
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of fundamentals of light-matter interactions and advances in materials processing. Example topics include:
This sub-committee seeks original submissions should be related to the generation, amplification, characterization, applications of ultrashort optical pulses and advanced technologies based on nonlinear optics. Example topics include: (?)
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in Terahertz Science and Technology, where the THz spectral range is approximately defined as from 200 GHz to 30 THz. We invite the submissions on THz-specific technologies (e.g. THz sensing, guiding, imaging, modulation etc), as well as the submissions of cross-disciplinary impact: such as THz studies relevant to energy, communications, memory, catalysis, and other technologies. Example topics include:(?)
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of fundamentals of high power and high energy Lasers. Example topics include:(?)
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of fundamentals of laser processing and innovative applications. Example topics include:(?)
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in optical metrology. Example topics include:
This subcommittee seeks original contributions in the general area of atomic, molecular, optical physics that address quantum state characterization, quantum interactions and their applications, quantum information science, its applications to communication, computation and metrology.Contributions involving quantum dots, color centers and superconductors are encouraged, in addition to those concerning neutral atoms, ions, and molecules. Example topics include(?):
This sub-committee seeks original submissions covering micro/nano-photonic structures and chip-scale devices, with a primary focus on advanced concepts rather than new applications of established designs. Example topics include:
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in optical communications. Papers submitted to this committee are expected to present the results characterized by system performance metrics, e.g., bit error rates, error vector magnitudes, constellations, or eye diagrams. Example topics include:
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of all aspects of optical fibers and waveguide including their design, fabrication, and physical properties, and measurement or characterization methodologies. Fibers include but are not limited to: those single- or multi-mode; single- or multi-core; silica- or non-silica based; and conventional or micro-structured. Example topics include:(?)
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of f the active optical device elements and their integrated photonics platforms for optical communications. The active elements include laser diodes, modulators, detectors, semiconductor optical amplifiers, nonlinear (resonant) and ultrafast devices, exploiting carrier dynamics in semiconductors. The integration platforms include those based on compound semiconductor and silicon. The level of integration is broad, ranging from novel discrete components to highly-integrated photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and fully packaged devices. Also solicited are papers on design, fabrication techniques and characterization of optoelectronic devices, hybrid and monolithic integration techniques, fundamental aspects of device packaging and reliability. . Example topics include:(?)
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of fundamentals of silicon photonics. Example topics include:(?)
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of fundamentals of optical and photonic techniques for the processing of information. This includes active and passive all-optical signal processing subsystems for telecommunications and digital data processing applications. Example topics include:
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of fundamentals of advanced 2D materials for photonics.Example topics include:(?)
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of photonics and related techniques for biology, chemistry, medicine and any healthcare related fields. Example topics include:
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of fundamentals of plasmonics and metamaterials , including novel materials and structures, both linear and nonlinear behaviors, ultrafast and quantum phenomena, and a broad range of related applications. Example topics include:(?)
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in active optical sensing. Example topics include:
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of fundamentals of imaging, display and storage technologies. Example topics include:
This sub-committee seeks original submissions in the general area of radio-over-fiber (RoF), free-space (including visible light communications), microwave photonics and non-telecom systems and applications. Radio-over-fiber and optical wireless integration are concerned with the development and improvement of broadband wireless communication systems and networks. Included are also the transmission and control of microwave signals for, e.g., RF sensing, antenna remoting, high-speed instrumentation and measurement systems, or biomedical, THz, ultra-wideband, ultra-stable frequency metrology, and other high-frequency applications. Example topics include: