R. Wu; National Taiwan University (TWN)

Session 6: Solar Cells and Photovoltaics

Wednesday 17, 9:00 – 10:45, chair: Prof. Michal Matuszewski

• WA01: Machine learning enhanced design optimization and knowledge discovery for multi-junction photonic power converters; K. Hinzer (1), R.F.H. Hunter (1), G.P. Forcade (1), Y. Grinberg (2), D. Paige Wilson (1), M. N. Beattie (1), C.E. Valdivia (1), M. de Lafontaine (1), L.-P. St-Arnaud (1), O. Höhn (3), D. Lackner (3), C. Pellegrino (3), J.J. Krich (1), A. Walker (4), H. Helmers (3); (1) SUNLAB, University of Ottawa, Ottawa (CAN); (2) Digital Technologies Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa (CAN); (3) Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg (GER); (4) Quantum and Nanotechnologies Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa (CAN) – (KEYNOTE)
• WA02: Degradation Lifetime Modeling for Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules; M. Auf der Maur, P. Amiri; University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome (ITA) – (TOP 10%)
• WA03: Optimal bandgap of GaInAsN for integration in a space four-junction photovoltaic cell; A. Fees (1,2), J. Mekki (3), T. Nuns (2), G. Almuneau (1); (1) LAAS-CNRS, CNRS, Université de Toulouse (FRA); (2) Office National d’études et de recherches Aérospatiales (Onera), Toulouse (FRA); (3) Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse (FRA) – (TOP 10%)
• WA04: Tight-binding model for mixed perovskites; A. Di Vito (1), A.L. Phan (1), D. Soccodato (1), A. Pecchia (2), M. Auf der Maur (1), A. Di Carlo (3); (1) University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome (ITA); (2) CNR-ISMN, Monterotondo (Rome) (ITA); (3) CNR-ISM, Frascati (Rome) (ITA)

Session 7: Laser Diodes I

Wednesday 17, 11:15 – 13:05, chair: Prof. Ling Lu

• WB01: Trying to understand semiconductor lasers for 40 years; H. Wenzel; Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin (GER) – (KEYNOTE)
• WB02: Density Matrix Simulations of Quantum Cascade Lasers: Optical and Microwave Dynamics; C. Jirauschek; Technical University of Munich – TUM (GER) – (INVITED)
• WB03: Computational Techniques for Optimization and Design of InGaAlAs MQW Lasers; D. Paige Wilson (1), M. Mohsin (2), Y. Grinberg (3), B. Paquette (4), M. Rahim (2), K. Hinzer (5); (1) SUNLAB, School of Electical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of Ottawa (CAN); (2) Quantum and Nanotechnologies Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada (CAN); (3) Digital Technologies Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada (CAN); (4) Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre, National Research Council of Canada (CAN); (5) SUNLAB, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa (CAN)
• WB04: Asymmetric Electron-Hole Model for Gain-Switched InAs/InP Quantum Dot Laser; N. Dogru, I. Akkaya; Gaziantep University, Gaziantep (TUR)

Session 8: Photonics III

Wednesday 17, 14:05 – 16:10, chair: Prof. Lucio Andreani

• WC01: A few elementary studies on electromagnetic resonances; P. Lalanne; Laboratoire de photonique, numérique et nanoscience, Bordeaux (FRA) – (KEYNOTE)
• WC02: Intermediate Value Wavefront Matching Method for InP Waveguide Design; A. Schindler (1, 2), P. Runge (2), M. Schell (1, 2); (1) Technical University Berlin (GER); (2) Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (GER) – (TOP 10%)
• WC03: Exciton Dynamics and Charge Carrier Transport in SiGeSn based MQW devices; A. Abdi, T. Alexewicz, D. Schulz; TU Dortmund University, Dortmund (GER)
• WC04: Ultrafast grating-based spin VCSELs; O.J. Hejtman (1), T. Fördös (1), M. Dems (2); (1) Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (CZE); (2) Institute of Physics, Lodz University of Technology (POL)
• WC05: Controlling Spontaneous Emission in SiC Pillar Metasurface with Color Centers; M.A. Ahamad, F.A. Inam; Aligarh Muslim University (IND)

Session 9: Detectors

Thursday 18, 8:45 – 10:25, chair: Prof. Karin Hinzer

• ThA01: Renormalization Theory and Monte Carlo Simulation of HgCdTe Single Carrier Avalanche Process; R. Xie; Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• ThA03: Numerical Analysis of Different Impact Ionization Models in Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes; Li-An Huang (1), Jau-Yang Wu (2), and Yuh-Renn Wu (1); (1) National Taiwan University (TWN); (2) National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (TWN)
• ThA04: Triple-mesa InGaAs/InP SPAD for heterogenous integration with InP waveguides; D. Orlandelli, S. Sorrentino, L. Finazzi, F. Telesca, A. Tosi; Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano (ITA)
• ThA05: Small-signal compact modeling and TCAD validation of ultra-fast lateral Ge-on-Si waveguide photodetectors; M.G.C. Alasio(1), G. Divincenzo(1), A. Mudanò(1), G. Ghione(1), M. Vallone(1), M. Goano(1,2); (1) Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Torino (ITA); (2) IEIIT-CNR, Torino (ITA)
• ThA06PD: Study of Hexagonal Photo-diode for Efficient Side-coupling to Silicon Wave-guide; S. Sant (1,2); (1) SemiVi LLC (CH); (2) Integrated Systems Laboratory, ETH Zurich (CH) – (Post-deadline)

Session 10: Laser Diodes II

Thursday 18, 10:55 – 13:05, chair: Prof. Hans Wenzel

• ThB01: Topological-cavity surface-emitting laser and topological microwave isolator; L. Lu; Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN) – (KEYNOTE)
• ThB02: Numerical study of spatio-temporal dynamics in all semiconductor PCSELs; L. Kuen (1), Eduard Kuhn (1), H. Wenzel (2), P. Crump (2), M. Radziunas (1); (1) Weierstrass Institute (WIAS), Berlin (GER); (2) Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH), Berlin (GER) – (INVITED)
• ThB03: Simulation and Design of InGaAlAs O Band PCSELs; K. Boylan (1), D. Moodie (1), R. Spalding (1), S. Rihani (1), N. Hattasan (1), M. Silva (1), D. Childs (1), G. Berry (1), Jixiaochen (1), B. Lang (2), P. Sewell (2), A. Vukovic (2); (1) Huawei IRC, B83 Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 3RE (UK); (2) School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD (UK)
• ThB04: Simulation of Finite-Size Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers with Efficient Eigenmode Solver; Y.-C. Han, G. Lin; National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TWN)
• ThB05PD: Experimental and theoretical study of frequency combs in hybrid lasers with a narrow-band mirror.; S. Cucco (1), A. Memon (2), C. Rimoldi (3), M. Novarese (2) , L. L. Columbo (1), K. J. Boller (2), and M. Gioannini (1); (1) Department of Electronic and Telecommunication, Politecnico di Torino, Torino (ITA); (2) Department of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede (NL); (3) Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (CNR-INO), Firenze (ITA) – (Post-deadline)

Session 11: Mathematical Methods

Thursday 18, 14:00 – 15:50, chair: Dr. Lilli Friederike Kuen

• ThC01: Efficient Photonic Component Analysis via AAA Rational Approximation; L. Zschiedrich (1), F. Betz (2), F. Binkowski (1,2), L. Kuen (3), M. Hammerschmidt (1), S. Burger (1, 2); (1) JCMwave GmbH, Berlin (GER); (2) Zuse Institute Berlin (GER); (3) Weierstrass Institute Berlin (GER) – (INVITED)
• ThC02: Tight-binding models for 3D photonic crystals; T. Christensen; Technical University of Denmark (DEN) – (INVITED)
• ThC03: A New Analytical Model of Gain in Highly-Saturated SOAs; P. Morel (1), B. Dumas Feris (2,1), T. Rampone (1), J. Ramadan (1), A. Sharaiha (1); (1) Bretagne INP, ENIB, Lab-STICC, CNRS, Brest (FRA) (2) School of Electrical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaíso (PUCV), Valparaíso (CL)
• ThC04: Realization of high-speed 3D waveguide analysis model via transfer learning based on 2D-FDTD simulation; G. Ichisawa (1), S. Okada (2), and T. Amemiya (1); (1) Institute of Science Tokyo (JP); (2) National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (JP)
• ThC05: Instabilities in Pulse Propagation described by Generalized Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations; Shalva Amiranashvili (1), Uwe Bandelow (1), Raimondas Čiegis (2); (1) WIAS Berlin (GER); (2) Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (LTU)

Session 12: VCSELs

Thursday 18, 16:20 – 17:40, chair: Prof. Maciej Dems

• ThD02: Modelling coherent emission in transverse coupled cavity VCSELs; M. D’Alessandro (1), V. Torrelli (1), P. Debernardi (2), A. Gullino (2), K. Azimi Asrari (3), M. Lindemann (4), T. de Adelsburg Ettmayer (4), G. Giuliani (3-5), A. Tibaldi (1); (1) Politecnico di Torino (ITA); (2) CNR-IEIIT Torino (ITA); (3) University of Pavia (ITA); (4) Ruhr-Universität Bochum (GER); (5) Julight Srl (ITA) – (TOP 10%)
• ThD03: 1D vectorial simulations of anisotropic VCSELs; V. Torrelli (1,2), M. D’Alessandro (1,2), P. Debernardi (2); (1) Politecnico di Torino (ITA); (2) CNR-IEIIT (ITA)
• ThD04: VCSEL thermal sources: a physics-based simulation approach; A. Gullino (1), M. D’Alessandro (1,2), V. Torrelli (1,2), A. Tibaldi (1,2), F. Bertazzi (1,2), P. Debernardi (1); (1) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR (ITA); (2) Politecnico di Torino (ITA)
• ThD05: Comparative Study of Nano-Cylindrical Waveguide and Buried-SiO2 Apertures in Blue InGaN VCSELs; L. Sharma, L. Persson, J. Ciers, and Å. Haglund; Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg (SWE)

NUSOD: A Journey Through 25 Years

Thursday 18, 17:40 – 18:40

• ThE: Lessons learned in 25 years of NUSOD conferences; J. Piprek; NUSOD Foundation – (KEYNOTE)
• Closing Ceremony and awards

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