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Physics Society of the Philippines

The Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP) is a professional organization of physicists

and physics educators in the Philippines. SPP was established in 1979 with the aim of
promoting research and setting a collegial venue where researchers in various fields
of physics find equal and unfettered opportunity for creative scientific work and pro-
ductive exchange of ideas.

National Council Contents

President Scientific Program 2

Cristine Villagonzalo Welcome Message 6
First Vice President Invited Talks 7
Armando Somintac
Contributed Talks 13
Second Vice President
Contributed Posters 25
Giovanni Tapang
Editorial and Finance Teams 36
Secretary General
Francis Paraan Authors and Sessions Index 38

Treasurer
Paul Leonard Atchong Hilario
Councilors
Percival Almoro Conference Proceedings
Rommel Bacabac
Rona Barbarona The Conference Proceedings that includes all
Raymund Bolalin of the full articles accepted in the 35th Sama-
Herbert Domingo hang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference
Elmer Estacio is distributed in a memory stick with the con-
Voltaire Mistades ference kit. It is also available on the Proceed-
Marienette Vega ings website paperview.spp-online.org.

7-10 June 2017 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

m spp-online.org B hq@spp-online.org Bayfront Hotel Cebu, Cebu City
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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
8:45 - 9:15 AM
9:15 - 10:00 AM
10:00 - 10:30 AM
10:30 - 11:15 AM
Challenges and opportunities in space development: Toward the creation of a Philippine
11:15 - 12:00 NN space agency
Moderator: V Mistades
12:00 NN - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Parallel Sessions 1B-1D
1B Condensed Matter and Materials Science I
Moderator: E Estacio
INV-1B-01 Mist-chemical vapor
deposition grown-single
crystalline oxide semiconductors
1B-02 Liquid-phase assisted
fabrication of Y-Ba-Cu-O films via
lead (IV) oxide addition
1B-03 Transfer of graphene to
optically transparent substrates
1B-04 Separation of graphene
oxide and thermally reduced
graphene oxide by vertical
electrophoresis
1B-05 Potential of zinc-reduced
graphene oxide and zinc oxide-
reduced graphene oxide
composites films as
photoelectrode for dye-sensitized
solar cells
1B-06 Raman spectral analysis of
electrophoretically separated
metallic and semiconducting
carbon nanotubes
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM Parallel Sessions 1E-1G
1E Condensed Matter and Materials Science II
Moderator: E Estacio
INV-1E-01 Effective suppression
of current collapse in AlGaN/GaN
high-electron-mobility transistors
1E-02 Thickness dependence of
the piezoelectric properties of
zinc oxide film deposited on
stainless steel via spray pyrolysis
1E-03 Influence of copper on the
growth and structural properties
of zinc oxide nanostructures
1E-04 Power-dependent time-
resolved photoluminescence
spectroscopy of GaAs/AlGaAs
asymmetric coupled and
uncoupled double quantum wells
1E-05 Reflectance spectroscopy
characterization of turmeric dye-
based sensor for ammonia gas
monitoring
1E-06 Thermal decomposition of
graphite film on porous silicon
1E-07 Photoluminescence
properties of PVP-coated zinc
oxide microrods
5:30 - 7:00 PM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 - 11:15 AM
11:15 - 12:00 NN
12:00 NN - 1:30 PM
35th SPP Physics Conference Scientific Program
Day 1 (7 June 2017)
Registration
Opening Ceremony Emcees: N Sombillo, A Manceras II
Recent progress in non-equilibrium physics with light and matter Manas Kulkarni INV-1A-01
Moderator: F Paraan International Center for Theoretical Sciences
Coffee Break
Chiral magnetic structures in Co/Pd multilayers with a large Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction Shawn Pollard INV-1A-02
Moderator: F Paraan National University Singapore
Sese, Rogel Mari INV-1A-03
Philippine Space Science Education Program
1C Theoretical and Mathematical Physics I 1D Complex Systems and Data Analytics I
Moderator: D Sombillo Moderator: R Batac
1C-01 Exact Decoherence and
1D-01 Modeling self-organized
Orthogonality of Pointer States in
JPA Besagas, JCL Lima and road network growth using
the Measurement of a Qubit MT Cirunay and RC Batac
EA Galapon nearest-neighbor routing rules
Observable Without an
Zenji Yatabe with bearing
Environment
Kumamoto University
1D-02 Relaxation of perturbed
1C-02 The Φ-entropy: An
axial segregation bands: JAF Balista
information measure for non- EJD Cabrera and EA Galapon
Dependence on perturbation and PPP Borlagdan II
Schrödinger type Hamiltonians
intensity and rotation rate
1C-03 Entanglement criteria for
mixtures of limited maximally JC Casapao, M Flores and E 1D-03 Fluctuations in step counts LGT Rizada, DN Dailisan
J Taguba and R Sarmago
entangled pure states for 2 × 3 Galapon derived from accelerometer data and MT Lim
systems
1C-04 Schmidt gaps in a long- 1D-04 Price variations in the
BG Singidas and RV Sarmago CDP Ayang-ang and FNC Paraan C Huang and M Lim
range Kitaev chain Wholesale Electricity Spot Market
MAL Madarang, J Lopez, 1C-05 Entanglement preservation 1D-05 Detecting food
A Ontoria, A Somintac and IJ in an ultracold BEC coupled to a P Villegas and RCF Caballar consumption features from LJ Rubio and MT Lim
Agulo reservoir of excitations imports data
1C-06 Implementing the
LN Baula, R Ngaloy, 1D-06 Correlations of dengue
nonequilibrium Green’s function JPR Maulion
R Gapusan, A Ontoria, NJB Ferrer and C Villagonzalo cases with climate variables in
method in calculating the phonon and JY Bantang
A Somintac and IJ Agulo the Philippines
transmission in a graphene lattice
MD Ilasin, R Gapusan,
A Ontoria, A Somintac,
Y Kuwahara, T Saito
and IJ Agulo
1F Theoretical and Mathematical Physics II 1G Image and Signal Processing
Moderator: JP Esguerra Moderator: N Hermosa
1F-01 Independence of minimum 1G-01 Estimating camera rotation
MRL Algodon and
uncertainty states on generalized HB Domingo from vanishing points in
MN Soriano
Joel Asubar Wigner functions underwater video
University of Fukui 1G-02 Paraxial optics cloak using
1F-02 Born-Jordan quantization of ML Revilla, JCM Lorenzo,
JJP Magadan and EA Galapon four converging lenses with
classical time of arrival JP Narag and N Hermosa
arbitrary focal lengths
AS Bendal, A Tuico, A Cafe,
1F-03 Reduced superoperator 1G-03 Color correction of
L Ballesteros, J Lopez,
method of solving the von JLN Perlas and EA Galapon underwater images using color KGA Jubilo and MN Soriano
E Estacio, A Salvador
Neumann equation histograms of reference images
and A Somintac
1G-04 Spatially-dependent phase
shift correction in partial Fourier
1F-04 Finite-part integration of the VPV Munar, PJG Baldovino,
magnetic resonance images
HT Salazar Jr and R Sarmago Stieltjes transform of a class of CD Tica and EA Galapon HB Domingo and
using a hybrid iterative Fourier
hypergeometric functions RS Vitancol
correction-Gegenbauer
reconstruction method
1F-05 How the knowledge of the 1G-05 Classifier selection and
DA Lumantas, NI Cabello,
particle's path dictates the cover area estimation of hard MLB Medrana and
JD Vasquez, ES Estacio, DL Sombillo and EA Galapon
dynamics of the quantum time-of- bottom in underwater belt MN Soriano
AA Salvador and AS Somintac
arrival operator transect thumbnails
1F-06 Making sense of
CJ Vergara, LI Ballesteros,
perturbative solutions whose terms 1G-06 Three-wave resonance in
A Cafe, A Salvador, E Estacio EA Galapon and RLYC Fallorina AP Abella and M Soriano
are divergent integrals without water surface waves
and A Somintac
renormalization
J Lopez, A De Los Reyes, 1G-07 Fast reconstruction
1F-07 Covariance property of the
MC Angub, R Gapusan, algorithm for slowly-varying
confined time of arrival operators PCM Flores and EA Galapon EL Engay and PF Almoro
A Cafe, A Salvador, E Estacio waves using SBMIR with transit
and A Somintac plane
VC Agulto, MJF Empizo,
K Kawano, Y Minami,
N Sarukura and RV Sarmago
SPP Members' General Assembly and Business Meeting
Day 2 (8 June 2017)
Poster Session PA: Experimental Materials Science and Photonics Judges: V Mistades, M Vega and N Hermosa
Coffee Break
Applications and mechanisms of photoluminescence on biomaterials, semiconductors, and
Yuan-Ron Ma INV-2A-01
metals
Moderator: C Villagonzalo National Dong Hwa University
Liquid crystal THz optics – An overview and recent advances Ci-Ling Pan INV-2A-02
Moderator: N Hermosa National Tsing Hua University
Exploiting the whole information content of the light field: Limitations and approaches Wolfgang Osten INV-2A-03
Moderator: P Almoro Universität Stuttgart
Lunch Break
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Day 2 (8 June 2017) - continued
Magnetic nanoparticles for cancer therapy and other biomedical applications Hariharan Srikanth INV-2A-04
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Moderator: M Vega University of South Florida
Polarization holography and its applications to data storage Toyohiko Yatagai INV-2A-05
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Moderator: P Almoro Utsunomiya University
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Parallel Sessions 2B-2D
2B Computational Physics and Simulations I 2C Ultrafast Optics, Photonics, and Terahertz Physics 2D Plasma and Earth Physics
Moderator: F Paraan Moderator: P Almoro Moderator: J de Mesa
2B-01 A Density functional theory 2D-01 Spatio-temporal analysis
JF Fontanilla, J Albia
study on the adsorption of CO on of the February 2017 Surigao LDB Banasig and RC Batac
and AAB Padama
W (110) earthquake and nearby events
INV-2C-01 Surface-enhanced
Marienette Vega 2D-02 Effects of post-deposition
2B-02 Characterization of 252-Cf Raman spectroscopy for trace
CAM Dingle, F Hila, Ateneo de Manila University annealing on the surface
neutron energy spectrum leaking detection on solids JJ Miranda, J de Mesa
NR Guillermo, JF Jecong morphology of femtosecond
in the neutron source storage and W Garcia
and P Saligan pulsed laser deposited ZnS on
drum using MCNP5
silicon and glass substrates
MA Faustino, L Lopez Jr,
2B-03 Molecular dynamics 2D-03 Terahertz transmission of NI Cabello, A De Los Reyes,
calculation of the elastic 2C-02 Terahertz detection via N Hermosa, R delos Santos soil samples excavated from A Cafe, C Tugado,
JFD Viloria and FNC Paraan
constants of quenched FeNi and weak measurement: A proposal and E Estacio Pinagbayanan, San Juan, V Hernandez,
FeCr alloys Batangas G Barretto-Tesoro
and E Estacio
2D-04 Electron temperature and
2B-04 Influence of Pd on the 2C-03 Goos–Hänchen effect on
APS Cristobal CMM Olaya, WO Garcia density measurements on helium JLB Sagisi, M Celebrado,
adsorption of CO, COH, and HCO thin films with spherical and
and AAB Padama and N Hermosa DC glow discharge by optical RB Emperado and W Garcia
on Cu(111) surface cylindrical pores
emission spectroscopy
Break
2C-04 Pearcey beams with RTC Maestre, AC Baclig,
topological charges RJ Fernandez and N Hermosa
Break Break
2C-05 Investigation of modulated
speckle using double-aperture JLDC Filipinas and PF Almoro
pupil
2D-05 Implantation of silver
2B-05 Adsorption of CO on CuPd particles in porous ceramic via
RA Villaos, JR Albia 2C-06 Rotating petal modes using KIT Remulla, NAF Zambale, AJ Deang, G Malapit
surfaces: A DFT study using atmospheric pressure plasma jet
and AA Padama a digital micromirror device JPC Narag and N Hermosa and I Culaba
vdW-DF2 functional system for the antimicrobial
treatment of rainwater
2C-07 Photocarrier dynamics in AE De los Reyes, JPC Afalla,
2D-06 Defining alert thresholds
2B-06 Molecular dynamics MBE-grown GaAs-AlxGa1-xAs LP Lopez Jr, JDE Vasquez,
using the acceleration-velocity
calculation of the reduced glass ZHE Fernandez quantum well investigated via MAB Faustino, HR Bardolaza, RV LU Lorenzo II, RM Saturay
time series of surficial and
transition temperature for a and FNC Paraan temperature-dependent Sarmago, M Tani, Jr and RU Solidum Jr
subsurface ground movement of
copper-silver metallic glass photoluminescence and terahertz AS Somintac, AA Salvador
deep-seated landslides
time-domain spectroscopy and ES Estacio
2B-07 The effect of O vacancy on JFM Jecong, CAM Dingle,
2D-07 Absorbed alpha dose of
the adsorption of CO₂ on Cu₂O KC Estolloso and AA Padama F Hila, R Olivares
allanite from Ombo, Palawan
(111) and NR Guillermo
6:30 PM - 6:45 PM Conference Group Photo Session
6:45 PM Banquet

Day 3 (9 June 2017)

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Poster Session PB: Theory, Simulations, Instrumentation, Complex Systems Judges: C. Sadia, N. Sombillo and H. Domingo
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Coffee Break
Topological matter: What is it good for? Raul Santos INV-3A-01
9:45 - 10:30 AM
Moderator: F Paraan University of Birmingham
Hot and dense matter in supernovae and binary mergers Constantinou, Constantinos INV-3A-02
10:30 - 11:15 AM
Moderator: F Paraan Jülich Institute for Nuclear Physics
Density functional theory based study of the structural and electronic properties of graphitic
Melanie David INV-3A-03
11:15 AM - 12:00 NN heterostructures
Moderator: JP Esguerra De La Salle University Manila
12:00 NN - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 - 3:00 PM Parallel Sessions 3B-3D
3B Computational Physics and Simulations II 3C Theoretical and Mathematical Physics III 3D Complex Systems and Data Analytics II
Moderator: C Villagonzalo Moderator: R Caballar Moderator: J Bantang
3C-01 Closed-form expressions for 3D-01 Stronger community
3B-01 Slowdown-induced phase
DN Dailisan and MT Lim the steady-state wealth distribution JBDM Garcia and JP Esguerra formation in networks with local G Sison and GA Tapang
transitions in vehicular traffic
in a kinetic model of gambling preferential attachment
3B-02 Population density and 3C-02 Bounded orbits of charged
lifetime of a self-avoiding and JJJR Malimata, RC Caballar particles under the influence of 3D-02 Emergency evacuation in CVG Dajac
JR Bacong and JP Esguerra
annihilating random walker and B Butanas Jr electrostatic field due to an infinite MRT platforms and JPH Esguerra
across a square lattice line of charge
3B-03 The radio-biological 3D-03 Symbolic co-occurrence
ERDC Santos 3C-03 Mass absorption rate of a MCM Jamerlan
bystander effect as a non-linear JAN Villanueva and MFI Vega II networks in bird calls, human
and C Villagonzalo Schwarzschild-de Sitter black hole and GA Tapang
diffusive phenomenon music, and other language forms
3B-04 Quantitative analysis of MR Medrano, AM Tan, 3C-04 Radiative fluxes for a scalar 3D-04 Identifying most central
GMG Chua, G Sison
fluid flow around the Towpedo via A Hilomen, M Soriano charge in circular orbits about a J Castillo and MFI Vega II companies in the Philippine stock
and G Tapang
computational fluid dynamics and FNC Paraan Reissner–Nordström black hole market
3C-05 Derivation of the quantum
3B-05 Ab initio study on the propagator of a three body system
3D-05 Prediction of Metro Manila
binding of carbon dioxide to M Chiong III and FNC Paraan modelled as tri-coupled harmonic BM Butanas and RCF Caballar JPB Zoluaga and G Tapang
traffic from discrete time series
cobalt salen complex oscillators using white noise path
integration
3C-06 Radiation from a charged 3D-06 Recurrence plot analysis
3B-06 Resilience in a AS Manceras II particle orbiting a weakly of a Hodgkin-Huxley neuron RAS Escosio
JDG Cantor and MFI Vega II
semelparous Penna model and RS Banzon magnetized Schwarzschild black dynamics and JY Bantang
hole
3:00 - 3:30 PM Coffee Break
Brain-on-a-chip: Are we there yet? Daria, Vincent INV-3E-01
3:30 - 4:15 PM
Moderator: M Soriano Australian National University
The beauty and power of divergent integrals Galapon, Eric INV-3E-02
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Moderator: C Villagonzalo University of the Philippines Diliman
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremonies Emcees: D Lumantas, C Dajac

Day 4 (10 June 2017)

AM/PM SPP Committee Meetings / Optional Day Tour
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Poster Session PA: Experimental Materials Science and Photonics
DAY 2 (8 June 2017)

Title Authors Title Authors Title Authors

Phase-shifting profilometer resolution limit
Investigation of the crystal structures in Y123 films Photoreflectance lineshape analysis of M Bacaoco, AS Somintac,
PA-01 A Rillera and R Sarmago PA-15 estimation via modulation transfer function RAP Aguilar and M Soriano PA-29
synthesized from a Y358 stoichiometry modulation-doped GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures AA Salvador and ES Estacio
analysis
L Lopez Jr, MA Faustino,
In-phase response in the AC magnetic FIN de Vera, J Amado-Dasallas, Silver coated porous silicon used as a surface
Evaluation of local spatial frequencies on fringe A Cafe, CJ Vergara, HA Husay,
PA-02 susceptibility of In-doped Bi-2212 under varying J Tacneng, C Arcilla PA-16 MJS Onglao III and P Almoro PA-30 enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active
patterns using statistical fringe processing J Lopez, C Tugado, A Salvador,
applied AC field and R Sarmago substrate for methylene blue detection
E Estacio and A Somintac
AS Escaro, EJC Solibet, R Veloz,
NI Cabello, M Bacaoco,
Enhancement of terahertz emission of semi-
L Lopez Jr, MA Faustino, Measuring the scale factor of digital micromirror NAF Zambale, JPC Narag Spectral analysis of the optical-feedback APN Fox, C Saloma
PA-03 insulating gallium arsenide via zinc oxide thin film PA-17 PA-31
A De Los Reyes, devices using Bessel beams and N Hermosa semiconductor laser Michelson interferometer and G Tapang
surface modification
A Cafe, E Estacio, A Somintac
and A Salvador
C Tugado, A Cafe, J Lopez,
M Cainglet, AJ Escolano,
Sensitive and selective ammonia sensor based on Optical and structural properties of electroless MD Balela, MC Angub,
PA-04 EJC Solibet, JP Ferrolino, PA-18 Fourier transform profilometry applied to lithic tools GJH Doblado and N Hermosa PA-32
porous silicon deposited copper oxide on anodized zinc oxide A Somintac, A Salvador
A Salvador and A Somintac
and E Estacio
A Bendal, LI Ballesteros,
Effects of post-deposition annealing on the JA de Mesa, JJ Miranda,
Surface modification of (100) p-type silicon VR Mejarito, AZC Cruz, Piezoresistive performance of load sensor based A Cafe, YL Rola, J Lopez,
PA-05 PA-19 structural properties of femtosecond pulsed laser H Salazar Jr, R Sarmago PA-33
through Ar-O₂ and Ar-N₂ plasma treatment M Vasquez and AA Salvador on ZnO film deposited on metal substrate R Avez, A Salvador
deposited ZnO on silicon substrates and W Garcia
and A Somintac
EJCD Solibet, AS Escaro, L Lopez
Investigation on the interface electric field of
Jr, A Faustino, H Rillera,
aluminum-doped zinc oxide/p-type gallium Mesh filter efficiency in collection of fine sand MFA Dumanjog, RC Caballar Enhanced wavefront reconstruction of diffuser-
PA-06 NI Cabello, A De Los Reyes, PA-20 PA-34 DNEV Salcedo and P Almoro
arsenide (AZO/p-GaAs) heterojunctions for particles under gravitational deposition and B Butanas Jr embedded objects by surface smoothening agents
E Estacio, A Somintac
terahertz emission applications
and A Salvador
HAF Husay, VT Copa,
Examining the morphology of electrodeposited Investigation of strain in an oxide-confined JPR Ferrolino, GAR Catindig,
Fourier transform profilometry using circular fringe JPC Narag, GJH Doblado
PA-07 MgB₂ coatings dispersed in methanol and iodine- XA Galapia and RV Sarmago PA-21 PA-35 GaAs/AlGaAs PIN heterostructure through spot- KCP Gonzales, NIF Cabello,
patterns and N Hermosa
stabilized acetone solution dependent photoluminescence spectroscopy KLM Patrocenio, RJ Jagus,
AA Salvador and AS Somintac
Investigation of porosity effects in the NIF Cabello, P Tingzon, V Sarmiento, A Cafe,
photoluminescence and terahertz emission of K Cervantes, J Lopez, A Cafe, Digital micromirror device as an amplitude-type TJ Abregana, N Hermosa Porous silicon as a photocatalyst in degradation of C Tugado, J Lopez,
PA-08 PA-22 PA-36
electrochemically synthesized silicon L Lopez Jr, J Muldera, A Salvador, diffuser for phase retrieval and P Almoro methylene blue E Suratos Jr, A Salvador,
nanostructures E Estacio and A Somintac E Estacio and A Somintac
DB Buenafe, AI Cafe,
RB Payod, PMB Tingzon, CJT Vergara, EM Suratos Jr,
Zener diodes for electron beam radiation KMN Cornejo, RJ Fernandez Spray-pyrolysis-deposited as-grown zinc oxide Growth of ZnO films via spray pyrolysis deposition
PA-09 PA-23 CJT Vergara, ES Estacio, PA-37 HAF Husay, LIM Ballesteros,
dosimetry and H Domingo films as UV filters for silicon solar cells route for methylene blue photodegradation
AA Salvador and AS Somintac AB Ontoria, RB Gapusan,
AA Salvador and AS Somintac
A De Los Reyes, EA Prieto,
K Omambac, L Lopez Jr,
The potential of an unused Pu-Be isotopic neutron Terahertz emission characteristics of semi- RDA Aves, AJS Escolano,
FC Hila, CAM Dingle, JFM Jecong, KC Gonzales, J Muldera, Synthesis of ZnO:C composite material via spray
PA-10 source for detection of gold by neutron activation PA-24 insulating, zinc and manganese-doped gallium PA-38 RB Cervera, AS Somintac,
RU Olivares and NRD Guillermo K Yamamoto, M Tani, pyrolysis and thermolysis of poly(furfuryl) alcohol
analysis arsenide films E Estacio and AA Salvador
A Somintac, E Estacio
and A Salvador
Photocarrier dynamics in GaAs/AlGaAs HR Bardolaza, JD Vasquez,
Copper thickness dependence of the electron and modulation-doped heterostructure from M Bacaoco, A de los Reyes,
Holographic reconstruction limits of a non-ideal XJ Bilon, RB Nicolas, PL Hilario
PA-11 lattice temperature using a two-temperature model L Dasallas and W Garcia PA-25 temperature-dependent terahertz time domain L Lopez Jr, A Somintac, PA-39
spatial light modulator with large pixels and G Tapang
of femtosecond pulsed laser ablation emission spectroscopy and photoreflectance A Salvador, ER Estacio
spectroscopy and R Sarmago
MAF Julian, JHC Leal,
In silico measurement of light scattered by Fabrication of copper oxide electrode for
PA-12 Three-dimensional wavefront engineering JAP Pelayo and PL Hilario PA-26 RMS Siose, ZM Bermejo, PA-40 LV Sayson and A Somintac
ellipsoid nanoparticles supercapacitor application
AN Chua and R Simon
C Sadia, L Lopez Jr,
R De Los Santos, J Muldera,
AS Bendal, A Cafe, Y Rola, Terahertz radiation from MBE-grown p-InAs on A De Los Reyes,
JCM Lorenzo, ML Revilla, Synthesis and characterization of SnO₂-ZnO
PA-13 Caustic beams using digital micromirror device PA-27 E Suratos, H Husay, E Estacio, PA-41 GaAs/GaSb excited by 800-nm and 1.55 μm MA Tumanguil, C Que,
JP Narag and N Hermosa composite thin films deposited via spray pyrolysis
A Salvador and A Somintac femtosecond lasers V Mag-usara, M Tani,
E Estacio, A Somintac
and A Salvador
HL Co, E Prieto, G Catindig,
Line-shape analysis of reflectance spectra from LI Ballesteros, CJ Vergara,
Diffraction from a tunable elastomeric grating with K Gonzales, J Vasquez, Effect of fluorine doping on the electrical and
PA-14 CT Pada and RA Guerrero PA-28 coupled, weakly coupled, and uncoupled GaAs- PA-42 A Santillan, C Bandoquillo,
a refracting fluid layer A Salvador, E Estacio optical properties of spray pyrolyzed tin oxide films
AlGaAs asymmetric double quantum wells KC Aganda and A Somintac
and A Somintac
 Poster Session PB: Complex Systems, Simulations, and Theoretical Physics
DAY 3 (9 June 2017)

Title Authors Title Authors Title Authors

Brownian motion of a charged particle driven by
The mean number of distinct sites visited by an Structural changes during a complex network
PB-01 BAB Galit and JPH Esguerra PB-14 EJM Medina and JY Bantang PB-26 colored noise in crossed external electric and MFD Bartolome and JP Esguerra
elephant random walker in one-dimension interaction
magnetic field
Derivation of heat transport equations for a chain
Steady-state dynamics of an audience applause Quasi-particle excitation spectrum of an XY spin
PB-02 of four interacting spins individually coupled to GAJG Acosta and C Villagonzalo PB-15 AMV Cruz and JY Bantang PB-27 BA Balt and FNC Paraan
model chain in a random transverse field
different heat baths
Pruning of co-authorship networks from the 10th to
Wigner functions and uncertainty products from Identifying critical transient traffic intensity in a KLL Guial, JY Bantang
PB-03 JIKE Felismino and FNC Paraan PB-16 PB-28 16th Philippine Congresses and the effect on the PAD Pasion and GA Tapang
partially transposed Dicke model ground states queuing system and CA Saloma
network properties
Incorporating space, time, and magnitude Spatial and temporal separation of recurrent
Amplitude amplification of the marked states in N Sombillo, R Banzon
PB-04 measures in a complex network of recurrent CDO Janer and R Batac PB-17 PB-29 avalanches in a slowly-driven one-sided granular DC Biton and RC Batac
quantum search simulation and C Villagonzalo
events pile
Reducing execution times of Quantum
Local periodicity of migrating populations in the Quantifying the effects of punishing agents in a
PB-05 ESPRESSO PWscf calculations by routing matrix OB Generalao and FNC Paraan PB-18 JNT Trinidad and RS Banzon PB-30 MS Villamayor and R Batac
Penna model lattice-based prisoner's dilemma game
multiplication calls to GPUs
Effects of water influx, inter-particle interaction, Dynamical considerations on electric angle-effect
Envelopes of fluid jets from orifices of conical LER Tolentino, RCF Caballar NA Rangaig, ND Minor
PB-06 JV Garrido and JP Esguerra PB-19 and turbulence on the critical velocity for soil PB-31 that describes magnetism and another form of
containers and BM Butanas Jr and JLDC Filipinas
particle separation magnetic force
Inferring network structure from secondary and Avoiding artificial deaths in a Penna model
PB-07 Speed estimation of vehicle traffic IM Fenis, D Dailisan and M Lim PB-20 JKV Rubio and JY Bantang PB-32 CP Elegado and R Banzon
tertiary infections on complex networks population
Normal mode propagator dynamics of a double
Correlations in an extended Hubbard model with A density functional theory study on adsorption of
PB-08 RC Esperanza and FNC Paraan PB-21 TNA Buenaluz and AA Padama PB-33 harmonic oscillator in an environment using white BM Butanas Jr and RCF Caballar
Ising-like interaction Pd on Au(111) surface
noise analysis
Analytic approximation to the energy eigenvalues A model of urban growth based on the empirical
Entanglement preservation in an ultracold Fermi
PB-09 of a 1D harmonic oscillator satisfying the minimal KLS Nuñez and JP Esguerra PB-22 spatial distribution of establishments in Metro CD Perlada and RC Batac PB-34 VP Villegas and RCF Caballar
gas coupled to a reservoir of excitations
length generalized uncertainty principle Manila, Philippines
Temporal and social network analysis of the co-
Population redistribution within finite geographical Unsupervised segmentation of sand patches from
PB-10 AK Orden II and RC Batac PB-23 H Lee and M Soriano PB-35 authorship networks from papers from the National JMT Abella and RC Batac
locations using intersections of Voronoi layers reef images
Institute of Physics
Cubication schemes for relativistic simple A cellular automaton model of brain tumor growth RJC Bagunu, HB Domingo Linear elastic and piezoelectric response of
PB-11 DF Marquez and JPH Esguerra PB-24 PB-36 PDS Ang and FNC Paraan
harmonic oscillator and treatment and RS Vitancol BaNiO₃ to strain
Loss of self-organized criticality in a forest-fire Thermodynamic relations in a 1D block cellular Dissipation induced quantum transport on a finite RC Caballar, B Butanas Jr,
PB-12 AY Asuncion and R Batac PB-25 DC Biton and JY Bantang PB-37
model with targeted triggering automata model of a shaken granular system one-dimensional lattice V Villegas and MAA Estrella
Effect of opposite-spin coupling on the edge states
PB-13 G Itable
of two-dimensional topological insulator
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Mabuhay!
Welcome to the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP) Physics Conference
and Annual Meeting. This year’s theme “Opportunities and challenges for col-
laborative physics research and education” could not have been more timely.
We are in an age wherein Philippine universities and colleges, one by one,
have shifted to an academic calendar in consonance with countries in the
neighboring region. Air travel options have increased for Filipinos, while visa
restrictions in other countries are easing. Moreover, online communications
and resources are becoming more accessible. Yet we are beset with how these
opportunities also pose challenges for collaborative work in physics. These
seemingly favorable circumstances did not come with an equivalent leap in
the number of physicists in the country. The Philippine population, according to the 2015 Census, has
reached 100.98 million with an average annual increase of 1.72% from 2010 to 2015. Yet within this pe-
riod we have seen the addition of only one more university to the existing four others offering a Ph.D. in
Physics program. Meanwhile, the attendance in SPP conferences and the production of scientific knowl-
edge through contributed papers have remained generally the same. In the past seven years, the annual
average number of conference participants is 195 and the average number of accepted contributed papers
per year is 170. Likewise, for this year’s conference, the SPP has accepted 154 contributed papers. The
challenge is upon the Samahan to have activities that support a sustainable growth in physics research
and education to be able to catch up with our country’s needs. In this light, the on-going project of the
current National Council with the help of the past SPP officers is to develop efficient processes within the
organization and clear SPP of its handicaps. These will ensure that in the future the Samahan will be able
to run its projects more effectively. We, therefore, implore the SPP members to encourage their colleagues,
students and friends in related industries to join in SPP activities. We thank our partner institutions and
sponsors, specially, the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and
Development (PCIEERD) and the National Institute of Physics, who have supported the SPP from year to
year. We are grateful to our invited speakers and our colleagues from abroad who are generous with their
time and resources in supporting the annual physics conference. It is only with the contribution of many
shall we be able to achieve the SPP’s primary objective which is “to advance all areas of pure and applied
physics in the Philippines.” A strong Filipino physics community will be enriching for the world.

It is the organizers hope that this conference be the venue of learning new scientific approaches to prob-
lems, as well as, retooling of standard methods in physics. May the various open fora in the conference
including the poster sessions and the discussions that will ensue give birth to new ideas and provide new
directions for project collaborations.

On behalf of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas, I wish everyone a pleasant, meaningful and productive
conference.

Cristine Villagonzalo
SPP President

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Recent progress in non-equilibrium physics with light Challenges and opportunities in space development:
and matter INV-1A-01 Toward the creation of a Philippine space agency
Manas Kulkarni
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
Bangalore, India
I will discuss our recent progress in the field of non-equilibrium physics
with light and matter. I will present recent results on quantum-dot cir-
cuit QED systems, Hamiltonian and bath engineering of cavity-QED sys-
tems, realization of giant photon amplification and generation of long-
lived entangled states of matter. These results are important both from
a fundamental perspective and from the point of view of device applica-
tions (such as quantum diodes and rectifiers, photon amplifiers, lasers).
Manas Kulkarni is a Faculty Reader at the
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(ICTS-TIFR) with research interests in non-
equilibrium light-matter interactions, meso-
scopic quantum optics, hybrid circuit-QED sys-
tems, integrable models, and nonlinear hydro-
dynamics. He was previously a faculty member
at the City University of New York from 2014 to 2016. He has held
post-doctoral positions at the Department of Electrical Engineering of
Princeton University and at the Department of Chemistry of the Univer-
sity of Toronto. He obtained his PhD degree from the State University
of New York at Stony Brook in 2011, where he also worked closely with
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Chiral magnetic structures in Co/Pd multilayers with
a large Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction INV-1A-02
Shawn Pollard
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Magnetic skyrmions are local particle-like kinks in the magnetization,
previously discovered in a variety of B20 compounds and, more recently,
in heavy metal/ferromagnetic bi- and multi-layers. The common factor
in these systems is the presence of a large Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya inter-
action (DMI). This talk focuses on the second class of systems, in which
spin-orbit coupling at the heavy metal/ferromagnet interface generates
a large enough interaction to stabilize skyrmions and other chiral spin
configurations. Specifically, I will discuss our recent work measuring
an unexpectedly large DMI in Co/Pd multilayers at room temperature
using Kerr microscopy. Through proper tuning of the relative Co and
Pd layer thicknesses, as well as repetition number, we demonstrate
the emergence of skyrmions at room temperature without a stabiliz-
ing external field, necessary in previous multilayer systems to ensure
skyrmion stability. Using high resolution Lorentz transmission electron
microscopy, we directly image the formation and annihilation processes
of these skyrmions, as well as provide evidence for other non-trivial spin
textures.
Shawn Pollard is a research fellow at the De-
partment of Electrical and Computer Engineer-
ing at the National University of Singapore. He
received his PhD in Physics from the State Uni-
versity of New York at Stony Brook and he
was cited as one of its top graduate students
of 2012. His PhD research was carried out at
Brookhaven National Laboratory in the Insti-
tute for Advanced Electron Microscopy. His current research focuses
on the spin structure and dynamics in systems with strong spin-orbit
interactions, as well as magnetic imaging at the nanoscale.
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Rogel Mari Sese
Philippine Space Science Education Program and
National SPACE Development Program
Philippines
Located in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is characterized as an emerg-
ing and developing country that has exhibited strong economic perfor-
mance in recent years. However, it has overlooked the creation of a
formal space program in the past few decades due to various reasons
such as the lack of awareness on the benefits of space, political will, and
budget constraints. These factors have led to the Philippines ranking in
the bottom half of ASEAN countries in terms of space systems infras-
tructure development.
Since 2013, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through
the Science Education Institute (SEI) and Philippine Council for In-
dustry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development
(PCIEERD) has been conducting various initiatives and projects for
space education and development in the country. The current approach
being conducted by DOST aims to ensure that the space program will
be beneficial to Filipinos, sustainable over time, and cost-effective to as-
sure the niche of the Philippines in the global space community.
In this talk, I will present the history of space education and devel-
opment in the Philippines, focusing on the recent activities of the
Philippine Space Science Education Program (PSSEP), the creation of
a Philippine Space Development and Utilization Policy, and the legisla-
tive push for a Philippine Space Agency. I will be discussing the various
initiatives under the PSSEP that aims to spur academic interest among
the youth to pursue careers in space-related fields. I will also expound
on the strategies undertaken by the National SPACE Development Pro-
gram (NSDP) in creating various roadmaps and identify the essential
steps that enabled the Philippines to progress rapidly in space develop-
ment in a short span of time. I will emphasize the six Key Development
Areas identified, the proposed structure of the Philippine Space Agency
and various development roadmaps that are being created. Finally, I
will identify the challenges and problems encountered and how solu-
tions were obtained to address these issues. Finally, I will be discussing
the various space development roadmaps that the Philippines will un-
dertake within the next ten years.
Rogel Mari Sese obtained his PhD in Physics
from the University of Tsukuba in 2009 where
he specialized in computational astrophysics.
He was an Assistant Professor at the Institute of
Mathematical Sciences and Physics of the Uni-
versity of the Philippines Los Baños from 2011
to 2013. He has been the Chair of the Southeast
Asian Young Astronomers Collaboration since
2012 and is the founder and current president of the space technology
company Regulus SpaceTech, Inc. He is currently the Program Leader
of the National SPACE Development Program (DOST-PCIEERD) and the
Focal Person of the Philippine Space Science Education Program (DOST-
SEI). Through the public and private initiatives that Rogel is involved
in, he has been a very active player in the promotion of space science
education and development in the Philippines.
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Mist-chemical vapor deposition grown-single crys- Applications and mechanisms of photolumines-
talline oxide semiconductors INV-1B-01 cence on biomaterials, semiconductors, and metals
Zenji Yatabe
Kumamoto University
Kumamoto, Japan
As a candidate for realizing next-generation electrical devices, tin diox-
ide (SnO2 ) was grown on 2-inch diameter m-plane sapphire substrates
by mist-chemical vapor deposition at atmospheric pressure. The pre-
pared films were then characterized by atomic force microscope (AFM),
scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and elec-
tron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). In spite of the fact that XRD and
EBSD measurements indicated that SnO2 films were epitaxially grown
on the substrates under optimized growth condition, the AFM and SEM
images showed relatively rough surface morphology. For improving the
surface morphology, the second SnO2 layer was overgrown on the above
single crystalline SnO2 thin film, which functioned as a buffer layer. As
a result, SEM and AFM measurements indicated drastically improved
surface morphology using the buffer layer.
Zenji Yatabe obtained his PhD degree in Bio-
chemistry and Biotechnology from the Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology in
2008. In 2011 he was a postdoctoral fellow at
the Research Center for Integrated Quantum
Electronics of Hokkaido University. He is cur-
rently an Assistant Professor at the Priority Or-
ganization for Innovation and Excellence at Ku-
mamoto University. His research work on experimental materials sci-
ence focuses on thin films, surfaces and interfaces for next-generation
applications.
Effective suppression of current collapse in Al-
GaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors INV-1E-01
Joel Asubar
University of Fukui
Fukui, Japan
Gallium nitride (GaN) with its wide bandgap of 3.4 eV is considered as
a key semiconductor material for realizing ultra-low-loss power devices.
However, GaN-based devices are still plagued by current collapse, which
is the temporary reduction of current after application of high voltage
and/or power stress, and widely believed to be due to the capture of
electrons in traps. Due to the GaN wider band gap, a more extensive
variety of traps having longer associated time constants can exist in this
material. In addition, the high critical electric field of GaN has facili-
tated operation up to hundreds of volts for GaN-based devices, lead-
ing to extreme charge injection and trapping of carriers. In this work
we present some of the measures we are undertaking to combat the
current collapse phenomenon towards the widespread acceptance and
implementation of GaN-based devices.
Joel Asubar has held a Senior Assistant Pro-
fessor position at the Graduate School of Engi-
neering of the University of Fukui since 2014.
He obtained his PhD degree in Information Sci-
ence and Control Engineering from the Na-
gaoka University of Technology in 2009 with
the support of a Monbusho MEXT (Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Tech-
nology of Japan) Scholarship. He has held postdoctoral positions at the
Nagaoka University of Technology (2009-2010) and the Research Cen-
ter for Integrated Quantum Electronics (RCIQE) at the Hokkaido Uni-
versity (2010-2014). His current research interests include the synthesis
of ferromagnetic materials for spintronics applications and the design of
state-of-the-art GaN-based transistors.
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Yuan-Ron Ma
National Dong Hwa University
Hualien, Taiwan
We discuss the metal-semiconductor heterojunction-assisted photolu-
minescence (PL) emission mechanism for Bi/Bi2 O3 heterojunction
nanoparticles. These heterojunction nanoparticles are comprised of
metallic Bi nanoparticles with Bi2 O3 surface layers. The PL emissions
that come from the Bi2 O3 surface layers can be attributed to electron
transitions from the conduction band, Fermi level (EF), and donor state
(ED), respectively, to the valence bands in the Bi2 O3 surface layers.
These Bi nanoparticles are helpful in the formation of PL emissions,
because they provide plenty of free Fermi-level electrons to the Bi2 O3
layers across the heterojunction. The Bi/Bi2 O3 heterojunction nanopar-
ticles were synthesized using the lower-energy pulsed laser deposition
technique. As the incident laser supplies thermal energy to the free
electrons of the metallic Bi nanoparticles, they easily overcome the
Ohmic barrier and move to the Bi2 O3 layers. This is because the as-
synthesized Bi2 O3 layers are n-type semiconductors, so that Ohmic con-
tacts, which are one of the metal-semiconductor heterojunctions, are
formed at the interfaces between the Bi nanoparticles and Bi2 O3 layers.
These Bi/Bi2 O3 heterojunction nanoparticles are potential candidates
for use in optoelectronic nanodevices because they have good and ef-
fective visible light emissions at room temperature.
In addition, the female damselfly Ischnura senegalensis exhibits color
dimorphism. The andromorph helps to reduce intrasexual and male ha-
rassment and allows them to gain mature mating. The andromorphic
colors may be used as signals to improve sexual selection, because they
provide good visual contrast for conspecific identity in the ambient light
of a varying environmental background. The capability of assuming con-
specific identity provides not only a better chance for sexual selection,
but also an advantage in territorial defense. The PL emissions from the
cuticles of various colored-body portions of the male damselfly were ob-
served and verified in PL spectromicroscopy and confocal fluorescence
microscopy. The intensity of the PL emissions embodies a color sign of
health and strength, which other damselflies can observe. The males
will choose not to intrude on its territorial airspace, but the females
will prefer to mate with this individual. Hence, the PL emissions play a
key role in the evolution of damselflies. They can strongly help to en-
hance or modify the colors or colorations of the various colored-body
portions, as biological pigments and multilayer structures. The PL emis-
sions from the cuticle of the various colored-body portions of the male
damselfly Ischnura senegalensis range between 450 and 550 nm, and the
maximum intensities reach ∼ 1.0 × 104 counts per second. The PL and
micro-PL confocal images verify that the PL emissions can strongly in-
fluence the surface colors of the cuticle, and show why the damselfly
Ischnura senegalensis is called a bluetail.
Yuan-Ron Ma obtained his Ph.D. in Physics
at the University of Nottingham in 1998. He
is currently the Head of the Department of
Physics of the National Dong Hwa University,
where he is also a Professor. He is also the
Director of the Physics Society of Republic of
China. Professor Ma conducts research on the
synthesis, characterization, and applications of
nanoparticles, nanostructures, and discontinuous thin-films of metals
and metal oxides. His recent interests include their structural, elec-
tronic, electrical, electrochromic, optical, and magnetic properties and
potential applications. He has edited about 50 manuscripts for Scientific
Reports and reviewed more than 200 papers for various SCI-indexed
journals. He has also held a US patent and authored two books and
more than 100 papers.
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Liquid crystal THz optics – An overview and recent ad- Exploiting the whole information content of the light
vances INV-2A-02 field: Limitations and approaches
Ci-Ling Pan
National Tsing Hua University
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Recently, the science and technology of sub-millimeter or terahertz
(THz) waves have made progress by leaps and bounds. Applications in
fields ranging from bio-medicine, 3D imaging, tomography, and char-
acterization of materials have been demonstrated. Sub-THz radio-over-
fiber communication at data rate exceeding 20 Gb/s over a 25 km fiber
link was also demonstrated. To meet the demands of the exploding
THz field, many novel quasi-optic components, such as phase shifter,
phase grating, polarizers, and filters have been developed. In particular,
a number of tunable THz devices employing liquid crystals (LCs) have
attracted considerable attention. Partly, the unexpected large birefrin-
gence of liquid crystals and low attenuation in the THz frequency range
is responsible for the realization of such advances.
In this talk, we provide an overview of the field liquid crystal THz op-
tics and discuss recent advances in the field. After a brief introduction
to THz technology, the optical properties of liquid crystals in the THz
frequency range will be presented. This is followed by an overview of
various THz optical components with liquid-crystal-enabled functional-
ities, e.g., phase shifters, polarizers, birefringent filters of Lyot and Solc
types, phase grating and beam deflectors, and so on.
Ci-Ling Pan is a Tsing Hua Chair Professor of
Physics and Photonics, former Vice President
for R&D, and the Director of the Operation
Center for Industrial Collaboration, National
Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Tai-
wan. He taught at the National Chiao Tung Uni-
versity (NCTU) (1981-2009) and held visiting
professorships at Osaka University (2004) and
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (2008), previously. Prof. Pan’s
fields of study fall mainly in laser science and engineering as well as
photonics. Recent research highlights include pioneering the field of
liquid crystal THz photonics, femtosecond-laser recrystallization and
activation of silicon for TFT as well as novel THz generators and de-
tectors. The latter were used in diverse applications such as diagnos-
tics of technologically important materials for photovoltaics, assess-
ing burn trauma and optical-network-compatible W-band (100 GHz or
0.1 THz) wireless communication Link at a data rate beyond 20 Gbit/s.
Prof. Pan is a Fellow of APS, IEEE, OSA and SPIE, an Academian of
the Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials. He is a Traveling Lecturer of
OSA (2008 to date), a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Electron De-
vice Society (2015 to date), a member of Commission C17 (Quantum
Electronics) of IUPAP (2011-2014) and Commission D (Electronics and
Photonics) of URSI (2013 to date). Prof. Pan has currently published
more than 250 refereed journal articles and he also holds 20 Taiwan
patents and 13 US patents. A full list of publications is available online
at www.phys.nthu.edu.tw/e_teacher/clpan.html. According to Google
Scholar, his publications were cited 5776 times with an h-index of 30
and i10-index of 129 (as of March 2017).
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Wolfgang Osten
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
In the context of measurement technology, optical methods have a num-
ber of unique features. To them belong in particular the non-contact and
high speed interaction with the object under test, the largely free scal-
ability of the dimension of the probing tool, the high resolution of the
data, the diversity of information channels in the light field, and the
flexible adaptability of the comparative standard. On the other hand,
the user is also confronted with a bunch of challenges. Here one should
mention especially the indirect nature of the measurement. This fact
is the origin of a number of serious consequences which make it often
difficult for the practitioner to decide for optical metrology. However,
the numerous information channels recommend optical principles for
the solution of various inspection and measurement problems. A broad
variety of techniques is sensitive for the measurement of a particular
quantity such as the intensity, the frequency, the phase, the angular
spectrum, the polarization state, the angular momentum, the degree
of coherence and the time of flight. By applying these methods a wide
spectra of quantities can be evaluated. To them belong dimensional,
structural, geometrical, colorimetrical, chemical, and mechanical prop-
erties of the object under test. More modern principles such as hyper-
spectral technologies are designed to measure various modalities with
one system. Known under the name of multimodal measurement tech-
niques, these systems are capable of elegantly solving complex medical,
structural-mechanical or biological problems. However, the high infor-
mation density in optical signals is often not only an advantage but
a challenge with respect to the correct interpretation of the measured
data. This talk starts with a brief summary of the advantages and dis-
advantages of optical metrology. Afterwards we discuss the various in-
formation channels and present examples for their exploitation. Special
attention is directed to the correct interpretation of the data.
Wolfgang Osten received the MSc/Diploma in
Physics from the Friedrich-Schiller University
Jena in 1979. From 1979 to 1984 he was a
member of the Institute of Mechanics in Berlin
working in the field of experimental stress anal-
ysis and optical metrology. In 1983 he received
the PhD degree from the Martin-Luther Univer-
sity Halle-Wittenberg for his thesis in the field
of holographic interferometry. From 1984 to 1991 he was employed at
the Central Institute of Cybernetics and Information Processes ZKI in
Berlin making investigations in digital image processing and computer
vision. Between 1988 and 1991 he was heading the Institute for Digital
Image Processing at the ZKI. In 1991 he joined the Bremen Institute
of Applied Beam Technology (BIAS) to establish and to direct the De-
partment Optical 3D-Metrology till 2002. Since September 2002 he has
been a full professor at the University of Stuttgart and director of the In-
stitute for Applied Optics. From 2006 till 2010 he was the vice rector for
research and technology transfer of the University of Stuttgart where he
is currently the vice chair of the university council. His research work
is focused on new concepts for industrial inspection and metrology by
combining modern principles of optical metrology, sensor technology
and image processing. Special attention is directed to the development
of resolution enhanced technologies for the investigation of micro and
nanostructures.
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Magnetic nanoparticles for cancer therapy and other Polarization holography and its applications to data
biomedical applications INV-2A-04 storage
Hariharan Srikanth
University of South Florida
Tampa, United States of America
Magnetic nanoparticles are being developed for applications ranging
from high density recording, spintronic devices to nanomedicine. Mag-
netic hyperthermia is one of the most promising new techniques for
cancer treatment. Although spherical iron oxide nanoparticles are com-
monly studied for a variety of biomedical applications, their relatively
small saturation magnetization and small effective anisotropy result in
a relatively low heating efficiency or Specific Absorption Rate (SAR).
In order to boost the heating efficiency of iron oxide nanoparticles, dif-
ferent options have been considered, such as increasing their satura-
tion magnetization, changing their size, shape, anisotropy etc. In this
talk I will discuss the application of functional magnetic nanoparticles
in nanomedicine including magnetic hyperthermia treatment of cancer,
contrast enhancement in MRI and biosensors based on giant magne-
toimpedance (GMI). There is a need to improve the specific absorption
rate (SAR) and heating efficiency of nanoparticles for hyperthermia
and our recent work has focused on the role of surface and interfa-
cial anisotropy with a goal to enhance SAR. Strategies that go beyond
simple spherical structures such as core-shell nanoparticle, exchange-
coupled nanoparticles, nanowire, nanotube geometries can be exploited
to increase saturation magnetization, effective anisotropy and heating
efficiency in magnetic hyperthermia treatment of cancer cells.
Hariharan Srikanth is a Professor of Physics
at the University of South Florida. He received
his Ph. D. in experimental condensed matter
physics from the Indian Institute of Science
in 1994. After postdoctoral research for sev-
eral years, Hari joined the University of South
Florida in 2000 as an Assistant Professor and
established the Functional Materials Labora-
tory. He became a Full Professor in 2009. His current research top-
ics include investigating magnetization dynamics in nanostructures, ex-
change bias, magnetic refrigerant materials, giant magneto-impedance
(GMI), microwave materials, complex oxides with competing magnetic
phases, spin caloric effects and applications of magnetic nanoparticles
in nanomedicine. He has over 235 journal publications and holds two
patents and has given over 130 invited talks and tutorials around the
world. Hari is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of Insti-
tute of Nanotechnology, Marie Curie Fellow, International Association
of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Medal recipient in 2016, and a senior
member of IEEE. He is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of
Applied Physics. Hari has been associated with the Magnetism and Mag-
netic Materials (MMM) conferences for several years as a program and
steering committee member, publication editor and publication chair.
He is one of the publication chairs for the 2018 International Confer-
ence on Magnetism (ICM) to be held in San Francisco. His research
program over the years has received funding from the US Department
of Energy, Army Research Office, National Science Foundation, Bizkaia
Talent Program (Basque Country, Spain). Hari has held several short
term visiting professor positions in Europe at Slovak Academy of Sci-
ences (Kosice), Basque Center for Materials (Bilbao) and in Asia at the
Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore) and Indian Institute of Technol-
ogy (Bombay).
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Toyohiko Yatagai
Utsunomiya University
Utsunomiya, Japan
Many techniques on holographic mass storage systems have been devel-
oped, in which scalar optical data are stored in holographic materials.
We discuss two alternative approaches to holographic memory; the use
of vector waves for holographic mass storage systems and complex data
formats, multi-level phase coding, are presented to increase memory
capacity. A novel optical recording technique called “retardagraphy” for
recording a retardance pattern of an optical anisotropic object is men-
tioned, first. In this technique, a polarization pattern of a single beam
modulated by an anisotropic object is illuminated onto a polarization-
sensitive medium and the retardance pattern is recorded as an optical
anisotropy pattern on the medium. Retardance is generated by relative
phase difference between two polarization states. Multiple phase dif-
ference coding in off-axis holography is also a promising candidate for
mass data storage. Some experimental studies are presented.
Toyohiko Yatagai received the BE and DE
degrees in applied physics from the Univer-
sity of Tokyo, in 1969 and 1980, respec-
tively. From 1970 to 1983 he was with the
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research,
Japan, where he worked on optical instrumen-
tation, computer-generated holography, and
automatic fringe analysis. He moved to the Uni-
versity of Tsukuba as a Professor of Applied Physics in 1983. He is now
the Director of the Center for Optical Research and Education at Ut-
sunomiya University. His current research interests include optical com-
puting, optical measurements, holography, and spectral optical coher-
ence tomography for biological applications. He received an Optical Re-
search Award from the Japan Society of Applied Physics in 1978 and
the Denis Gabor Award from SPIE in 2017. He is a member of the Op-
tical Society of Japan, a fellow of OSA, SPIE, and the Japan Society of
Applied Physics. He was the 2015 President of SPIE. He is the author
of ten books and more than three hundred academic papers in applied
optics.
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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for trace de- Topological matter: What is it good for?
tection on solids INV-2C-01 Raul Santos
Marienette Vega
Ateneo de Manila University
Philippines
Raman scattering is the inelastic scattering of light upon interaction
with a sample, and is the basis of Raman spectroscopy, an analytical
technique that has been very useful in the analysis of materials. One
general limitation of conventional Raman spectroscopy, however, has
been the weakness of Raman scattering signals. It was observed in 1978
by Fleischmann, Van Duyne, Creighton, and their coworkers that when
a molecule is next to certain metallic substrate, one may observe an
enhancement of the Raman scattering intensity. This observation has
brought forth what is known as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
(or SERS), which has a significantly extended the reach of Raman spec-
troscopy as an analytical tool. A critical requirement in this process is
the presence of nanoparticles at the surface. As such, SERS is a truly
nanoscience phenomenon as it relies on nanostructures for enhance-
ment to occur.
In this work, the SERS technique is applied to the detection of extremely
little amount of defects in bone implant prototypes. The nanoparticle-
based substrate is composed of colloidal gold nanostars with localized
surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) at 690 nm. Spectral maps, on clean
and on nanostars covered surface, were obtained exactly at the same po-
sition using confocal Raman spectroscopy. Comparison of the two maps
shows that there are more monoclinic phases detected in the nanostars-
covered surface possibly due to the lightning rod effect in the nanostar
tips. While SERS is a well-established detection technique and exten-
sively being used for the detection of trace amounts and even single-
molecule of chemical species, it has not been widely applied to detec-
tion in solids. Very little work has been done to exhibit SERS in solid
materials and it remains a challenge to achieve SERS enhancement on
dense and polished solids, such as zirconia implants. We report an un-
precedented attempt on SERS on solid zirconia, which provides early
evidence of the effectivity of the technique even on non-porous ma-
terials. With further improvement in sensitivity, SERS is a promising
technique for the early detection of monoclinic phase in zirconia-based
implants.
Marienette Vega is an Assistant Professor at
the Department of Physics of Ateneo de Manila
University. She obtained both her Bachelors
and Masters degree in Physics from the Univer-
sity of the Philippines Diliman. She then con-
tinued her graduate studies at the University of
South Florida and obtained a second Masters
degree in Physics. There she gained extensive
experience on the preparation and analytical techniques involving mag-
netic materials, nanoparticles and ferrofluids. She pursued her PhD in
Nanotechnology at the University of Trieste. Her work on nanoparti-
cles as substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy has led to
pioneering work on trace detection in solid materials. Immediately af-
ter her graduation, she returned to the Philippines and joined Ateneo de
Manila University. Currently, she is actively building the nanoscience ca-
pabilities of the existing Materials Science Laboratory of the University.
She is an active researcher in the field of nanotechnology. Her current
projects are geared towards finding nanoparticle-based solutions for
prevalent environmental problems, particularly the development of ul-
trasensitive chemical sensors for environmental contaminants and more
efficient barrier fillers for alleviating air pollution and water contamina-
tion. She was also one of the recipients of the Australia-APEC Research
Fellowship award.
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INV-3A-01
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
The interest in topological order in quantum systems has seen a surge
lately. This was crowned with last year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, ac-
knowledging the developments in this area. In this talk I will review
some of the important advances in this field, and give context into why
they could lead us into a new technological revolution.
Raul Santos completed his PhD in Physics un-
der a Fulbright Scholarship working for the
C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at
the State University of New York at Stony Brook
in 2013. He held a postdoctoral position in the
Weizmann Institute of Science from 2013 to
2016. He is currently employed at the School
of Physics and Astronomy of the University of
Birmingham in the United Kingdom. His research interests in condensed
matter and quantum spin systems include quantum information theory,
topological insulators, and disordered systems.
Hot and dense matter in supernovae and binary merg-
ers INV-3A-02
Constantinos Constantinou
Nuclear Physics Institute (IKP)
Jülich, Germany
The equation of state (EOS) of dense matter at zero and finite temper-
ature is essential in the description of neutron stars, core-collapse su-
pernovae, and binary mergers. Its cold component is relevant in the de-
termination of the structure of old neutron stars and in the pre-merger
evolution of a binary system. Its thermal properties are important in the
hydrodynamical modeling of supernovae, during a merger when mass
transfer can lead to shock heating, and in the post-event fate of the
remnant.
We review different methods used in the construction of the EOS for
conditions appropriate to the aforementioned phenomena. We begin
with a discussion of the constraints on the EOS from terrestrial experi-
ments and astrophysical observations. We then turn to the supranuclear,
uniform nucleonic phase of matter where the various approaches can
be broadly classified as microscopic (e.g. Green’s functions, variational,
Brueckner-Hartree-Fock, chiral effective theory) or phenomenological
(e.g. nonrelativistic potential models based on the Skyrme or the Gogny
forces, relativistic mean-field theory, etc). Finally, the subnuclear regime
is addressed. Here, matter is an inhomogeneous mixture of nucleons,
nuclei, and other structures (“pasta”), and several techniques (such as
nuclear statistical equilibrium, single-nucleus approximation, virial ex-
pansion, and molecular dynamics) at varying degrees of sophistication
have been employed in its description.
Constantinos Constantinou’s current research
interests center on nuclear astrophysics and
strong interaction physics. He works on the de-
termination of the composition, structure, and
evolution of stellar matter, the investigation of
neutrino signals from stars, supernovae and ac-
tive galactic nuclei, and the theoretical descrip-
tion of hadronic and quark matter. He obtained
his Ph.D. in Physics from the State University of New York at Stony
Brook in 2013. He has since worked for the Institute of Advanced Sim-
ulation and Nuclear Physics Institute at the Forschungszentrum Jülich
in Germany.
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Density functional theory based study of the struc- terned with nanowire scaffolds. From a fundamental perspective, we
tural and electronic properties of graphitic het- aim to investigate the structural significance of nanoscale topographies
erostructures INV-3A-03 for guiding neurite outgrowth. We show that isotropic arrangements
Melanie David
De La Salle University
Manila, Philippines
With the trend of miniaturization and maximizing the potential of nano-
materials, the properties of important materials in electronic devices
such as graphene and silicene have been widely investigated. This pre-
sentation aims to provide computational information for the achieve-
ment of this goal by studying the structural stability and electronic prop-
erties of hexagonal-boron nitride on graphene (h-BN/G) hetero-bilayer
and silicene on hexagonal-boron nitride on graphene (Si/h-BN/G) het-
erostructure using density functional theory. The calculations were per-
formed through the Vienna Ab Initio Simulation Package (VASP) im-
plemented with three different approximations namely, LDA, GGA, and
GGA with Tkatchenko-Scheffler van der Waals (vdW) correction. From
the calculations, the h-BN/G hetero-bilayer and Si/h-BN/G heterostruc-
tures were found to be computationally stable relative to the experi-
mental binding energy and interlayer distance between graphitic lay-
ers. Moreover, it was observed that layers of graphitic structures inter-
act through the Van der Waals forces (vdW), thus calculations of such
structures must be done with vdW corrections. Lastly, the application of
perpendicular strain modified the band gap and Dirac cone shifting of
the system. These characteristics suggested that the hetero-bilayer and
heterostructure have great potential for electronic device applications.
Melanie David is an Associate Professor of the
Physics Department under the College of Sci-
ence at De La Salle University (DLSU). She is
presently the Director of Center for Natural Sci-
ence and Environmental Research (CENSER)
and a member of the Advanced Nanomaterials
Investigation by Molecular Simulations (ANI-
MoS) and Microalgal Systematics and Applied
Phycology Research Unit (MSAPRU). She is also the Coordinator of the
Osaka University (OU) Satellite Office at DLSU and serves as a linkage
faculty between OU and DLSU. Her research centers on the computa-
tional modeling of nanoscale materials for design and functionalities.
In particular, she works on carbon nanotubes, thermoplastics on met-
als, semiconducting and magnetic materials for electronic and magnetic
devices, fuel cells, energy, and environment applications. In addition to
first principles calculations, her research group is also using molecu-
lar dynamics to understand the mechanism behind and formulate so-
lutions for bioenergy processing and microalgae drying. Their studies
on microalgae is part of several projects supported by different agen-
cies within and outside the university, such as the DLSU-University Re-
search Coordination Office, CHEd PHERNet Sustainability Studies pro-
gram, and the USAID Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for
Development (STRIDE) Program.
Brain-on-a-chip: Are we there yet? INV-3E-01
Vincent Daria
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
In this talk, I will outline our efforts to understand how the brain works
via two state-of-the-art technological platforms based on photonics and
nanostructured semiconductor devices (a.k.a. Brain-on-a-chip). We fo-
cus our efforts to analyse the computational properties of single brain
cells (or neurons) and how these cells grow to form networks and even-
tually function as a circuit. To analyse the function of single neurons,
we use light not only to visualize these neurons but also to stimulate
and record neuronal activity. We produce light patterns using a pro-
grammable hologram, which projects multiple foci from a single laser.
Each focus can be used as a light probe to stimulate and/or record neu-
ronal activity. To analyse the development of multiple neurons forming
circuits, we artificially grow brain cells on a semiconductor wafer pat-
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of indium phosphide InP nanowires guide neurite growth and aid in
forming circuits with neighboring neurons. Multiple neurons with neu-
rites guided by the topography of the nanowire scaffolds exhibit syn-
chronized network activity, implying intercellular communications via
synaptic connections. Photonics in combination with growing brain cells
“on a chip” can lead to new insights on the function of individual neu-
rons and how they form and function as neuronal circuits.
Vincent Daria earned his PhD in Applied
Physics from Osaka University, Japan. From
2001 to 2004 he pursued postdoctoral work
at the Risoe National Laboratory (Denmark)
where their group pioneered the use of dy-
namic multi-beam optical tweezers for manip-
ulating arrays of microscopic objects and cells
simultaneously. From 2004, he established a re-
search group at the University of the Philippines to work on ultrafast
lasers in combination with spatial light encoding for multi-beam optical
tweezers combined with non-linear optical processes. Such technique
was applied to fs-laser surgery and manipulation of cells and 3D holo-
graphic micro-fabrication via photopolymerization. In 2007, he joined
the physics department at the Australian National University (ANU)
where they initially designed a unique microscope capable of prob-
ing living cells and neurons in the brain. In 2010, Dr. Daria moved
his laboratory to the John Curtin School of Medical Research to fully
engage their collaboration with neuroscientists and apply their holo-
graphic two-photon microscope for simultaneous photostimulation of
synapses and multi-site Ca2+ imaging of neuronal networks in living
brain tissue. The success of this venture enabled the group’s expansion
where they continuously received highly competitive funding from the
Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Re-
search Council. He is currently the group leader of the Neurophotonics
Laboratory at the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience at ANU. He contin-
ues to teach optics and laser courses as well as maintain collaborations
with researchers from the Research School of Physics and Engineering
at ANU.
The beauty and power of divergent integrals INV-3E-02
Eric Galapon
University of the Philippines Diliman
Quezon City, Philippines
Divergent integrals arise naturally in many areas of physics, and they
are typically “tamed” as though they are dangerous beasts wreaking
havoc in the mathematical landscape of physics. In this talk, I will dis-
cuss how divergent integrals became beautiful and powerful, offering in
the process insight into the intimate relationship between divergent in-
tegrals and physical boundary conditions, and offering a novel method
of evaluating convergent integrals using divergent integrals.
Eric Galapon is a Professor of Physics at the
National Institute of Physics of the University
of the Philippines Diliman, where he also ob-
tained his PhD in Physics in 2001. He was a
UP Postdoctoral Fellow at the Universidad del
País Vasco in Bilbao from 2004–2005. He was
the Outstanding Young Scientist Awardee for
Physics of the National Academy of Science and
Technology in 2010. He has also been recognized by the National Re-
search Council of the Philippines with the 2013 NRCP Achievement
Award for Physics. His work focuses on the foundations of quantum me-
chanics, quantum measurements, and mathematical physics. His recent
article [EPL 113 60007, (2016)] on quantum decoherence published in
Europhysics Letters has been cited as one of the journal’s top contribu-
tions in 2016.
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Liquid-phase assisted fabrication of Y-Ba-Cu-O films Potential of zinc-reduced graphene oxide and zinc
via lead (IV) oxide addition 1B-02 oxide-reduced graphene oxide composites films as
J Taguba and R Sarmago photoelectrode for dye-sensitized solar cells 1B-05
In this paper, we present how liquid-phase addition affects the forma- LN Baula, R Ngaloy, R Gapusan, A Ontoria, A Somintac and IJ Agulo
tion of Y-Ba-Cu-O (YBCO) films during the fabrication process using In this study, zinc-reduced graphene oxide (Zn-rGO) and zinc oxide-
the sedimentation deposition technique. In addition, we identify how reduced graphene oxide (ZnO-rGO) composites, synthesized via one-
the introduction of liquid-phase affects the surface morphology and pot chemical deposition at room temperature, was used as mesoporous
superconducting transition temperature (Tc ) of the films. The results conducting film in the photoelectrode of dye-sensitized solar cells
suggest significant effect of liquid-phase addition, which yielded good (DSSCs). The composites were characterized using Raman spectroscopy
surface morphology, by improving matter transport and grain growth. and scanning electron microscopy. Raman spectroscopy revealed that
Resistance-Temperature measurements also show improvement of Tc the grinding process facilitated the synthesis of ZnO in ZGG, which was
with liquid-phase addition. This study shows that YBCO films can be absent in ZGA. Both ZGA and ZGG were then used as the photoanode in
fabricated through a simple mechanical, low-cost, and non-vacuum the fabricated DSSCs. Measurements under dark and illuminated con-
technique. ditions reveal a positive and a negative voltage response for ZGG and
ZGA, respectively.
Transfer of graphene to optically transparent sub-
strates 1B-03 Raman spectral analysis of electrophoretically sepa-
BG Singidas and RV Sarmago rated metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes
1B-06
Graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition on copper foil is trans-
ferred onto optically transparent substrates by a method using soft MD Ilasin, R Gapusan, A Ontoria, A Somintac, Y Kuwahara, T Saito and
paraffin as scaffold during catalyst removal. After the scaffold with IJ Agulo
graphene was scooped with the target substrate, the scaffold was an- This study aims to further separate metallic and semiconducting single-
nealed in vacuum and then exposed to n-hexane. Soaking in n-hexane walled carbon nanotube (SWCNTs) using an adapted vertical elec-
removes most of the scaffold. Raman spectroscopy unambiguously con- trophoresis system. The morphological, and spectroscopic properties of
firms that graphene was transferred on glass and c-axis cut quartz. Al- the obtained SWCNTs samples were studied using scanning electron mi-
though residues were visible on MgO (110), no graphene signature in- croscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Separation of metallic and semicon-
tensities were measured, implying that the graphene film has scrolled ducting SWCNTs after the application of potential difference between
away from the MgO surface. The transfer technique we have devel- the electrodes was the expected result of this study. The result of this
oped depends on the target substrate. For substrates SiO/Si, glass, and research would be significant for future experiments that optimize and
quartz, the full widths at half maximum of the 2D peak, 19-38 cm−1 enhance the separation of metallic and semiconducting SWCNTs.
shows that polycrystalline, slightly disordered single layer graphene was
more likely transferred than stacked decoupled single layer graphene
(FWHM 50 cm−1 ). The D to G peak intensities are below 0.25, show-
ing that a low density of grain boundaries is generated by the transfer
process.

Separation of graphene oxide and thermally reduced

graphene oxide by vertical electrophoresis 1B-04
MAL Madarang, J Lopez, A Ontoria, A Somintac and IJ Agulo
This study aims to investigate the electrophoretic behavior of TRGO dis-
persed in Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) using a custom-made vertical
electrophoretic set-up, under varying voltages at constant current for 10
hours. The separated upper and bottom layers of TRGO solution were
characterized using UV-Vis spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy
(SEM) and Raman spectroscopy. The upper layer of the TRGO disper-
sion after electrophoresis retained their TRGO properties and were able
to produce uniform and smooth surface with a well-packed layered
structure of graphene nanosheets. The lower layer appeared to be oxi-
dized resulting to the reappearance of graphene oxide. The mechanism
of separation and formation are explained.

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Exact decoherence and orthogonality of pointer states Entanglement preservation in an ultracold BEC cou-
in the measurement of a qubit observable without an pled to a reservoir of excitations 1C-05
environment 1C-01 VP Villegas and RCF Caballar
JPA Besagas, JCL Lima and EA Galapon In this study, we find that if we have a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)
We apply the work of E. A. Galapon [EPL 113 60007, (2016)] in the trapped in an optical lattice interacting with a bath composed of another
measurement of the z-component of an electron by means of a mea- BEC, and if the system itself is initially in an entangled state, then this
suring instrument which is decomposed into a probe and a pointer, initial state keeps the average number of particles in each lattice site
with the probe being inaccessible from observation. It is found that if and the linear entropy throughout lattice constant through time. This
the probe is initially prepared in a momentum-limited state, the coher- implies that the dissipative effect of the coupling with the bath of exci-
ences of the system-pointer reduced density matrix vanishes identically tations facilitates the quantum transport of particles and entanglement
to zero at a finite time without an environment. Moreover, it is shown in an optical lattice.
that in the case of a momentum-limited initial state of the pointer, the
pointer states are exactly orthogonal. In this scheme, exact decoherence Implementing the nonequilibrium Green’s function
is attained at an earlier time before the pointer states become exactly method in calculating the phonon transmission in a
orthogonal. graphene lattice 1C-06
NJB Ferrer and C Villagonzalo
The Φ-entropy: An information measure for non- The phonon transmission in a graphene lattice was determined using
Schrödinger type Hamiltonians 1C-02
the nonequilibrium Green’s function (NEGF) method. The transport sys-
EJD Cabrera and EA Galapon tem consists of a graphene lattice that was connected to semi-infinite
In this paper, a new form of information measure was formulated and thermal leads. These leads induce a temperature gradient across the
was named Φ-entropy which is of the form I(pi ) = ΣN Φ
i=1 pi . This in- central lattice. To achieve ballistic transport, the leads were also chosen
formation measure needs to be differentiated first with its parameter Φ to be graphene lattices. Through the NEGF method, the effect of the
before limiting it to one to derive the Shannon entropy which makes leads are easily projected to the central lattice via the self-energies Σrα .
it different to other information measures that needs only a limiting The decimation method was used to obtain the retarded surface Green’s
parameter to derive Shannon entropy. The validity of the Φ-entropy functions for the semi-infinite thermal leads gα r (ω). After which, the

was also tested using the axiomatic conditions and a probability distri- phonon transmission function χ(ω) was calculated using the Caroli for-
bution was also derived which leads to systems with non-Schrödinger mula for the central region. The phonon transmission as a function of
type Hamiltonians. ω was obtained for the first and second renormalizations of the Green’s
functions in the decimation method.
Entanglement criteria for mixtures of limited maxi-
mally entangled pure states for 2 × 3 systems 1C-03
JC Casapao, M Flores and E Galapon
Entangled pure states in the set of 2×3 systems were studied. We found
that the class of these states constructed by subsystems of unequal di-
mensions cannot fully achieve maximal entanglement, hence defined
as the class of limited maximally entangled pure states. For two-term
convex mixtures of 2 × 3 limited maximally entangled pure states, en-
tanglement can still be detected, depending on the degree of similarity
of the two terms. Finally, our method of entanglement detection was
applied to limited maximally entangled pure states immersed in noise.

