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DATESConferences: 4–7 April 2016

LOCATIONSQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre Brussels, Belgium

– Advances in Laser and Amplifier Technologies

– Photonics in Industrial Applications

– Micro/Nano Technologies

– Disruptive Organic and Bio Photonics

– Highly Integrated and Functional Photonic Components

SPIE Photonics Europe will be held for the fourth time in Brussel’s city centre conference facility.

Photonics Europe is the place to be. It brings together different disciplines, technologies, and perspectives from across Europe and around the world. As a participant, you will be among the leaders who are presenting research, developing new contacts, and learning about the latest funding opportunities.

• Photonics Europe is conferences, workshops, seminars, and an exhibition that will combine into a dynamic learning environment.

• Photonics Europe has programmes and experts on new business development and bridges the gap between academia and industry.

• Photonics Europe serves as the platform for information updates on the European Union’s new Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020.

• Photonics Europe features a daily comprehensive Hot Topics session, and will include a unique welcome reception, daily coffee breaks, plus other technical and social events.

• Photonics Europe presents the Innovation Village: a window on creative products developed by universities and research centres.

• Photonics Europe hosts the European Villiage: a display on European Research and Innovation Actions, Coordinate and Support Actions, and other EC-funded initiatives that showcase their consortium as well as their newest breakthroughs.

Brussels’ historical city centre provides a great atmosphere against a backdrop of excellent dining, comfortable facilities, straightforward accessibility, and easy transportation. The leadership of Photonics Europe 2016 has selected many of the toughest issues facing optical and photonics technologies today as the basis for their programmes. These current research issues will drive the development of new products for years to come.

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GENERAL CHAIRS

Francis Berghmans Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)

Ronan Burgess European Commission Photonics Unit (Belgium)

Jürgen Popp Liebniz-Institute of Photonic Technology Jena e.V. (Germany)

Peter Hartmann SCHOTT (Germany)

HONORARY CHAIR

Hugo Thienpont Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)

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Marwan Abdou Ahmed Univ. Stuttgart (Germany)David L. Andrews Univ. of East Anglia Norwich (United Kingdom)Anand Krishna Asundi Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)Pierre M. Beaujuge KAUST (Saudi Arabia)Francis Berghmans Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)Allan D. Boardman Univ. of Salford (United Kingdom)Neil G. Broderick The Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand)Ronan Burgess European Commission Photonics Unit (Belgium)Matthias F. CarlsohnComputer Vision and ImageCommunication in Bremen (Germany)David Cheyns IMEC (Belgium)Gabriel Cristóbal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain)Touradj Ebrahimi Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)Benjamin J. Eggleton The Univ. of Sydney (Australia)Alexander L. Gaeta Cornell Univ. (USA)Dario Gerace Univ. degli Studi di Pavia (Italy)Andreas Gombert Soitec Solar GmbH (Germany)Christophe Gorecki Univ. de Franche-Comté (France)Peter Hartmann SCHOTT (Germany)Helena Jelinková Czech Technical Univ. in Prague (Czech Republic)Nigel P. Johnson Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom)

Kyriacos KalliCyprus Univ. of Technology (Cyprus)Nasser Kehtarnavaz The Univ. of Texas at Dallas (USA)Gabriel Lozano FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (Netherlands)Kevin MacDonald Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)Jacob I. MackenzieUniv. of Southampton (United Kingdom)Dennis L. Matthews UC Davis Medical Ctr. (USA)Alexis Mendez MCH Engineering LLC (USA)Youri Meuret Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium)Rainer Michalzik Univ. Ulm (Germany)Anna Grazia Mignani Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy)Jürgen Mohr Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany)Christelle Monat Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France)Hirochika Nakajima Waseda Univ. (Japan)Jean-Michel Nunzi Queen’s Univ. (Canada)Wolfgang Osten Univ. Stuttgart (Germany)Andreas Ostendorf Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (Germany)Ekmel Özbay Bilkent Univ. (Turkey) Krassimir Panajotov Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)Lorenzo Pavesi Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy)Francesco Pavone European Laboratory for Non Linear Spectroscopy (LENS)/ INO-CNR (Italy)

Stefano Pelli Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy)Jürgen Popp Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. (Germany)Jean-Charles Ribierre Kyushu Univ. (Japan)Sergei G. Romanov Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)Pasi Saarikko Nokia Research Ctr. (Finland)Peter Schelkens Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)Marc Sciamanna CentraleSupélec (France)John T. Sheridan Univ. College Dublin (Ireland)Andrew J. Shields Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. (United Kingdom) Jürgen Stuhler TOPTICA Photonics AG (Germany) Takunori Taira Institute for Molecular Science (Japan)Hugo Thienpont Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)Frédéric Truchetet Univ. de Bourgogne (France)Valery V. Tuchin N.G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State Univ. (Russian Federation)Angel Valle Univ. de Cantabria (Spain)Volker van Elsbergen Philips Research (Germany)Laurent Vivien CNRS-Univ. Paris-Sud (France)Ralf B. Wehrspohn Martin-Luther Univ. Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)Frank Wyrowski Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena (Germany)Hans Zappe Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg (Germany)

CO-SPONSORING ORGANISATIONS COOPERATING ORGANISATION

2016 Plenary Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

EPE101: Metamaterials (Johnson, Boardman, MacDonald, Özbay) . . . . . . . . . . 4

EPE102: Nanophotonics (Andrews, Nunzi, Ostendorf) . . . . . 5EPE103: Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices

(Romanov, Gerace, Lozano, Monat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6EPE104: Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres

(Kalli, Mendez) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8EPE105: Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better

Health Care (Popp, Matthews, Tuchin, Pavone) . . . . 10EPE106: Micro-Optics (Thienpont, Mohr, Zappe) . . . . . . . . . . .12EPE107: Optical Modelling and Design

(Wyrowski, Sheridan, Meuret) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13EPE 108: Optical Micro- and Nanometrology

(Gorecki, Osten, Asundi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14EPE109: Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated

Circuits (Vivien, Pelli, Pavesi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16EPE110: Semiconductor Lasers and Laser Dynamics

(Panajotov, Sciamanna, Valle, Michalzik) . . . . . . . . . . .18EPE111: Laser Sources and Applications (Mackenzie,

Jelinková, Taira, Abdou-Ahmed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19EPE112: Nonlinear Optics and its Applications

(Eggleton, Broderick, Gaeta) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20EPE113: Organic Photonics (Beaujuge, Ribierre,

van Elsbergen, Cheyns) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21EPE114: Optics, Photonics and Digital Technologies for

Multimedia Applications (Schelkens, Truchetet, Ebrahimi, Cristóbal, Saarikko) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

EPE115: Real-Time Image and Video Processing (Kehtarnavaz, Carlsohn) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

EPE116: Photonics for Solar Energy Systems (Wehrspohn, Gombert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

EPE117: Optical Sensing and Detection (Berghmans, Mignani, de Moor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

EPE118: Quantum Technologies (Stuhler, Shields) . . . . . . . . 27

Student Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Exhibition / Photonics Innovation Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Abstract Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

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Metamaterials (EPE101)Conference Chairs: Allan D. Boardman, Univ. of Salford (United Kingdom); Nigel P. Johnson, Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom); Kevin F. MacDonald, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom); Ekmel Özbay, Bilkent Univ. (Turkey)

Programme Committee: Javier Garcia de Abajo, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (Spain); Antonello Andreone, Univ. degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy); Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi, Univ. of Southern Denmark (Denmark); Mario Bertolotti, Univ. degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy); Igal Brener, Sandia National Labs. (USA); Tie Jun Cui, Southeast Univ. (China); Jennifer A. Dionne, Stanford Univ. (USA); Ulf Leonhardt, Univ. of St. Andrews (United Kingdom); Willie J. Padilla, Duke Univ. (USA); Carsten Rockstuhl, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena (Germany); Tomasz Szoplik, Univ. of Warsaw (Poland); Sergei Tretyakov, Aalto Univ. School of Science and Technology (Finland); Giorgos P. Tsironis, Univ. of Crete (Greece); Dao Hua Zhang, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); Nikolay I. Zheludev, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom); Said Zouhdi, Lab. de Génie Électrique de Paris (France)

This conference will bring together the internation-al community of researchers in the exciting and multi-faceted fields of metamaterials, metasurfaces and the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with sub-wavelength scale structures.

Alongside invited talks, the conference programme will feature oral and poster presentations on topics including, but not limited to:

• nano-engineering of electromagnetic properties • active, tunable, switchable and reconfigurable

metamaterials • advances in nonlinear metamaterials • hyperbolic metamaterials • new materials for metamaterials • gain, compensation of losses and plasmonic

effects • quantum and superconducting metamaterials • metasurface optics • transformation optics with metamaterials • sub-wavelength concentration of light and

imaging • sensors, light-harvesting, and other applications • waveguide integration, complex metadevices

and metamaterials systems • acoustic metamaterials with electromagnetic

analogues.

