Student Optical Design Competition Winners for 2022

Modified 1x4 MMI

Aria Amini
Undergraduate Student
California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo
Using RSoft Photonic Device Tools

Design and Analysis of a Double Ring Resonator Using RSoft FullWAVE

John DeBoer
Undergraduate Student
California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo
Using RSoft Photonic Device Tools

1x3 and 1x2 MMI Splitter

J'Nai Lawrence
Undergraduate Student
California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo
Using RSoft Photonic Device Tools

Modeling of DMD-Based Chromatic Confocal Microscope with Freeform Prisms

Shaobai Li
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Arizona
Using LightTools

Optical modeling of generalized mid-spatial-frequency surface errors

Luke DeMars
Ph.D. Candidate
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Using CODE V

Design Study of a Polarization Insensitive, Freeform Climate Science Imager

Adam Briggs
Graduate Student
University of Rochester
Using CODE V

Far Red: Diffraction Limited Water Immersion Two-Photon Objective for In-Vivo Imaging

Conner Heckman
Undergraduate Student
University of Rochester
Using CODE V

1.4 NA Immersion Microscope Objective for MPLSM Imaging of Tissue-Cleared Kidney

Erin O'Kane
Undergraduate Student
University of Rochester
Using CODE V

Fixed Focal Length Telephoto Lens for Sample Capsule Localization during Mars Sample Return

Nikolas Romer
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Rochester
Using CODE V

A compact 4×4 butterfly-style silicon photonic-electronic neural chip for hardware-efficient deep learning

Chenghao Feng, Jiaqi Gu and Hanqing Zhu
Ph.D. Candidates
University of Texas at Austin
Using Synopsys Photonic Solutions Software