Schmidt gaps in a long-range Kitaev chain 1C-04

CDP Ayang-ang and FNC Paraan
The Schmidt gap for a block of spins in an infinite long-range Kitaev
chain is calculated as a function of interaction range and the relative
strengths of the chemical potential and hopping terms. We find that
for long-ranged interactions where area law violations to the entangle-
ment entropy occur, the Schmidt gap does not appear to close rapidly
with chain length. For short-ranged interactions however, the Schmidt
gap vanishes in a parameter region corresponding to an antiferromag-
netic phase with gapless edge modes. These results demonstrate that
the Schmidt gap can be used to distinguish quantum phases in the long-
range Kitaev model.

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Modeling self-organized road network growth using Price variations in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Mar-
nearest-neighbor routing rules with bearing 1D-01 ket
MT Cirunay and RC Batac
Road networks are the most permanent of all urban elements, such that
their growth may be used as a proxy for the level of urban develop-
ment. Previous works have tried to model the growth mechanism of
roads with assumptions that are mostly drawn from theoretical back-
grounds. In this work, we employ a spatial nearest-neighbor routing
scheme with directionality or bearing to create a model that is reminis-
cent of the actual local considerations on the ground. It is observed that
the distribution of the perimeter and areas bounded by the simulated
road network shows decaying power-law tails with scaling exponents or
around -2.5 and -1.9, respectively, consistent with those obtained from
the empirical distributions of Metro Manila cities. On the other hand,
the circularity or the shape factor of these blocks show modal values
near 0.6, representing polygonal structures in space. The simple model
and the accompanying empirical comparisons add to the growing litera-
ture on self-organized urban growth, and may contribute towards a bet-
ter understanding of cities and their behavior for efficient management
or existing networks and sustainable planning of future expansions.
Relaxation of perturbed axial segregation bands: De-
pendence on perturbation intensity and rotation rate
1D-02
JAF Balista and PPP Borlagdan II
Granular mixtures inside rotating horizontal cylinders tend to axially
segregate. Previously, the axial bands were observed to relax to their
original position when perturbed from one end of the cylinder. Here,
we report our initial findings on the dependence of relaxation time on
the intensity (force) of the perturbation. Particularly, we axially segre-
gated a mixture of fine and very fine sand grains inside a horizontal
cylinder rotating at various rates ranging from 45 to 75 rotations per
minute (rpm). Then we perturbed the mixture for a few second from
one end of the cylinder using a balloon, which is connected to a ball
pressed by a lever. The force applied by the perturbation was varied
from 7 to 11 N. The free surface of the mixture was monitored before,
during and after perturbation using a video camera. We measured and
analyzed the relaxation times ? using the space-time diagrams. Initial
finding is inconclusive on the dependence of relaxation on perturbation
intensity while it suggest that is faster at higher rotational rates.
Fluctuations in step counts derived from accelerome-
ter data 1D-03
LGT Rizada, DN Dailisan and MT Lim
Fitness tracking apps in smartphones measure activities such as step
count. However, most app algorithms are hidden from the user, i.e. a
blackbox, and what exactly is being measured is not known to the user.
This paper implements a step counting algorithm disclosed by Pebble
Technology Corporation. We also assessed how the calculated number
of steps changed with the wearable (accelerometer) placement. Four
mount points were considered: hand, arm, pocket, and ankle; while
two activities: walking and running were analyzed. Step counts by the
Pebble algorithm deviated from actual values by less than 20% the ac-
tual values. Running has generally better step counting estimates than
walking (except on the ankle). An ankle placement yielded the most ac-
curate walking measurement, while a hand placement had the closest
measurement for running.
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1D-04
C Huang and M Lim
The Wholesale Electricity Spot Market of the Philippines is an auction
type market with a generation side bidding. Electricity generators place
bids on the quantity and the corresponding price. Comparing the prices
during the 2013 to 2016 period, we find that 2016 had more stable
price values and are less prone to price spikes. Furthermore, electricity
price fluctuations are larger for quantities in the range 9000 MWh to
13000 MWh and in the range 18000 MWh to 33000 MWh for 2016.
Detecting food consumption features from imports
data 1D-05
LJ Rubio and MT Lim
Food consumption patterns provide insights on the health trajectory of
the populace. Some common methodologies used such as surveys can
be costly in larger scales. In this work, existing databases are used to
provide roughly similar indicators. Per capita food consumption of the
Philippines from 2014 to 2016 is estimated using import reports from
the Bureau of Customs as proxy for food consumption and using the
USDA National Nutrient Database Standard Reference 28 as source of
food composition. Assuming that all food commodities, including raw
and unprocessed food, are consumed within the reported year of im-
portation, we are able to provide a description of possible sources of
energy and the general amount of energy derived from different prod-
uct groups.
Correlations of dengue cases with climate variables in
the Philippines 1D-06
JPR Maulion and JY Bantang
We determined the associations between weekly regional dengue cases
and meteorological data in the Philippines from 2008 to 2014 using
cross-correlation analysis. We obtained lags as large as 6 w, 7 w, 19 w,
and 20 w for correlations between dengue cases and humidity, rain-
fall, temperature, and wind speed, respectively. Results show that the
estimated lags obtained are consistent with the results previously done
with datasets from other countries.
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Thickness dependence of the piezoelectric properties Thermal decomposition of graphite film on porous sil-
of zinc oxide film deposited on stainless steel via icon
spray pyrolysis 1E-02 J Lopez, A De Los Reyes, MC Angub, R Gapusan, A Cafe, A Salvador, E
AS Bendal, A Tuico, A Cafe, L Ballesteros, J Lopez, E Estacio, A Salvador
and A Somintac
Four different precursor solutions of 50 mL, 75 mL, 100 mL and 125
mL were used to deposit ZnO films on stainless steel at a substrate
temperature of 300◦ C. The deposited ZnO film was confirmed using
Raman spectroscopy and the thickness of the film was measured us-
ing reflectance spectroscopy. Piezoelectric material based on ZnO films
were excited using an AC voltage on its longitudinal mode (d31 ). It was
found out that ZnO film with the thickness of 897.89 nm obtained the
highest RMS voltage output of 0.520 V and 0.8 V with resonant frequen-
cies of 3.8 MHz and 6.41 MHz. Similar piezoelectric behavior observed
for longitudinal mode (d31 ) compare to transversal mode (d33 ).
Influence of copper on the growth and structural
properties of zinc oxide nanostructures 1E-03 Photoluminescence properties of PVP-coated zinc ox-
HT Salazar Jr and R Sarmago ide microrods
Cu-doped zinc oxide nanostructures are prepared by hydrothermal
method. Scanning electron microscopy reveals that the ZnO comprises
of rod-like structures while Cu-doped ZnO nanostructures have bunch-
like nanorod assembly. Cu restrains the growth of rod-like structures
due to the formation of other Cu complexes during the growth. X-ray
diffraction patterns show that samples exhibit hexagonal wurtzite struc-
tures even at high Cu content. However, lattice parameter is seen to in-
crease at high Cu content. Preferential growth orientation is found to
change upon moderate doping. This shows a successful incorporation of
Cu atoms in the lattice. The increase in lattice volume, change of pref-
erential growth orientation and the shift of (002) plane peak suggest
that Cu is incorporated into the ZnO host lattice.
Power-dependent time-resolved photoluminescence
spectroscopy of GaAs/AlGaAs asymmetric coupled
and uncoupled double quantum wells 1E-04
DA Lumantas, NI Cabello, JD Vasquez, ES Estacio, AA Salvador and AS
Somintac
We report experimental evidence of non-resonant phonon-assisted tun-
neling at room temperature in GaAs/AlGaAs asymmetric coupled dou-
ble quantum well (ACDQW) using power-dependent time-resolved pho-
toluminescence (TRPL) spectroscopy. Molecular beam epitaxy was used
to grow both ACDQW and the reference sample, an uncoupled quantum
well. A biexponential decay of the TRPL spectra of the ACDQW sample
was observed characterized by an initial fast decay followed by a slow
decay. The initial fast decay was attributed to the tunneling of electrons
from the narrow well to the wide well. This was further substantiated
by an increase in the decay time of the TRPL spectra of the wide well of
the ACDQW with increasing pump power.
1E-06
Estacio and A Somintac
We report on the electrochemical deposition of carbon-coated porous
silicon composite films. PSi samples were fabricated via laterally-
configured anodization cell set-up varying the applied current density.
Carbon layer was coated through thermolysis of a polyfurfuryl alco-
hol (PFA) precursor on PSi surface. SEM micrographs show that the
PSi film fabricated from a higher current density contained a thicker
carbon layer. Raman spectra show peaks centered at 1360cm−1 and
1600cm−1 which corresponds to the D and G bands of carbon. Re-
flectance spectroscopy was done to examine the optical changes of PSi
and carbon-coated PSi composite films. The interference fringes visi-
ble at the spectra of PSi films were reduced after coating that may be
attributed from the high absorption of the deposited carbon layer.
1E-07
VC Agulto, MJF Empizo, K Kawano, Y Minami, N Sarukura and RV Sar-
mago
The effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) coating on the optical emis-
sion of ZnO was investigated. ZnO microrods were synthesized using
the hydrothermal method and were coated with different amounts of
PVP. The photoluminescence spectra of the ZnO microrods exhibit ul-
traviolet and visible emissions. The visible emission consists of yellow
and red emission bands which are ascribed to oxygen and zinc intersti-
tials, respectively. With increasing PVP concentration, the yellow emis-
sion of ZnO shifts to shorter wavelengths, i.e. in the green region. The
green emission is attributed to oxygen vacancies. The defect emission
decreases in intensity with increasing PVP concentration. The adsorp-
tion of PVP on the ZnO surface passivates the crystal defects and the
governing interactions are discussed in this paper.

Reflectance spectroscopy characterization of turmeric

dye-based sensor for ammonia gas monitoring 1E-05
CJ Vergara, LI Ballesteros, A Cafe, A Salvador, E Estacio and A Somintac

Fish spoilage can cause a lot of problems to the consumers of seafood

products. These consumers could include the retailers, restaurants, and
families. It is thus important to monitor the quality of fish during its
shelf life due to the consequences of the sale, and consumption of
seafood products that have prematurely expired. Turmeric dye-based
sensors were fabricated by extracting dye from turmeric powder and
adsorbing it on titanium dioxide to be used as the sensing element. In
this study, the turmeric dye-based sensors were evaluated using FTIR,
and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The results show that using 2g of turmeric
powder yields the more sensitive sensor. Exposure to tilapia fillet for 4,
8, and 12 hours showed the capability of the sensor to distinguish fish
that have been spoiling for different durations.

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Independence of minimum uncertainty states on gen- How the knowledge of the particle’s path dictates
eralized Wigner functions 1F-01 the dynamics of the quantum time-of-arrival operator
HB Domingo
With the correspondence between operator ordering rules and probabil-
ity distribution functions, moments can be calculated in many ways. We
show here the independence of minimum uncertainty relations on the
choice of Hermitian ordering rule. Generalized Wigner functions were
expressed in terms of ordering real-valued function Θ(x) for x ∈ R sat-
isfying Θ(0) = 1. Uncertainties of position and momentum are obtained
for a Gaussian state. Results confirm that the minimum uncertainty re-
lation holds even when the Hermitian ordering rule is modified.
Born-Jordan quantization of classical time of arrival
1F-02
JJP Magadan and EA Galapon
Born-Jordan quantization is used to obtain the time of arrival operator
for the generalized potential. Specifically, the time kernel for the har-
monic oscillator potential is calculated and the corresponding eigen-
function and eigenvalues are obtained. One of the eigenfunctions is
made to evolve through time using the Schroedinger’s equation. The
time evolution of the wave function leads to its collapse on the arrival
point at the time of arrival. This implies that Born - Jordan quantization
gives a legitimate time of arrival operator for harmonic potential.
Reduced superoperator method of solving the von
Neumann equation 1F-03
JLN Perlas and EA Galapon
The von Neumann equation, in superoperator representation, was
solved for the qubit system. This required obtaining the eigenvalues
and eigenoperators of the derivation superoperator. The basis operator
method was proposed to compute for the eigenvalues. A new set of ba-
sis operators for the super-Hilbert space of the system was derived from
the eigenoperators that correspond to zero eigenvalues (the solution of
the homogeneous von Neumann equation) and the operators orthogo-
nal to these. The clear advantage to this method, as opposed to directly
evaluating the commutator, is the reduction of the degree of the char-
acteristic polynomial related to the superoperator.
Finite-part integration of the Stieltjes transform of a
class of hypergeometric functions 1F-04
CD Tica and E Galapon
Finite-part integration is a method of evaluating convergent integrals
using the finite parts of divergents recently introduced in Proc. Roy. Soc.
A 473, 20160567 (2017). Here we demonstrate finite part integration
by evaluating explicitly the Stieltjes transform of a class of hypergeo-
metric function.
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1F-05
DL Sombillo and EA Galapon
The two-slit experiment can produce two distinct patterns on the screen
based on our knowledge of the particle’s path. A bright spot on the
screen corresponds to a point where the particle appeared. In the the-
ory of quantum time-of-arrival the appearance of particle is due to the
time-or-arrival measurement. In this work, we demonstrate how the
two distinct pattern on the screen be interpreted using the theory of
quantum time-of-arrival. It turns out that our knowledge of the parti-
cle’s path determine the set of time-of-arrival operator’s eigenfunctions
with distinct dynamics.
Making sense of perturbative solutions whose terms
are divergent integrals without renormalization 1F-06
EA Galapon and RLYC Fallorina
We consider perturbative solutions of integral equations whose terms
are divergent integrals. We attempt to give meaning to such solutions
by assigning specific values to the divergent integrals in the expansion.
We find that such seemingly arbitrary assignment of values in fact leads
to legitimate solutions to the integral equation. Also, the assigned val-
ues are demonstrated to be connected to the boundary or initial condi-
tions imposed on the inhomogeneous differential equation underlying
the integral equation.
Covariance property of the confined time of arrival
operators 1F-07
PCM Flores and EA Galapon
An expression for the transition amplitude of the energy translation gen-
erated by the confined time of arrival (CTOA) operators on the Hamilto-
nian eigenfunctions was obtained using resolvent functional calculus. It
is then showed numerically that the CTOA operators are not generators
of energy translation.
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Estimating camera rotation from vanishing points in Classifier selection and cover area estimation of hard
underwater video 1G-01 bottom in underwater belt transect thumbnails 1G-05
MRL Algodon and MN Soriano
The knowledge of camera pose aids in extracting information from im-
ages such as the subject’s size and position. In this research, we devel-
oped an algorithm that estimates the camera rotation angles relative
to a static scene without the use of geometric features or any calibra-
tion object. For a camera with translation relative to a static scene, the
features’ motion generates vanishing points in the image that can be
used for rotation estimation using perspective transformation. Numeri-
cal simulation and experimental validation was performed to verify the
accuracy of the proposed technique and test the algorithm’s robustness
to noise.
Paraxial optics cloak using four converging lenses
with arbitrary focal lengths 1G-02
ML Revilla, JCM Lorenzo, JP Narag and N Hermosa
In this paper, we show that cloaking region can be achieved with four
converging lenses of any focal length by solving the ray transfer matrix
of a four lens optical system. It has been shown before that cloaking can
be achieved using four converging lenses (so-called Rochester cloaks).
However, those cloaks require having 2 sets of 2 lenses with equal focal
lengths, which we did not impose. We also discuss in this paper how
the separation lengths between the lenses are affected by their focal
lengths. In addition, we show how our formulas hold under Rochester
cloak conditions.
Color correction of underwater images using color
histograms of reference images 1G-03
KGA Jubilo and MN Soriano
Underwater images tend to look greenish or bluish because of the wa-
ter column effect and the camera auto white balance setting. This gives
inaccurate visualization of the underwater scene. Marine ecologists use
color to assess the health of corals so there is a need to correct the col-
ors of these underwater images. A new method of color correction is
introduced that uses a reference image as basis for the ideal colors then
performs histogram backprojection as the color correction step. Results
show an improvement in the accuracy of the color through the 1976
CIE L∗ a∗ b∗ color difference test.
Spatially-dependent phase shift correction in partial
Fourier magnetic resonance images using a hybrid it-
erative Fourier correction-Gegenbauer reconstruction
method 1G-04
VPV Munar, PJG Baldovino, HB Domingo and RS Vitancol
The existence of spatially-dependent phase shifts reduce the compat-
ibility of using partial Fourier imaging in magnetic resonance images
(MRI). In this study, a new hybrid method for phase-correction is stud-
ied. The new algorithm involves compounding both the iterative Fourier
correction (IFC) and the Gegenbauer reconstruction (GR) methods,
producing a hybrid IFC-GR method. The performance of the IFC-GR
method is compared to both the IFC and the basic Fourier correction
(BFC) method, an non-iterated version of IFC. Results show that im-
ages applied with IFC-GR are more similar structurally to images with
no phase shift as opposed to either IFC or BFC images. The results of
the study suggest the potential and possible use of the hybrid IFC-GR
method for various resource-dependent applications of partial Fourier
MRI, and for image phase-retrieval.
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MLB Medrana and MN Soriano
Classifier implementations of k-nearest neighbor (KNN), support vec-
tor machines (SVM), logistic regression (LR), and a feedforward neural
network (NN) are assessed in terms of their performance in the classifi-
cation between hard and soft bottom cover from thumbnails of under-
water image mosaics. Input features were chosen from a set of 7 texture
descriptors and appropriate parameters were tuned to maximize per-
formance. The maximum accuracy values are 89% for both SVM and
LR classifiers in Calatagan AM, and 88.4 ± 4.5% for NN in Calatagan
PM. The performance of the KNN classifier is low for both datasets at
88.3 ± 2.5% and 86.3 ± 1.7% for Calatagan AM and PM respectively,
and with low recall values. Errors across all classifiers are within range
of each other. An application to the estimation of hard bottom cover and
mapping is discussed.
Three-wave resonance in water surface waves 1G-06
AP Abella and M Soriano
Three-wave resonance is one of the most fundamental energy-transfer
mechanisms that can occur among weakly nonlinear surface waves.
Here we show experimentally that if two source waves are propagat-
ing at an angle with respect to each other, the conditions for three-wave
resonances are satisfied and a third resultant wave is produced. We 3D
reconstruct surface waves using the Free-Surface Synthetic Schlieren
(FS-SS) method, which removes the need for the addition of a light-
diffusing agent, thereby retaining the surface tension and density prop-
erties of water. For three triads, we compute the average temporal
power spectral density (PSD) using the Welch method on the surface
heights. We then compare the results of taking the average spatial PSD
of the wave heights to the ones graphically obtained by plotting the
gravity-capillary water wave dispersion relation for each triad compo-
nent in ω − k space.
Fast reconstruction algorithm for slowly-varying
waves using SBMIR with transit plane 1G-07
EL Engay and PF Almoro
Single-beam multiple-intensity reconstruction (SBMIR) is a phase re-
trieval method that relies on the variation of multiple object inten-
sity measurements as constraints in an iterative algorithm. Smooth test
wavefronts do not scatter light significantly to exhibit sufficient intensity
variation, resulting in the slow convergence or stagnation of the SBMIR
algorithm. In this paper, the introduction of a transit plane in the itera-
tions is shown through simulations and experiments to enhance phase
retrieval in terms of the algorithm’s convergence rate.
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Density functional theory study on the adsorption of Adsorption of CO on CuPd surfaces: A DFT study using
CO on W (110)A 2B-01 vdW-DF2 functional
JF Fontanilla, J Albia and AAB Padama
CO adsorption on W (110) surface was investigated using density func-
tional theory (DFT) calculations. Three surface coverages were consid-
ered, 0.25 ML, 0.75 ML, and 1.0 ML, respectively. At all coverages, CO
adsorption was found to be most stable on the pseudo-threefold site
with a tilted orientation pointing to the hollow site. In the increasing
order of coverage, the average (differential) adsorption energy value
was determined to be -1.63 eV, -1.17 eV (-0.92 eV) and -1.16 eV (-0.91
eV). Furthermore, evidence of CO dissociation was found at lower cov-
erage, 0.25 ML.
Characterization of 252-Cf neutron energy spectrum
leaking in the neutron source storage drum using
MCNP5 2B-02 Molecular dynamics calculation of the reduced glass
CAM Dingle, F Hila, NR Guillermo, JF Jecong and P Saligan† transition temperature for a copper-silver metallic
The neutron energy spectrum of 252 Cf leaking out of the fabricated
glass
neutron source storage drum at the Philippine Nuclear Research Insti-
tute was simulated using MCNP5 particle transport code. The spectrum
show highest contribution from 1 MeV neutrons and an increase in the
thermal to slow neutrons. A boron trifluoride proportional detector with
varying plexiglass (neutron moderator) thickness was utilized to pro-
vide benchmark data for the neutron counts leaking out of the drum.
Molecular dynamics calculation of the elastic con-
stants of quenched FeNi and FeCr alloys 2B-03
JFD Viloria and FNC Paraan
Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to obtain the elastic
constants of quenched FeNi and FeCr alloys at different atomic compo-
sitions. The simulation was conducted using an embedded atom model
(EAM) potential and the alloys were subjected to a rapid cooling from
1273 K to 298 K. Deformation process was performed along different
crystallographic directions at a constant strain rate. The calculated elas-
tic constants of quenched FeNi and FeCr alloys are in good agreement
to experimental data with 1-12% difference in values. Accuracy of the
results were associated with the structural phase and transferability of
the EAM potential at higher temperatures.
Influence of Pd on the adsorption of CO, COH, and
HCO on Cu(111) surface 2B-04
APS Cristobal and AAB Padama
We performed density functional theory (DFT) based calculations to in-
vestigate the adsorption of CO, COH, and HCO on Cu(111) and single
Pd atom alloyed Cu(111). Results showed that addition of Pd atom in
Cu(111) surface increases the adsorption energy of the adsorbates. The
preference of the adsorbates to interact with Pd facilitates the increase
in adsorption energy. The d-states of surface Pd in the single Pd atom
doped Cu(111) is closer to the Fermi energy relative to the d-states of
surface Cu in pure Cu(111) which explains the preference of adsorbates
to interact with Pd. In addition, charge density distributions indicates
the enhanced charge transfer between the surface and adsorbates in the
presence of Pd.
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2B-05
RA Villaos, JR Albia and AA Padama
Density functional theory (DFT)-based calculations were performed to
model and investigate the interaction of carbon monoxide (CO) on var-
ious configurations of copper-palladium (CuPd) surfaces. We employed
two versions of calculations: with and without vdW-DF2 functional. Re-
sults show that calculation using vdW-DF2 functional is more accurate
in describing the geometry and energetics of the surfaces, i.e., CO ad-
sorption sites as well as the corresponding adsorption energies are con-
sistent with experimental observations. In addition, results show that
the presence of Pd atoms in the surface affects the resulting adsorption
sites (ensemble effect) and the magnitude of adsorption energy on top
of Pd sites decreases as the Cu concentration increases (ligand effect).
2B-06
ZHE Fernandez and FNC Paraan
A molecular dynamics simulation with an embedded atom method
(EAM) potential was performed to simulate metallic glass formation in
a 32000-atom cubic supercell of a Cu64 Ag36 alloy. The obtained cool-
ing curve and pair distribution function possess features that support
the formation of a metallic glass. The reduced glass transition tempera-
ture Trg was calculated to be 0.53, which passes the Turnbull criterion
for good metallic glass formers.
Effect of O vacancy on the adsorption of CO2 on
Cu2 O(111)The 2B-07
KC Estolloso and AA Padama
Using density functional theory based calculations, the interaction of
CO2 and Cu2 O (111) surface is analyzed by determining the most sta-
ble adsorption configuration of CO2 on the surfaces. An oxygen vacancy
in the lower layer is introduced to investigate the effect of a defect
toward CO2 adsorption. This vacancy caused the coordinately unsatu-
rated Cu (CuCU S ) atom to sink and interact with the Cu atoms below it
as depicted by the charge difference distribution. This movement caused
the adsorption of CO2 to weaken as there are fewer charges available
around the CuCU S atom in the O-vacant Cu2 O (111).
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Terahertz detection via weak measurement: A pro- Rotating petal modes using a digital micromirror de-
posal 2C-02 vice
N Hermosa, R delos Santos and E Estacio
A terahertz detection scheme is proposed based on weak measurement.
In this scheme, the spectral shift δλ of a broadband beam such as a
femtosecond laser is measured after passing through an electro-optic
crystal undergoing Pockels effect due to an incident pulse THz field.
The shift and the sensitivity to the amplitude of the incident terahertz
beam are controlled by the angle of the post selection β/2 and the spec-
trum width ∆λ. The sensitivity of the scheme to changes in the phase
modulation ∆Φ is also derived. Lastly, we comment on the practicality
of this new scheme.
2C-06
KIT Remulla, NAF Zambale, JPC Narag and N Hermosa
We have created fast rotating petal modes with the aid of a digital mi-
cromirror device (DMD). We believe that the rotation speeds can go
up to 2000/` Hz with the type of DMD that we are using. We have
shown that the speed of the beam’s rotation is inversely proportional to
topological charge, and that the DMD is capable of reconstructing these
beams to a high degree of accuracy with good visibility between petals.
For the purposes of trapping, higher-order modes are shown to be eas-
ier to control than lower-order modes because the beam’s rotation was
far more accurate and predictable.

Goos-Hänchen effect on thin films with spherical and Photocarrier dynamics in MBE-grown GaAs-
cylindrical pores 2C-03 Alx Ga1−x As quantum well investigated via
CMM Olaya, WO Garcia and N Hermosa temperature-dependent photoluminescence and tera-
We examine the effect of spherical and cylindrical pores to the Goos- hertz time-domain spectroscopy 2C-07
Hänchen shift due to porous film structures. Dependence of the shift AE De los Reyes, JPC Afalla, LP Lopez Jr, JDE Vasquez, MAB Faustino,
in terms of the porosity and pore structure are shown. Measurement of HR Bardolaza, RV Sarmago, M Tani, AS Somintac, AA Salvador and ES
this shift could be used to distinguish between spherical and cylindrical Estacio
pores on a thin film structure. We report on the temperature effects on the dynamics and re-
combination characteristics of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)-grown
Pearcey beams with topological charges 2C-04
GaAs/Alx Ga1−x As quantum well using photoluminescence and tera-
RTC Maestre, AC Baclig,† RJ Fernandez and N Hermosa hertz time-domain spectroscopy. The photoluminescence spectra un-
A Pearcey beam is a new mode of laser that displays a cusp-caustic dergo a redshift as temperature increases, as described by the Varshni
diffraction realized through a parabolic slit. It possesses abilities such equation. Furthermore, the terahertz emission was found to increase
as self-healing and auto-focusing. In this study, we numerically show as temperature increases. This result is attributed to the increase in
the effects of applying a topological charge on a Pearcey beam. We the number of phonon acting as scattering sites in the crystal lattice at
characterized the produced beams through its intensity profile. We have higher temperatures, thus effectively decreasing carrier recombination
also investigated the superposition of two Pearcey beams with inverse lifetime.
charges and measured the width of its low intensity center using full
width at half maximum (FWHM). Results show negative linear correla-
tion between the FWHM and slit width, and a positive linear correlation
between the relative intensity at the axis of propagation and slit width.

Investigation of modulated speckle using double-

aperture pupil 2C-05
JLDC Filipinas and PF Almoro
Speckle phenomenon is ubiquitous in any coherent imaging systems
and quantitative interpretations are often anchored on the knowledge
of statistical speckle properties. Modulation of speckle results from co-
herent superposition of fields coming off or through multi-aperture
pupils. This work investigates the effects of spacing between two circu-
lar pupils on speckle modulation using spectral analysis and 3D visual-
izations. Numerical simulations involve a random field passing through
a double-aperture pupil. Speckle power spectral densities are then cal-
culated and analyzed. Axial propagation of modulated speckle is also
investigated. Results show that as the spacing of the aperture pupils de-
creases, fringe modulated speckle decrease in spatial frequency. Along
the direction of beam propagation, the mean modulated speckle size
slowly varies. Highly-sensitive, noise-robust and controllable, speckle
modulation can be used in developing strategies for optical metrology.

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Spatio-temporal analysis of the February 2017 Suri- culated electron temperatures are then used to calculate the electron
gao earthquake and nearby events 2D-01 densities through the Stark broadening technique and the plasma con-
LDB Banasig and RC Batac
We study the space and time properties of fresh earthquake records
obtained within a 125-km radius from the epicentre of the magnitude
6.5 earthquake that hit the coast of Surigao del Norte in the southern
Philippines on 10 February 2017. The spatio-temporal properties of the
Surigao 2017 record is compared with those obtained from long-period
Philippine catalogs and the immediate aftershocks of the 7.1-magnitude
Bohol 2013 earthquake. Temporal and spatial intervent statistics of the
Surigao earthquake for the whole month of February 2017 exhibit dis-
parities from historical seismic records taken from two Philippine cat-
alogs differing in completeness levels and time periods, while mani-
festing prominent similarities to the Bohol 2013 aftershock sequence.
The statistics of the Surigao and Bohol earthquake records reveal sig-
nificant spatio-temporal correlations. Our results complement previous
works on historical and fresh earthquake records of the Philippines, and
may contribute towards increasing our understanding of the underlying
mechanisms of earthquake generation in this geographical region.
Effects of post-deposition annealing on the surface Defining alert thresholds using the acceleration-
morphology of femtosecond pulsed laser deposited velocity time series of surficial and subsurface ground
ZnS on silicon and glass substrates 2D-02 movement of deep-seated landslides
JJ Miranda, J de Mesa and W Garcia
Zinc sulfide (ZnS) was deposited on silicon (100) and glass substrates
for 4 hours at vacuum pressures of 10−3 and 10−5 mbar via fem-
tosecond pulsed laser deposition (fs-PLD). The deposited samples were
then annealed at 300◦ C and 500◦ C inside a tube furnace. Scanning
electron microscopy (SEM) was used to characterize the samples and
determine their surface morphologies. The SEM images show that for
ZnS deposited on silicon (100) and glass substrates at around 10−5
mbar, post-deposition annealing smoothens the deposited sample. Fur-
thermore, for ZnS deposited on silicon (100) substrates, the grains be-
came more uniform and increased in size (from 1.26 µm to 2.53 µm)
with annealing temperature. On the other hand, for ZnS deposited on
glass, the average grain size decreased from 2.18 µm to 0.70 µm as
the annealing temperature was increased. The SEM images for sam-
ples deposited at around 10−3 mbar and annealed at 300◦ C showed a
smoother surface for ZnS on silicon (100) substrate compared to ZnS
deposited on glass with average grain sizes of 1.67 µm and 2.46 µm,
respectively.
Terahertz transmission of soil samples excavated
from Pinagbayanan, San Juan, Batangas 2D-03 JFM Jecong, CAM Dingle, F Hila, R Olivares and NR Guillermo
MA Faustino, L Lopez Jr, NI Cabello, A De Los Reyes, A Cafe, C Tugado,
V Hernandez, G Barretto-Tesoro and E Estacio
The feasibility of using terahertz time domain spectroscopy as a non-
destructive characterization technique for soil samples was presented.
The soil samples were excavated from Pinagbayanan, San Juan, Batan-
gas by a team from the Archaeological Studies Program of the University
of the Philippines. Sampling was based on the excavation of a 2-meter
depth trench, where different compositions per depth was observed ac-
cording to the archaeological data. Sample preparation included grind-
ing, weighing, and pelletizing of the soils/sediments. Differences in the
THz transmission of the soil pellets were inferred to be due to the dif-
ferences in the trace metal content of the samples, as correlated with
the archaeological soil/sedimentation profile.
Electron temperature and density measurements on
helium DC glow discharge by optical emission spec-
troscopy 2D-04
JLB Sagisi, M Celebrado, RB Emperado and W Garcia
The electron temperature (Te ) and electron density (ne ) of a helium
glow discharge was determined at different pressures. For Te calcula-
tion, two different techniques were used that is specific for two different
plasma models: line intensity ratio for steady state corona model and
Boltzmann plot diagnostic for local thermal equilibrium model. The cal-
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ditions over which both models apply were verified through the limit
set by each model.
Implantation of silver particles in porous ceramic via
atmospheric pressure plasma jet system for the an-
timicrobial treatment of rainwater 2D-05
AJ Deang, G Malapit and I Culaba
Argon plasma was generated using an atmospheric pressure plasma
jet system to sputter silver ions for mullite coating. Optical emission
spectroscopy (OES) was used to determine the dominant species in the
plasma together with the calculation of electron temperature at 1.6873
eV, verifying the generation of cold plasma. X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
result reveals the presence of silver particles in the treated ceramic sam-
ple. Using this sample, rainwater was filtered for bacterial testing con-
firming initial probable antibacterial activity. The heterotrophic plate
count (HPC) of the rainwater filtered with the treated ceramic was less-
ened up to 51% compared to the control sample.
2D-06
LU Lorenzo II, RM Saturay Jr and RU Solidum Jr
Landslide forecasting is difficult due to the variability of geomechanical
properties of slopes across different sites, and the effect of external fac-
tors such as rainfall and earthquake. Active landslides tend to undergo
cycles of acceleration and deceleration, which if interpreted incorrectly,
may lead to high false alarm rates. We outline a new method of defining
alert thresholds using historical critical velocity and acceleration val-
ues of surficial and subsurface ground movement of deep seated land-
slides. Data from the Dynaslope Project of PHIVOLCS is used to test
this method. We used a Gaussian weighted average spline interpolation
to construct the velocity-acceleration time series from surficial and sub-
surface displacement data, and computed thresholds from the statistical
interval of critical values. We find that in contrast to traditional fixed-
velocity thresholds, no alerts are generated during the deceleration of
slope movement. The threshold line can also be calibrated using local
and site-specific values to better represent the movement behavior of a
particular landslide.
Absorbed alpha dose of allanite from Ombo, Palawan
2D-07
Mineral allanite from Ombo, Palawan contains appreciable amount of
uranium and thorium, which are radioactive and may have significantly
damaged their crystal structure. The amount of alpha dose absorbed by
the mineral suggests to a certain extent, the level of damage within the
crystal structure. This paper attempted to estimate the value of accu-
mulated alpha dose absorbed by the mineral from individual measure-
ments of uranium, thorium and lead using Gamma and Atomic Absorp-
tion Spectroscopy. Likewise, and using the obtained U-Th-Pb ratio, it
was possible to correlate the geologic age of the samples. Experimental
results revealed that the sample contains 0.015 ± 0.0008 %wt. ura-
nium, 1.247 ± 0.027 %wt. thorium, and 0.00661 ± 0.000147 %wt.
lead. The geological age and the accumulated alpha dose has been esti-
mated to be around 115.5 ± 4.5 million years and 1.13 - 1.27 x 1015 ?
decay/mg respectively. In comparison with allanites from other sites, it
seemed our sample was younger, have not accumulated significant ra-
diation damage and more crystalline. Our results will prove to be useful
in studies involving immobilizing nuclear waste forms, particularly the
effects in the crystal structure of materials with relatively smaller radi-
ation damage.
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Slowdown-induced phase transitions in vehicular Quantitative analysis of fluid flow around the Tow-
traffic 3B-01 pedo via computational fluid dynamics
DN Dailisan and MT Lim
The occurrence of slowdowns plays a significant role in the flow of traf-
fic. Vehicles that frequently slow down, drop off, and pick up passengers
anywhere, often impede the flow of traffic. Using a modified Nagel-
Schrekenberg cellular automata model, we analyzed the interplay of
road density, random slowdowns, and vehicle speed. We found that in-
creasing random slowdowns beyond a critical value (pλ ≈ [0.2, 0.3,
0.4] for ρ = [0.20, 0.15, 0.10] respectively) can force a transition from
a free flowing traffic into a state where interactions between vehicles
reduces the average speed on the road.
Population density and lifetime of a self-avoiding and
annihilating random walker across a square lattice
3B-02
JJJR Malimata, RC Caballar and B Butanas Jr
Much work has been done and is being done in modelling various
macroecological patterns which persist in different ecological systems.
This century, there has been an increase in the use of variations of ran-
dom walks to design and compare ecological models. In this study,
an uncorrelated and isotropic random walk is restricted to be non-
intersecting or self-avoiding annihilating. The self-avoidance of the walk
was designed to represent resource usage while the annihilation to rep-
resent the death process. Each new step of the walker, on the other
hand, represents a birthing process. The walk was simulated across a
4 x 4 or 16-node lattice. It was found that prior to extinction time, a
steady state in population is achieved and that there is increased fre-
quency of occupation along the lattice edges with the corner sites being
most occupied. These observations were correlated–explaining that the
stagnation of population growth was a result of walker trapping at the
corners which increased occupancy in those sites. Comparison of the
model to natural ecological systems and the expanding of the model to
various species and lattice sizes are recommended to further the study.
The radio-biological bystander effect as a non-linear with different genetic diversities. A change in the environment, in the
diffusive phenomenon 3B-03
form of an epidemic, is simulated by a lowering of the mutation thresh-
ERDC Santos and C Villagonzalo
The radiation-induced bystander effect (RIBE) is a phenomenon in
which cells undergo genetic damage without having been directly irra-
diated by an external radiation source. In current literature, it is often
modeled via Monte Carlo simulations with the standard Brownian mo-
tion as the underlying mode of diffusion. In this study, we replace the
standard Brownian motion with the fractional Brownian motion (fBm)
and compare it with previous experimental data. We note that the en-
semble probability of irradiation is slightly higher in the subdiffusive
regime as compared to the standard Brownian motion, which tends
to underestimate it. Furthermore, the uniformity of irradiation is pre-
served in the subdiffusive regime. For these reasons, we conclude that
the radio-biological bystander effect is more appropriately examined in
the subdiffusive regime (H < 1/2).
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3B-04
MR Medrano, AM Tan, A Hilomen, M Soriano and FNC Paraan
The Towpedo is a torpedo-shaped device used to conduct rapid and
wide-range photographic surveys of shallow coral reefs. The objectives
of this study were to determine the forces acting on a Towpedo moving
in seawater and determine its drag coefficient via computational fluid
dynamics. A computer generated model of the Towpedo was subjected
to fluid tunnel simulations using computational fluid dynamic software.
The results revealed regions of highest pressure at the nose of the Tow-
pedo, while forces acting perpendicular to the direction of motion were
relatively small compared to the drag force acting along the direction
of flow. Resulting drag force was also found to exhibit a quadratic re-
lationship with velocity, which is consistent with empirical models of
drag. From these results, the drag coefficient of the Towpedo was de-
termined.
Ab initio study on the binding of carbon dioxide to
cobalt salen complex 3B-05
M Chiong III and FNC Paraan
Metal-organic complexes, such as metal-Schiff bases, can function as
catalysts for electrochemical reduction. In this work we present first
principles electronic structure calculations for the adduct formation in-
volving carbon dioxide (CO2 ) and cobalt salen [Co(salen)] complex.
Binding energy calculations show that carbon dioxide forms a stable
adduct with [Co(salen)]− complex. The bonding between carbon diox-
ide and the cobalt metal center involves back-bonding mainly between
the metal dz2 orbital and the π ∗ orbital of CO2 . An accompanying par-
tial charge transfer from Co to CO2 was observed. This study can be
used as a preliminary result to further study the structure and stability
of other cobalt-carbon complexes.
Resilience in a semelparous Penna model 3B-06
AS Manceras II and RS Banzon
We consider the effect of a harsher environment on Penna populations
old. Our results suggest that populations with greater genetic diversity
have a greater probability of survival during an epidemic.
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Closed-form expressions for the steady-state wealth Derivation of the quantum propagator of a three body
distribution in a kinetic model of gambling 3C-01 system modelled as tri-coupled harmonic oscillators
JBDM Garcia and JP Esguerra using white noise path integration
We have successfully formulated a gamma-like closed-form expression
for the steady-state wealth distribution in a kinetic model of gambling
from a finite number of its moments as generated from a recursion re-
lation derived from an arbitrary exchange distribution which is normal-
ized in the interval (0,1). The obtained steady-state wealth distribution
functions are qualitatively similar with those existing in literature. We
have shown the utility of our proposed model by the ability to easily
calibrate the parameters in the model to accurately represent wealth
distributions existing in real economies.
Bounded orbits of charged particles under the influ-
ence of electrostatic field due to an infinite line of
charge 3C-02
JR Bacong and JP Esguerra
We characterized the dynamics of a point charge under the influence
of an electrostatic field due to an infinite line of charge. By simply in-
voking the law of energy conservation, we were able to show that the
radial orbits of the charged particles were completely bounded between
the turning points smin and smax . We then applied our solution to obtain-
ing the condition for circular orbits. We also analyzed the stability and
perturbation along these radial orbits. In general, we described the ef-
fect of initial radial velocity and the angular momentum to the radial
trajectory of the charged particle.
Mass absorption rate of a Schwarzschild-de Sitter
black hole 3C-03
JAN Villanueva and MFI Vega II
We consider a point mass moving in a Schwarzschild-de Sitter space-
time, which is a model for a non-rotating black hole immersed in a
universe with a positive cosmological constant. The perturbations in-
duced by the orbiting spacetime give rise to an energy flux down the
event horizon of the black hole, thereby changing its mass. We compute
this mass absorption rate for the case of circular orbital motion of the
particle, paying particular attention to its dependence on the orbital fre-
quency of the particle and the cosmological constant. We find that that
increasing the value of the cosmological constant as compared to a zero
cosmological constant decreases the energy flux absorbed by the black
hole but increases the energy flux that escapes to infinity.
3C-05
BM Butanas and RCF Caballar
White noise path integration is applied successfully to derive the quan-
tum propagator of a three body particle system consisting of three har-
monic oscillators coupled to each other, or tri-coupled harmonic oscil-
lators. It is shown that the full quantum propagator is a product of
three simple harmonic oscillator propagators. These propagators were
obtained after two successive transformations of the coordinates for the
first two harmonic oscillators, and the coordinates for the coupling be-
tween the third and one of the first two harmonic oscillators in the sys-
tem. Furthermore, when the third coordinate and coupling constants
are set to zero the resulting propagator reduces to that of the propaga-
tor of the coupled harmonic oscillators.
Radiation from a charged particle orbiting a weakly
magnetized Schwarzschild black hole 3C-06
JDG Cantor and MFI Vega II
We examine the electromagnetic radiation from a charged particle in a
circular orbit around a weakly magnetized Schwarzchild black hole. A
charged particle emits radiation as it orbits a Schwarzschild black hole.
The presence of an external uniform magnetic field introduces changes
to the dynamics of the particle. For circular orbits, the magnetic field
permits changes in orbital velocities for the same orbital radius. This
change can affect the particle’s radiation as it goes around the black
hole. We provide the power spectrum of the radiation for different mag-
netic field strengths. We have calculated that a negatively charged par-
ticle with a faster orbit due to a stronger magnetic field has a power
spectrum with a distribution in the higher l and m modes. We observed
the overall distribution shift to the higher l and m modes. The faster
orbit also causes a larger energy loss.

Radiative fluxes for a scalar charge in circular orbits

about a Reissner-Nordström black hole 3C-04
J Castillo and MFI Vega II
We calculate the radiative fluxes towards infinity and down the black
hole due to a scalar charge in circular orbits about a Reissner-Nordström
black hole. The multipole modes of the scalar field was calculated using
the Green’s function method in the frequency domain. From the multi-
pole modes, we calculate the energy fluxes towards infinity and down
the black hole. The black hole’s charge-to-mass ratio is the controlling
parameter of the Reissner-Nordström geometry. We pay particular at-
tention to the dependence of the radiative fluxes on this parameter.

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Stronger community formation in networks with local Prediction of Metro Manila traffic from discrete time
preferential attachment 3D-01 series
G Sison and GA Tapang
We present a new model for networks with community structure and
show that it produces networks with stronger community structures
than the triadic closure model. In particular, the community structures
produced by our model is significantly stronger than those produced by
triadic closure in dense graphs. This shows that it possible to produced
graph with emergent community structure in denser networks if local
preferential attachment is used.
Emergency evacuation in MRT platforms 3D-02
CVG Dajac and JPH Esguerra
A platform for simulating crowd dynamics in Metro Manila’s MRT sta-
tions was developed. It is able to perform simulations on various station
layouts, but the main focus is North Avenue station. The intention is to
assess the safety of the station for varying number of train passengers.
Symbolic co-occurrence networks in bird calls, human
music, and other language forms 3D-03
MCM Jamerlan and GA Tapang
We study and compare music and language co-occurrence networks us-
ing a set of complex network metrics. Finding common network prop-
erties and degree distribution patterns in these symbolic networks may
provide insight to the evolutionary history of these forms. The degree
distributions of letter networks, Chinese character networks, and poetry
networks followed the power law. Thus, the most common components
(letters, characters, or words) in each text have exponentially higher
frequencies than the rest of the components. The comparable average
shortest path lengths of Chinese character, prose, and poetry networks
confirm that Chinese characters behave more like words and phrases
than letters.
3D-05
JPB Zoluaga and G Tapang
We use correlation measurements to predict traffic at intersections of
major roads in Metro Manila monitored by the Metro Manila Devel-
opment Authority (MMDA) on their traffic monitoring site. Qualitative
traffic data are recorded every 5 minutes from the site and are used to
construct discrete time series. The Z measurement based on Pearson’s
r and mutual information score is used to pick out significantly corre-
lated pairs of time series. A prediction method is applied to these pairs,
and the success rate/characteristic curve is obtained for different time
delays and using different lengths of historical traffic data.
Recurrence plot analysis of a Hodgkin-Huxley neuron
dynamics 3D-06
RAS Escosio and JY Bantang
The trajectory of the dynamics of the basic Hodgkin-Huxley neuron
response model is tracked in the (V,dV/dt) phase space for different
constant current input I0 . From the computed trajectory, recurrence
plots are obtained for different I0 -values using δt=0.1 ms and equal-
ity threshold of  = 1 mV. Recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) is
used to determine stability, determinism, laminarity, predictability and
dynamical complexity of the dynamics of the system at different con-
stant current input. RQA shows the change of state on rheobase values
and structure of periodicity of the action potentials using these mea-
sures.

Identifying most central companies in the Philippine

stock market 3D-04
GMG Chua, G Sison and G Tapang
Characterizing the structure within the stock market could prove useful
and profitable. A step in probing this underlying structure is to deter-
mine the most central companies. We found the most central companies
for different time windows by varying the number of company stock
prices observed and lumping together the rest. It was found that the 3-
month, and 1-month time windows give the most consistent results in
terms of the number and composition of central companies. This shows
that relationships and predictions based on stock market price compar-
isons is more significant in these time windows as opposed to shorter or
longer ones.

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Investigation of the crystal structures in Y123 films Surface modification of (100) p-type silicon through
synthesized from a Y358 stoichiometry PA-01 Ar-O2 and Ar-N2 plasma treatment
A Rillera and R Sarmago
We have used a Y358 precursor stoichiometry in sedimentation deposi-
tion. The R-T curves and calculated lattice parameters suggest the for-
mation of Y123 phases in the synthesized films. The R-T curves of films
annealed at 900◦ C and 920◦ C present multiple Y123 transitions, and
the calculated lattice parameters suggest that majority of the phases
present in the films is the high Tc Y123 phase. The film annealed at
940◦ C presents a single phase transition and its crystal structure ap-
proach a tetragonal structure. Lattice strain is observed, as evidenced
by the decrease in c and V despite the decrease in Tc , which indicates
that the grain orientation is influenced by the substrate at this temper-
ature.
In-phase response in the AC magnetic susceptibility of
In-doped Bi-2212 under varying applied AC field PA-02
FIN de Vera, J Amado-Dasallas, J Tacneng, C Arcilla and R Sarmago
We report the in-phase response in the AC magnetic susceptibility mea-
surement of In-doped Bi-2212 under varying applied field. For all the
samples, the intragrain response showed that the samples remain su-
perconducting, independent of the applied field. The intergranular re-
sponses however showed a delay in transition for increasing Indium
content. The weakening of the grain coupling is attributed to the in-
creasing amount of impurities in the due to unsuccessful doping that
act as weak links. For sample x = 1, the grains become decoupled but
nonetheless exhibits superconductivity with Bi-2212 phase.
Enhancement of terahertz emission of semi-insulating
gallium arsenide via zinc oxide thin film surface mod-
ification PA-03
AS Escaro, EJC Solibet, R Veloz, NI Cabello, M Bacaoco, L Lopez Jr, MA
Faustino, A De Los Reyes, A Cafe, E Estacio, A Somintac and A Salvador
This study reports on the Terahertz (THz) emission of semi-insulating
Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) substrate coated with Zinc Oxide (ZnO) thin
film via spray pyrolysis. Using a reflection-mode THZ time domain spec-
troscopy (TDS), it was shown that enhancement in the THZ emission
was observed with ZnO-coated SI-GaAs compared to the bare substrate.
The enhancement is partly attributed to the decreased reflectivity due
to the modification of the surface by addition of a ZnO thin film on
the GaAs substrate which translates to higher photon absorbance of the
material.
Sensitive and selective ammonia sensor based on
porous silicon PA-04
M Cainglet, AJ Escolano, EJC Solibet, JP Ferrolino, A Salvador and A
Somintac
Porous silicon film was used as ammonia (NH3) gas sensor. Porous sili-
con layers were fabricated on arsenic doped crystalline silicon via elec-
trochemical anodization. The sensor can be easily fabricated by using
Indium (In) interdigitated electrodes. Gas sensing measurement indi-
cated that the fabricated sensor shows excellent sensitivity, selectivity
and high response to ammonia gas. The good selectivity of the sensor
to ammonia may be attributed to the weak interaction between the am-
monia molecules and the porous silicon film. The lowest detection limit
of the fabricated sensor to ammonia gas is 5 ppm at room temperature,
showing its potential use for detecting freshness of fish and seafood.
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PA-05
VR Mejarito, AZC Cruz, M Vasquez and AA Salvador
Silicon wafers were surface modified by the treatment of argon-oxygen
(Ar-O2 ) and argon-nitrogen (Ar-N2 ) RF-frequency plasma, and charac-
terized their changes in surface property using contact angle measure-
ment and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The treat-
ment of silicon wafers by Ar-O2 and Ar-N2 resulted in increased hy-
drophilicity for both treatment regimes. Silicon treated Ar-N2 plasma
sample has the greater surface free energy compared to Silicon treated
Ar-O2 plasma and the untreated sample. Subsequent Fourier-transform
infrared spectroscopy results confirmed the presence of characteristic
Si-O and Si-N bonds; however, due to the adsorbence of water, many of
these peaks were not readily apparent. Surface morphological studies
may be performed in order to view further effects of the plasma treat-
ment.
Investigation on the interface electric field of
aluminum-doped zinc oxide/p-type gallium arsenide
(AZO/p-GaAs) heterojunctions for terahertz emission
applications PA-06
EJCD Solibet, AS Escaro, L Lopez Jr, A Faustino, H Rillera, NI Cabello,
A De Los Reyes, E Estacio, A Somintac and A Salvador
Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) films were deposited on p-type GaAs
substrates with different Al% via spray pyrolysis to investigate the de-
pendence of terahertz (THz) emission on the interface electric field of
AZO/p-GaAs heterostructures. Photoreflectance spectroscopy was used
to measure the electric field at the interface of the heterojunctions.
Reflection-geometry THz time-domain spectroscopy showed that the
THz intensity gradually increases with Al doping and peaks at 2% Al,
which coincides with the maximum electric field. Comparison of THz
intensity and electric field confirms that the THz emission in AZO/p-
GaAs is governed by photocarrier drift. In addition, it was shown that
photocarrier drift is a dominant factor in the observed THz intensity
enhancement.
Examining the morphology of electrodeposited MgB2
coatings dispersed in methanol and iodine-stabilized
acetone solution PA-07
XA Galapia and RV Sarmago
An important aspect in the fabrication of ceramic coatings using colloid-
based techniques is the preparation of a stable suspension. In this study,
we attempted stabilizing MgB2 dispersed in different liquid media; ace-
tone and methanol. Our batch settling experiments show that minor
addition of iodine in MgB2 dispersed in acetone is enough to prolong
the settling of the powder. However, iodine addition in methanol did
not show any improvement in prolonging the settling and dispersion
of MgB2 . The morphology of the EPD-fabricated coatings from iodine
stabilized MgB2 /acetone (AI) and MgB2 /methanol (MO) suspensions
are studied by scanning electron microscopy. Surface images show the
presence of large voids and cracks with poor arrangement of particles
on coatings deposited from MO. This is largely attributed to the poor
powder dispersion in methanol. On the other hand, a homogeneous
and dense coating was obtained from deposition using AI owing to the
better stability and dispersion of MgB2 in iodine stabilized acetone. Par-
ticle size analysis reveal that large agglomerates dominate in count on
MO coatings while small individual particles are mostly observed on the
coating produced from AI.
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Investigation of porosity effects in the photolumi- Three-dimensional wavefront engineering PA-12

nescence and terahertz emission of electrochemically JAP Pelayo and PL Hilario
synthesized silicon nanostructures PA-08
We perform three-dimensional wavefront engineering to holographi-
NIF Cabello, P Tingzon, K Cervantes, J Lopez, A Cafe, L Lopez Jr, J Mul-
dera, A Salvador, E Estacio and A Somintac
We report increased visible luminescence and terahertz (THz) emis-
sion of various silicon (Si) nanostructures, namely porous Si (PS) and
Si nanowires (NW). The NW were synthesized by one- and two-step
metal-assisted chemical etching.The PS were fabricated using low and
high etching current, resulting to low and high-porosity PS, respectively.
From photoluminescence spectroscopy, broader and more intense lumi-
nescence were observed from the more porous sample in both PS and
NW sets. The inverse was observed THz emission of the samples, as
probed by THz-time domain spectroscopy. These changes in the inten-
sity of the two types of emitted radiation is attributed to increase in the
surface states in the more porous samples.
Zener diodes for electron beam radiation dosimetry
PA-09
KMN Cornejo, RJ Fernandez and H Domingo
Different types of Zener diodes were irradiated from 45 kGy to 220
kGy using an electron beam accelerator. Their breakdown voltages were
studied by constructing a current-voltage curve of the Zener diodes. A
trial experiment concluded that the densities of the Zener diodes were
to be a problem if the diodes are to be used for dosimetry. Results
showed no effect to the Zener diodes with breakdown voltages from 3.6
V–33.0 V. Another set of Zener diodes were irradiated but with higher
breakdown voltages. The Zener diodes with breakdown voltages start-
ing from 51.0 V and above, have shown more obvious changes in their
breakdown voltage. The breakdown voltage shifted further to the left,
therefore, they decreased as the dose increases. This idea can be used
as a reference when using Zener diodes as dose monitors.
The potential of an unused Pu-Be isotopic neutron
source for detection of gold by neutron activation
analysis PA-10 Phase-shifting profilometer resolution limit estima-
FC Hila, CAM Dingle, JFM Jecong, RU Olivares and NRD Guillermo tion via modulation transfer function analysis PA-15
Neutron activation analysis is a highly sensitive analytical technique
used in determining trace amounts of elements present in a given sam-
ple. However, it usually requires a strong enough neutron source such as
research reactors or neutron generating accelerators. In the absence of
such neutron generating facilities, the utilization of small isotopic neu-
tron sources may be feasible depending on the strength of the source
and the target material for detection. To determine the potential of an
unused 239 Pu-Be isotopic neutron source in the Philippine Nuclear Re-
search Institute for neutron activation analysis, we assessed the source
for detection of gold samples. Gamma rays from gold emitted after neu-
tron irradiation were measured by a gamma scintillation detector. The
detection limit obtained was 22 µg/g. This shows the importance of this
type of source for developing neutron activation analysis in countries
without neutron generating facilities.
Copper thickness dependence of the electron and lat-
tice temperature using a two-temperature model of Ubiquitous in coherent metrology, fringe patterns are processed tradi-
femtosecond pulsed laser ablation PA-11 tionally using tedious manual evaluation and the presence of noise crit-
L Dasallas and W Garcia
The electron and lattice temperature of copper target with different
thickness ablated with femtosecond laser pulse is calculated using a
two-temperature model. Numerical results showed the electron reached
the highest temperature right after the laser pulse hits the surface of
the material while lattice reached the highest temperature after a few
picoseconds. We observed that increasing the thickness of the copper
target results to decrease in the highest temperature obtained by the
electron and the lattice. However, the general spatial and temporal be-
havior of the electron and lattice temperature remains independent of
the copper thickness.
cally reconstruct an arbitrary three dimensional (3D) optical structure.
We divide the 3D structure into N layers of two-dimensional structures.
We then calculate the holograms individually then apply the necessary
phase to translate the reconstruction along the axial direction. Simu-
lations were done to reconstruct a five layer toroid that was acquired
from its corresponding g-code. We find that increasing the number of
layers degrades the accuracy and quality of the reconstructions due to
the effects of noise and plane crosstalk.
Caustic beams using digital micromirror device PA-13
JCM Lorenzo, ML Revilla, JP Narag and N Hermosa
We generated caustic beams using a digital micromirror device (DMD)
experimentally. By uploading annuluses of various eccentricities to the
DMD, we were able to produce caustic beams of different dimensions
readily. These caustic beams were found to have the property of form-
invariance. They also exhibit self-healing when partially obstructed by
an obstacle. Furthermore, qualitative analysis shows that caustic beams
produced from annuluses of greater eccentricity take a longer propaga-
tion distance to self-heal than those produced using annuluses with less
eccentricity.
Diffraction from a tunable elastomeric grating with a
refracting fluid layer PA-14
CT Pada and RA Guerrero
We replicate a diffraction grating by soft lithography. Tunable diffrac-
tion is accomplished by modifying the grating groove density through
the application of mechanical strain on the elastomeric grating replica.
The strain-variable diffraction output is extended by adding a refracting
liquid layer to the grating. Experimental results are accurately described
by the combined effects of diffraction by a deformable grating and re-
fraction by a fluid with a curved surface.
RAP Aguilar and M Soriano
This study aims to find both lateral and depth resolution limit of a
phase-shifting profilometry (PSP) system by investigating the effect of
its modulation transfer function (MTF) as a function of the sinusoidal
fringe frequency on the resolution of its output image. Upon finding
the resolution limit via MTF analysis, the result is verified experimen-
tally through the 3D reconstruction of a test object with known dimen-
sions. This allows deeper insight on how the combination of system
parameters and MTF affect the overall depth and lateral resolution of a
phase-shifting profilometer. This also gives the user a prior knowledge
of which optical component/s should be used for a desired application.
Evaluation of local spatial frequencies on fringe pat-
terns using statistical fringe processing PA-16
MJS Onglao III and P Almoro
ically hampers fringe processing. A statistical fringe processing algo-
rithm has been reported to be sensitive to spatial frequencies and the
technique was utilized in various applications. In this work, the appli-
cation of the statistical algorithm in locating and bounding regions of
phase maps with different spatial frequencies is investigated. Results
show that the algorithm is successful for frequency-dependence along
both one dimension and two dimensions and can also distinguish re-
gions whose frequencies differ by only 1%. Furthermore, the algorithm
is used in the analysis of experimentally obtained phase difference maps
from a loaded refractive sample. The localization of different spatial fre-
quencies has applications in techniques that utilize non-global filters.

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Measuring the scale factor of digital micromirror de- Fourier transform profilometry using circular fringe
vices using Bessel beams PA-17 patterns PA-21
NAF Zambale, JPC Narag and N Hermosa JPC Narag, GJH Doblado and N Hermosa
We determine the scale factor of a digital micromirror device (DMD) We demonstrate fourier transform profilometry using circular fringe
with the use of Bessel beams. The scale factor is the value related to patterns instead of the standard vertical sinusoidal fringes. This has
how much a device stretches an image along a certain axis. In this pa- the advantage of being more impervious to misalingments because of
per, we have uploaded slits of varying scale factor s in the DMD and the symmetry of the fringes. We discuss why it is better to use circu-
obtained the diffraction patterns formed by illuminating it. The struc- lar cosines as fringes than bessel functions which are normally used as
tural shape and the line scan measurements of the captured images the basis for radially symmetric images. We confirm by experiment that
were compared to that of a numerically simulated image. Results show although the fourier spectra of circular cosines are not delta function
that the beam profiles generated with slits of s = 1.87 ± 0.03 have rings we still are able extract the 3D profile of the object using fourier
5% deviation from the numerically simulated Bessel beam profile. This transform profilometry. Lastly, we discuss some approaches to reduce
study is proof-of-principle that structured light can be used as tool for the artifacts of filtering the fourier spectra.
measuring the scale factor of a device.
Digital micromirror device as an amplitude-type dif-
Fourier transform profilometry applied to lithic tools fuser for phase retrieval PA-22
PA-18 TJ Abregana, N Hermosa and P Almoro
GJH Doblado and N Hermosa In single beam multiple intensity reconstruction (SBMIR) phase re-
We apply Fourier transform profilometry (FTP) to get the 3D image of trieval method, increasing the axial diversity between intensity record-
a lithic tool. FTP is a fast fringe projection profilometry (FPP) that re- ings allows an enhanced reconstruction of smooth object wavefronts. In
quires 1 or 2 images to recontruct a 3D profile of the sample. Based on this study, we demonstrate that a digital micromirror device can be used
our 3D images, FTP can resolve the features found on the surfaces of as an amplitude mask creating intensity variation required for phase re-
the stone tool. We identified the bulging bulb of percussion and rippling trieval. The scattering due to the DMD, results in significant intensity
patterns on the ventral side. Scars and dorsal ridges were observed on variation, which allows the recovery of the object phase information.
the dorsal side. Thus, developing FTP for lithic imaging may improve The DMD-based technique offers programmable, convenient and low-
the way how lithic tools’ features are classified and measured on ar- cost amplitude diffuser for a non-stagnating iterative phase retrieval.
chaeological sites.
Spray-pyrolysis-deposited as-grown zinc oxide films
Effects of post-deposition annealing on the structural as UV filters for silicon solar cells PA-23
properties of femtosecond pulsed laser deposited ZnO RB Payod, PMB Tingzon, CJT Vergara, ES Estacio, AA Salvador and AS
on silicon substrates PA-19 Somintac
JA de Mesa, JJ Miranda, H Salazar Jr, R Sarmago and W Garcia The dependence of a solar cell ZnO UV filter’s quality on the spray vol-
Undoped zinc oxide (ZnO) was successfully deposited on silicon (100) ume was demonstrated. Zinc oxide films prepared using 50 mL and 100
for 3 hours via femtosecond pulsed laser deposition (fs-PLD). The de- mL of a 0.1 M precursor concentration was prepared. A decrease of
position was carried out with oxygen background gas at room temper- 13%-20% on the visible region transmittance was seen from the 100
ature. The deposited samples were annealed inside a tube furnace at mL spray volume due to a rougher ZnO surface. In effect, the efficiency
400◦ C and 500◦ C. X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) was used to charac- of the silicon solar cell drops by 0.17% for the 100 mL ZnO UV filter
terize the structural properties of deposited samples. The XRD spectra compared to the 50 mL. This is attributed to light scattering from the
revealed (110) peak of ZnO on silicon (100). The FWHM of the (110) surface of the film. A lower spray volume was shown to be sufficient to
peak decreases with annealing temperature indicating that the structure eliminate UV degradation from the solar cell without compromising its
of ZnO deposits were dependent on the annealing temperature. The de- performance.
viation of diffraction angle of (110) peak with annealing temperature
can be attributed to the induced thermal stress by the silicon substrate. Terahertz emission characteristics of semi-insulating,
zinc and manganese-doped gallium arsenide films
Mesh filter efficiency in collection of fine sand parti- PA-24
cles under gravitational deposition PA-20 A De Los Reyes, EA Prieto, K Omambac, L Lopez Jr, KC Gonzales, J
MFA Dumanjog, RC Caballar and B Butanas Jr Muldera, K Yamamoto, M Tani, A Somintac, E Estacio and A Salvador
Mesh filtration of sand particles out of water is a crucial process in wa- We investigate the terahertz (THz) emission characteristics of semi-
ter irrigation. Considered in this paper is a system wherein fine sand insulating gallium arsenide (SI-GaAs), zinc-doped GaAs (Zn-GaAs)
particles randomly distributed in water simultaneously undergo Brow- and manganese-doped GaAs (Mn-GaAs) films. The THz emission from
nian motion and gravitational creeping flow motion. The motion and the samples were measured using a pump-probe type terahertz time-
deposition of the particles were simulated using Python. Patterns of the domain spectroscopy setup (THz-TDS). The roles of doping on the
deposition of particles were taken at successive time intervals. Addition- THz emission characteristics of the samples were studied. Results have
ally, it was found that the Brownian motion of the particles had little to shown that Mn-GaAs is a strong THz emitter, with a total THz radiated
no effect on the fraction of particles captured by the filter. Lastly, an power that is 6X and 260X stronger than SI-GaAs and Zn:GaAs, respec-
expression relating the fraction of captured particles as a function of tively.
size of the filter aperture was obtained to be y = 25373x2 - 287.1x +
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Photocarrier dynamics in GaAs/AlGaAs modulation- Photoreflectance lineshape analysis of modulation-

doped heterostructure from temperature-dependent
terahertz time domain emission spectroscopy and
photoreflectance spectroscopy PA-25
HR Bardolaza, JD Vasquez, M Bacaoco, A de los Reyes, L Lopez Jr, A
Somintac, A Salvador, ER Estacio and R Sarmago
Photocarrier dynamics in GaAs/AlGaAs modulation-doped heterostruc-
ture was investigated using terahertz time domain emission spec-
troscopy and photoreflectance spectroscopy. Results are discussed in the
framework of the temperature dependence of junction electric field. The
information may allow us to conveniently investigate the electric field
via THz time domain spectroscopy.
doped GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures PA-29
M Bacaoco, AS Somintac, AA Salvador and ES Estacio
Lineshape analysis was conducted on the experimental photoreflectance
spectra of modulatiod-doped heterostructures using empirical lineshape
models. From the fitting, the GaAs band gap energy was calculated to
be 1.42 eV. Fitting parameter ~ω was also used to calculate the electric
field F~ω which was then compared to the value obtained from FKO lin-
ear regression analysis. The comparison showed % error ranging from
5% to 10%. The relationship between the electric field and spacer layer
thickness was then observed to be inversely proportional as shown by
the fitting and from analytic calculation.

In silico measurement of light scattered by ellipsoid Silver coated porous silicon used as a surface en-
nanoparticles PA-26 hanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active substrate for
MAF Julian, JHC Leal, RMS Siose, ZM Bermejo, AN Chua and R Simon methylene blue detection
The application of nanoparticles in the field of science, technology, and
medicine inspired the development of ultrasensitive techniques for real-
time detection. Interferometry is a promising technique for nanopar-
ticle detection. However, existing studies assume spherically shaped
nanoparticles only. We present a scheme to detect an ellipsoid nanopar-
ticle by measuring the Rayleigh scattered field. Variation in the geome-
try of the nanoparticle affects the signal value.It shows dependence on
the volume, and on the ratio of the semi-axes (ρ = ax /ay , ay = az ).
A spherical nanoparticle was used as reference for verification. Addi-
tionally, a differential detector limits the effect of the signals that did
not interact with the scattered light to produce a signal affected by the
interferometric term only.
Synthesis and characterization of SnO2 -ZnO compos-
ite thin films deposited via spray pyrolysis PA-27
AS Bendal, A Cafe, Y Rola, E Suratos, H Husay, E Estacio, A Salvador
and A Somintac
Composite films based from tin dioxide (SnO2 ) and zinc oxide (ZnO)
was synthesized on a glass substrate via spray pyrolysis at a substrate
temperature of 350◦ C. SnO2 -ZnO composite films were obtained by
varying the volumetric amount of zinc acetate precursor solution (25
vol%, 50 vol%, and 75 vol%). The results of scanning electron mi-
croscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis showed an increase in the grain
size of the composite film as the ZnO volume ratio increased. UV-Vis
spectroscopy revealed a decrease in the transmittance spectra of the
composite films with zinc acetate volume concentrations of 50%, which
is due to thicker film achieved at 50-50 combination of the films. The
optical band gap energy was computed by extrapolating the straight
line in the Tauc’s plot to zero. The computed optical band gap has a
decreasing trend as the ZnO volume ratio increases.
PA-30
L Lopez Jr, MA Faustino, A Cafe, CJ Vergara, HA Husay, J Lopez, C Tu-
gado, A Salvador, E Estacio and A Somintac
Porous silicon (PSi) coated with silver (Ag) was used as surface-
enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active substrate for detection of
methylene blue (MB). The PSi was formed via electrochemical etch-
ing of silicon (Si) wafer in a solution of hydrofluoric acid and ethanol.
Porosities of 55% and 63% of PSi were fabricated using anodic current
of 5 mA and 10 mA for 1000 s and 625 s respectively. These were im-
mersed into Ag nitrate solution with 0.01 molar concentration for Ag
coating. An-order-of-magnitude enhancement of Raman signal of MB
was observed using SERS-active substrate with 63% PSi’s porosity. This
suggests that more Ag were deposited on the high-porosity SERS-active
substrate which resulted to Raman signal amplification due to surface
plasmon resonance. Another factor that might cause such enhancement
is the charge-transfer between the MB molecules and the substrate. Dif-
ferent molar concentrations of MB were synthesized. The MB molar
concentration dependent studies showed that the substrate based on
Ag coated PSi is sensitive up to 10−7 M.
Spectral analysis of the optical-feedback semiconduc-
tor laser Michelson interferometer PA-31
APN Fox, C Saloma and G Tapang
We analyze the dynamics of the laser-output wavelength (longitudinal
modes) in the optical feedback semiconductor laser Michelson inter-
ferometer (OSMI) and explain the origin of the asymmetry that is dis-
played by the OSMI interferogram [Appl. Opt. 40, 506 (2001)]. Unlike
its conventional counterpart, the OSMI is capable of measuring the full
displacement (magnitude and direction) of the moving sample mirror.
The direction of motion relative to the laser output facet is ascertained
from the symmetry characteristics of the interferogram.