2016 Plenary SpeakersJoin these prestigious presenters in Brussels.

John DudleyUniversité Franche-Comte (Besancon, France)

Stefan HellMax-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttengen, Germany)

Miles PadgettUniversity of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Ferenc KrauszMax-Planck-Institute for Quantum Physics (Garching, Germany)

Wolfgang SandnerTU (Berlin, Germany) and ELI-DC International Association AISBL, The “Extreme Light Infrastucture” ELI (Belgium)

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Nanophotonics (EPE102)Conference Chairs: David L. Andrews, Univ. of East Anglia (United Kingdom); Jean-Michel Nunzi, Queen’s Univ. (Canada); Andreas Ostendorf, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (Germany)

Programme Committee: Angus J. Bain, Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Mario Berberan-Santos, Univ. Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal); Renato Bozio, Univ. degli Studi di Padova (Italy); Céline Fiorini-Debuisschert, Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique (France); Yuval Golan, Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev (Israel); Erez Hasman, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel); Yasushi Inouye, Osaka Univ (Japan); Gediminas Juzeliunas, Vilnius Univ. (Lithuania); Martti Kauranen, Tampere Univ. of Technology (Finland); Satoshi Kawata, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Francois Lagugné-Labarthet, The Univ. of Western Ontario (Canada); Isabelle Ledoux-Rak, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (France); Christoph Lienau, Carl von Ossietzky Univ. Oldenburg (Germany); Nazario Martin, Univ. Complutense de Madrid (Spain); Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid (Spain); Jesper Mork, Technical Univ. of Denmark (Denmark); Michel Orrit, Leiden Univ. (Netherlands); Carsten Reinhardt, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Germany); Anatoly V. Zayats, King’s College London (United Kingdom)

In structures whose optical response is determined by nanoscale features, the character of optical propagation and measurement commonly involves an interplay of structural and electronic, quantum mechanical and quantum optical features, concisely conveyed by the term ‘nanophotonics’. This distinc-tive field continues to exhibit a phenomenal rate of growth at both the research and applications level.

It is the purpose in this conference, now the sixth of an established series at Photonics Europe, to ad-dress the latest developments in the optics, materi-als and physics-related aspects of this exciting area, emphasizing principles, systems and mechanisms, and identifying current directions in research and development. Reporting the cutting-edge techni-cal advances and applications, the conference will cover a broad range of topics in nanophotonics, including its detailed theoretical foundations, mechanisms, optical techniques, characterization principles, novel fabrication and synthetic methods, calculational and modeling advances, devices, and a full range of applications in fields as diverse as energy, lighting and displays, health and medicine.

Contributed papers are solicited from researchers, practitioners, users and commercial organizations working in these broad areas, especially focusing on the following and related topics:

• optical nanofabrication and characterization • nanoscale optical transmission, reflection and

scattering • plasmonics and surface nanostructure • nano-optical cavities and waveguides • surface plasmons and devices • nanoplasmonic sensors and nanoparticle

reporters

• nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion

• quantum confined lasers and laser components • control of nanoscale optical and electronic

processes • optically driven molecular motors • supramolecular engineering of electron and

energy transfer • quantum optical computing and informatics • photoactive arrays, materials and devices • quantum and nonlinear optics in

nanostructures • near-field optics and evanescent wave

formation • nanomicroscopy and associated imaging

technology • optical tweezers and spanners • nanomanipulation with light • optical lattices and holographic trapping • structured light interactions • photonic propagation in biological

nanostructures • quantum dots; fluorescence labeling and

imaging • polariton propagation and dispersion • functionalized nanoparticles and optical

sensing • light harvesting and frequency conversion• optical antennas and nanoantennas • single molecule optics and photonics.



Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices (EPE103)Conference Chairs: Dario Gerace, Univ. degli Studi di Pavia (Italy); Gabriel Lozano, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain); Christelle Monat, Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France); Sergei G. Romanov, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), Ioffe Physical Technical Institute (Russian Federation)

Programme Committee: Hernán Ruy Míguez, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain); Lucio Claudio Andreani, Univ. degli Studi di Pavia (Italy); Antonio Badolato, Univ. of Rochester (USA); Kurt Busch, Humboldt-Univ. zu Berlin (Germany); Eric Cassan, Institut d’Électronique Fondamentale (France); Emmanuel Centeno, Univ. d’Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand I (France); Richard M. De La Rue, Univ. of Malaya (Malaysia) and Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom); Massimo De Vittorio, Univ. del Salento (Italy); Alejandro Giacomotti, Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostructures (France); Romuald Houdré, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Sven Höfling, Julius-Maximilians-Univ. Würzburg (Germany); Thomas F. Krauss, Univ. of St. Andrews (United Kingdom); Kobus Kuipers, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (Netherlands); Mikhail F. Limonov, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute (Russian Federation); Cefe López, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain); Manuela Lunz, Philips Research (Netherlands); Barry Luther-Davies, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); Jordi Martorell, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (Spain); Adriana Passaseo, Univ. del Salento (Italy); Min Qiu, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden); Vincenzo Savona, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Christian Seassal, Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France); Anne Sentenac, Institut Fresnel Equipe SEMO (France); Silvia Vignolini, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); Diederik S. Wiersma, European Lab. for Non-linear Spectroscopy (Italy)

The aim of this conference is to address recent advances in the field related to (1D, 2D and 3D) photonic crystals, ordered and disordered media, photonic glasses and related materials, with a particular emphasis on the development of novel concepts and material platforms that provide an increase of the performance. Special attention will be devoted to innovative fabrication techniques, bio-inspired and hybrid material approaches that allow for the realization of novel architecture de-signs and an improvement of the existing devices.

The objective is to target state-of-art theoretical and experimental investigations of optical phe-nomena for both fundamental studies and device application purposes. Opportunities will be given for speakers to report studies in the area of complex photonic architectures that exploit the coupling between optical diffraction resonances and exci-tonic, plasmonic, phononic, magnonic and other resonance excitations. Presentations related to the integration of photonic nanostructures with optical and electronic devices are encouraged. Papers are also solicited in the areas associated with the poten-tial applications of photonic crystals and glasses in telecommunications, colour displays, LEDs, lasers, nonlinear optical devices, photovoltaics, chemical and biological sensing, and emerging areas such as integrated quantum optics.

It is anticipated that the European Community dimension will be reflected in both invited and contributed presentations.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• recent advances in material processing for the fabrication of novel photonic micro- and nanostructures

• recent advances in the design of novel photonic structures and devices

• recent advances in the field of high contrast gratings

• intrinsic and extrinsic disorder effects in the optical properties of ordered structures

• multifunctional photonic micro- and nanostructures

• anomalous wave propagation in photonic crystals

• nonlinear optical effects in periodic and nonperiodic or disordered structures

• photonic crystal based integrated optics • photonic crystal waveguides, fibres and

microcavities • magnetic photonic crystals • metal-dielectric periodic electromagnetic and

plasmonic structures • photonic-phononic crystal structures • photonic crystal-based electro-optic displays • applications of photonic crystals in biology

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• applications of photonic crystals to the long wavelength range (mid-infrared)

• biologically inspired photonic crystals • light managing in photovoltaic and light

emitting devices using photonic crystals • light emission control using periodic and

aperiodic structures • photonic crystal devices for integrated

quantum optics • resonant and semi-resonant effects in

photonic crystals, slow light.

IMPORTANT DATESAbstracts Due: 19 OCTOBER 2015All submissions must include a 300-word abstract and a two-page supplemental file (see Submission Guidelines).

Author Notification: 8 JANUARY 2016Manuscript Due Date: 7 MARCH 2016

PLEASE NOTE: Submissions imply the intent of at least one author to register, attend the conference, present the paper as scheduled, and submit a full-length manuscript for publication in the conference proceedings.



Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres (EPE104)Conference Chairs: Kyriacos Kalli, Cyprus Univ. of Technology (Cyprus); Alexis Mendez, MCH Engineering LLC (USA)

Programme Committee: Jean-Luc Adam, Univ. de Rennes 1 (France); Ole Bang, Technical Univ. of Denmark (Denmark); Jean-Luis Auguste, XLIM Institute de Recherche (France); Aurelien Bergonzo, Draka Comteq France (France); Neil G. R. Broderick, The Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand); Benoit Cadier, IXFiber SAS (France); Adrian Carter, Nufern (USA); Liang Dong, Clemson Univ, COMSET (USA); Henry Du, Stevens Institute of Technology (USA); Sebastien Fevrier, XLIM Institut de Recherche (France); Karl-Friedrich Klein, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (Germany); Jonathan C. Knight, Univ. of Bath (United Kingdom); Michael Konstantinos, Frederick Univ. (Cyprus); Jiri Kanka, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic); Walter Margulis, Acreo Swedish ICT AB (Sweden); Saeed Rehman, Fibertronix AB (Sweden); Valerio Romano, Bern Univ. of Applied Sciences (Switzerland); Kunimasa Saitoh, Hokkaido Univ. (Japan); Kay Schuster, Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. (Germany); Sergei Semyonov, Fiber Optics Research Ctr. (Russian Federation); Hwa-Yaw Tam, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong); Waclaw Urbanczyk, Wroclaw Univ. of Technology (Poland); David J. Webb, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom); Alexei M. Zheltikov, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ. (Russian Federation)

Specialised optical fibres have become essential optical components, designed to control and ma-nipulate light guided within an optical network, enabling selective confinement, routing, dispersion or filtering to occur directly in the optical domain. Specialised optical fibres can be broadly classified as solid step or gradient index types, liquid core fibres and as photonic crystal or microstructure designs. In the former case, selective material dop-ing of the fibres can afford unique properties that allow for optical amplification or photosensitivity. In the latter case, photonic crystal fibre allows for photon propagation in the most intricate of ways with great flexibility; we have far more control over the properties of photonic crystals than we do over the electronic properties of semiconductors. There are three key features that define the development of a specialised fibre i) the composition of the host material, ii) the waveguide design and iii) the use of specialised coatings.

