Applied Industrial Spectroscopy (AIS)
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Applied Industrial Spectroscopy (AIS)
Optica Sensing Congress
20-24, July 2025
Long Beach, CA, USA
The topical meeting is focused on optics and photonic solutions to current industrial challenges like climate and environmental monitoring, food and pharma safety, precision farming, wastewater and public health.
Spectroscopic tools integral to solving these challenges include both established methods such as UV-VIS-NIR-IR spectroscopy, Raman, LIBS, FTIR, THz spectroscopy and imaging and lidar as well as new, cutting-edge technologies in transition from development to industry. Research into the advancement of these tools in industrial settings is encouraged, including the bringing of new spectroscopic tools to market. The fusion of multiple methods with machine learning and advanced calibration methods is also of interest.
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Applied Industrial Spectroscopy 2025
Technical Program
This congress presents the latest developments in optical sensing and sensors as well as their use in a variety of applications. Of particular note are a number of hot topics being addressed, including agriphotonics, fiber-based sensing, THz sensing, sensing solutions in manufacturing and the latest developments in comb spectroscopy, including fiber lasers and mid-IR sources.
Objectives
- Learn about the latest advances in sensing for the environment, including dual-comb sensing of atmospheric gases, compact LIDAR and hyperspectral sensors.
- Discover relevant techniques for sensing in an industrial environment such as real-time process monitoring on the factory floor, spectroscopic food safety inspection and spectroscopic analysis in harsh environments.
- Understand the latest applications of fiber and nanophotonic sensors for biological and chemical sensing, including the newest wearable sensor technology.
- Investigate novel laboratory spectroscopic techniques and methodologies for disruptive sensing technology, such as novel light sources and detectors, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) sensors and sensing networks.
- Explore the production, detection, and use of THz radiation for metrology and sensing, including comb-source generation and biosensing applications.
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Chairs
Aparajita Bandyopadhyay
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India,
Chair
Amy Bauer
Ocean Insight Inc., United States,
Chair
Tanya Myers
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States,
Co-Chair
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Committee
- Aparajita Bandyopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, Chair
- Amy Bauer, Ocean Insight Inc., United States, Chair
- Tanya Myers, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States, Co-Chair
- Torsten Frosch, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
- Dominik Rabus, RABUS.TECH, Germany
- Jayshri Sabarinathan, Western University, Canada
- Joachim Sacher, Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH, Germany
- Cinzia Sada, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy
- Amartya Sengupta, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
- Lien Smeesters, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Francis Vanier, National Research Council Canada, Canada
- Ulrike Willer, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
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Topic Categories
Applied Industrial Spectroscopy (AIS)
AIS explores the use of spectroscopy and spectral sensing to provide actionable information to industry.
Topics of Interest
- Air and Climate Effect of Industrial Processes
Gas sensing for environmental and energy applications (greenhouse gases, PFAS/PFOS, TICs, aerosols, pollution, hydrogen gas sensing, etc.) AND sensing in harsh environments (industrial air monitoring, carbon capture sequestration, high pressure and temperature sensing, space and extraterrestrial science, astrobiology, etc.)
- Water and Disease in the Industrial Era
Water pollution (microplastics, PFAS, TICs/TIMs, wastewater analysis) AND disease/pathogen detection (waterborne and bloodborne pathogen identification, circulating tumor cells, photonics in point-of-care applications, wearables for geriatric and life-style disease management, etc.)
- Agri-Food-Pharma-Precision-Photonics for Industrial Optimization
Smart sensing in agri-food-pharma (plant analysis, phenotype discrimination, precision farming, safety-quality-origin of food, pharmaceutical quality control) AND soil sensing (soil monitoring, PFAS/PFOS, denitrification, fertilizer, microalgae research etc.)
- Energy and Resource Optimization Towards Green Industry
Sensing for newer sustainable energy resources (perovskites in-tandem solar cells, artificial photosynthesis, green battery, etc.) AND process analytical technologies (on-line analysis, resource optimization with sequential decision analytics, automated industrial processes, etc.)
- Extraction Industries and Circular Economy
Extreme industries (mining, combustion, metal identification, mineral characterization, nuclear energy safety, etc.) AND recycling of industrial materials (plastics, fabrics, textiles, metals, etc.)
- Hot Topics in Industrial Sensing
Upcoming trends in industrial sensing (multivariate optical elements and computing, IoT with photonic-enabled smart sensing, quantum optical sensing in diagnostics, quantum optomechanics for single molecule sensing, etc.)
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Plenary Speakers
Hidetoshi Katori
The University of Tokyo, Japan
From High Precision to Innovation: Optical Lattice Clocks for Future Applications
Optica Distinguished Lecture Series on Quantum Science and Technology
Optical lattice clocks achieve 18-digit accuracy, enabling chronometric leveling and paving the way for redefining the second. Advances in compact clock designs, long-distance clock comparisons and continuous interrogation techniques will facilitate their real-world implementation.
About the Speaker
Hidetoshi Katori, born 27 September 1964, is a Japanese physicist and professor at the University of Tokyo best known for having invented the magic wavelength technique for ultra-precise optical lattice atomic clocks. Since 2011, Katori is also Chief Scientist at the Quantum Metrology Lab, RIKEN.
Recently, Katori's group performed a measurement of gravitational redshift with two transportable strontium optical lattice clocks over nearly the entire height of the Tokyo Skytree, setting a new record for the best ground-based test of general relativity.
