SAIP2015

Session

Photonics

30 Jun 2015, 11:10

Conveners

Photonics: Photonics Medical

• Darryl Naidoo (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)

Photonics: Fibre Photonics

• Melanie McLaren (University of the Witwatersrand)

Photonics: Beamshaping

• Pieter Neethling (Laser Research Institute, University of Stellenbosch)

Photonics: Photonics

• Erich Rohwer (University of Stellenbosch)

Photonics: Photonics

• Christine Steenkamp (University of Stellenbosch)

Photonics: Photonics

• Gurthwin Bosman (Stellenbosch University)

Photonics: Photonics

• Erich Rohwer (University of Stellenbosch)

Photonics: Photonics

• Andrew Forbes (CSIR)

Photonics: Biophysics

• Tjaart Krüger (University of Pretoria)

Photonics: Biophysics

• Tjaart Krüger (University of Pretoria)

Contribution list Timetable

77. Gene Expression Changes in Diabetic Wound Healing as Induced by Photobiostimulation <i> in vitro </i>

Ms Sandra, M. Ayuk (University of Johannesburg)

30/06/2015, 11:10

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

155. Irradiation of in vitro melanoma cells with low intensity laser in the presence of hypericin and aluminium (III) phthalocyanine chloride tetrasulphonate for use in photodynamic diagnosis

Ms Ivy Ndhundhuma (University of Johannesburg)

30/06/2015, 11:30

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

219. Ability of Gold Nanoparticles in mediating cellular damage in human breast cancer cells (MCF-7) using laser irradiation

Mr Ivan Mfouo Tynga (Laser Research Centre)

30/06/2015, 11:50

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

74. Fibre Bragg grating sensor to measure shrinkage in a concrete overlay.

Mr Michael Grobler (University of Johannesburg)

30/06/2015, 14:00

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

75. Fibre Optic Temperature Measurement Sensors for a Robotic Hand

Mr Ronald Moorcroft (University of Johannesburg)

30/06/2015, 14:20

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

110. A Nonlinear Optical loop Mirror enhanced three wavelengths Erbium doped fiber laser

Mr Siyanda Qhumayo (student)

30/06/2015, 14:40

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

365. Development of Single Mode 2076.4 nm Holmium-doped Fibre Laser

Dr Lorinda Wu (CSIR-NLC)

30/06/2015, 15:00

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

7. Measuring the “vectorness” of a vector vortex beam

Dr Melanie McLaren (University of the Witwatersrand)

01/07/2015, 09:40

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

145. Angular Accelerating White Light

Dr Angela Dudley (CSIR National Laser Centre)

01/07/2015, 10:00

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

422. Wigner distribution function and the complex curvature applied to Laguerre-Gaussian modes propagating through first order systems

Dr Cosmas Mafusire (University of Pretoria)

01/07/2015, 10:20

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

452. The Fundamentals of Single Molecule Microscopy.

Dr Gurthwin Bosman (Stellenbosch University)

01/07/2015, 11:10

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

458. NON-SPECIALIST LECTURE: Accelerating light

Prof. Andrew Forbes (U. Witwatersrand)

01/07/2015, 11:30

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

191. Terahertz Time-Domain Ellipsometry

Mr Shane Smith (Physics Post Graduate Student)

01/07/2015, 14:00

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

197. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) of bio-molecules.

Ms Cathrine Pfukwa (Stellenbosch University)

01/07/2015, 14:20

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

201. Supercontinuum pulse compression

Mr Ruan Viljoen (Stellenbosch University)

01/07/2015, 14:40

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

214. Fluorescence spectra of carbon monoxide isotopomers upon vacuum ultraviolet excitation

Mr Andre de Bruyn (Laser Research Institute, Stellenbosch University)

01/07/2015, 15:00

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

408. Development of kHz applied optical remote sensing for atmospheric insect monitoring applications

Mr Alem Gebru (Stellenbosch University, Lund University)

01/07/2015, 15:20

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

285. A Near Infrared Femtosecond Laser Source for Observation of Charge Transfer Processes in Semiconductors

Ms Essraa Ahmed (M.Sc. student)

02/07/2015, 09:40

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

370. Ultrafast photochromism in metal-organic complexes

Mr Xavier von Stein (Stellenbosch University)

02/07/2015, 10:00

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

31. Novel zincate phosphors: A new red-emitting phosphors for LED applications

Dr Vijay Kumar (Department of Physics, University of the Free State Bloemfontein 9300)

02/07/2015, 10:20

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

409. Ultrafast mapping of crystallic structural changes in organic radical salts

Mr Bart Smit (MSc Student)

02/07/2015, 11:10

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

465. Division Meeting

Prof. Erich Rohwer (University of Stellenbosch)

02/07/2015, 11:30

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

132. Hong-Ou-Mandel interference for the orbital angular momentum Bell States - a high dimensional analysis

Dr Yingwen Zhang (CSIR)

02/07/2015, 14:00

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

220. Implementing the Deutsch Algorithm with classical light

Mr Benjamin Perez-Garcia (Tecnologico de Monterrey, University of the Witwatersrand)

02/07/2015, 14:20

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

80. Communication through fibres using cylindrical vector vortex modes.

Mr Bienvenu Ndagano (University of the Witwatersrand)

02/07/2015, 14:40

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

257. Fundamental Laguerre-Gaussian (LGp0) mode with lower output power threshold

Mr July Bell (CSIR)

02/07/2015, 15:00

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

366. Controlled injection of higher-order modes into an optical fiber from a solid state digital laser

Mr Sandile Ngcobo (CSIR)

02/07/2015, 15:20

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

87. Investigating the excited electronic states of carotenoids in the main plant light-harvesting complex (LHCII) via femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy

Ms Asmita Singh (University of Pretoria)

03/07/2015, 09:40

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

198. Femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy on wild-type and mutant antenna complexes from Arabidopsis thaliana

Mr Alexander Paradzah (University of Pretoria)

03/07/2015, 10:00

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

228. Using single-molecule spectroscopy methods to investigate the environmental dependencies of photoprotection in the main plant light harvesting complex.

Mr Joshua Botha (University of Pretoria)

03/07/2015, 10:20

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

237. Ultrafast energy transfer and photoprotection in the light-harvesting complexes of the diatom Cyclotella meneghiniana

Dr Tjaart Kruger (University of Pretoria)

03/07/2015, 11:10

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation

258. Using single molecule spectroscopy to study the role of low-energy fluorescence bands in the photoprotection of the major plant light harvesting complex.

Mr Herman Stoltz (University of Pretoria)

03/07/2015, 11:30

Track C - Photonics

Oral Presentation