This conference aims to provide a forum for scien-tists and engineers - involved with the modelling, design, fabrication, device integration, and applica-tion of photonic crystal, microstructure and other specialty optical fibres - to present and share their latest research and findings. This conference will expand on the existing optical fibre innovations, detailing progress in the areas of fibre manufacture, devices, and applications that target the fields of optical communications, sensing and spectros-copy; and incorporating modelling of novel fibre geometries.

The conference program will consist of both oral and poster presentations. Papers are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics:

MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND FABRICATION ADVANCESAdvances in speciality and microstructure fibre manufacture based on, silica, chalcogenide and multi-component glasses, rare-earth doped fibres, single crystal material fibre and polymer optical fibres, as well as new and advanced coating ma-terials.

THEORY AND MODELINGModelling and simulation of linear and nonlinear characteristics of novel optical fibres, including modal analysis, birefringence, polarisation and dispersion properties, confinement and bending losses, evanescent coupling in multi-core fibre and fibre tapers.

TEST & CHARACTERISATION METHODS Characterisation of optical fibres, e.g. measure-ments of fibre geometry, birefringence, dispersion, non-linearity and distributed measurements


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OPTICAL COMPONENTS, SENSORS AND DEVICESSpeciality and microstructure fibre-based devices and their applications cover a broad spectrum of research areas that can include:

• Supercontinuum generation, wavelength conversion, fibre lasers and amplification, ultra-high power and ultra-short pulse delivery, optical clocks, pulse shaping, dispersion compensation, micro fluidic devices, liquid crystal fibres, and optical transport of microparticles.

• Optical sensors, e.g. chemical and biosensors, vectorial (multi-core structures) and birefringent sensors (temperature and pressure), Bragg and long period grating sensors in specialised fibres.

• Near-field microscopy, spectroscopy of gases and liquids.

We also encourage papers on hot topics and fields of commercial interest such as:

• optical nanowires and sub-wavelength diameter fibres

• mid-IR and infrared fibres • specialty fibres for biological, chemical and

medical applications • fibres for harsh environments • fibres for use in the aerospace industry • fibres for oil and gas applications • optical fibres in renewable energy applications.

Finally a special session on:• specialty optical fibers for fiber lasers• specialty optical fibers for life sciences,

chemistry and medicine

Given the recent growing activity and adoption of optical fibers and fiber sensors in the life sciences, biology, medical and clinical fields, we encourage and seek submissions for manuscripts describing new designs and prototypes of specialty optical fibers and associated devices for applications or uses related, but not limited, to the following:

• specialty fiber needs and issues in the bio-medical field

• materials issues, biocompatibility studies, new fiber, coating and jacket materials and advances

• catheters for patient monitoring, biopsy sampling, and the like

• fiberoptic-based biological, chemical and medical sensors

• specialty fibers for illumination, laser delivery, photo dynamic therapy (PDT), photo thermal treatments

• power handling and thermal dissipation studies

• UV, VIS , NIR and IR fibers for spectroscopy analysis, chemical sensing and sample excitation

• scanning and measuring probes for optical coherence tomography (OCT), needle imaging, and other surface or tran-endoscopic applications

• imaging bundles, endoscopes and endoscopic tools.



Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care (EPE105)Conference Chairs: Jürgen Popp, Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien eV (Germany); Valery V. Tuchin, N.G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State Univ. (Russian Federation); Dennis L. Matthews, UC Davis Medical Ctr. (USA); Francesco Saverio Pavone, European Lab. for Non-linear Spectroscopy (Italy)

Programme Committee: Peter E. Andersen, Technical Univ. of Denmark (Denmark); Arthur E. T. Chiou, National Yang-Ming Univ. (Taiwan); Kishan Dholakia, Univ. of St. Andrews (United Kingdom); Dror Fixler, Bar-Ilan Univ. (Israel); Paul Garside, Ctr. for Biophotonics (United Kingdom); Thomas G. Mayerhöfer, Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien eV (Germany); Markus Sauer, Univ. Bielefeld (Germany); Ernst H. K. Stelzer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Univ. Frankfurt am Main (Germany); Hugo Thienpont, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Siva Umapathy, Indian Institute of Science (India); I. Alex Vitkin, Ontario Cancer Institute (Canada); Gert von Bally, Ctr. for Biomedical Optics and Photonics (Germany); Brian C. Wilson, Princess Margaret Hospital (Canada)

The research area of biophotonics provides novel photonic technologies and tools for medical di-agnosis and therapy. Its solutions for an efficient and affordable health care help to deal with the challenges of aging societies and exploding health care costs. Furthermore, biophotonics research aims for a deeper understanding of the processes within living cells, which is a prerequisite for the improvement of early recognition and targeted treatment of diseases.

The importance of biophotonics is obvious not only from the impressive annual growth rates of the related industries, but also from the signifi-cant amount of research funding in this field. The highly interdisciplinary character of this field of research requires an intensive dialogue between scientists from the various disciplines in order to align, promote and amplify their efforts. Especially the connection between technology and method developers and the biomedical enduser still needs further improvement as biophotonic solutions can only effectively reach the clinics when they are tailored according to the biomedical needs. To spread and promote this way of thinking is one of the major aims of the conference.

A broader notion of health includes the environ-ment, as well as the quality of food and pharma-ceutical products as its determining factors; thus the conference will cover applications of light in these areas as well.

Contributed papers are solicited concerning, but not limited to, the following areas:

PHOTONICS AND NANOBIOPHOTONICS FOR ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS • advanced microscopic and spectroscopic

methods • spectroscopic methods on a cellular and

molecular level • optical biochips and array technology • optical nanoprobes and nanobiosensors • fiber and photonic crystal biomedical

technologies.

NEW PHOTONIC NANOMANIPULATION TOOLS • nano-optical tools and methods for

biophotonics and biomedical optics • light-tissue interaction • optical tweezers and laser catapulting • cell sorting and cell positioning • optical transfection.

BIOMEDICAL OPTICS IN AND TOWARDS CLINICAL ROUTINE • coherence domain optical methods and optical

coherence tomography • optical diffuse tomography • in vivo cellular and tissue diagnostics,

telepathology • minimally invasive surgery • photodynamic therapy • skin therapy • ophthalmological applications of light • photoacoustic tomography • neurophotonics.


CALL FOR PAPERS

PHOTONIC SOLUTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, FOOD, AND DRUG ANALYSIS • microscopic and spectroscopic methods for

food and drug analysis • optical sensors for hazardous substances in air,

soil, and water • detection and identification of infectious

germs (epidemiology) • optical technologies for process analytics and

quality control • agricultural applications like in animal

epidemics and plant pathogen detection.



Micro-Optics (EPE106)Conference Chairs: Hugo Thienpont, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Jürgen Mohr, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany); Hans Zappe, Univ. of Freiburg (Germany); Hirochika Nakajima, Waseda Univ. (Japan)

Programme Committee: Veronique Bardinal, Lab. d’Analyse et d’Architecture des Systèmes (France); Francis Berghmans, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Pierre H. Chavel, Lab. Charles Fabry (France); Pietro Ferraro, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (Italy); Dietmar Fey, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany); Michael A. Fiddy, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte (USA); Eric Fogarassy, Institut d’Électronique du Solide et des Systèmes (France); Alexei Glebov, OptiGrate Corp. (USA); Alexei Glebov, OptiGrate Corp. (USA); Jürgen Jahns, FernUniv. Hagen (Germany); Pentti Karioja, VTT Technical Research Ctr. of Finland (Finland); Bernard C. Kress, Google (USA); El-Hang Lee, Inha Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Marc J. Madou, Univ. of California, Irvine (USA); Olivier Parriaux, Lab. Hubert Curien (France); Oltmann Riemer, Univ. Bremen (Germany); Clivia M. Sotomayor, Institut Català de Nanotecnologia (Spain); Ion Stiharu, Concordia Univ. (Canada); Peter Van Daele, Univ. Gent (Belgium); Henne van Heeren, EnablingM3 (Netherlands); Geert Van Steenberge, Univ. Gent (Belgium)

Micro-optics allows the manipulation of light and the management of photons with micron- and submicron- sized structures and components. Us-ing the fabrication and structuring technologies of MEMS, micro-optical devices are key components in a host of opto-electro-mechanical systems with applications ranging from telecommunications to consumer devices to medicine. Micro-optics is recognized as the key link between photonics and nano-electronics, the two dominant information technologies of tomorrow’s society.

