Optica Silicon Valley
3:30pm - 4pm
Transforming Photonics: Fully Integrated Engines for AI, Quantum, and Beyond
Nexus is pioneering the development of fully integrated photonic engines that can be fabricated, tested, and singulated at wafer scale—redefining the paradigm of photonic integrated circuits. This approach enables a shift from traditional, high-cost, low-integration photonics to complex, chip-scale solutions embedding complete photonic front-ends for diverse systems. By overcoming the long-standing trade-offs between size, cost, and performance, this transformation has the potential to unlock new markets and applications. The talk will highlight recent technical breakthroughs and provide a commercialization outlook for these disruptive technologies.
Tin Komljenovic — Nexus Inc.
4:30pm - 5pm
Computational Imaging for Microscopy, Photography, and Beyond
Computational imaging is the co-design of both optical hardware and image processing algorithms to push the capabilities of imaging systems beyond what's possible in traditional systems. In the first part of this talk, I'll discuss an academic project in hyperspectral microscopy where we use multiplexing of light and compressed sensing to recover high resolution snapshot spectral imaging. In the second part, I'll show how computational imaging translates to industry. At GLASS Imaging, we're using AI to extract the full image quality potential from smartphone cameras by reversing lens aberrations and sensor imperfections.
Neerja Aggarwal — GLASS Imaging