Line-shape analysis of reflectance spectra from cou- Optical and structural properties of electroless de-
pled, weakly coupled, and uncoupled GaAs-AlGaAs posited copper oxide on anodized zinc oxide PA-32
asymmetric double quantum wells PA-28 C Tugado, A Cafe, J Lopez, MD Balela, MC Angub, A Somintac, A Sal-
HL Co, E Prieto, G Catindig, K Gonzales, J Vasquez, A Salvador, E Estacio vador and E Estacio
and A Somintac Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoflowers were successfully synthesized via anodiz-
Reflectance measurements were used in conjunction with photolumi- ing pure Zn foil in oxalic acid as an electrolyte solution. A constant volt-
nescence measurements to probe the higher order energy transitions age of 40V and a current density of 200mA/cm2 were applied for 20
in GaAs-AlGaAs asymmetric double quantum wells. Reflectance spectra minutes anodization process. The anodized ZnO was then immersed in
were fitted with a Lorentzian dielectric model that incorporated the ef- diluted phosphoric acid at various etching times of 20, 40, and 60 min-
fect of multilayer interference. Difficulties in the fitting of the higher utes. Copper oxide (CuO) was deposited electrolessly on the anodized
order resonances of the narrow well are attributable to the degener- ZnO films. The optical and structural properties of anodized ZnO films
acy of such resonances with the heavy-hole continuum. Fit parameters and ZnO with CuO nanoflowers were characterized by Raman spec-
yielded greater oscillator strengths and smaller damping parameters for troscopy, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The size
the wide well transitions as compared to those of the narrow well due of ZnO nanostructures was found to increase as etching time increases;
to narrow well to wide well carrier tunneling when significant coupling hence nanoflowers were formed by the deposition of CuO.
is present between wells. Such results indicate higher transition proba-
bilities and longer state lifetimes for wide well transitions compared to
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Piezoresistive performance of load sensor based on Porous silicon as a photocatalyst in degradation of
ZnO film deposited on metal substrate PA-33 methylene blue
A Bendal, LI Ballesteros, A Cafe, YL Rola, J Lopez, R Avez, A Salvador
and A Somintac
We report on the piezoresistive performance of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin
films for applications in devices such as load cell and strain sensors.
ZnO thin films were deposited on stainless steel (ZnO/SS) and alu-
minum substrates (ZnO/Al) using spray pyrolysis. Raman spectroscopy
confirmed the growth of ZnO with wurtzite structure on both metal sub-
strates. Results from the reflectance spectroscopy show that ZnO film
grown on aluminum sheet is smoother compared to the film grown on
stainless steel. Using a center load cantilever setup, the room tempera-
ture piezoresistive response of ZnO/Al was observed to increase linearly
from load masses 10g to 90g. On the otherhand, the ZnO/SS only ex-
hibited the linear response at 100g to 300g.
Enhanced wavefront reconstruction of diffuser-
embedded objects by surface smoothening agents
PA-34
DNEV Salcedo and P Almoro
The quality of an object wavefront gets compromised as it passes
through a diffuser, introducing a random phase-shift for each pixel re-
gion. To alleviate this problem, a technique based on the application
of surface-smoothening agents is presented, forcing the overall phase-
shift to approximate a uniform distribution by adding enough material
for each pixel region. Employing digital holography, object wavefronts
obscured with diffusers of varying depths of randomization are inves-
tigated. Influences on the quality of wavefront reconstructions such as
refractive index differences of the diffuser and agent as well as the area
of spaces between them (air bubbles) are characterized and optimized.
The technique provides a strategy for evaluating structures hidden be-
neath scattering surfaces.
Investigation of strain in an oxide-confined
GaAs/AlGaAs PIN heterostructure through spot-
dependent photoluminescence spectroscopy PA-35
HAF Husay, VT Copa, JPR Ferrolino, GAR Catindig, KCP Gonzales, NIF
Cabello, KLM Patrocenio, RJ Jagus, AA Salvador and AS Somintac
We report on the observation of strain in an oxide-confined gallium
arsenide/aluminum gallium arsenide (GaAs/AlGaAs) PIN heterostruc-
ture through spot-dependent photoluminescence (PL). The PIN struc-
ture was grown via molecular beam epitaxy. The layers were etched
into 250 ?m cylindrical mesa structures and thermally oxidized. Room
temperature photoluminescence (PL) measurements were done using a
micro-PL setup equipped with a motorized stage. The AlGaAs PL peak
at the oxidized region of the PIN structure was observed to redshift by
10.3 meV from the PL measured at the unoxidized region located at the
center of the mesa. This redshift is attributed to the tensile strain on the
AlGaAs layers on top of the aluminum arsenide (AlAs) layer that has
been converted to aluminum oxide (Al2 O3 ). This technique provides a
quick way of measuring the strain in heterojunction-based devices such
as vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers.
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PA-36
V Sarmiento, A Cafe, C Tugado, J Lopez, E Suratos Jr, A Salvador, E
Estacio and A Somintac
The photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) using porous
silicon (PSi) as catalysts was tested. PSi samples were synthesized via
electrochemical etching of highly doped p-type silicon. Varying current
densities of 3mA/cm2 , 10mA/cm2 , and 30mA/cm2 were applied having
calculated porosities of 59%, 67% and 74%, respectively. Porosity in-
creases as the applied anodic current also increases. Using improvised
UV photoreactor setup, the degradation efficiency of 1.0×10−5 M con-
centration of MB dye was measured for different PSi samples. Synthe-
sized PSi samples with current densities of 3 mA/cm2 , 10 mA/cm2 and
30 mA/cm2 have obtained degradation rates of 0.051 min−1 , 0.056
min−1 , and 0.071 min−1 respectively. Results showed that the PSi sam-
ple having the lowest porosity have 49% degradation efficiency after 1
hour of UV irradiation which is highest among the samples. Increas-
ing porosity resulted to decrease in degradation efficiency due to the
increased surface area-to-volume ratio.
Growth of ZnO films via spray pyrolysis deposition
route for methylene blue photodegradation PA-37
DB Buenafe, AI Cafe, CJT Vergara, EM Suratos Jr, HAF Husay, LIM
Ballesteros, AB Ontoria, RB Gapusan, AA Salvador and AS Somintac
Growth and photodegradation acitvity of zinc oxide films deposited via
spray pyrolysis were investigated. Raman spectroscopy of the samples
displayed the phonon modes with E2 (high) at 437cm−1 as the most
prominent mode confirming wurtzite structure of ZnO. The vibration
due to E1 (LO) mode indicated that the sample grown at 250◦ C had ex-
hibited a presence of defects in the film. Scanning electron microscopy
images revealed that the films deposited at different substrate heating
temperatures have distinct surface morphologies. The grain size and
grain structures can determine the surface area to volume ratio which
is important in the photocatalytic reaction. UV-visible spectroscopy have
showed that the transmittance of the films at the visible region in-
creased with growth temperature. The ZnO films have an onset of ab-
sorption at around 390-411 nm which can be related to its calculated
band gap from 3.01-3.15 eV. The sample grown at a substrate tem-
perature of 250◦ C exhibited the highest absorbance in the UV region
among the grown ZnO films. It also performed the highest degradation
of methylene blue solution with the highest degradation efficiency of
91% and the highest rate of degradation in one hour irradiation.
Synthesis of ZnO:C composite material via spray py-
rolysis and thermolysis of poly(furfuryl) alcohol PA-38
RDA Aves, AJS Escolano, RB Cervera, AS Somintac, E Estacio and AA
Salvador
Zinc oxide/carbon composite was synthesized on stainless steel and
glass via spray pyrolysis for the ZnO layer and thermolysis for the C
layer. Two sets of samples were made, one as the control and the other
annealed at 700o C. Raman spectroscopy confirms the deposition of ZnO
and carbon, albeit disordered; SEM allowed the estimation of the thick-
ness of the films, which is 1.06 µm; and UV-Vis indicated that the an-
nealed samples have higher transmission and a bandgap closer to the
theoretical value; which is reflective on the quality of the deposited
films.
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Holographic reconstruction limits of a non-ideal spa- Effect of fluorine doping on the electrical and optical
tial light modulator with large pixels PA-39 properties of spray pyrolyzed tin oxide films
XJ Bilon, RB Nicolas, PL Hilario and G Tapang
We investigate the reconstruction limits of a non-ideal spatial light mod-
ulator (SLM). We model the SLM encoding as a sampling of calculated
hologram by the SLM. In this paper we investigate the effect of pixel
dimension to the quality of hologram reconstruction. We test the results
for large pixel dimensions from an SLM extracted from a low-cost liq-
uid crystal display (LCD) projector. We find that large pixel SLMs are
unable to accurately reconstruct the targets. Our simulations also show
that SLMs with smaller pixels yield more accurate reconstructions as
shown in the reconstruction’s mean square error (MSE).
Fabrication of copper oxide electrode for supercapac-
itor application PA-40
LV Sayson and A Somintac
Copper oxide thin films were deposited on stainless steel substrates us-
ing spray pyrolysis technique and were subsequently annealed at 160◦ C
and 400◦ C for two hours. Film annealed at 400◦ C shows the highest
specific capacitance (Cs ) of 136.55 mF at the scan rate 10 mV/s. The
high Cs of this sample is attributed on the two factors, one is the in-
tensity of the diffraction peaks and the other one is the morphology of
the film as revealed by the x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement and
scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
PA-42
LI Ballesteros, CJ Vergara, A Santillan, C Bandoquillo, KC Aganda and
A Somintac
Transparent and conducting fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) films were
deposited on glass substrates at 300◦ C using nebulized spray pyrolysis.
The fluorine concentration in the precursor solution was varied from 0
to 40 at.%. UV-Visible spectroscopy, Hall effect measurement, EDX, SEM
and ToF-SIMS were employed to investigate the optoelectronic proper-
ties of the film. Among the samples prepared, the highest average trans-
mittance in the visible range (77.42%) and the lowest electrical resistiv-
ity (4.63 x 10−4 Ω-cm) was obtained from the tin oxide film doped with
40 at%F in solution. The SEM images showed that the as-deposited FTO
film’s surface consist of non-uniform grains with agglomerates of crys-
tallites. The EDX and ToF-SIMS spectra confirmed the presence of the
fluorine dopant in the tin oxide lattice. Depth profiling studies, carried
out for the first time showed that fluorine distribution in the FTO-40
at% film was constant up to 300nm from the surface confirming the
effectiveness of the spray pyrolysis technique in doping tin oxide thin
films. These results suggest the potential application of the film as a
TCO layer for optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices.

Terahertz radiation from MBE-grown p-InAs on

GaAs/GaSb excited by 800-nm and 1.55 µm femtosec-
ond lasers PA-41
C Sadia, L Lopez Jr, R De Los Santos, J Muldera, A De Los Reyes, MA
Tumanguil, C Que, V Mag-usara, M Tani, E Estacio, A Somintac and A
Salvador
InAs (p-doped) is grown on a GaAs-buffered GaSb substrate via molec-
ular beam epitaxy. The heterostructure is tested as an emitter in a ter-
ahertz time-domain spectroscopy system with a 1550-nm-wavelength
femtosecond laser. We achieve an enhancement in the terahertz radia-
tion intensity of approximately twice compared to that of bulk p-InAs.
Pump power dependence of the THz signal (800-nm femtosecond laser
excitation) show similar trend in the saturation fluence of the sam-
ples. Azimuthal-angle measurements reveal surge current mechanism
via photo-Dember effect.

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The mean number of distinct sites visited by an ele- Reducing execution times of Quantum ESPRESSO
phant random walker in one-dimension PB-01 PWscf calculations by routing matrix multiplication
BAB Galit and JPH Esguerra calls to GPUs
Schütz and Trimper in 2004 introduced a non-Markovian random walk
that involved a random walker that has access to the complete history
of what it has done in the past and uses this knowledge to influence its
future motion. Today, this random walk is known as the elephant ran-
dom walk. In this work, we have analyzed the mean number of distinct
sites visited by an elephant random walker in one-dimension, numeri-
cally. It was found that varying the value of the initial step parameter q
did not affect the mean number of distinct sites visited by an elephant
random walker. It was also found that high values of the memory pa-
rameter, p, causes the elephant random walker to visit more sites per
time step specially in the superdiffusive case of the elephant random
walk, i.e. p ≥ 3/4, where the rate of increase in the mean number of
distinct sites visited per time step is more drastic as opposed to the rates
for the normal diffusive elephant random walkers.
Derivation of heat transport equations for a chain of
four interacting spins individually coupled to differ-
ent heat baths PB-02
GAJG Acosta and C Villagonzalo
In this work we considered a linear chain consisting of four (4) spins
individually coupled to different heat baths. For this configuration, we
used the quantum master equation to derive the heat currents in terms
of transition rates. We obtain a set of linear equations that can be solved
explicitly to get the transition rates.
Wigner functions and uncertainty products from par-
tially transposed Dicke model ground states PB-03
JIKE Felismino and FNC Paraan
Wigner functions are used to calculate position-momentum uncertainty
products from partially transposed Dicke model ground states that are
partitioned into atomic and photonic degrees of freedom. No violations
of the canonical minimum uncertainty relation are observed. However,
the position-momentum uncertainty product is seen to diverge as a
power law as the quantum critical coupling strength is approached.
Correlations in an extended Hubbard model with
Incorporating space, time, and magnitude measures Ising-like interaction
in a complex network of recurrent events PB-04
CDO Janer and R Batac
In the study of record-breaking process, an event is defined to be a re-
currence of a previous event if it is closer to that previous event than all
other succeeding events. In this paper, we introduce a modification in
the general theory of records by taking into account not only space and
time but the magnitude of the events as well. The statistical properties
of the degree distributions as well as spatial and temporal separation
distributions of the recurrence network for an earthquake time-series
from Japan University Network Earthquake Catalog from 1985 to 1998
for magnitudes greater than 2.5 made using the modified method was
studied. The results show that the degree distributions of recurrence
networks for increasing event sizes show a decrease in the peaks. In
addition, the record distance and time distributions show a power law
trend with exponents 1.1 and 1.0 respectively which is independent of
the magnitude conditionality introduced in the network construction.
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PB-05
OB Generalao and FNC Paraan
We report significant decreases in execution times of plane-wave self
consistent field (PWscf) calculations on the software suite Quantum
ESPRESSO (QE) by routing general matrix multiplication calls to graph-
ical processing units. The approach described here does not require
source code modifications nor recompilation. Running the standard
benchmark test AUSURF112 on a single 2.0 Ghz core with two threads
showed that using two commodity GPU cards can halve PWscf execu-
tion times.
Envelopes of fluid jets from orifices of conical contain-
ers PB-06
JV Garrido and JP Esguerra
Analytical expressions for the envelopes of fluid jets for upright and in-
verted right circular conical containers are derived. Equally-spaced ori-
fices produce water jets traversing parabolic paths. The equation defin-
ing the curve of the envelope is obtained by applying the defining con-
straint on an expression for the given family of trajectories. Numerical
simulations are done to visualize the families and their corresponding
envelopes.
Speed estimation of vehicle traffic PB-07
IM Fenis, D Dailisan and M Lim
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) provides
real-time traffic monitoring through strategically-located surveillance
cameras all over Metro Manila. However, its current scheme reduces
traffic analysis to 15-minute interval updates and three-state evalua-
tion, not making use of the much available information offered by traf-
fic videos. In this paper, a simple algorithm was introduced to address
such issues by tracking vehicles in real-time and estimating their aver-
age speeds using linear regression and calibration. Speed distributions
of two MMDA videos were analyzed. The algorithm was able to cap-
ture a wide speed range, from 7 km/h to 49 km/h. It was also able to
contrast speed distribution between normal and bus lanes.
PB-08
RC Esperanza and FNC Paraan
Density-density and spin-spin correlations are calculated in an extended
Hubbard model with an intersite Ising-like interaction. Local expecta-
tion values and correlation functions involving charge density and mag-
netization are obtained using the density matrix renormalization group
(DMRG) for a periodic chain of L = 10 sites at half-filling. Antiferro-
magnetic phases with spin and charge density modulation are identified
and located in a phase diagram.
Analytic approximation to the energy eigenvalues of a
1D harmonic oscillator satisfying the minimal length
generalized uncertainty principle PB-09
KLS Nuñez and JP Esguerra
The problem of solving for the energy eigenvalues in systems satis-
fying the minimal length generalized uncertainty principle has been
previously treated using approximations to an infinite-order differen-
tial equation. Using the method of linear delta expansion, an analytic
expression to the energy eigenvalues in a 1D harmonic oscillator satis-
fying the minimal length generalized uncertainty relation was derived
starting with a second-order eigenvalue equation formulation. This ap-
proximation scheme was developed and applied to obtain the energy
eigenvalues up to first order corrections. The result of which was found
consistent with the exact result found in literature for small principal
quantum number n.
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Population redistribution within finite geographical can essentially replace each other. We set G1 such that it has fewer num-
locations using intersections of Voronoi layers PB-10 ber of nodes such that |N1 | < |N2 |. The nc common nodes are chosen
AK Orden II and RC Batac
A carefully planned and pre-determined evacuation procedure is a cru-
cial component for the overall safety of a populace, especially in highly
dense metropolitan areas. With this in mind, we utilize Voronoi poly-
gons in estimating a spatial population distribution dataset for four
cities in Metro Manila, namely Quezon City, Makati, Mandaluyong and
San Juan. The Voronoi polygons are created from the centroids of build-
ings obtained from satellite data, and assigns a population fraction for
each cell based on a decaying power law relation with the cell’s area.
The calculated population is then distributed to different evacuation
centers, here denoted by the public school locations, using an inter-
sect spatial relation. Our analysis reveals that the intersect-distributed
population is non-trivial and that it is best described by a power law
probability distribution.
Cubication schemes for relativistic simple harmonic
oscillator PB-11
DF Marquez and JPH Esguerra
The angular frequency and position of the relativistic simple harmonic
oscillator (RSHO) are approximated using cubication schemes based on
truncated Taylor series, Type 1 Chebyshev series, Type 2 Chebyshev se-
ries, and the least squares method. Approximate analytic expressions
involving Jacobi elliptic functions for the position of the RSHO were
obtained. We found that among the four cubication schemes, the Type
1 Chebyshev cubication has the widest range of velocity parameter βmax
for which relative errors do not exceed 1% and 5%.
Loss of self-organized criticality in a forest-fire model KLL Guial, JY Bantang and CA Saloma
with targeted triggering PB-12 We simulate an M/M/1 queue system with a single server using a Monte
AY Asuncion and R Batac
We analyze the effect of targeted triggering on a forest-fire model, a
discrete system displaying self-organized criticality in a fractal space.
From an initially empty grid, “trees” are grown for a certain period,
after which a “lightning” is introduced at a random location, simulta-
neously burning an affected “forest” of connected trees in its wake. In
the limit of no targeting, we recover a decaying power-law distribu-
tions of burnt forest sizes with scaling exponent 1.0, consistent with the
self-organizing nature of the grid. When the lightning is targeted, i.e.
directed at the largest forest patch with a particular probability, the sys-
tem begins to show deviations from the power-law curve in the form
of unimodal curves centered about a characteristic fire patch size that
scales monotonically with system size. The targeted triggering probabil-
ity affecting an otherwise self-organizing system is deemed to represent
the interplay between human intervention and self-organization in nat-
ural systems.
Effect of opposite-spin coupling on the edge states of
two-dimensional topological insulator PB-13
G Itable
The Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang model for a two-dimensional topological
insulator, insulator with conducting edges, is modified. In particular, we
introduce a coupling between opposite spins that preserves the model’s
time reversal invariance. We derive the wave function and the existence
conditions for the edge states. With these conditions and tight-binding
calculations, we show that that the edge states are robust when the cou-
pling is weak and lesser than the material parameter characterizing the
spin-orbit coupling.
Structural changes during a complex network interac-
tion PB-14
EJM Medina and JY Bantang
We determine the degree of interaction between two complex networks
G1 and G2 by measuring the changes in their structural properties. Net-
works G1 and G2 are made to interact by identifying a fraction of nodes
nc < |N1 | present in both networks to be identical or similar that they
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according to some network properties such as degree, centrality, and
clustering. Each of the pair of networks which are made to interact are
chosen from the well-known models of real-world networks. Their in-
teractions reveal salient properties of complex systems interaction that
has implications in many biological and physical phenomena.
Steady-state dynamics of an audience applause model
PB-15
AMV Cruz and JY Bantang
We propose a compartmental model for the dynamics of audience ap-
plause consisting of agents that are either silent (S) or clapping (C).
The model includes two mechanisms. The first is a feedback mechanism
that is parametrized by α which enhances the probability a that agents
in state C influence those in state S to transition to C. Parameters α and
a are simplified to ā, where ā = aα. The second is a modulating mecha-
nism that is parametrized by β which limits the probability b that those
in state C transition to S. The steady-state dynamics of the resulting
equations show that three possible solutions can exist, which includes a
trivial case when all agents rest at S. Since negative steady-state values
are extraneous solutions, only two of these solutions exist for ā greater
than a critical parameter value ā1 . For β > 1, we find a second critical
parameter value ā2 such that a second non-trivial non-extraneous but
unstable solution exists. We confirm our results by agent-based Monte
Carlo simulations.
Identifying critical transient traffic intensity in a
queuing system PB-16
Carlo method. Individual agents are tracked in the queue and their
mean waiting times Tw as a function of their arrival times tarr are
obtained for different traffic intensities ρ. The intensity ρ is defined
as the ratio of the arrival rate λ and the service rate µ. We find that
Tw = Tw (tarr ) can be approximately described by a logistic function
parametrized by three factors that can provide useful insights in the
transient response of the system. From these factors, we identify a crit-
ical traffic intensity ρc that points to a transition from a cooperative to
competitive queuing conditions.
Amplitude amplification of the marked states in quan-
tum search simulation PB-17
N Sombillo, R Banzon and C Villagonzalo
Yoder et al. [1] proposed a quantum search algorithm that prevents the
system to move away from the marked states when the number of tar-
get states M is unknown. This method uses a recursive approach that
makes the target state act as a fixed-point. We simulate the algorithm in
an Ising spin chain with first- and second-nearest neighbor interaction.
Our method involves a selective phase-shift rotation per iteration to
obtain the target state. We find the probability of success for the fixed-
point implementation to fluctuate only about a limited range of values
within an indicated tolerance as compared to the large oscillations of
the same for Grover’s non-fixed-point algorithm.
Local periodicity of migrating populations in the
Penna model PB-18
JNT Trinidad and RS Banzon
Migrating populations are considered under two conditions: migrating
threshold based on the population’s non-migrating steady state popu-
lation for each value of R, and migrations of newborns to a random
nearest neighbor site. We determined that the time series of the mi-
grating populations result to multiple periods on single runs, but single
when averaged over 50 runs for all values of R in all sites in the lattice.
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Effects of water influx, inter-particle interaction, and Unsupervised segmentation of sand patches from reef
turbulence on the critical velocity for soil particle sep- images PB-23
aration PB-19 H Lee and M Soriano
LER Tolentino, RCF Caballar and BM Butanas Jr Sand patches, from Philippine reef images, were segmented using unsu-
The loss of strength in soils due to the breaking of soil cohesion by in- pervised machine learning techniques. The features used for describing
trusion of flowing water is a common problem in areas where soils are the image patches are a combination of color and texture features. The
often saturated with water. This paper aims to show the effects of dif- color features were used for automatically segmenting the target image
ferent variables to the critical velocity at which soil particles separate. into clusters of similar color, as defined by the SLIC superpixel algo-
The model takes into account the effect of inter-particle forces and tur- rithm. Each superpixel cluster is assigned a texture descriptor for clas-
bulence. It was shown that the effect of adding turbulence and these sification. The texture descriptors used are from the properties of Grey
additional forces makes a significant difference in the dynamics of the Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) extracted from pixel values. The
system. It was found that increasing particle diameter, inter-particle dis- clusters were then classified using the k-means clustering algorithm.
tance, and fluid ionic concentration decreases the critical velocity of the
fluid while increasing temperature makes the critical velocity increase. A cellular automaton model of brain tumor growth
and treatment PB-24
Inferring network structure from secondary and ter- RJC Bagunu, HB Domingo and RS Vitancol
tiary infections on complex networks PB-20
Growth and development of an idealized tumor was simulated using a
JKV Rubio and JY Bantang cellular automaton model. Tumor progression was observed to qualita-
Numerical experiments on the spread of infection on the three standard tively agree with the Gompertzian growth, a behavior observed from
models of random and complex networks: Erdös-Rényi (ER), Barabási- real-life tumors like the Glioblastoma multiforme. This is characterized
Albert (BA), and Watts-Strogatz (WS), to determine how the secondary by a period of dormancy at early stages, eventually leading to exponen-
R0 and tertiary R1 infections appear using different constant infection tial growth followed by saturation at its later stages. The model was
probability ρ. The number R0 of new infections arising from random in- extended to simulate tumor growth under the influence of treatment
troduction of one infected individual (patient zero) into an uninfected with a 14-day treatment-rest period. For different clone sensitivities, tu-
system is also known as the basic reproduction number. We utilize the mor growth is slowed down by the treatment but it is still not enough
number R1 of new and unique agents that are successively infected by to completely inhibit tumor proliferation, which then leads to eventual
the R0 individuals, given the same ρ-value. We show that the depen- recurrence. Due to included assumptions and simplifications, this study
dence of R1 on R0 can determine whether one is closer to, or farther serves as a preliminary step toward the development of different treat-
from, ER-like networks. We further show that the deviation of WS and ment strategies using the cellular automaton.
BA networks away from the ER network appears to be towards opposite
directions. This basic result is used to infer the structures of real-world Thermodynamic relations in a 1D block cellular au-
networks. tomata model of a shaken granular system PB-25
DC Biton and JY Bantang
A density functional theory study on adsorption of Pd A 1D block cellular automata (bCA) model for granular systems that
on Au(111) surface PB-21
conserves the number of particles has already been proposed. Here,
TNA Buenaluz and AA Padama we extended the model to include elastic and inelastic collisions and
Palladium (Pd) is one of the most used material in energy related ap- obtain the thermodynamical relations in the dynamics of the 1D bCA
plications. Due to high cost of Pd, alloying it with cheaper metals will model for a bounded case. The grains are reflected by the wall bound-
reduce the use of Pd. In relation to this, the adsorption of Pd on Au(111) aries elastically (coefficient of restitution r = 1) while the collisions are
surface is analyzed in this study by performing Density Functional The- generalized to any value of r. We identify the pressure p as the average
ory (DFT) based calculations. Face-Centered-Cubic (FCC) hollow site is momentum transfer to the walls of the 1D container quantified by the
found to be the most stable for Pd adsorption. As a function of cover- average number of elastic reflections on either wall. The temperature T
age, these Pd atoms shows different electronic properties which sug- is identified as the average kinetic energy of the system quantified by
gests that these Pd atoms exhibit different behavior on Au surface. In the average number of cells in the moving state. We find a linear rela-
addition, hybridization between the states of Au and Pd is observed tionship of pressure and the product Φ0 K0 with a slope of R = 0.5 in
from the density of states profiles and their interaction is also evident comparison to the gas constant in the ideal gas law.
from the performed charge analysis.
Brownian motion of a charged particle driven by col-
A model of urban growth based on the empirical spa- ored noise in crossed external electric and magnetic
tial distribution of establishments in Metro Manila, field PB-26
Philippines PB-22 MFD Bartolome and JP Esguerra
CD Perlada and RC Batac A complete description of the Brownian motion of a charged particle in
Metro Manila represents a self-organized growth of structures with crossed external electrostatic and magnetostatic fields when driven by
minimal global coordinated planning. Apart from the fact that estab- an exponentially-correlated noise was derived. The mean motion and
lishments are placed along major thoroughfares, our empirical analy- transport parameters were obtained by converting the corresponding
ses based on k-nearest-neighbor analyses of GIS data from OpenStreet generalized Langevin equation (GLE) into a deterministic equation via
Maps (OSM) show that administrative buildings tend to spatially scatter statistical averaging and method of velocity autocorrelation functions
as evidenced by longer characteristic separation distances, while eco- (VAFs). Transient oscillations both due to the memory kernel and mag-
nomic facilities tend to cluster with very short spatial separations. In- netic interactions were observed in the particle transport before con-
spired by these observations, we present a model of the growth of urban verging to steady state limits, which were consistent with previous anal-
centers where the clustering and scattering tendencies are parameter- yses. The transport dynamics of the particle were observed in various
ized by effective “charges” representing the influence of the establish- limits, such as when no fields or only the magnetic field is present in
ment at a given point in the surrounding space. Scanning for different the system.
values of the parameters result in realistic-looking spatial scatters and
distributions.