This conference provides a forum to bring to-gether optical designers, process- and packaging engineers, and basic researchers with end-users from a wide spectrum of application fields. We will present and discuss the latest developments in micro-optics and optical MEMS fabrication; novel components; and advances in integration and optical systems development. The challenges and possible solutions related to design, prototyping, low-cost volume fabrication, packaging, assembly and integration, reliability, and standardization of micro-optical components and modules, as well as micro-optics-based sub-systems and systems will be addressed.

The conference will stimulate inter-disciplinary discussion and promote cross-fertilization over the boundaries of the specific research areas by seeking new solutions in all aspects of this rapidly evolving multidisciplinary field.

Examples of topics that are welcome include, but are not limited to:

• optical materials for micro-optics • polymer-based and printable micro-optics • modeling and design of novel refractive and

diffractive micro-optical components and systems

• prototyping, mastering and fabrication of micro-optical components and systems

• mass-fabrication of micro-optics, especially low-cost techniques

• optical MEMS components, systems, and applications

• large area and roll-to-roll fabrication of micro-optics and integrated optics

• holographic optical elements • optofluidic components and sub-systems • packaging and assembly of micro-optical

components and systems • integration of optical, micromechanical and/or

fluidic devices • reliability of micro-optical components and

systems • free-space photonic and guided-wave optical

interconnect, also at the PCB level.


CALL FOR PAPERS

Optical Modelling and Design (EPE107)Conference Chairs: Frank Wyrowski, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena (Germany); John T. Sheridan, Univ. College Dublin (Ireland); Youri Meuret, Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium)

Programme Committee: Pierre Ambs, Univ. de Haute Alsace (France); Benfeng Bai, Tsinghua Univ. (China); Pierre H. Chavel, Lab. Charles Fabry (France); Jean Michel Di Nicola, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA); Fabian Duerr, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Alois Herkommer, Univ. Stuttgart (Germany); Zbigniew Jaroszewicz, Institute of Applied Optics (Poland); Norbert Lindlein, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany); Andreas Michalowski, Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany); Cristian Neipp, Univ. de Alicante (Spain); Salah Obayya, Zewail City Science and Technology (Egypt) Hagen Schweitzer, LightTrans VirtualLab UG (Germany); Vladimir Sergeevich Pavelyev, Image Processing Systems Institute (Russian Federation); Boris Spektor, Israel Institute of Technology (Israel); Jari Turunen, Univ. of Eastern Finland (Finland); Martin Weismann, Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Allen Jong-Woei Whang, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology (Taiwan)

The ability to efficiently model and design optical systems and devices and to analyse and calibrate the performance of optical materials and fabri-cation techniques are central to modern optical engineering.

In order to develop such tools it is necessary to have available a fundamental physical and chemical understanding of such materials and systems, to develop appropriate models based on this knowl-edge, and to implement such models in computa-tionally efficient ways. Iterative comparisons with experimental outcomes then permits design opti-mization under a variety of practical constraints. In this way, combining fundamental expertise, (i.e., electromagnetics, solid state physics, etc.), optical engineering techniques, (i.e., design and analysis software and hardware tools, etc.), and appropriate materials and fabrication knowledge, (i.e. microma-chining, lithography, interferometric-holographic etc.) very flexible manipulation of light in time and space can be achieved.

Follow the above description this conference seeks to not only attract papers, which deal with the requirement to fundamentally understand such physical processes and to calibrate and analyse the outputs of specific optical systems. We also seek to attract submissions which combine and apply such knowledge to model and design optical systems. Papers of interest include those dealing with devices involving diffractive, refractive, and guided-waves effects and those dealing in which general optical signal processing, for example im-aging/non-imaging, coherent/incoherent radiation etc., are employed.

This conference is specifically being organised to provide a forum where workers from a variety of specialist and engineering backgrounds can pro-mote and exchange ideas. It is intended to be very broad and inclusive, suitable for those interested

in presenting work on optical modeling and design, simulation tools, optical materials, devices, systems and fabrication technologies.

Applications under discussion shall include light guiding, splitting, shaping, forming, multiplexing, switching, encryption and compression for use in the areas of imaging, lighting, display, sensing, optical data and information processing, and me-trology. The presentation of work involving both analysis and design techniques and the develop-ment of simulation tools based on the use of pure and hybrid geometric, paraxial, Fourier, Wigner, and generalised electromagnetic optical models. Modelling and calibration of fabrication processes, including both material effects and production tolerances are also of concern.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• ray and field tracing modeling • optimization and inverse approaches in optical

design • novel image forming concepts • freeform optics and applications • LED systems for lighting • microlens arrays and applications • zigzag waveguides and applications • modeling of light tubes • diffractive and holographical optical elements • polarization and wavefront engineering • splitting, shaping and diffusing light • subwavelength and novel diffractive structures • 2- and 3D optical signal processing, encryption

and compression • beam switching and multiplexing • light source modelling and characterisation • ultrashort pulse modeling • novel materials, devices and systems • fabrication, assembly and tolerancing of systems• nonlinear optics devices modeling and

influence of the environments.



Optical Micro- and Nanometrology (EPE108)Conference Chairs: Christophe Gorecki, FEMTO-ST (France); Anand Krishna Asundi, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); Wolfgang Osten, Institut für Technische Optik (Germany)

Programme Committee: Jürgen W. Czarske, Technische Univ. Dresden (Germany); Kostantinos Falaggis, Warsaw Univ. of Technology (Poland); Peter J. de Groot, Zygo Corporation (USA); Pietro Ferraro, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (Italy); Cosme Furlong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA); Yoshio Hayasaki, Utsunomiya Univ. (Japan); Peter H. Lehmann, Univ. Kassel (Germany); Andreas Ostendorf, Ruhr Univ. Bochum (Germany); Yukitoshi Otani, Utsunomiya Univ. (Japan); Heidi Ottevaere, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Nicolas Passilly, FEMTO-ST (France); Christof Pruss, Univ. Stuttgart (Germany); Huimin Xie, Tsinghua Univ. Beijing (China); Xiaocong Yuan, Nankai Univ. (China)

Microsystems and particularly MEMS or MOEMS ask integration of heterogeneous technologies including micromechanical components, optics, electronics, sensors and actuators. Since wafer stack of ICs and discrete electronic components are being assembled in the same package with MEMS/MOEMS, microoptical systems and/or other pho-tonic or optoelectronic devices, there is a need of new measurement techniques for characterization and testing, operating during the chip-production and for lifetime cycle prediction. Fortunately, optical inspection systems provide an ideal way to validate and verify product quality. Optical probes are non-destructive, non-contact diagnostics and particularly appropriate for probing materials destined for use in optoelectronic and photonic devices, where the interaction of light with the material provides the basis for device operation.

This conference will focus on the application of optical and related measuring techniques in nano- and micro-measurements, reliability study, failure analysis of MEMS/MOEMS and characteri-zation with special emphasis in microelectronics, micromechanical structures and nanostructures. The complete research and development process including modeling, simulation, and implementa-tion and testing shall be demonstrated on different examples. Special emphasis is directed to the development of new methods and algorithms into modern sensor systems. The application of these systems close-to-production is of general interest.

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: • wafer-scale metrology • holistic metrology• unification of modeling, simulation and

measurement • interferometry, holography, speckle, Moiré and

grating imaging • classical microscopy and confocal systems for

measurement • optical coherence tomography • scanning electron microscopy and thermal

imaging • near-field scanning microscopy and atomic

force microscopy • nanometric probes and nano-lithography • fiber optic sensors and waveguide devices • ellipsometry and scatterometry • image correlation • laser Doppler vibrometry and micro PIV • electro-optic techniques • Raman spectroscopy• polarimetry and scatterometry • optical phase conjugation • image processing • rigorous modeling and simulation • estimation of uncertainty of measurement • and others.

WITH APPLICATIONS IN: • shape, contour, diameter, angle and length • temperature, pressure, refractive index and

magnetic fields • micro- and nano topographic inspection • nano-scale measurements and thin films

characterization • near-field optics, fluorescence, local

spectroscopy • sub-wavelength structure inspection• overlay measurement• static and dynamic characterization of

MEMS/MOEMS


CALL FOR PAPERS

• metrology of microoptics • investigation of photonic structures and

cavities • local analysis of material properties and

defects including reliability aspects such fracture, fatigue and wear and life cycle predictability

• contact and surface problems • failure analysis including identification of

failure modes and mechanisms • reliability methodology and long term stability

investigation of microstructures, devices and systems

• deformation, displacement, vibration, stress, strain, fatigue and fracture, shock waves analysis

• line width/cd-metrology, defectoscopy • line edge roughness measurement • fluid mechanics and microfluidics • reliability of microsystems • qualification of devices or systems and

environmental testing • packaging and integration or/and interface to

macro world • and others.

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Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits

(EPE109)Conference Chairs: Laurent Vivien, Institut d’Électronique Fondamentale (France); Lorenzo Pavesi, Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy); Stefano Pelli, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy)

Programme Committee: Vilson R. Almeida, Instituto de Estudos Avançados (Brazil); Frédéric Boeuf, STMicroelectronics (France); Guang-Hua Duan, III-V Lab. (France); Xudong Fan, Univ. of Michigan (USA); Jean-Marc Fédéli, CEA-LETI (France); Maurizio Ferrari, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (Italy); Frederic Gardes, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom); Gong-Ru Lin, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Delphine Marris-Morini, University of Paris Sud (France); Ching Eng (Jason) Png, A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (Singapore); Andrew W. Poon, The Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology (Hong Kong, China); Giancarlo C. Righini, Museo Storica della Fisica e Ctr Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi (Italy); Gunther Roelkens, Univ. Gent (Belgium); Antti Säynätjoki, Aalto University (Finland); Jung Hun Shin, KAIST (Korea, Republic of); Dan-Xia Xu, National Research Council Canada (Canada); Koji Yamada, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (Japan); Lin Yang, Institute of Semiconductors (China)Smaller, faster, lower power, cheaper and complex photonic circuits are the major development direc-tions of photonic integrated systems. Advances in knowledge of the fundamental phenomena, as well as in materials, structures, processing and technologies, are expanding the broad field of applications of novel PIC where classical as well as quantum concepts rule the behavior of the devices.

Photonic building blocks of any subsystem, inte-grated optical circuits (IOCs), and photonic inte-grated circuits (PICs) are designed and developed with the goal of achieving the highest performances and functionalities. In addition, power consumption and environmental impacts are getting more and more relevant also in photonics. There is a hope that integrated photonics allows a more green photonics.

Among the broad applicative domain including on-chip optical communications, sensing, tele-communications, silicon photonics and photonic integrated circuits should play an important role in:

• optical interconnects and integration with microelectronics

• filtering, switching and routing in communications and data centers

• remote and high-resolution imaging • disposable photonics for medical applications • green and environmental friendly photonics • sensing and security. The broad scope of applications and techniques covered by the topics of this conference includes the development and use of many materials (silicon, glass, crystals, polymers, ...) , which all will find a perfect showcase in the framework of this sympo-sium. Furthermore, the deployment of devices and

applications based on the silicon photonics plat-form, in particular, is a reality but still challenging. Silica-on-silicon (SOS), silicon oxynitride (SiON) and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) structures represent viable and efficient routes to the implementation of low-cost optoelectronic circuits.

Another big challenge is represented by the move towards new wavelength ranges, up to the region of Terahertz frequencies for imaging, bio-appli-cations, spectroscopy and communications, and down to visible wavelengths for optical sensing. Furthermore, the use of integrated photonics for low power consumption circuits to sustain green photonic technologies and for light harvesting and solar spectrum modifications in photovoltaic domain emerges as a new concept.

This Conference intends to provide a forum to re-view, present and discuss the latest developments in these different areas, and to enlighten technolo-gies relevant to the integration of active and passive photonic components, with the aim of eventually developing full photonic systems. It is clear that the successful development of this domain depends on the productive collaboration between industry and academia at all levels of technology development and adoption. An important objective of this sym-posium will also be to contribute towards building a dialogue and generating cooperative actions between the community itself, the industry and the research and training institutions.

Original theoretical and experimental contribu-tions are solicited from the international photonic, guided-wave and optical materials community in the general areas listed below:


CALL FOR PAPERS

MODELING AND THEORY • optical system and network modelling • models for integrated photonic circuits • numerical and semi-analytical methods for

the modelling of guided-wave optics, active, passive and nonlinear components

• quantum integrated photonics.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND SILICON PHOTONICS • advances in materials and processes • semiconductor modulators, integrated

amplifiers, filters, switches • Si-based photodetectors • compound semiconductor WDM components • integration of optical functionalities in silicon

ICs • photonic crystals • silica-on-silicon photonics platform • silicon micro and nanophotonics • plasmonic nanostructures for silicon IC.

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS • active and passive waveguide components,

modulators and switches • glass integrated optics • silicon oxynitride based integrated optics • lithium niobate integrated optics • polymer photonic components • rare-earth-doped lasers, amplifiers and

wavelength converters • microresonators • nonlinear integrated optics • silicon, germanium and silica nanowires • photonic components for microwave and

Terahertz systems.

CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING • novel methods and instruments for testing

optical waveguides, photonic components and integrated circuits

• characterization of linear and nonlinear photonic devices and systems.

APPLICATIONS • components and subsystems for optical

telecommunications • photonic components for optical networks on

and out of the chip • integrated optical and photonic circuits for

optical signal processing • on-chip optical interconnects • components and circuits for optical and

optoelectronic sensors • guided structures for solar cells efficiency

improvement • components and circuits for measurement

and screening in biological, clinical, genomics, proteomics, environmental applications

• sensing and imaging systems at THz frequencies.

Three specific events also will be organized on “Hybrid silicon photonics” (i.e. plasmonics, III-V, Graphene....), “Industry in integrated optics” and “Topological photonics and optomechanics” in order to highlight these very hot topics.


Semiconductor Lasers and Laser Dynamics (EPE110)Conference Chairs: Krassimir Panajotov, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Marc Sciamanna, CentraleSupélec (France); Angel Valle, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain); Rainer Michalzik, Univ. Ulm (Germany)

Programme Committee: Dieter Bimberg, Technische Univ. Berlin (Germany); Weng W. Chow, Sandia National Labs. (USA); Kent D. Choquette, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA); Gadi Eisenstein, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Israel); Wolfgang E. Elsässer, Technische Univ. Darmstadt (Germany); Nicolas Grandjean, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Hitoshi Kawaguchi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (Japan); Norbert Lichtenstein, II-VI Laser Enterprise (Switzerland); Cristina Masoller, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain); Jesper Mørk, Technical Univ. of Denmark (Denmark); Jerome V. Moloney, College of Optical Sciences, The Univ. of Arizona (USA); Ivo Montrosset, Politecnico di Torino (Italy); Wlodzimierz Nakwaski, Technical Univ. of Lodz (Poland); Gian-Luca Oppa, Univ. of Strathclyde (United Kingdom); Johann Peter Reithmaier, Univ. Kassel (Germany); Carlo Sirtori, Univ. Paris-Diderot (France)

The conference will be concerned with all types and all aspects of semiconductor lasers. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Fabry-Perot, DFB, DBR laser diodes, multisegment devices

• VCSELs • semiconductor VECSELs (optically or

electrically pumped) • quantum cascade lasers • novel laser structures like micro-, nano-

cavities, photonic crystals • single-photon sources • modulator-integrated lasers • lasers for silicon photonics • epitaxial growth and processing aspects • low-dimensional active regions in

semiconductor lasers (quantum dashes, dots, etc.)

• novel semiconductor laser materials • UV to IR laser emission wavelengths • wavelength tuning, spectral properties • laser emission profile shaping • high power generation, high brightness

emission • laser diode dynamics • high-speed modulation • external feedback, optical injection and

coupled semiconductor lasers • mode locking • laser diode synchronization • complex semiconductor laser systems • patterns and localized structures in

semiconductor lasers

• noise • new phenomena in semiconductor lasers • advanced laser diode integration and system

applications aspects • physics and theory of semiconductor lasers • numerical methods, modeling and simulations • semiconductor optical amplifiers.

Submissions of papers addressing one or more of these items are welcome.



Laser Sources and Applications (EPE111)Conference Chairs: Jacob I. Mackenzie, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom); Helena JelÍnková, Czech Technical Univ. in Prague (Czech Republic); Takunori Taira, Institute for Molecular Science (Japan); Marwan Abdou Ahmed, Univ. Stuttgart (Germany)

Programme Committee: Friedrich G. Bachmann, FriBa LaserNet (Germany); Francesc Díaz, Univ. Rovira i Virgili (Spain); Pascal Dupriez, ALPhANOV (France); Marc Eichhorn, French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (France); Efstratios Georgiou, Technological Educational Institute of Crete (Greece); Stefan Kaierle, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Germany); Christian Kränkel, Univ. Hamburg (Germany); Beat Neuenschwander, Berner Fachhochschule Technik und Informatik (Switzerland); William O’Neill, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); Nicolaie Pavel, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics (Romania); Akira Shirakawa, The Univ. of Electro-Communications (Japan); Anthony W. Yu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)

The scope of the Laser Sources and Applications conference is broad, covering many recent ad-vances in the design, development and use of various laser architectures including; extending to new wavelength regimes, ultrashort pulse gener-ation, nonlinear frequency conversion schemes, power-scaling techniques, and direct diode-laser systems. Emphasis will be given to emerging ap-plications of lasers in the industrial, medical, and scientific fields.

Topics will include but are not limited to:

LASER AND AMPLIFIER ARCHITECTURES: • fibre and waveguide: glass and crystalline • thin-disc • rod and slab • microchip

MICRO-DOMAIN CONTROLLED DEVICES: • conventional, and orientation controlled laser

ceramics • artful quasi phase matched nonlinear optics• composited, structured functional optics.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN GAIN MEDIA AND WAVELENGTH REGIMES: • novel laser materials • visible solid-state lasers • mid-IR solid-state lasers • terahertz wave solid-state lasers• tunable solid-state lasers • Raman lasers.

