Meetings

Latin America Optics & Photonics Conference (LAOP)

10 - 13 November 2012

Maresias Beach Hotel, São Sebastião, Brazil

Topic Categories

Optical Design and Instrumentation

• Optics for Renewable Energy
• Polarization and Birefringence in Optical Design
• Lighting and Illumination Engineering
• Diffractive and Holographic Optics
• Computational Imaging and Photography
• Photonic Devices for Sensing Applications
• Optical Coherence Tomography
• TeraHertz Imaging and Applications
• Optical Metrology
• Astronomical Instrumentation

Optics in Information Science

• Optical Information Processing and Transport in the Age of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
• Optical Signals and System in Four Dimensions
• Computational Imaging and Photography
• Wavefront Design for Information Transport and Sensing
• Optical Storage
• General Optics in Information Science
• Displays
• Optical Imaging
• LEDs based devices
• Photonics in Arts Conservation and Restoration

Nonlinear Optics

• Fundamental studies and new concepts
• Novel NLO characterization techniques
• Nonlinear Statistical Optics
• Single-photon nonlinear optics
• Slow Light
• Coherent Control
• Nonlinear Organic and Inorganic Materials
• Frequency Combs and Optical Clocks
• THz generation, spectroscopy and imaging

Quantum Optics

• Quantum Optics in Waveguides
• Quantum computing and teleportation
• Microcavity Devices
• Entanglement Generation and Measurement
• Anderson Localization of Classical and Quantum Waves
• Optical Probes of Molecular Chirality and Supramolecular Chiral Assemblies
• Quantum Communications

Atomic Physics and Laser Spectroscopy

• Atomic tests of fundamental physics
• Laser spectroscopy, cooling and trapping
• Chip traps for atoms, ions and molecules
• Quantum optics and cavity QED with atoms
• Bose-Einstein condensates
• Fermi gases
• Cold molecules
• Atomic clocks
• Attosecond physics with atoms
• Atoms in optical lattices
• Quantum information processing with atoms and ions
• Artificial atoms

Optical Communications

• Novel Fiber, Guided-Wave Optics and Integrated-Optical Devices for Future Communication Systems
• All-Optical Signal Processing Devices and Applications
• Coherent communications and Superchannels
• Optical Networks for the Future Internet
• Terabit/s Systems and Beyond
• Novel Optical Amplifiers and Wavelength Converters
• Quantum Communications

Micro and Nanophotonics

• Micro and Nanofluidics systems
• Nanoplasmonics Devices and Applications
• Photonic Crystals and Optical Circuits
• Silicon Photonics
• Nanomaterials and Devices
• Nanoscale Optics Imaging
• Nanophotonics for energy
• Nanophotonics for sensors
• Nanophotonics for information processing
• Metamaterials
• Nanobiosensors
• Optomechanics

Biophotonics and Biomedical Applications

• Optical Trapping and Micromanipulation
• Optical Biosensing
• Photonic Based Therapeutic and Diagnostic
• Tissue Imaging and Spectroscopy
• Microscopy Devices and Applications
• Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
• Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine
• Molecular Imaging in the Eye
• Biomedical Applications of Ultrafast Optics
• Single-Molecule Biophysics
• General Optics in Biology and Medicine

Laser Science and Technology

• Semiconductor Laser and Devices
• Solid State Lasers
• Random Lasers
• High Power Laser Technology
• High-Power Continuous-Wave and Fiber Lasers
• Ultrafast Lasers
• Infrared Lasers
• Chaotic Lasers and Applications
• Extreme Light Sources
• Laser and Optical Materials
• Laser Metrology and Remote Sensing
• Laser Processing and Industrial Applications