Invited Speakers
Category A: Novel optical materials/structure and applications
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Yongguang Zhao(Jiangsu Normal University, China)
Single-Crystal Fibers for Direct Amplification of Femtosecond Optical Vortices
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Shilie Pan(The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, China)
Fluorooxoborates: Novel Candidates for Deep-UV Nonlinear Optical Materials
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Robert Kral(Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech)
Novel halide materials for scintillation applications
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Takuya Hasegawa(Tohoku University, Japan)
Layered lanthanide molybdate phosphors: Control of morphology, crystal phase, and luminescence properties
Category B: High average power lasers and applications
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Oleg Pronin(Helmut Schmidt Universtität, Germany)
Pulse compression of a thin-disk oscillator to GW-level peak power with nonlinear multipass cells
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Shigeki Tokita(Kyoto University, Japan)
Towards Terawatt-Level Intense Mid-Infrared Lasers Based on Fe:ZnSe Chirped Pulse Amplification
Category C: High peak power lasers, high pulse energy lasers and applications
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Yuxin Leng(Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Ultra-intense and Ultra-short laser and its applications in SIOM
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Martin Divoký(HiLASE Centre, Czech)
Faraday isolation and harmonic conversion (2ω, 3ω) on high energy kilowatt laser
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Igor Jovanovic(University of Michigan, USA)
The ZEUS Scientific User Facility at the University of Michigan
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Domenico Doria(ELI-NP, Rumania)
The latest experimental results on laser-driven particle acceleration at ELI-NP
Category D: Novel solid state / fiber / diode lasers and applications
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Jiro Itatani(The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Attosecond Science with Intense Infrared Sources for Soft X-ray and Condensed Matter
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Michel Olivier(Université Laval, Canada)
Femtosecond fiber lasers in the visible spectrum: achievements and prospects
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Xiaoming Lu(Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Terawatt-level 2.4-μm pulses based on Cr:ZnS chirped pulse
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Takuya Inoue(Kyoto University, Japan)
Short-pulse High-power Photonic-crystal Surface-emitting Lasers
Category E: Short wavelength light sources and applications
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Takashi Tanaka(RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Japan)
New concept toward realization of attosecond FELs and its experimental demonstration
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John Sheil(Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL), Netherlands)
Modelling of laser-driven EUV source plasmas for nanolithography
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Masahiko Ishino(QST, Japan)
Soft x-ray laser ablation toward to nanometer-scale depth surface patterning
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Eiji J Takahashi(RIKEN, Japan)
Next generation ultrafast laser for attosecond science
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Kenji Tanaka(National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan)
Laser phase contrast imaging for the visualization of plasma fluctuations
Category F: Terahertz devices, nonlinear optics and applications
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Matteo Clerici(University of Insubria, Italy)
Non-classical light for THz sensing
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Safumi Suzuki(Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Milliwatt-class terahertz signal sources using resonant tunneling diodes
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Mathias Hedegaard Kristensen(University of Bordeaux, France)
Terahertz Optical Rectification and Second-Harmonic Generation at the Surface of Nonlinear Crystals
Category G: Novel optical devices, metamaterials, structure and applications
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Masashi Miyata(NTT, Japan)
Dispersion-engineered Metasurfaces Enabling High-sensitivity Image Sensors
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Shunsuke Murai(Kyoto Univ., Japan)
Engineering Photoluminescence with Nanoantennas
Category H: Optical devices and techniques for bio and medical applications
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Hsiang-Chieh Lee(National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Long-range imaging using swept-source OCT based on HCG-VCSEL
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Yoshihisa Yamaoka(Komatsu University, Japan)
Development of photoacoustic microscopy for biomedical applications
Category I: Optical frequency combs / Frequency stabilized lasers and applications
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Alireza Marandi(California Institute of Technology, USA)
Ultrafast Quadratic Nonlinear Nanophotonics: From Superior Components to Advanced Circuits
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Youjian Song(Tianjin University, China)
Ultra-High Timing Precision Femtosecond Lasers and Applications
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Jungwon Kim(KAIST, Korea)
It’s the perfect timing for optical frequency combs
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Gregory B Rieker(University of Colorado, USA)
Practical Dual Comb Spectroscopy to Improve Energy Systems: Navigating the Interfaces Between Science, Engineering, and Industry
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Jason Jones(The University of Arizona, USA)
Dual-Comb Spectroscopy from the IR to the Deep Ultraviolet for Characterization of Laser Plasmas
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Arnan Mitchell(RMIT University, Australia)
Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science: a new wave of photonic solutions
Category J: Quantum optics and their applications
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Yoshiaki Tsujimoto(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Quantum operation using nonlinear interaction between single photons
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Bao-Sen Shi(University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Rydberg atom-based sensors for radio-frequency electric field measurement
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Lucia Caspani(University of Strathclyde, Scotland)
Towards Quantum-enhanced nonlinear imaging
ALPS-HEDS-XOPT Joint Session
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Ye Tian(SIOM, China)
Ultrafast laser driven Coherent Terahertz Surface plasmon polariton amplification and electron acceleration
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Manuel Guizar-Sicairos(Paul Scherrer Institut)
High-Resolution Three Dimensional Imaging Using Ptychography
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Hye-Sook Park(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
Study of astrophysical collisionless shocks in the laboratory