PULSED OPERATION: • laser Q-switching • solid-state saturable absorbers • ultrafast lasers and mode locking • ultrashort pulse amplification

POWER-SCALING: • cryogenically-cooled laser systems • diode-pumped systems • resonator design • beam shaping and control schemes • beam combining.

LASER APPLICATIONS • materials processing laser applications • fibre-optic beam delivery components • photonics in medicine • new science with lasers • direct diode processing• laser ignitions • particle acceleration • mass imaging• bio imaging.

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Nonlinear Optics and its Applications (EPE112)Conference Chairs: Benjamin J. Eggleton, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Neil G. R. Broderick, The Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand); Alexander L. Gaeta, Cornell Univ. (USA)

Programme Committee: Fabio Biancalana, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom); Alex S. Clark, Imperial College London (United Kingdom); Stephane Coen, The Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand); Arnaud Couairon, Ecole Polytechnique (France); Richard M. De La Rue, Univ. of Malaya (Malaysia) and Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom); Christophe Dorrer, Univ. of Rochester (USA); Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (Spain); Mark Foster, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); Goëry Genty, Tampere Univ. of Technology (Finland); Peter Horak, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom); Colin J. McKinstrie, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. (USA); Christelle Monat, Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France); Dragomir N. Neshev, The Australian National Univ. (Australia)


This conference on nonlinear optics and applica-tions is focused on the most recent advances in nonlinear optics and its applications. The objective is to update the research and applications in the field providing a forum for discussion and interac-tion to all people working in the area or interested in the new results. Papers describing advances in every aspect of nonlinear optics and its applications particularly in, but not limited to, the following areas are welcome:

• all-optical processing • ultrafast optical communications • slow light • highly nonlinear and emerging waveguides • plasmonics and metamaterials • ultrafast measurement and pulse

characterization • frequency combs and optical clocks • nonlinear propagation and filamentation • Terahertz/microwave photonics • optical parametric amplifiers and oscillators • generation and applications of optical super-

continuum • nonlinear localization effects and solitons • nonlinear optics for quantum information.

IMPORTANT DATESAbstracts Due: 19 OCTOBER 2015All submissions must include a 300-word abstract and a two-page supplemental file (see Submission Guidelines).

Author Notification: 8 JANUARY 2016Manuscript Due Date: 7 MARCH 2016

PLEASE NOTE: Submissions imply the intent of at least one author to register, attend the conference, present the paper as scheduled, and submit a full-length manuscript for publication in the conference proceedings.


Organic Photonics (EPE113)Conference Chairs: David Cheyns, IMEC (Belgium); Pierre M. Beaujuge, King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia); Volker van Elsbergen, Philips Technologie GmbH (Germany); Jean-Charles Ribierre, Kyushu Univ. (Japan)

Programme Committee: Heinrich Becker, Merck OLED Materials GmbH (Germany); David Beljonne, Univ. de Mons (Belgium); Paul W. M. Blom, Univ. of Groningen (Netherlands); Donal D. C. Bradley, Imperial College London (United Kingdom); Franco Cacialli, Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Enrico Da Como, Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. München (Germany); Richard H. Friend, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); Alan J. Heeger, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (USA); Paul L. Heremans, IMEC (Belgium); René A. J. Janssen, Technische Univ. Eindhoven (Netherlands); Junji Kido, Yamagata Univ. (Japan); Jang-Joo Kim, Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Guglielmo Lanzani, Politecnico di Milano (Italy); Karl Leo, Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Organik, Materialien und Elektronische Bauelemente COMEDD (Germany); Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci, Johannes Kepler Univ. Linz (Austria); Paul van der Schaaf, BASF Schweiz AG (Switzerland); Chung-Chih Wu, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan)

Topics include recent progress on organics, per-ovskites, colloidal quantum dots and other hybrid materials:

• fundamental aspects • material developments • photovoltaics • light emitting devices and lasers • phototransistors, and photoswitches • sensors, photodetectors and actuators.

CALL FOR PAPERS

This conference aims to bring together a broad forum of scientists and engineers working on opto-electronics and photonics enabled by mo-lecular, polymeric, organic, and organic-inorganic hybrid materials such as colloidal quantum dots and perovskites. The purpose is to select out-standing invited talks that give an overview on the current status of this field, while aiming for a lively interaction between the chemistry, physics, and engineering aspects of this research domain. The call topics have therefore been selected to cover materials, devices, physics, optics, technology, and applications. The call also explicitly includes new and emerging nano-optoelectronics and nano-pho-tonics materials, devices and concepts. There will be oral presentations as well as poster sessions.


Optics, Photonics and Digital Technologies for Imaging Applications (EPE114)Conference Chairs: Peter Schelkens, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Touradj Ebrahimi, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Gabriel Cristóbal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain); Frédéric Truchetet, Univ. de Bourgogne (France); Pasi Saarikko, Microsoft Oy (Finland)

Programme Committee: Jan T. Bosiers, Teledyne DALSA (Netherlands); Jana Dittmann, Otto-von-Guericke-Univ. Magdeburg (Germany); Marek Domanski, Univ. of Poznan (Poland); Boris Escalante-Ramírez, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico); Pascuala García-Martínez, Univ. de València (Spain); Laurent Jacques, Univ. Catholique de Louvain (Belgium); Tom R. L. Kimpe, Barco N.V. (Belgium); Dragan Kukolj, RT-RK Institute for Computer Based Systems (Serbia); Jukka-Tapani Mäkinen, VTT Technical Research Ctr. of Finland (Finland); Maria S. Millán García-Varela, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain); Stuart W. Perry, Canon Information Systems Research (Australia); Martin Schrader, Nokia Research Ctr. (Finland); Lea Skorin-Kapov, Univ. of Zagreb (Croatia); Colin James Richard Sheppard, National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); Athanassios N. Skodras, Univ. of Patras (Greece); Andrew G. Tescher, AGT Associates (USA); Gerald Zauner, FH OÖ Forschungs & Entwicklungs GmbH (Austria)

Moore’s law has fostered the steady growth of the field of digital image processing, though computa-tional complexity remains a significant problem for most of the digital image processing applications. At the same time, also research in the field of optical image processing has matured, potentially bypassing the limitations of digital approaches and giving rise to new applications. Additionally, from image acquisition perspective the rapid convergence of digital imaging devices is driving a strong industrial growth of photonics technologies. Already, photonics based enablers can be found in a myriad of imaging and visualization applications such as displays and image sensing, illumination systems, and high-performance light engines - all of which have major volume positions in the pho-tonics market. Along with the growing interest for emerging multimedia applications the demand for new photonics enablers is steadily increasing, and new technologies are continuously created to meet the needs.

One example is the use of laser sources for cinema projection systems enabling high-dynamic range and high-quality stereoscopic cinema. In miniatur-izing digital cameras new challenges emerge when striving for high performance combined with mass volume production. This requires the design of sophisticated lens elements and new types of im-aging optics; optimized image processing pipelines; compact high-performance sensors etc. In addition, photonics has enabled fully digital media, with ac-companied growth in image processing, in content storage, retrieval and transmission techniques, and

in related hardware and software. These new appli-cations all have their specific requirements and put new challenges on the optical designs.

The aim of this conference is to create a joint forum for both research and application communities in the area of optics, photonics and digital technolo-gies to share expertise, to solve present-day appli-cation bottlenecks and to propose new application areas. Consequently, this conference has a broad scope, ranging from basic and applied research to dissemination of existing knowledge.

The conference sessions will address (but not be limited to) following topics:

• image sensors (CCD, CMOS, and others like OPD arrays)

• image acquisition and computational imaging (image reconstruction, phase image restoration, image fusion, high dynamic range imaging, light-field imaging, point-cloud imaging, holographic imaging, compressive sensing)

• camera optics (imaging lenses, design, flashes, adaptive optics, wafer-level optics, novel lenses, extended depth of focus, etc.)

• camera systems and characterization (system design, testing, metrics, standards, image processing chains)

• photonics components and enabling technologies for multimedia (micro-optics, lens arrays, filters, optical interconnects, optical storage)



• image transformations (wavelet theory, space theory, geometrical transforms, restoration)

• image analysis (motion estimation, segmentation, object tracking, pattern recognition, classification and machine learning)

• image information management (coding, cryptography, watermarking, storage and retrieval systems, resolution enhancement)

• displays, projectors and applications (augmented and virtual reality glasses, high-dynamic range, stereoscopic, light-field, and holographic visualization)

• optical engines for displays (LED and RGB-laser based engines, holographic modulators)

• display illumination (light guide solutions, micro-optics, design)

• interaction between architectures, systems or devices for optical and digital image processing (includes also bioinspired imaging solutions)

• objective and subjective quality assessment and measurement

• applications (medical, microscopy, surveillance, security, remote sensing, industrial inspection, entertainment)

• standardization.