Florian Schreck
University of Amsterdam
Continuous Bose-Einstein Condensation and Optical Clocks
Continuous instead of pulsed operation of optical clocks promises a hundred-fold increased measurement bandwidth. On our path to this goal, we achieved continuous Bose-Einstein condensation [Nature 606, 683 (2022)] and build continuously operating optical clocks.
About the Speaker
Prof. Florian Schreck (University of Amsterdam) works on quantum sensors and simulators based on ultracold strontium gases. His research group recently achieved continuous Bose-Einstein condensation, a great starting point for future continuous atom lasers that could be useful for atom interferometry. Using techniques created for that work, his group is developing a new generation of optical clocks, continuously operating superradiant and zero-deadtime clocks. Other projects include the study of ultracold RbSr molecules and quantum simulations using arrays of Rydberg-coupled single Sr atoms. He coordinates the Quantum Delta NL Ultracold Quantum Sensing Testbed and the EU’s AQuRA transportable optical clock project. He is CEO of OpticsFoundry, which has the mission to make optical circuits for quantum devices easy to design, procure and operate.
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Invited Speakers
Applied Industrial Spectroscopy (AIS)
- Steve Buckley, GeologicAI, United States
- Sergio Carbajo, UCLA, United States
Quantum Sensing of Bio Molecules through Light Matter Interaction in Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) - Weidong Chen, Universite du Littoral, France
- Arelis Colón, Ocean Optics, United States
- Frank Hegmann, University of Alberta, Canada
Terahertz Pulse Probes of Ultrafast Nanoscale Dynamics in Materials - Christopher Holmes, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
- Andreas Huber, attocube systems,
Energy and Resource Optimization Towards Green Industry: Infrared Correlation Nanoscopy with Unprecedented Spectral Coverage - Mona Jarrahi, University of California Los Angeles, United States
Advancements in Plasmonic Time-domain Terahertz Spectroscopy Systems - Amanda Makowiecki, LongPath Technologies Inc, United States
- Matteo Negro, Cambridge Raman Imaging Ltd., United Kingdom
- Anna Pakula, Politechnika Warszawska, Poland
The Evolution of Biological Sample Classification, on the Example of Mycoplasma Synoviae Pathogen, based on Multispectral Response and AI - Yves-Alain Peter, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Optical Nose on Chip for Methane Emission Monitoring and Reduction in Dairy Farms - Stavros Pissadakis, FORTH-IESL, Greece
- Clara Saraceno, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany
Advanced High-Power Ultrafast Laser Technology for Broadband THz Generation - Lukasz Sterczewski, Politechnika Wroclawska, Poland
Towards Ultra-broadband Fourier Transform Spectroscopy from UV to THz - Judith Su, Univ of Arizona, Coll of Opt Sciences, United States
Ultra-Sensitive, Selective, and Label-Free Optical Sensing for Fundamental Science, Environmental Monitoring, and Translational Medicine - Francesca Venturini, Zurcher Hochschule fur Angewandte Wissen, Switzerland
- Arnaud Zoubir, GoyaLab, France
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Industry Program
The Industry Program will address disruptive projects and applications as a result of talent drain and transformative processes.
During the 2025 Industry Program, topics discussed at Toulouse 2024 will be expanded, and new topics will be added. However, the program is only the tip of the iceberg for interested attendees. These sessions encourage dialogue, vision, know-how and guidance.
This content model was enthusiastically received by the 500 participants at Toulouse 2024.
Background
We will focus on news, challenges, applications, opportunities and scalability in emerging technologies on a system or component level.
Johannes Kunsch, the Optica Sensing Congress Industry Chair answers the question: What is specific to the Optica Sensing Congress? It is not only a look at the science behind the talks, but also the networking and work-ready inspiration.
Objectives
The goal of the Industry Program is to pave the road toward substantial future growth and give orientation. There is great momentum in the optical sensing industry. This momentum should continue to grow and make optical sensing a preferred career path. The industry team decided to focus mostly on Infrared Photonic Circuits and Biomedical Infrared Spectroscopy and highlights the role of AI.
Chairs
Johannes Kunsch
Laser Components Germany GmbH, Germany,
Industry Chair
Borislav Hinkov
Silicon Austria Labs GmbH, Austria,
Industry Co-Chair
Committee
Johannes Kunsch, LASER COMPONENTS Germany GmbH, Germany, General Chair
Borislav Hinkov, Silicon Austria Labs, Austria, Co-Chair
Amber Czajkowski, Alluxa Inc., USA, Co-Chair
Shankar Baliga, LASER COMPONENTS Detector Group Inc., USA
Kurt Hochrein, Dexter Research Center, USA
Timothy Olsen, Omega Optical, USA
Industry Session I
Wednesday, 23 July 16:00 - 17:00
Speakers
Johannes Kunsch, LASER COMPONENTS Germany GmbH, Germany
Tarek Eissa, LMU München, Germany
Mihaela Zigman, LMU München, Germany
Mehdi Asghari, SiLC Technologies, USA
Borislav Hinkov, Silicon Austria Labs, Austria
Matthias Budden, Wired Sense, Germany
Ryszard Piramidowicz, VIGO Photonics, Poland
Mircea Guina, Tampereen Teknillinen Yliopisto, Finland
Werner Mäntele, DiaMonTech AG, Germany
Industry Session II
Thursday, 24 July 10:00 - 11:00
Speakers
Tarek Eissa, LMU München, Germany
Mihaela Zigman, LMU München, Germany
Matthias Budden, Wired Sense, Germany
Mircea Guina, Tampereen Teknillinen Yliopisto, Finland
Werner Mäntele, DiaMonTech AG, Germany
