International SAOT Workshops on Advanced Optical Technologies
17th international SAOT Workshop "Microchip Plasmonics: Enabling Optics beyond the diffraction limit"

- Poster
Speaker:
- Javier García de Abajo, Institute of Optics, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Mario Agio, National Institute of Optics and LENS, Florence, Italy
- Ulrik Andersen, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Harry A. Atwater, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Darrick Chang, The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain
- Cyriaque Genet, University of Strasbourg, France
- Rainer Hillenbrand, CIC Nanogune, Ikerbasque, San Sebastian, Spain
- Kobus Kuipers, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Albert Polman, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Romain Quidant, The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain
- Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
- Mark I. Stockman, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
- Xiang Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Valerie Zwiller, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
16th international SAOT Workshop "Continuous Variable Quantum Information Processing"
From April 27 to 30, 2012, Frederiksdal, near Copenhagen, Denmark
Workshop covers the SAOT topic "Optics in Communication and Information Technology"
For registration, please visit the workshop website and register according to the instruction. Please additionally inform the SAOT secretary about your participation! Attendees should bring a DIN A0 Poster showing their research for the discussion.
Registration Deadline: February 27th, 2012
Speaker:
- Jens Eisert, Freie Universität Berlin
- Radim Filip, University of Palackeho V Olomouci
- Jaromir Fiurasek, University of Palackeho V Olomouci
- Raul Garcia Patron, Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optic
- Elisabeth Giacobino, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, ENS/CNRS
- Christian Kothe-Termen, Technical University of Denmark
- Natalia Korolkova, University of St. Andrews
- Sébastien Kunz-Jacques, SeQureNet
- Peter van Loock, Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light
- Gerd Leuchs, Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light
- Matteo Paris, University of Milan
- Stefano Pirandola, University of York
- Eugene Polzik, Niels Bohr Institute
- Tim Ralph, University of Queensland
- Roman Schnabel, Leibniz Universität Hannover and Max-Planck-Institute
- Anders Sørensen, Niels Bohr Institute
- Rosa Tualle-Brouri, Institut d'Optique
- Andreas Wallraff, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
- Nicolas Cerf, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Paul Jouguet, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
- Alessandro Zavatta, Instituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO)
15th international SAOT Workshop "All-Optical Signal Regeneration"
Speaker:
- Prof. Ernesto Ciaramella, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
- Dr. Lars Gruener Nielson, OFS Denmark
- Dr. Radan Slavik, University of Southampton
- Prof. Michael Vasilijev, University of Texas at Arlington
- Dr. Colja Schubert, Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications/Heinrich Hertz Institute
- Prof. Franko Kueppers, TU Darmstadt
- Dr. Sonia Boscolo, Aston University
- Prof. Jean-Claude Simon, FOTON Enssat
- Dr. Roderick Webb, University College Cork
- Dr. habil. Georgy Onishchukov, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Prof. Masajuki Matsumoto, Osaka University
14th international SAOT Workshop "Fiber Lasers, Sensors and Materials"
Speaker:
- Prof. Johann Troles, Université de Rennes
- Prof. Axel Schülzgen, University of Central Florida
- Prof. Yoel Fink, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- Prof. Sergei K. Turitsyn, Aston University
- Prof. Andreas Tünnermann, Fraunhofer IOF Jena
- Prof. José Miguel López Higuera, Universidad de Cantabria
- Prof. Valerio Pruneri, ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques
- Dr. Alexander Argyros, The University of Sydney
- Prof. Clemens Kaminski, University of Cambridge
