High speed imaging and time resolved measurements in laser processing
Optics and systems for laser processing
Al/CPS laser processing
6.Optical and Photonic Metrology
Advanced and Novel Light Sources for Metrology
Precision Interferometry, Phase Retrieval, and Ellipsometry
Optical frequency standards, time-frequency dissemination, and transfer
Length, Displacement, and Multi-Scale Dimensional Metrology
Optical and photonic spectroscopy for scientific and industrial sensing
Metasurfaces, Meta-optics, and Integrated Photonic Devices for Sensing and Metrology
Optical Metrology and Inspection for Industrial Applications
Uncertainty Evaluation and Metrological Traceability
Quantum-Enhanced Sensing, Metrology, and Imaging
Computational, AI-Driven, and Holographic Imaging Systems
Biophotonics and Medical Optical Metrology
Optical Metrology for Challenging Environments and Complex Systems
7.Quantum Photonics
Single-photon, entangled-photon, and squeezed light sources
Cluster, graph, and hypergraph state generation, manipulation, and characterization
Quantum frequency combs
Novel integrated quantum photonic platforms
Novel photonic qubit and qudit concepts
Nonlinear quantum photonics
Metrology enables by photon-counting and photon-number resolved measurements
Quantum-enabled measurements and characterization of nonclassical states
Quantum frequency conversion and quantum interconnects
8.Quantum Science of Light and Matter
Quantum light-matter interactions, including nonclassical light generation and light-matter entanglement
Precision measurements and quantum optical metrology, including matter-wave interferometry, quantum optical interferometry, quantum enhanced metrology and sensing
Novel physics and techniques in laser cooling and trapping, cold molecules, trapped ions, optical lattices, cold collisions, degenerate quantum gases and atom optics
Quantum simulation and quantum computing with atomic/ionic arrays including Rydberg atomic arrays
Quantum memories, quantum repeaters and distributed entanglement
Quantum optomechanics and photon-phonon interactions
Quantum transduction and frequency conversion with atoms, molecules, quantum dots, superconducting qubits and optomechanical systems
9.Micro-, Nano-, and Low-Dimensional Photonics
Micro/nano-photonic active and passive devices using photonic crystals, surface plasmons, and metamaterials
High-performance nanolasers, including VCSELs, photonic crystal lasers, plasmonic lasers, and topological lasers
Optical applications of low-dimensional materials, including classical and quantum light sources
New optical feedback mechanisms and high-Q resonators, including bound states in the continuum and photonic topological insulator
High-efficiency nonlinear micro/nano-photonics
Engineered light-matter interactions, including opto-mechanics and optical trapping
Complex integrated photonic devices and advanced applications
Novel nanofabrication techniques and materials
10.Optical Communication Systems and Networks
Fiber-optic communication systems
WDM, OTDM, SDM, and optical subcarrier-multiplexed technologies
Free-space and underwater optical communication links and the mitigation of channel effects
Effects of fiber nonlinearities and other transmission impairments on system performance
System applications of optical amplifiers and photonic devices
All-optical processing in devices, subsystems, and networks
Advanced optical modulation formats, coherent detection, and advanced receivers
Digital signal processing and error correction techniques for optical systems
Telecommunications applications of microwave photonics
Network elements and subsystems for routing and switching
Architecture, networking, control and management technologies for optical networks
Optical communications and sensing/display integration
11.Optical Fiber and Waveguide Technologies
Design and fabrication of optical fibers and waveguides
Micro-structured, photonic bandgap, and specilaty fibers
Passive waveguide devices, such as filters, multiplexers, etc.
Optical fiber and waveguide device design using machine learning
Multimode and multicore fibers and waveguides
Non-silica and multi-material optical fibers and waveguides
Propagation, dispersion, and polarization related effects in fibers, waveguides, and free space
Nonlinear effects, scattering, and propagation related transmission impairments in optical fibers
Characterization and measurement techniques for fibers and waveguides
Optical fiber- and waveguide-based sensors
12.Semiconductor Lasers and Optoelectronic Devices
Tunable narrow-linewidth semiconductor Lasers
Vertical cavity surface emission lasers
Quantum dots and quantum cascade lasers
Wide-gap semiconductor materials and related lasers
Mode locked and semiconductor laser arrays
On-chip integrated semiconductor lasers
Nanolasers
Nonlinear dynamics for semiconductor lasers
LEDs and semiconductor optical amplifiers
Photodetectors
Modulators and switches
Comb sources and nonlinear optical devices
Passive devices including filters, multiplexers, and MEMS
Quantum photonic devices
Sensors for biomedical, structural, metrology, distance
Heterogeneous and hybrid photonic integration
Photonic-electronic co-integration, co-design and co-simulation
Optoelectronic device testing and reliability
Si based 2D materials modulator and detector
High gain waveguide amplifier
13.Integrated Photonics
Active devices: on-chip lasers, modulators, amplifiers, detectors
