Topic Categories

• Integrated and Nanophotonics
• Optical Communications and Networks
• Fibers, Gratings and Waveguide Technologies
• Nonlinear and Ultrafast Photonics
• Optical Materials and Emerging Photonic Technologies
• Energy, Lighting and Thermal Photonics

• 1. Integrated and Nanophotonics

  • 1.1. Integrated photonic devices and circuits
  • 1.2. Silicon and compound-semiconductor photonics
  • 1.3. Heterogeneous and hybrid integration
  • 1.4. Nano-, meta- and topological photonics
  • 1.5. Integrated photonic computing and AI hardware
  • 1.6. Integrated quantum photonics
  • 1.7. PIC fabrication, packaging and manufacturing
  • 1.8. Integrated sensors and microsystems

• 2. Optical Communications and Networks

  • 2.1. Optical transmission systems (including fiber and free space)
  • 2.2. DSP, modulation and coding
  • 2.3. Optical network design, operations and automation (including AI/ML techniques)
  • 2.4. Data centers, AI infrastructure and high-performance computing
  • 2.5. Optical access networks (including PONs and transport networks for 6G mobile networks)
  • 2.6. Space-division and multiband communications
  • 2.7. Free-space, diffractive and lens-based optical computing
  • 2.8. Quantum communications and networks
  • 2.9. Integrated communications and sensing
  • 2.10. Reliability, security and resilience of optical networks

• 3. Fibers, Gratings and Waveguide Technologies

  • 3.1. Specialty optical fibers
  • 3.2. Hollow-core fibers
  • 3.3. Multicore, multimode and SDM fibers
  • 3.4. Fiber and waveguide design and fabrication
  • 3.5. Bragg gratings, photosensitivity and inscription technologies
  • 3.6. Ultrafast laser-writing, poling and photonic structures
  • 3.7. Fiber lasers and amplifiers
  • 3.8. Fiber, grating and distributed sensing

• 4. Nonlinear and Ultrafast Photonics

  • 4.1. Nonlinear materials and devices
  • 4.2. Frequency combs and microcombs
  • 4.3. Spectral broadening including supercontinuum generation
  • 4.4. Nonlinear dynamics including solitons
  • 4.5. Nonlinear parametric processes
  • 4.6. Raman and brillouin photonics
  • 4.7. Ultrafast lasers
  • 4.8. Nonlinear spectroscopy and imaging
  • 4.9. Quantum nonlinear photonics

• 5. Optical Materials and Emerging Photonic Technologies

  • 5.1. Novel optical materials
  • 5.2. 2D and quantum materials
  • 5.3. Metamaterials and metasurfaces
  • 5.4. Phase-change and reconfigurable materials
  • 5.5. Soft, organic and bioinspired photonics
  • 5.6. Additive and laser-based manufacturing
  • 5.7. Thin films and flexible materials
  • 5.8. Advanced material-based sensors and devices
  • 5.9. Laser materials and photorefractives
  • 5.10. AI for materials discovery and design

• 6. Energy, Lighting and Thermal Photonics

  • 6.1. Solar energy and thermophotovoltaics
  • 6.2. Light management and energy harvesting
  • 6.3. Lighting and light-emitting devices
  • 6.4. Thermal photonics and radiative cooling
  • 6.5. Thermal management and heat transfer
  • 6.6. Energy-efficient and sustainable photonics
  • 6.7. Advanced energy materials and devices