Optical systems are ubiquitous in modern society, with an ever-increasing number of applications covering medical sciences (vision technologies, surgical instrumentation, medical imaging), spatial exploration (telescopes, lenses, spectrometers), telecommunications (fiber optics), information processing (quantum computing), industry (from cutting, welding to precision metrology) and military/weaponry technology, to name but a few examples. Furthermore, laser and optical technology are in general absolutely essential to performing applied research in areas such as chemistry and biology, providing fundamental analysis tools. The success of optical systems and technologies in high-end scientific research has also found its way into everyday consumer products such as printers, displays, discs, cameras and eyeglasses, not to forget that optical fiber is crucial to telecommunications in general and internet in particular. This 10th edition of PHOTOPTICS will feature three different tracks on Optics, Photonics and Lasers, covering both theoretical and practical aspects.
Pablo Albella, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Cantabria, SpainPaulo António Ribeiro, Department of Physics, LIBPhys, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
Domenico de Ceglia, University of Padova, ItalyMaria Raposo, LIBPhys, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Orlando Frazao, INESC TEC, Portugal
Jean–Luc Adam, Université de Rennes 1 - CNRS, France
I. Staude, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Irina Larina, Baylor College of Medicine, United States
David Andrews, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Klaus Petermann, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Giuseppe Strangi, Case Western Reserve University, USA, and CNR-NANOTEC, University of Calabria, ItalyRomain Quidant, ETH Zürich, SwitzerlandRachel Grange, ETH Zurich, Institute for Quantum Electronics, Optical Nanomaterial Group, SwitzerlandHarald Giessen, 4. Physikalisches Institut, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Publications:
A short list of best papers will be invited for
publication of extended and revised versions
in a special issue of the Journal of Optics
Proceedings will be submitted for evaluation for indexing by: