Specialty Optical Fibers (SOF)

Specialty Optical Fibers (SOF) presents groundbreaking advances in novel and specialty optical fiber technology.

This topical unites global leaders from academia and industry to explore cutting-edge research, trends and challenges in the field. From telecommunications to high power lasers, sensing, and biomedicine, optical fibers are shaping the future. Join us to discuss the latest innovative designs, materials, devices and applications and witness the evolution of fiber photonics!

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Chairs

Peter Dragic

Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States,
Chair

Yingying Wang

Jinan University, China,
Chair

Yong Chen

Microsoft Azure Fiber, United Kingdom,
Program Chair

Mariusz Klimczak

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland,
Program Chair

Amy Van Newkirk

Penn State Applied Research Lab, United States,
Program Chair

Committee Members

• Peter Dragic, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States, Chair
• Yingying Wang, Jinan University, China, Chair
• Yong Chen, Microsoft Azure Fiber, United Kingdom, Program Chair
• Mariusz Klimczak, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland, Program Chair
• Amy Van Newkirk, Penn State Applied Research Lab, United States, Program Chair
• Benoit Beaudou, GLOPhotonics, France
• Sean Blakley, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
• Mario Ferraro, Univ degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
• Cang Jin, Lightera, United States
• David Novoa, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
• Kay Schuster, Heraeus Comvance, Germany
• Yuriy Stepanenko, Institute of Physical Chemistry (ICHF), Poland
• Thibaut Sylvestre, FEMTO-ST, France
• Natasha Vukovic, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
• Luming Zhao, Huazhong Univ of Science and Technology