Topic Categories

1. Optical Design, Instrumentation and Metrology
   • Optical Design
   • Optical Fabrication and Testing
   • Optical Instrumentation
   • Optical Metrology
   • Thin Films
   • Non-imaging Optics
   • Free Form
   • Astronomical Optics
   • Fiber Modeling and Fabrication
   • Gamma, X-Ray and Extreme UV Optics
   • Polarization Management and Propagation
2. Holography and Other Coherent Optics
   • Talbot and Lau Effects
   • Optical Diffractive Elements
   • Structured Light
   • Optical Coherence Tomography
   • 3D Optical Image Processing
   • Coherent Detection
   • Coherent Optical Transmission
   • Novel Application of Optical Coherent Fields
   • Applications in Oceanography
3. Optical Communications and Optical Signal Processing
   • Optical Fibers
   • Nonlinear Fiber Phenomena
   • Optical Fiber Materials
4. Nonlinear Optics
   • Nonlinear Optics and Dynamics
   • Novel Nonlinear Phenomena
   • Slow Light
5. Physical Optics and Optical Physics
   • Scattering
   • Statistical Optics
   • Strong Field Physics
   • Attosecond Physics
   • Table-top Astrophysics
   • Physics of Optical Trapping
6. Optics in Quantum Science and Technology
   • Quantum Sensing
   • Quantum Imaging
   • Quantum Computing
   • Quantum Information Processing
   • Quantum Optics
   • Quantum Coherence and Many-body Quantum Systems
   • Quantum Nonlinear Photonics
   • Quantum Communications
   • Integrated Quantum Optics
7. Integrated Optics, Plasmonics and Nanophotonics
   • Plasmonics
   • Photonic Crystals
   • 2D Materials
   • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces
   • Applications
8. Laser Science and Technology
   • High-power Lasers
   • Short-pulse Lasers
   • Random Lasers
   • Fiber Lasers
   • Topological Lasers
   • Terahertz Lasers
9. Optical Materials
   • Fundamentals of Optical Materials
   • Laser Materials
   • Applications of Optical Materials
   • Advanced Optical Materials
   • Trends in Optical Materials
10. Sensing and Spectroscopy
    • Imaging
    • Imaging Processing
    • Optical Sensors
    • Atomic Spectroscopy
    • Molecular Spectroscopy
    • Hyperspectral Sensing
11. Biophotonics and Medical Applications
    • Fundamental Biophotonics
    • Biophotonics applications in medicine
    • Biomedical Optics
    • Biophotonics Applications in Biology and Environmental Sciences
    • Emerging Technologies in Biophotonics and Biomedicine
    • Safety in Biophotonics
    • Risks of Light Exposure (Phototoxicity, eye damage)
    • Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography
    • Molecular Probes and Nanobio-Optics
    • Optical Biosensors
    • Optical Trapping
    • Tissue Imaging and Spectroscopy
12. Optics and Green Photonics in Energy, Industry and Infrastructure
    • Photovoltaic Materials
    • Solar Energy
    • Solar Energy Systems
    • LED Physics
    • LED Lighting
    • Photonics for Agriculture
13. Other Multidisciplinary Areas of Photonics
    • AR/VR Systems
    • Color and Vision
    • Education and Training in Optics
    • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Optics