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Quasi-particle excitation spectrum of an XY spin chain Dynamical considerations on electric angle-effect that
in a random transverse field PB-27 describes magnetism and another form of magnetic
BA Balt and FNC Paraan force
The quasi-particle excitation spectrum of an XY spin chain in a random
transverse field was calculated by an exact singular value decomposi-
tion. The spectrum was found to be robust at small disorder strengths
and deep within the paramagnetic phase. For larger disorder strengths,
and about the ferromagnetic region, the spectrum deviated further from
the quasi-excitation spectrum of the ordered chain. These deviations
lead to the disorder-averaged ground state energy E0 to increase with
disorder strength, even as the average field strength remains constant.
Pruning of co-authorship networks from the 10th to
16th Philippine Congresses and the effect on the net-
work properties PB-28
PAD Pasion and GA Tapang
We implemented two pruning schemes, the percentile threshold by bill
author count and by edge weights, on the co-authorship networks of
through the 10th to 16th Philippine Congresses and determine the ef-
fect on the network measures. We found that connectivity is generally
preserved in both implementations of the pruning methods. Also, in
general, there is a peak in modularity found in the 1st -20th percentile
range in Congresses in both pruning schemes. It was also observed that
pruning by bill author counts directly affects the network measures as
smooth transitions are found in all plots while the pruning by edge
weights contains saturation points caused by the long right tail of the
edge distributions of the original networks.
Spatial and temporal separation of recurrent
avalanches in a slowly-driven one-sided granular pile
PB-29
DC Biton and RC Batac
Self organized critical behavior were seen from sandpile models. How-
ever, the behavior of a granular pile, which is the nearest illustration
of a sandpile, is not yet fully understood. In this work, a temporally di-
rected network of recurrent avalanche events was constructed. In this
case, an event is a recurrent of another if it is either spatially near or
far compared all other events in between. Previous works have stud-
ied the temporal characteristics of avalanches in sandpiles and granular
piles. However, in a granular pile that is externally perturbed by adding
grains, the accumulation of grains causes instability which will result in
a big avalanche event. In our work, we considered all avalanches, in-
cluding zero avalanche events, in constructing our recurrence network.
Quantifying the effects of punishing agents in a
lattice-based prisoner’s dilemma game PB-30
MS Villamayor and R Batac
Present day societies maintain a degree of order with a dedicated law
enforcement body instead of individual-to-individual retaliation. In this
study, we simulate the effect of such an arrangement through a pris-
oner’s dilemma game on a grid. In addition to the basic types of strate-
gies, the cooperator and defector, we added a third class of strategy
behaving as punishers to mimic the effect of the enforcers in society.
We observe nontrivial effects of punishers in the average payoff of the
players, with certain configurations favoring the emergence of more re-
warding conditions for cooperation than defection due to the presence
of punishers. The insights derived from these in silico experiments may
help shed light on the emergence of the modern punishment mecha-
nisms in society, which, empirically, are found to be robust despite the
associated risks and costs.
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PB-31
NA Rangaig, ND Minor and JLDC Filipinas
One of our curiosities is that, why there is magnetic force although we
already know that magnetic force only arises when electrical charge
moves in magnetic field. Years ago, many scientists may not know the
origin of magnetic force or magnetic field but only the idea of mag-
netism is given. Recently, other physicists studied the origin of mag-
netism by making their own postulates. In this paper, by using the pos-
tulates of Hochecker, we were be able to describe the origin of magnetic
force dynamically and another form of force on electric charge (we call
it “receiver”) is obtained in this study by the aid of Lagrange’s Equa-
tion and by assuming that the charges (“source” and “receiver”) as one
particle system, we also considered the average kinetic and potential en-
ergies on neighboring charges and a fixed reference system. The main
focus of this study is the interaction of the two charges. In addition, this
study also supports the postulates of Hochecker and we only considered
classical dynamics on a system of charges.
Avoiding artificial deaths in a Penna model population
PB-32
CP Elegado and R Banzon
In the Penna model, deaths by old age are known to artificially truncate
age demographics. We propose to avoid these deaths by obtaining a pa-
rameter space plot (Penna parameters R and T , here constrained to a
birth rate B = 8) for which these deaths do not occur. For both T < R
and T > R, the genetic diversity and number of species decreased more
slowly in populations with old age deaths than those without. This con-
firms a difference in the genetic evolution of these populations.
Normal mode propagator dynamics of a double har-
monic oscillator in an environment using white noise
analysis PB-33
BM Butanas Jr and RCF Caballar
This paper presents an application of white noise analysis to derive the
quantum propagator dynamics at the normal mode of an open quan-
tum system consisting of double harmonic oscillators which are cou-
pled to an environment consisting of N − 2 finite harmonic oscillators.
The propagators were obtained after finding the normal modes of the
system-environment interactions. We show that the full quantum prop-
agator is just a product of N individual propagators. N − 3 of these
propagators correspond to the degenerate normal mode frequencies
while the other three correspond to the non-degenerate normal mode
frequencies.
Entanglement preservation in an ultracold Fermi gas
coupled to a reservoir of excitations PB-34
VP Villegas and RCF Caballar
In this paper, we observe that if we have an open quantum system con-
sisting of a Fermi gas trapped in an optical lattice interacting with a bath
composed of a degenerate Fermi gas, and if the system itself is prepared
in an entangled state, then this initial state will keep the average num-
ber of particles in each lattice site and the entanglement throughout
the lattice constant through time. This implies that quantum transport
of particles or entanglement throughout the lattice is facilitated by the
dissipative effects of the coupling with the bath of excitations in the
form of another Fermi gas.
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Temporal and social network analysis of the co- Dissipation induced quantum transport on a finite
authorship networks from papers from the National one-dimensional lattice PB-37
Institute of Physics PB-35 RC Caballar, B Butanas Jr, V Villegas and MAA Estrella
JMT Abella and RC Batac We construct a dissipation induced quantum transport scheme by cou-
In this work, we analyze the temporal evolution of the co-authorship pling a finite lattice of N two-level systems to an environment with a
networks of the small scientific community of the National Institute of discrete number of energy levels and which acts as a reservoir of energy
Physics (NIP). Papers authored by at least one author affiliated with excitations. We show that the coupling between the system and the en-
the NIP since its founding year in 1983 to 2016 were used. In particu- vironment gives rise to a mechanism for excited states of the system
lar, we examine the growth of the number of authors and the proper- to be efficiently transported from one end of the lattice to another. We
ties of the co-authorship network such as clustering coefficient, degree also show that we can maximize the efficiency of the quantum transport
distribution, and centrality. The rank frequency distributions begin to mechanism by varying the spacing between energy levels of the system,
show Zipf’s law behavior as time progresses, suggesting that the natu- by decreasing the ground state energy level of the environment, and by
ral growth of the network makes it evolve as in other, bigger scientific decreasing the number of energy levels in the environment.
communities reported in literature. We observe increasing trends for the
clustering coefficient and the degree of each individual in the network,
and a decrease in network density, primarily due to the increased num-
ber of individuals and papers. The study benefits from the fact that the
NIP is relatively young and small, such that its growth and dynamics
can be observed from the very beginning.

Linear elastic and piezoelectric response of BaNiO3 to

strain PB-36
PDS Ang and FNC Paraan
Preliminary ab initio calculations were done in Quantum ESPRESSO to
obtain the piezoelectric coefficients of BaNiO3 by computing the stress
and polarization induced by strain. The linear elastic response to strain
was investigated under the six deformation modes to obtain full elas-
tic stiffness tensor. A linear polarization response was found using the
Berry-phase method. These results would be utilized in future work to
calculate the piezoelectric coefficients of BaNiO3 and other perovskites.

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University of Fukui De La Salle University
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Abella, AP 1G-06 PB-19, PB-33, PB-37 Esguerra, JP 3C-01, 3C-02, 3D-02,

Abella, JMT PB-35 Caballar, RCF 1C-05, 3B-02, 3C-05, PB-01, PB-06, PB-09, PB-11, PB-26
Abregana, TJ PA-22 PA-20, PB-19, PB-33, PB-34, PB-37 Esperanza, RC PB-08
Acosta, GAJG PB-02 Cabello, NI 1E-04, 2D-03, PA-03, Estacio, ES 1E-02, 1E-04, 1E-05,
Afalla, JPC 2C-07 PA-06, PA-08, PA-35 1E-06, 2C-02, 2C-07, 2D-03, PA-03,
Aganda, KC PA-42 Cabrera, EJD 1C-02 PA-06, PA-08, PA-23, PA-24, PA-25,
Aguilar, RAP PA-15 Cafe, AI 1E-02, 1E-05, 1E-06, 2D-03, PA-27, PA-28, PA-29, PA-30, PA-32,
PA-03, PA-08, PA-27, PA-30, PA-32, PA-36, PA-38, PA-41
Agulo, IJ 1B-04, 1B-05, 1B-06
PA-33, PA-36, PA-37 Estolloso, KC 2B-07
Agulto, VC 1E-07
Cainglet, M PA-04 Estrella, MAA PB-37
Albia, JR 2B-01, 2B-05
Cantor, JDG 3C-06 Fallorina, RLYC 1F-06
Algodon, MRL 1G-01
Casapao, JC 1C-03 Faustino, A PA-06
Almoro, PF 1G-07, 2C-05, PA-16,
PA-22, PA-34 Castillo, J 3C-04 Faustino, MA 2C-07, 2D-03, PA-03,
Catindig, GAR PA-28, PA-35 PA-30
Amado-Dasallas, J PA-02
Celebrado, M 2D-04 Felismino, JIKE PB-03
Ang, PDS PB-36
Cervantes, K PA-08 Fenis, IM PB-07
Angub, MC 1E-06, PA-32
Cervera, RB PA-38 Fernandez, RJ 2C-04, PA-09
Arcilla, C PA-02
Chiong, M 3B-05 Fernandez, ZHE 2B-06
Asubar, J INV-1E-01
Chua, AN PA-26 Ferrer, NJB 1C-06
Asuncion, AY PB-12
Chua, GMG 3D-04 Ferrolino, JPR PA-04, PA-35
Aves, RDA PA-33, PA-38
Cirunay, MT 1D-01 Filipinas, JLDC 2C-05, PB-31
Ayang-ang, CDP 1C-04
Co, HL PA-28 Flores, M 1C-03
Bacaoco, M PA-03, PA-25, PA-29
Constantinou, C INV-3A-02 Flores, PCM 1F-07
Baclig, AC 2C-04
Copa, VT PA-35 Fontanilla, JF 2B-01
Bacong, JR 3C-02
Cornejo, KMN PA-09 Fox, APN PA-31
Bagunu, RJC PB-24
Cristobal, APS 2B-04 Galapia, XA PA-07
Baldovino, PJG 1G-04
Cruz, AMV PB-15 Galapon, EA 1C-01, 1C-02, 1C-03,
Balela, MD PA-32
Cruz, AZC PA-05 1F-02, 1F-03, 1F-04, 1F-05, 1F-06,
Balista, JAF 1D-02
Culaba, I 2D-05 1F-07, INV-3E-02
Ballesteros, LIM 1E-02, 1E-05, PA-33,
Dailisan, DN 1D-03, 3B-01, PB-07 Galit, BAB PB-01
PA-37, PA-42
Dajac, CVG 3D-02 Gapusan, R 1B-05, 1B-06, 1E-06
Balt, BA PB-27
Daria, V INV-3E-01 Gapusan, RB PA-37
Banasig, LDB 2D-01
Dasallas, L PA-11 Garcia, JBDM 3C-01
Bandoquillo, C PA-42
David, M INV-3A-03 Garcia, WO 2C-03, 2D-02, 2D-04,
Bantang, JY 1D-06, 3D-06, PB-14,
PA-11, PA-19
PB-15, PB-16, PB-20, PB-25 De Los Reyes, A 1E-06, 2C-07, 2D-03,
PA-03, PA-06, PA-24, PA-25, PA-41 Garrido, JV PB-06
Banzon, RS 3B-06, PB-17, PB-18,
de Mesa, JA 2D-02, PA-19 Generalao, OB PB-05
PB-32
de Vera, FIN PA-02 Gonzales, KCP PA-28, PA-24, PA-35
Bardolaza, HR 2C-07, PA-25
Deang, AJ 2D-05 Guerrero, RA PA-14
Barretto-Tesoro, G 2D-03
delos Santos, R 2C-02, PA-41 Guial, KLL PB-16
Bartolome, MFD PB-26
Dingle, CAM 2B-02, 2D-07, PA-10 Guillermo, NRD 2B-02, 2D-07, PA-10
Batac, RC 1D-01, 2D-01, PB-04, PB-10,
PB-12, PB-22, PB-29, PB-30, PB-35 Doblado, GJH PA-18, PA-21 Hermosa, N 1G-02, 2C-02, 2C-03,
2C-04, 2C-06, PA-13, PA-17, PA-18,
Baula, LN 1B-05 Domingo, HB 1F-01, 1G-04, PA-09,
PA-21, PA-22
Bendal, AS 1E-02, PA-27, PA-33 PB-24
Hernandez, V 2D-03
Bermejo, ZM PA-26 Dumanjog, MFA PA-20
Hila, FC 2B-02, 2D-07, PA-10
Besagas, JPA 1C-01 Elegado, CP PB-32
Hilario, PL PA-12, PA-39
Bilon, XJ PA-39 Emperado, RB 2D-04
Hilomen, A 3B-04
Biton, DC PB-25, PB-29 Empizo, MJF 1E-07
Huang, C 1D-04
Borlagdan, PPP 1D-02 Engay, EL 1G-07
Husay, HAF PA-27, PA-30, PA-35, PA-37
Buenafe, DB PA-37 Escaro, AS PA-03, PA-06
Ilasin, MD 1B-06
Buenaluz, TNA PB-21 Escolano, AJS PA-04, PA-38
Itable, G PB-13
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Janer, CDO PB-04 Osten, W INV-2A-03 Siose, RMS PA-26
Jecong, JFM 2B-02, 2D-07, PA-10 Pada, CT PA-14 Sison, G 3D-01, 3D-04
Jubilo, KGA 1G-03 Padama, AAB 2B-01, 2B-04, 2B-05, Solibet, EJCD PA-03, PA-04, PA-06
Julian, MAF PA-26 2B-07, PB-21 Solidum, RU 2D-06
Kawano, K 1E-07 Pan, C-L INV-2A-02 Sombillo, DL 1F-05
Kulkarni, M INV-1A-01 Paraan, FNC 1C-04, 2B-03, 2B-06, Sombillo, N PB-17
Kuwahara, Y 1B-06 3B-04, 3B-05, PB-03, PB-05, PB-08, Somintac, AS 1B-04, 1B-05, 1B-06,
Leal, JHC PA-26 PB-27, PB-36 1E-02, 1E-04, 1E-05, 1E-06, 2C-07,
Lee, H PB-23 Pasion, PAD PB-28 PA-03, PA-04, PA-06, PA-08, PA-23,
Lim, MT 1D-03, 1D-04, 1D-05, 3B-01, Patrocenio, KLM PA-35 PA-24, PA-25, PA-27, PA-28, PA-29,
PB-07 Payod, RB PA-23 PA-30, PA-32, PA-33, PA-35, PA-36,
Lima, JCL 1C-01 Pelayo, JAP PA-12 PA-37, PA-38, PA-40, PA-41, PA-42
Lopez, J 1B-04, 1E-02, 1E-06, PA-08, Perlada, CD PB-22 Soriano, MN 1G-01, 1G-03, 1G-05,
PA-30, PA-32, PA-33, PA-36 Perlas, JLN 1F-03 1G-06, 3B-04, PA-15, PB-23
Lopez, L 2C-07, 2D-03, PA-03, PA-06, Pollard, S INV-1A-02 Srikanth, H INV-2A-04
PA-08, PA-24, PA-25, PA-30, PA-41 Prieto, EA PA-24, PA-28 Suratos, EM PA-27, PA-36, PA-37
Lorenzo, JCM 1G-02, PA-13 Que, C PA-41 Tacneng, J PA-02
Lorenzo, LU 2D-06 Rangaig, NA PB-31 Taguba, J 1B-02
Lumantas, DA 1E-04 Remulla, KIT 2C-06 Tan, AM 3B-04
Ma, Y-R INV-2A-01 Revilla, ML 1G-02, PA-13 Tani, M 2C-07, PA-24, PA-41
Madarang, MAL 1B-04 Rillera, A PA-01 Tapang, GA 3D-01, 3D-03, 3D-04,
Maestre, RTC 2C-04 Rillera, H PA-06 3D-05, PA-31, PA-39, PB-28
Mag-usara, V PA-41 Rizada, LGT 1D-03 Tica, CD 1F-04
Magadan, JJP 1F-02 Rola, YL PA-33, PA-27 Tingzon, PMB PA-08, PA-23
Malapit, G 2D-05 Rubio, JKV PB-20 Tolentino, LER PB-19
Malimata, JJJR 3B-02 Rubio, LJ 1D-05 Trinidad, JNT PB-18
Manceras, AIS 3B-06 Sadia, C PA-41 Tugado, C 2D-03, PA-30, PA-32, PA-36
Marquez, DF PB-11 Sagisi, JLB 2D-04 Tuico, A 1E-02
Maulion, JPR 1D-06 Saito, T 1B-06 Tumanguil, MA PA-41
Medina, EJM PB-14 Salazar, HT 1E-03, PA-19 Vasquez, JDE 1E-04, 2C-07, PA-25,
PA-28
Medrana, MLB 1G-05 Salcedo, DNEV PA-34
Vasquez, M PA-05
Medrano, MR 3B-04 Saligan, P 2B-02
Vega, M INV-2C-01
Mejarito, VR PA-05 Saloma, CA PA-31, PB-16
Vega, MFIG 3C-03, 3C-04, 3C-06
Minami, Y 1E-07 Salvador, AA 1E-02, 1E-04, 1E-05,
1E-06, 2C-07, PA-03, PA-04, PA-05, Veloz, R PA-03
Minor, ND PB-31
PA-06, PA-08, PA-23, PA-24, PA-25, Vergara, CJT 1E-05, PA-23, PA-30,
Miranda, JJ 2D-02, PA-19
PA-27, PA-28, PA-29, PA-30, PA-32, PA-37, PA-42
Muldera, J PA-08, PA-24, PA-41
PA-33, PA-35, PA-36, PA-37, PA-38 PA-41 Villagonzalo, C 1C-06, 3B-03, PB-02,
Munar, VPV 1G-04
Santillan, A PA-42 PB-17
Narag, JPC 1G-02, 2C-06, PA-13,
Santos, ERDC 3B-03 Villamayor, MS PB-30
PA-17, PA-21
Santos, R INV-3A-01 Villanueva, JAN 3C-03
Ngaloy, R 1B-05
Sarmago, RV 1B-02, 1B-03, 1E-03, Villaos, RA 2B-05
Nicolas, RB PA-39
1E-07, 2C-07, PA-01, PA-02, PA-07, Villegas, VP 1C-05, PB-34, PB-37
Nuñez, KLS PB-09
PA-19, PA-25 Viloria, JFD 2B-03
Olaya, CMM 2C-03
Sarmiento, V PA-36 Vitancol, RS 1G-04, PB-24
Olivares, RU 2D-07, PA-10
Sarukura, N 1E-07 Yamamoto, K PA-24
Omambac, K PA-24
Saturay, RM 2D-06 Yatabe, Z INV-1B-01
Onglao, MJS PA-16
Sayson, LV PA-40 Yatagai, T INV-2A-05
Ontoria, AB 1B-04, 1B-05, 1B-06,
Sese, RM INV-1A-03 Zambale, NAF 2C-06, PA-17
PA-37
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