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Real-Time Image and Video Processing (EPE115)Conference Chairs: Nasser Kehtarnavaz, The Univ. of Texas at Dallas (USA); Matthias F. Carlsohn, Computer Vision and Image Communication at Bremen (Germany)

Programme Committee: Mohamed Akil, Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique (France); Naseer Al-Jawad, The Univ. of Buckingham (United Kingdom); Guillermo Botella, Univ. Complutense de Madrid (Spain); Ahmed Bouridane, Northumbria Univ. (United Kingdom); E. Roy Davies, Univ. of London (United Kingdom); Touradj Ebrahimi, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Eran Anusha Edirisinghe, Loughborough Univ. (United Kingdom); Barak Fishbain, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel); Johannes Fürtler, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (Austria); Christos Grecos, Univ. of the West of Scotland (United Kingdom); Herbert Hufnagl, Festo AG (Germany); Reinhard Koch, Christian-Albrechts-Univ. zu Kiel (Germany); Antonio Núñez Ordóñez, Univ. de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain); Antonio J. Plaza, Univ. de Extremadura (Spain); Jose M. Cardoso Pereira, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (Portugal); Volodymyr Ponomaryov, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico); Luis Salgado, Univ. Politécnica de Madrid (Spain); Jorge Santos, European Commission (Belgium); Pedro Santos, Fraunhofer IGD (Germany); Sergio Saponara, Univ. di Pisa (Italy); Athanassios N. Skodras, Univ. of Patras (Greece); Bogdan Smolka, Silesian Univ. of Technology (Poland); Stephan C. Stilkerich, EADS Deutschland GmbH (Germany); Lennart Wietzke, Raytrix GmbH (Germany)

Real-time image and video processing involves algorithmic, hardware, and software aspects of making an image or video processing system to operate in real-time. The SPIE Real-Time Image and Video Processing conference has been the only conference that is dedicated to the real-time aspects of image and video processing. This con-ference has been providing a field catalyst bringing together scientists and researchers from industry and academia working in real-time image and video processing to present recent research results per-taining to new real-time algorithmic, hardware, and software approaches as well as real-time system designs and applications.

Papers addressing real-time issues are solicited but not limited to the following topics:

• real-time image and video processing algorithms

• real-time mobile or embedded image/video processing systems

• real-time image and video processing hardware including FPGA, DSP, GPU, GPP, ASIC, SoC, and SiP implementations

• real-time software optimizations and related design paradigms

• real-time image and video processing via parallel processing and related computer architectures

• real-time computational photography, augmented reality, and 3D applications

• real-time image and video processing for stereo and multi-view camera systems and multi-modal imaging sensor fusion

• real-time depth acquisition methods for 3D digital imaging and video, e.g. real-time RGB+D (i.e. Kinect-based and time-of-flight imaging) and “all-in-focus” imaging (light field imaging)

• real-time processing in super-resolution microscopy

• real-time particle image velocimetry (PIV) • “compessed sensing” in real-time imaging • real-time image and video compression

and coding for storage and broadcasting applications including HDTV, HbbTV; Ultra HDTV; 4K-imaging

• real-time image and video trans-coding and streaming technologies for future internet applications and emergent image resolutions and upcoming standards

• real-time image and video processing applications including digital, cell-phone, smart and system cameras

• real-time image and video processing for automatic visual inspection and machine vision

• real-time HDR image processing • real-time image and video processing for

CCTV applications, intelligent surveillance and security including biometric imaging



Photonics for Solar Energy Systems (EPE116)Conference Chairs: Ralf B. Wehrspohn, FraunhoferInstitut für Werkstoffmechanik (Germany); Andreas Gombert, Soitec Solar (Germany)

Programme Committee: Benedikt Bläsi, Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (Germany); Christoph J. Brabec, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany); Mark Brongersma, Geballe Lab. for Advanced Materials (GLAM) (USA); Ning Dai, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, CAS (China); Jung-Ho Lee, Hanyang Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Martin P. Pfeiffer, Heliatek GmbH (Germany); Alexander N. Sprafke, Martin-Luther Univ. Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)

This conference will be concerned with novel optical approaches and concepts for solar energy systems. Developments in optics, nanostructures, materials, and in fabrication technologies such as photonic crystals, plasmonics, quantum dots, rare-earth systems, conjugated polymers, and self-organisation or microreplication are stimulating the research on solar energy conversion significantly. Thus, a broad range of innovative optical concepts are under inves-tigation for the application of micro- and nanostruc-tures in solar thermal systems, photovoltaic cells and modules, and for solar hydrogen production.

The scope of this meeting covers all relevant issues, such as basic physics, new phenomena, material properties, modeling, device design, fabrication technologies, and characterization.

Submissions that address optical effects in nano- and microstructured materials for management of solar radiation are highly welcome.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• novel light trapping concepts • nanotextured surfaces of various types • wavelength or angular selective and

antireflective surfaces • switchable coatings • fluorescence collectors • radiation steering incl. concentration • up- and down conversion • windows, transparent covers, and receivers • multistage solar radiation conversion • intermediate band gap solar cells • organic, dye inorganic, and hybrid solar cells • optical nanostructures for solar hydrogen • advances in material science for photovoltaic

applications

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• real-time image and video processing for robot vision, autonomous systems, human-machine and machine-machine interaction

• real-time image and video processing for multi-dimensional image analysis, spectral and hyper-spectral imaging, and remote sensing

• real-time image and video processing for immersive systems using virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality

• marker-less real-time tracking of objects in imaging and video animations for VR, AR and MR systems and applications

• real-time aspects in medical imaging.


Optical Sensing and Detection (EPE117)Conference Chairs: Francis Berghmans, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Anna G. Mignani, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy)

Programme Committee: Francesco Baldini, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy); Hartmut Bartelt, Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. (Germany); Brian Culshaw, Univ. of Strathclyde (United Kingdom); Thomas Geernaert, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium); Jane Hodgkinson, Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom); Jiri Homola, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic); Leszek Roman Jaroszewicz, Military Univ. of Technology (Poland); Elfed Lewis, Univ. of Limerick (Ireland); Alexis Mendez, MCH Engineering LLC (USA); Luc Thevenaz, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Moshe Tur, Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel); Waclaw Urbanczyk, Wroclaw Univ. of Technology (Poland); Jan Van Roosbroeck, FBGS International (Belgium); David J. Webb, Aston Univ. (United Kingdom); Libo Yuan, Harbin Engineering Univ. (China)

The optical sensing and detection conference will emphasize the principles, characteristics and performance of photonic sensor and measurement systems. The former consider new and advanced optical- and photo-detector technologies, while the latter include point sensor, distributed sensor, inspection and remote sensing systems based either on guided or free space optics.

The conference welcomes contributions on es-sentially all aspects of optical sensors, including transduction principles, measurand encoding principles, data-processing, user interfacing and field trials. Materials, components, architectures, structures, sources, detectors and analyzers for optical sensors will be presented. A wide variety of application areas will be considered, including safety & security, manufacturing industry, energy production, mining and extraction, entertainment, robotics, environmental and structural health monitoring, non-destructive evaluation, aerospace, chemical industry, food and drug processing and control, medicine and health.

The objective in bringing these technologies and application fields together is to provide a forum for interchange among researchers and users of the various techniques and to support crossfer-tilization of ideas which may benefit research and development in future photonic sensing and optical instrumentation systems.

We therefore encourage the research and devel-opment community to submit contributions to the conference in the broad field of optical sensing systems and more particularly on:

• detection and transduction materials, technologies and techniques

• technological advances in photodetectors, e.g. in the field of IR imaging or for low wavelength photosensors

• components for sensor systems, e;g.: detectors, analyzers, packages, etc.

• optical and electronic signal handling, processing, routing and user interfacing

• data analysis for multi-sensor arrays, multi-component sensing and data fusion

• fibre optic sensors • sensitivity enhancement in optical sensing

techniques such as for example interferometry, spectroscopy, laser ranging

• sensor component, system and network reliability

• applications of optical sensing techniques in the various fields given above

• field trials.



Quantum Technologies (EPE118)Conference Chairs: Jürgen Stuhler, TOPTICA Photonics AG (Germany); Andrew J. Shields, Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. (United Kingdom)

Programme Committee: Christoph Becher, Univ. des Saarlandes (Germany); Oliver Benson, Humboldt-Univ. zu Berlin (Germany); Rainer Blatt, Leopold-Franzens-Univ. Innsbruck (Austria); Kai Bongs, The Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom); Philippe Bouyer, Institut d’Optique Graduate School LP2N (France), Muquans Bordeaux (France); Michael Jetter, Univ. Stuttgart (Germany); Christian Kurtsiefer, National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); Bruno Sanguinetti, id Quantique SA (Switzerland)

The aim of the Quantum Technologies Conference is to bring together people from industry and ac-ademia who are active in this field. We appreciate contributions ranging from fundamental research in quantum optics to industrial developments of components or integrated systems onto applica-tions of quantum technology instruments:

The conference programme will consist of oral and poster presentations on topics that include, but are not limited to:

• quantum communication and quantum memory

• quantum simulation and quantum computing • quantum sensing (e.g. based on atoms, ions,

color centers or alternative techniques) • atomic clocks • instruments for quantum technology systems

(special light sources like lasers or single/correlated photon emitters, special detectors, random number generators …)

• applications of quantum technology-based instruments.