- Dr. Vittoria Finazzi, ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques
- Prof. Soren Keiding, Aarhus Universitet
- Dr. Ayman Abouraddy, University of Central Florida
- Prof. Stefano Selleri, University of Parma
- Prof. James Taylor, Imperial College London
- Prof. Joseph Zyss, D'Alembert Institute
13th international SAOT Workshop "Nonlinear Optics and Interfaces"
Speaker
- Dr. Sylvie Roke, Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research
- Dr. Patrick Koelsch, University of Heidelberg
- Prof. Dor Ben-Amotz, Purdue University
- Dr. Jerry Dadap, Columbia University
- Prof. Steven Baldelli, University of Houston
- Prof. Kenneth Eisenthal, Columbia University
- Prof. Pierre Francois Brevet, Laboratoire de Spectromé Ionique et Moléculaire
- Prof. Markus Raschke, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Prof. Manfred Fiebig, Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik
- Prof. Garth Simpson, Purdue University
- Prof. Martti Kauranen, Tampere University of Technology
- Prof. Dana Dlott, University of Illinois
12th international SAOt Workshop "Engine Diagnostics"
Speaker
- Dr. Graham Wigley, Loughborough University
- Dr. Benjamin Petersen, Sandia National Laboratories
- Prof. Volker Sick, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Dr. Paul Miles Sandia, National Laboratories
- Dr. Felice Corcione, Instituto Motori Neaples
- Prof. Yannis Hardalupas, Imperial College London
- Prof. Ming-Chia Lai, Wayne State University
- Prof. Manolis Gavaises, City University London
- Dr. Jin Wang, Argonne National Laboratories
11th international SAOT Workshop "Laser Based Micromanufacturing"
Speaker
- Prof. Tsuneyuki Ozaki, Université du Québec
- Prof. Dieter Bäuerle, University of Linz
- Prof. Michel Meunier, École Polytechnique de Montréal
- Prof. David Bourell, The University of Texas at Austin
- Prof. Andreas Ostendorf, Ruhr- Universität Bochum / Fakultät Maschinenbau
- Prof. Igor Smurov, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne
- Prof. Martin Wegener, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
- Prof. Harald Giessen, University of Stuttgart
- Prof. Stefan Nolte, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Prof. Paul Leiderer, Universität Konstanz
- Dr. Michael Wiltshire, Imperial College London
- Prof. Boris Chichkov, Leibniz Universität Hannover und Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
10th international SAOT Workshop "Spray Diagnostics"
Speaker
- Prof. Mark Linne, Chalmers University Göteborg, Sweden
- Prof. Hajime Fujimoto, Doshiba University Kyoto, Japan
- Dr. Frank Beyrau, Imperial College London, UK
- Prof. Yannis Hardalupas, Imperial College London, UK
- Prof. Terrence Meyer, Iowa State University, USA
- Dr. Frederic Grisch, ONERA, France
- Dr. Graham Wigley, Loughborough University, UK
- Dr. Seoksu Moon, Argonne National Laboratories, USA
- Dr. Edouard Berrocal, Lund University, Sweden
- Prof. Jonathan Reid, University of Bristol, UK
9th international SAOT Workshop "Advanced THz Applications and Systems"
Speaker
- Dr. Giacomo Scalari, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- Dr. Patrick Leisching, TOPTICA Photonics AG, Germany
- Prof. Jan Stake, Chalmers University Göteborg, Sweden
- Dr. Klaus Jacobs, Universität Köln, Germany
- Prof. René Beigang, Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Prof. Hartmut Roskos, Universität Frankfurt, Germany
- Dr. Dirk Nüßler, FGAN, Germany
8th international SAOT Workshop "Development and Simulation of Advanced Laser Systems"
Speaker
- Dr. Rüdiger Paschotta, RP Photonics Consulting GmbH
- Dr. Mikhail Zervas, SPI Lasers UK Limited
- Dr. Ivo Zawischa, Trumpf Laser GmbH & Co. KG
- Prof. Jens Limpert, Universität Jena
- Prof. Bernd Witzigmann, Universität Kassel
- Dr. Steffen Erhard, Trumpf Laser GmbH + Co. KG
- Prof. Ursula Keller, ETH Zürich
- Dr. Joachim Piprek, NUSOD Institute LLC
7th international SAOT Workshop "Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy"
Speaker
- Prof. Vasa, Indian Institue of Technology Madras
- Dr. Adams, Argonne National Laboratory
- Prof. Schulz, University Of Duisburg-Essen
- Prof. Kohse- Hoeinghaus, Bielefeld University
- Prof. Hardalupas, Imperial College London
- Prof. Ewart, Oxford University
- Prof. Martin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Prof. Smallwood, National Research Council Canada
- Prof. Hanson, Stanford University
- Dr. Kaminski, University of Cambridge
6th international SAOT Workshop "Advanced Optical Methods for Assessment and Monitoring of Clinical Therapy and Surgery"
Speaker
- Prof. Priezzev, Moscow State University
- PhD Dirceu, University Sao-Paolo
- Prof. Georgakoudi, Tufts University
- Prof. Kakihana, Kagoshima University
- Prof. Szmacinski, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Prof. Cote, Laval University
- Prof. Vitkin, University of Toronto
- Prof. Prahl, Oregon Medical Laser Center
- Prof. Weersink, University of Toronto
- Prof. Gryczynski, University of North Texas
- Prof. Steiner, Ulm University
- Prof. Whelan, Prince Edward Island University, Canada
- Prof. Loschenov, General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Science
5th international SAOT Workshop "Optical Diagnostics for Engine Combustion Research"
Speaker
- Dr. Drake, General Motors R&D Center, Warren
- Prof. Bruneaux, IFP, Rueil-Malmaison
- Prof.Sick, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Prof. Arcoumanis, City University London
- Dr.Kaiser, Sandia National Laboratories Livermore
- Prof. Wang, Argonne National Laboratories
- Prof. Sjoberg, Sandia National Laboratories Livermore
- Prof. Corcione, Instituto Motori Neaples
4th International SAOT Workshop “Optics in Medicine”
Speaker
- Prof. Fujimoto, Massacusetts Institue of Technology
- Prof. Abrámoff, University of Iowa and Veterans' Administration Medical Centers
- Prof. Tobin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Prof. Ishikawa, University of Pittsburgh
- Prof. Nyúl, University of Szeged
- Prof. Izatt, Duke University
- Prof. Hitzenberger, Medical Universityb of Vienna
- Prof. Chauhan, Dalhousie University, Halifax
- Prof. Jan, Brno University of Technology
- Prof. Ruggeri, University of Padova
- Dr. Zangwill, University of California, San Diego
- Prof. Cabrera DeBuc, Bascom Palmer Eye Institue
3rd international SAOT Workshop "
Speaker
- Dr. Thomas Weigel, Ruhr-University of Bochum
- Prof. Peter Barker, University College London
- Prof. Per-Erik Bengtsson, Lund Institute of Technology
- Prof. Richard K. Chang, Yale University
- Prof. Arnulf Materny, Jacobs University Bremen
- Prof. Marcus Motzkus, Philipps University of Marburg
- Prof. Hiro Hamaguchi, University of Tokyo
- Prof. Aleksei Zheltikov, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Prof. Robert Lucht, Purdue University
2nd international SAOT Workshop "Electromagnetic Field Simulation and its Application in Optics"
Speaker
- Prof. Peter Monk, University of Delaware
- Dr. Peter Toeroek, Imperial College of London
- Prof. Frank Wyrowski, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
- Prof. Thomas Weiland, Technical University of Darmstadt
- Fernando Teixeira, Ohio State University
- Dr. Helmut Stiebig, Malibu GmbH & Co. KG
- Dr. Philippe Lalanne, CNRS Paris
- Prof. Ulrich Lemmer, University of Karlsruhe (TH)
- Dr. Frank Schmidt, Zuse Institute Berlin
- Prof. Paul Urbach, Delft University of Technology
1st international SAOT Workshop "Optical Diagnostics for Flow and Combustion Research"
Speaker
- Dr. Clemens Kaminski, University of Cambridge
- Dr. Paul Danehy, NASA Langley Research Center
- Prof. M.B. Long, Yale University
- Prof. Volker Sick, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Prof. Paul Ewart, Oxford University
- Prof. R.W. Dibble, University of California Berkeley
- Dr. Dimitrii Kozlov, General Physics Inst. Russian Academy of Science
- Dr. J.W. Fleming, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Prof. R.B. Miles, Princeton University
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SAOT provides an interdisciplinary research and education program of excellence within a broad international network of distinguished experts to promote innovation and leadership in the areas
Optical Metrology
Optical Material Processing
Optics in Medicine
Optics in Communication and Information Technology
Optical Materials and Systems
and Computational Optics.















