Chairs
| General Chair | Juergen Czarske |
| International Program Committee Chair of ICO-25 | Wolfgang Osten |
| International Program Committee Chair of OWLS-16 | Alexander Heisterkamp |
| Honorary Chair | Gert von Bally |
| Fundraising Committee Chair | Michael Pfeffer |
Topics
Optical Systems for Lithography, Novel Patterning Technologies, Extreme Ultraviolet Techniques, Photomask Technology, Inspection, Freeform Optics, Micro Optics, Thin Films, Optical Coatings, Damage Thresholds
Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Laser Material Processing, Laser Cutting, Laser Welding, 3D Printing
Optical Design, Optical Materials, Optics Simulation, Modeling, Diffractive Optics, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imaging, Telescope Optics, Space
Industry 4.0, Lasers in Manufacturing, 3D Metrology for Machine Vision and Factory Automation, 3D PrintedOptics, Lithography for Nanoelectronics, Large Volume Optics, Green Photonics, Global Energy
Optical Systems, Adaptive Optics for Ground-Based Telescopes
Quality Assessment of Imaging Processes and Displays, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Micro Display, OLED Displays, Advances in Optics of Backlit and Front-Illuminated Displays, Flexible Displays and Transparent Displays, Speckle Issues, Screen Technology, Holographic and Light-Field Displays, Three-Dimensional Display, Low-Cost Light Sources with High Luminous Flux, Infrared Technology, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Digital Cameras, Optics for Smart Phones, Consumer Optics, Solar Energy, Hybrid Optoelectronics, Organic Solar Films, Emissive Displays (LED, OLED), Blue Laser Diode, Lighting and Illumination, Laser Projection Techniques
Perception, Light Measurement and Vision Systems, Novel Detectors, Reproduction of Material Appearance, Aberration Theory, Solar cell concentrator design
Spatial Light Modulators, Deformable Mirrors, MEMS-based Mirror Matrix, Micro and Nano Actuators for Optical Devices, Tolerancing, Manufacturing
Tunable Micro Optics, Adaptive Lenses, Optofluidics
Free-Space Optical Components and Systems, Light Fidelity
Time and Frequency Dissemination,Frequency-Comb Applications, Optical to Microwave Frequency Conversion
Remote Sensing, Time, Frequency, Temperature, Distance and Velocity Metrology, Sensors for Harsh Environments, Atmospheric and Oceanic Light Propagation, LIDAR, Environmental Protection, ClimiateChange, Food and Water Monitoring, Monitoring Microplasticsin Marine Ecosystems
Astronomical Instruments, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, Phased Array Techniques for Breakthrough Starshot, Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, Einstein Telescope
Instrumentation for Flow Measurements, Turbulence Metrology, 3D-Particle Image Velocimetry, Non-Intrusive Sound and Combustion Diagnostics, Optics for a Sustainable World, Micro and Nano Fluidics, BioMEMS, Hydrogel Sensing, OptofluidicSensing, Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
Interferometry, Spectroscopy, 3D Camera Metrology, Cultural Heritage, In-Process Measurements, Traceability to SI Units, Confocal Sensing, Novel Lasers for Metrology, Phase Retrieval, Computational Shear Interferometry, Deflectometry, Quality Control of Aspheres, Fringe Analysis Methods, Optomechatronics, Machine Vision
Interferometry, Spectroscopy, 3D Camera Metrology, Cultural Heritage, In-Process Measurements, Traceability to SI Units, Confocal Sensing, Novel Lasers for Metrology, Phase Retrieval, Computational Shear Interferometry, Deflectometry, Quality Control of Aspheres, Fringe Analysis Methods, Optomechatronics, Machine Vision
Programmable Photonics, Digital Optics,Optical Computing, Information Photonics,Volumetric Displays, Holographic Data Storage, LightfieldCamera, Integral Imaging,Single-Pixel Camera
Unconventional Optical Imaging, Random-Phase Encryption, Propagation in Random Media, Mesoscopic Channels, Computational Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Shaping, Digital Optical Phase Conjugation, Cloaking
Coherence and Statistical Optics, Fourier optics, Nanophotonic Information System, Computational Imaging Devices, Compressive Imaging, Ptychography
Atom Optics,Matter Waves, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Slow Light, Quantum Simulation and Boson Sampling, Squeezed Light
Nonlinear Photonics, Micro Solid-State Photonics, Nonlinear Materials and Structured Material,Wavelength Conversion and Frequency Mixing
Quantum Technology, Entanglement, Schrödinger’s Cat States, Single-Photon Qubit, Quantum Computer, Quantum Information Processing, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Teleportation, Ghost Imaging, Manipulation of Quantum Systems, Quantum Microscopy, AI-based Information Technique, Machine Learning, Neural Networks
Single Photon Sources and Detectors, Cold Atoms and Trapped Ions,Quantum Dots and Vacancy Defects, Nanodiamonds, Optomechanics
Ultrafast Lasers and Pulse Measurements, Nonlinear Frequency Conversion, Ultrafast THz Sources, Quantum Cascade Lasers, Pulse Shaping and Coherent Control, Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics, Supercontinuum Sources, Material Processing by Femtosecond-Lasers
Ultrafast Plasmonics, Carrier Dynamics and Coherent Phonons, Ultrafast Nano-Optics, Femtochemistry and Femtobiology, Vibrational and Conformational Dynamics, Solvation Dynamics, Electro-Optical Sampling, Micro-Machining, Table-Top Attosecond Laser Systems, Zeptosecond-Scale Pulses, Spectral Phase Interferometry for Direct Electric-Field Reconstruction, Optical Oscilloscopes, Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating
High Power and High Brightness Lasers, Petawatt Lasers, Laser Particle Acceleration for Cancer Therapy
Laser-Plasma Interaction, Processing using High Power Lasers, Laser-Based Inertial Confinement Fusion, Super-Intense Lasers for Creation of Matter
Optics for EUV, X-Rays, and Gamma-Rays, Microscopes, Telescopes, Interferometers
New Sources for EUV, Optical Elements and Devices, Ultrafast X-Ray Holography, Quantum Optics with X-Rays
Nearfield Opticsand Microscopy, Plasmonics, Metamaterials, Transformation Optics, Nanolasers, Metasurfaces, Photonic Topological Insulators, Topological Lasers
Nanophotonics for Solar Energy, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Spin Wave Dynamics, On-Chip Electronic-Plasmonic Transducer, Characterization of Films, Nanofabrication, Nanoimaging, Nanosensing, Nanospectroscopy, Superlenses
Photonic Crystals, Photonic Nanostructures, Spectroscopy of Small Molecules
Photonic Nanowires, Nanomaterials, Nano Functional Devices, Nano Photonic Circuits,Photorefractive Crystals, Periodic Structures in Wavequides, Ferroelectric Systems, Integrated Nanophotonics
Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Physics of Linear and Nonlinear Propagation in Fibers
Design, Fabrication, Characterization of Fibers, Nanostructured Fibers, Optical Tapered Fibers
Photonic Crystal Fibers, Multi-Core Fibers, Fiber Devices, Distributed Fiber Sensors
Optical Telecommunication Systems and Related Technologies, Space Division Multiplexing
Optical Encryption and Processing, Physical Layer Security, Fiber Distribution Hubs, Data Center Technology
Free-Space Communication, Deep Space Communication, Optical Switching and Signal Processing Technologies, Optical Interconnection and Advanced Modulation, Node/Network Architecture, Control and Management
Glass Fibers as Internet Backbone, Energy Efficient Silicon Photonics, Optical Sensors for Internet of Things (IoT)
Semiconductor Lasers, VCSELs, Solid-State Lighting Devices, Organic Light-Emitting Devices, Environmental Photonics,Photovoltaic Devices
Optical Amplifiers, Optical Modulators and Switches,Optical Waveguides, Light Controlling Devices, High-Speed Photodetectors
Photonic Integrated Circuits, Photonic Integration, Guided-Wave Optics, Emerging Concepts in Silicon Photonics,Graphene–Silicon Modulators, Heterogeneous Integration
THz MEMS, RF Photonics, Signal Generation, Signal Detection, Signal Control
Communications, Sensing,Spectroscopy, Thermal Infrared Sensors
Imaging, Related Integrated devices, Circuits and Systems
Spectroscopy and Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Raman Microscopy,Hyperspectral and Multimodal Imaging, Diagnostics of Skin Cancer
Advanced Imaging and Microscopy in Life Sciences: Superresolution Microscopy, Localization Techniques, Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy, Phase-Contrast Techniques, Quantitative Phase Imaging, Label-Free Biomedical Imaging, Vibrational Spectroscopy, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging, Photoacoustic Microscopy, Aberration Correction, Big Data Instrumentation, Deep Neural Networks
Nonlinear Microscopy, Multiphoton Microscopy, CARS-Microscopy, Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Imaging
Tomographic Imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography, Photoacoustic Methods,Diffuse Spectroscopy and Imaging,Optical Diffraction Tomography
Clinical and Translational Biophotonics, Therapy, Brain Imaging, Tissue Optics, Tissue Engineering, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Corneal Maps
Optical Trapping, Optical Tweezers and Stretchers, Dynamic Methods for Characterizing Tissue Vibration, Biomechanics in Developmental Biology, Micro-Rheology Measurements, OCT-Based Elastography, Photoacoustics, Cell Biomechanics, Longitudinal Tension Measurement, Mechanochemical Self-Organization
In Vivo Elastographyand Applications, Confocal Brillouin Microscopy, Spontaneous and Stimulated Brillouin Scattering for Three-Dimensional Mechanical Mapping
Clinical Laser Applications, Lasers in Dentistry, Ophthalmic Technologies, Optical Biopsy/Real-Time Diagnosis, Photo Therapeutics, Laser Tissue/Cell Interactions, Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy, Oncology, Nephrology, Cardiovascular and Intravascular Applications, Cancer Imaging, Modeling of Light Propagation in Tissue, Flow Cytometry, Biotechnology
Guiding Surgery and Biopsy, Ophthalmic Applications, Vision, Imaging and Applications, Laser Systems in Regenerative Medicine
Light Delivery for In Vivo Applications, Minimal Invasive Monitoring and Stimulation, Endoscopic Imaging, Biomedical Micro-Optical Devices, μLED/OLED Array Based Devices
New Components and Systems, X-Ray-Microscopy, Imaging, Tomography and Spectroscopy
Tele-Medicine, Optical Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Point-of-Care Diagnostics, Lighting for Health and Amenity, Photonic Diagnosis and Treatment of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases, Human Health Care, Optics and Photonics in Biomedicine of Developing Countries, Deep Learning in Image Processing for Cancer Classification, Superresolution Microscopy in Cancer Research, Optical Tweezers for Stem Cell Treatment, Femtosecond Lasers in Ophthalmic Surgery
Neurophotonics, Optogeneticsand Manipulation of Cellular Systems, Instrumentation for Optogenetic Stimulation, Functional Imaging, Optically-Controlled Delivery and Gene Expression, Stem Cell Research, Optics and the Brain
Nanosensing,Nanoparticles for Biophotonic Applications, Colloidal Nanoparticles, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, Plasmonics-Based Sensing, Molecular Probes, Agents and Labels, Targeting with Subcellular Resolution