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BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARDSAs a committed supporter of excellence in student research, SPIE supports Best Student Paper Awards at SPIE conferences across the globe. In addition to cash prizes and award certificates, winners receive SPIE Digital Library downloads and complimentary SPIE Student Membership.

The awards are designed to encourage and acknowledge excellence in oral and poster student paper presentations. Best student papers will be recognised within each of the conferences.

In order to be considered for this award, the student must meet the following requirements:

• Student must be the presenting author at the conference and must make their oral presentation as scheduled

• Student must be the leading author of the manuscript

• Papers submitted by graduate and undergraduate students are eligible

• Student must enter the best student paper award by responding to an award announcement e-mail- The best student award

announcement will follow the acceptance notification and will include all details necessary to enter and qualify for the competition

A panel of experts will evaluate the papers, both for quality and content.

VIEW THE RECIPIENTS OF PHOTONICS EUROPE 2014 BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD WINNERS ONLINE:

www.spie.org/pe16call


Connecting research and industry.Photonics Europe 2016 will offer Platinum, Gold, and Silver packages, combining exhibition space with advertising and sponsorship opportunities. A limited number of basic tabletop spaces will also be available. The poster sessions and networking areas will be located in the exhibition hall to maximize attendee/exhibitor interaction.- Grow your revenue- Identify the hottest opportunities in the industry- Connect with your customers- Demo your new products- Gain exposure with strategically placed

advertising and sponsorships

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E.EXHIBITION

EXHIBITION DATES AND HOURS Tuesday 5 April · 10.00 - 17.00

Wednesday 6 April · 10.00 - 16.00


BE PART OF THE Photonics Innovation Village Innovative researchers who have developed a new product can apply for a complimentary “mini booth” in the Photonics Innovation Village, a special display area at SPIE Photonics Europe.

The Innovation Village supports and publicises research teams from universities, non-profit institutions, and research centres who are working on new applications and product development. The Innovation Village showcases Europe’s (and the world’s) finest programmes and encourages the transfer of optics/photonics research and technology into new and useful products.

Take advantage of this opportunity for free display space and exposure at Europe’s premier research conference. Best Innovation Award winners will be announced at a ceremony during the event.

Submissions due 19 October 2015

Featured Exhibition Technologies:• Chemical and biological sensing • Ion-beam, x-ray, EUV, electron-beam• Clinical, chemical, and biological

instrumentation • Lasers and other light sources, laser systems

and accessories• Cameras and CCD components • Metrology, inspection, process control• Infrared sources, detectors, and

systems • Optical components, detectors, fibres,

materials, substrates• Displays, communications • Optical test and measurement equipment• Electronic imaging components, equipment,

and systems • Finished optics, filters and coatings, optical

fabrication equipment• Electronics and signal analysis

equipment • Optics manufacturing• Software • Photonics equipment manufacturing• Fibre optic components, equipment, and

systems • Resist technology and processing• High-speed imaging and sensing

CONTACT THE SPIE SALES TEAM:

In Europe excluding UK, Ireland, and FranceHermann DosterTel: +49 (0) 7025 841 806Fax: +49 (0) 7025 842 [email protected]

In UK, Ireland, and FranceLara MilesTel: +1 360 685 5537Fax: +1 360 647 [email protected]

In the Americas, Asia, and majority of worldAl RaganTel: +1 360 685 5539Fax: +1 360 647 [email protected]

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European VillageJoin other consortia showcasing their initiative projects and related prototypes in a special section of the exhibition. The 6th edition of the European Village is open to all Photonics Europe attendees, exhibition visitors, press, and other officials, giving your project international visibility. Apply early—space is limited.


ABOUT BRUSSELS Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the admin-istrative centre of the European Union. This has earned the city the title of the Capital of Europe. Brussels has been given its character by the co-existence of French and Flemish culture, and it is nowadays home to nationalities from around the world, adding a cosmopolitan flavour to its atmosphere. The vibrant atmosphere of Brussels is further enhanced by picturesque medieval streets, lively squares, beautiful boulevards, impressive monuments, spacious parks, cosy cafés, interesting restaurants, and an active cultural life.

VISA INFORMATION AND INVITATION REQUESTS Apply now for your Visa Nationals of all Western European countries can visit Belgium without a visa; U.S., Canadian, and Australian passport holders can stay up to 90 days without a visa. For additional details and specific visa requirements, please contact the Belgian Embassy in your country.

TECHNICAL PROGRAMMERegistration information and online registration will be available in January 2016.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION All participants, including invited speakers, con-tributed speakers, session chairs, co-chairs, and committee members must pay a registration fee.

SPIE MEMBERSHIP SPIE Members receive significant discounts on conference registration fees.

HOTEL & TRAVEL INFORMATION Review travel, transportation, and hotel information online. Hotel registration will open January 2016.

GENERAL INFORMATION

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PRESENT TO HUNDREDS, PUBLISH TO MILLIONS•Publish your work in SPIE Proceedings.


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

By submitting an abstract, I agree to the following conditions: • Please do not submit the same, or similar, ab-

stracts to multiple conferences.

REVIEW, NOTIFICATION, AND PROGRAMME PLACEMENT INFORMATION• To ensure a high-quality conference, all sub-

missions will be assessed by the Conference Chair/Editor for technical merit and suitability of content.

• Conference Chair/Editors reserve the right to reject for presentation any paper that does not meet content or presentation expectations.

• The contact author will receive notification of acceptance and presentation details by e-mail no later than 11 January 2016.

• Final placement in an oral or poster session is subject to the Chairs’ discretion.

PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE AND SPIE DIGITAL LIBRARY INFORMATION• Manuscript instructions are available from the

“For Authors/Presenters” link on the confer-ence website.

• Conference Chair/Editors may require manu-script revision before approving publication and reserve the right to reject for publication any paper that does not meet acceptable stan-dards for a scientific publication. Conference Chair/Editors’ decisions on whether to allow publication of a manuscript is final.

• Authors must be authorized to transfer copy-right of the manuscript to SPIE, or provide a suitable publication license.

• Only papers presented at the conference and received according to publication guidelines and timelines will be published in the conference Proceedings of SPIE and SPIE Digital Library.

• Published papers are indexed in leading sci-entific databases including Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Chemical Abstracts (relevant content), Compendex, CrossRef, Current Contents, DeepDyve, Google Scholar, Inspec, Portico, Scopus, SPIN, and Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index, and are searchable in the SPIE Digital Library. Full manuscripts are available to SPIE Digital Library

AN AUTHOR OR COAUTHOR (INCLUDING KEYNOTE, INVITED, ORAL, AND POSTER PRESENTERS) WILL:• Register at the reduced author registration rate

(current SPIE Members receive an additional discount on the registration fee).

• Attend the meeting.• Make the presentation as scheduled in the pro-

gram.• Submit a full-length manuscript (6 pages mini-

mum) for publication in the SPIE Digital Library and Proceedings of SPIE.

• Obtain funding for registration fees, travel, and accommodations, independent of SPIE, through their sponsoring organizations.

• Ensure that all clearances, including government and company clearance, have been obtained to present and publish. If you are a DoD contractor in the USA, allow at least 60 days for clearance.

Submit an abstract and summary online at : www.spie.org/pe16call • Optional: Prepare an expanded abstract of up

to two pages as a supplemental file for review purposes. No special formatting is necessary. This file may contain images / graphs / tables. You will be prompted to upload this file during the submission process. The information will assist the conference chairs in determining placement in the program. This file, in addition to the 500-word abstract, is optional and en-couraged.

• Abstracts should contain enough detail to clear-ly convey the approach and the results of the research. Accepted abstracts will be published and made available at the meeting. Please submit a 500-word abstract for review.

• Please also submit a 300-word text summary suitable for early release. If accepted, this sum-mary text will be published prior to the meeting in the online or printed programs promoting the conference.

• Only original material should be submitted.• Abstracts should contain enough detail to

clearly convey the approach and the results of the research.

• Commercial papers, papers with no new re-search/development content, and papers where supporting data or a technical description can-not be given for proprietary reasons will not be accepted for presentation in this conference.


Join your colleagues in BrusselsRead the Call for Papers and take the first step towards submitting an abstract today. The website has everything you need to know about the meeting—up-to-date call information, author and presenter instructions to develop a successful presentation and manuscript for publication in the Proceedings of SPIE and the SPIE Digital Library. Also find information about hotel, travel, and registration.

The meeting will foster networking among fellow researchers and enable the exchange of new ideas and novel concepts, as well as discussions about the most recent advances in photonics, optics, lasers, and micro/nanotechnologies—including new conferences on quantum optics and graphene and 2D materials.


Brussels, “the Capital of Europe,” is known not only as the heart of the European Union, but also as a vibrant metropole that is easily accessible from all corners of the world. International atmosphere mingles with the unique flavour of this beautiful medieval city, and the coexistence of French and Flemish cultures adds to the cosmopolitan feel of the city’s active cultural life, beautiful boulevards, spacious parks, and excellent dining.

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Brussels while participating in the one optics and photonics conference in Europe where foremost researchers connect with industry leaders.

For more information or to submit your abstract today:

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