Invited Speakers

PLENARY SESSION

• Three-Port Operation of Transistor Laser and Photon Assisted Tunneling Signal Mixing.

  M. Feng and N. Holonyak, Jr. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

• Tunable and nonlinear metamaterials: from microwaves to photonics.

  Yu. S. Kivshar. Australian National Univ.,Canberra, Australia

• Laser-tissue interaction at tissue optical clearing: enhanced imaging and therapy.

  V. V. Tuchin, Saratov State Univ., Russia; Univ. of Oulu, Finland

TECHNICAL SESSIONS AND SYMPOSIA

• Improving Spectropolarimetric and Full Field Optical Coherence Tomography Systems with Liquid Crystal Devices.

  I. Abdulhalim. Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel

• Environmental Monitoring Technologies: State-of-the-Art.

  R. Ahmad. Cranfield Univ.,UK

• Optical coherence tomography.

  P. Andersen. Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark

• Modulation bandwidth of a quantum dot laser: The upper limit and limiting factors.

  L. Asryan. Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., USA

• 10 years of single-walled carbon nanotube fluorescence.

  S. M. Bachilo. Rice Univ., USA

• Recent progress in InAs-based quantum cascade lasers.

  A. Baranov. Univ. of Montpellier, France

• Optical heterodyne measurements of flight velocity of plates accelerated by high explosive.

  V. Baranov. Russian Federal Nuclear Center- VNIIEF, Russia

• Revisiting mechanisms of I2 dissociation in the chemical oxygen-iodine laser using three- and one- dimensional computational fluid dynamics modeling.

  B. D. Barmashenko, I. Brami-Rosilio, K. Waichman and S. Rosenwaks. Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel

• Conception of megajoule-level laser facility.

  S. Bel’kov. Russian Federal Nuclear Center- VNIIEF, Russia

• Adaptive system of coherent radiation focusing with the use of fluctuating “illumination” signal as the reference one.

  L.A.Bolbasova, V.P.Lukin. Inst. of Atmospheric Optics of RAS, Russia

• Autofluorescence spectroscopy in early stage cancer diagnosis.

  N. N. Bulgakova et al. Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia

• Photonic Crystal VCSELs.

  K. Choquette. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA

• Research of the Equation of the State with "Luch" facility.

  V.Derkach. Russian Federal Nuclear Center- VNIIEF, Russia

• 3D fs laser writing of quantum dots and metallic nanostructures.

  M. Farsari. Inst. of the Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece

• Optical and mechanical investigations of nanostructures. A perspective for the integration of atomic force spectroscopy and ultrafast optics.

  G. Ferrini. Univ. Cattolica, Italy

• Lasers for airborne environmental monitoring: special requirements and lab testing.

  V. I. Feygels. Optech Inc., Canada

• Multi-wave interactions in negative index metamaterials.

  I. Gabitov. Univ. of  Arizona, USA

• Laser methods of generation and visualization of single-shot megavoltage terahertz pulses.

  S. V. Garnov, I. A. Shcherbakov. Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia

• Physics with Extreme Fields: GeV ion acceleration, x-ray generation and high field physics.

  B. M. Hegelich. Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

• Nonlinear Lasing Dynamics in Nanoplasmonic Metamaterials.

  O. Hess. Imperial College London, UK

• Quantum dot based devices for broadband emitters and amplifiers for biomedical imaging.

  R. Hogg. Univ. of Sheffield, UK

• Bottom-up Photonic Crystal Cavities laser.

  D. Huffaker. Univ. of California, USA

• Rolic^® LCMO Photo-Alignment Technologies: State of the Art.

  M. Ibn-Elhaj, I. Bury. Rolic Technologies Ltd., Switzerland

• Dynamic diffraction gratings in dye-doped chiral nematics.

  A. Iljin. Institute of Physics of NAS, Ukraine

• Coherent fiber optic communication technologies for power efficient datacenter network operations.

  V. Kamalov. Google, UK

• Deterministic Quantum Wire and Dot Systems for Nanophotonic and Laser Applications.

  E. Kapon. Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Switzerland

• Concentrated sunlight for characterization of nanostructured solar cell and synthesis of nanomaterials.

  E.A. Katz. Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel

• High-power THz generation from VECSELs.

  S. Koch. Philipp Univ. of Marburg, Germany

• Handling of spectral lines and calculation of concentrations uncertainty of measurement for priority contaminants in atmosphere.

  L.A. Konopelko, V.V. Beloborodov. Mendeleyev Inst. for Metrology, Russia

• Light-by-light polarization control in telecom fibers.

  V.V. Kozlov. St.Petersburg State Univ., Russia

• Diode pumped alkali vapor lasers.

  S. Kulikov. Russian Federal Nuclear Center- VNIIEF, Russia

• Progress in QD technology.

  D. Livshits. Innolume, Germany

• Equipment, light delivery systems and methods for fluorescent diagnosis and photodynamic therapy.

  V.B. Loschenov. Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia

• Multiphoton imaging with compact semiconductor disk lasers.

  P. Loza-Avarez. Inst. of Photonic Sciences, Spain

• Adaptive system for forming the laser beam in atmosphere with the use of incoherent images as the reference sources.

  V.P.Lukin. Inst. of Atmospheric Optics of RAS, Russia

• Effect of lattice structure on energetic electron transport in solids irradiated by ultraintense laser pulses.

  P. McKenna. Univ. of Strathclyde, UK

• New laser glassceramics.

  N.V. Nikonorov. St.Petersburg National Research Univ. of ITMO, Russia

• Optical spectroscopy of different forms of nanocarbon.

  E.D. Obraztsova. Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia

• High power quantum dot semiconductor disk lasers

  O.G. Okhotnikov. Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland.

• Advance on the nanophotonics application of nanodiamonds.

  E. Osawa. Toyohashi Univ. of Technology, Japan

• Microscopic Theory for Intersubband Lasing.

  M. Pereira. Sheffield Hallam Univ. and Univ. of Jazan, UK

• LC nanocomposites: induced optical singularities, managed nano/micro structure and electrical conductivity.

  V.V. Ponevchinsky¹, A.I. Gonchsruk², S.S. Minenko³, L.N. Lisetskii³, N.I. Lebovka², M.S. Soskin¹.
  
  ¹ –Institute of Physics, Ukraine
  
  ² - F. D. Ovcharenko Insitute of Biocolloidal Chemistry, Ukraine
  
  ³ - Institute of Scintillation Materials (Ukraine)

• Electron acceleration in plasmas: scaling laws.

  A. Pukhov. Heinrich-Heine Univ., Germany

• Optical Image Processing with Biophotonic Materials.

  D.V.G.L.N. Rao. Univ. of Massachusetts Boston, USA

• Quantum Dot in Well Photodetectors (TBC).

  M. Razeghi. Northwestern Univ., USA

• High power quantum dot semiconductor lasers.

  J. P. Reithmaier. Kassel Univ., Germany

• High-power laser propulsion.

  Yu.A. Rezunkov, Inst. of Complex Testing, Russia

• Reaching the Heisenberg-Schwinger Limit with X-Rays.

  Ch.K. Rhodes. Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, USA

• Quantum dot mode locked lasers for coherent frequency comb generation.

  R. Ricardo, K Merghem, C Calò, A Martinez, A Accard*, F Lelarge*, A Ramdane. CNRS Laboratory for Photonics and Nanostructures, France; *III-V Lab, France

• Nonplanar graphenes in aqueous and organic media.

  N.V. Rozhkova. Inst. of Geology, Russia

• Life-time imaging of enzymatic activity in vivo.

  P. Savitsky. Inst. of Biochemistry, Russia

• Nanophotonics of molecular graphene.

  E.F. Sheka. People’s Friendship Univ., Russia

• On the Collective Processes at Stimulated Scattering of Light.

  V. Sidorovich. Rozhdestvensky Optical Society, Russia

• Infrared laser spectrosopic sensing in surgery, medical diagnostics and drug testing.

  M. W. Sigrist. Inst. for Quantum Electronics, Switzerland

• Polariton-solitons in microcavities and plasmonic structures.

  D.V. Skryabin. Univ. of Bath, UK.

• Topological ergodic dynamics of optical singularities in laser-induced speckle field following “optical damage” of photorefractive LiNbO3:Fe crystal.

  M.S.Soskin, V. Vasil'ev. Inst. of Physics, Ukraine.

• Adaptive correction and phase locking for powerful lasers in RFNC-VNIIEF.

  F. Starikov. Russian Federal Nuclear Center- VNIIEF, Russia

• High sensitive laser based analysis of endogenous CO in breath: New approach to lung diffusion capacity diagnostics.

  E.V. Stepanov. Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia

• Advanced Self-Assembled InAs Quantum Dot Lasers.

  M. Sugawara. QD Laser Ltd, Japan

• Application of nonlinear processes for the controlling of photo dissociation lasers.

  S. Sukharev. Russian Federal Nuclear Center- VNIIEF, Russia

• Interaction of pulsed beams in nonlinear optics.

  A.P. Sukhorukov. Moscow State Univ., Russia

• Photoreaction Mechanism of a Ruthenium (II) Organic Complex.

  H. Fueno, K. Tanaka. Kyoto Univ., Japan

• Modern laser technologies in urology.

  O.V. Teodorovich^{1, 2}, D.G. Kochiev³, S.А. Naryshkin^{1, 2}, G.G. Borisenko^{1, 2}.
  
  ¹ –Russian medical academy of postgraduate education, Russia
  
  ² - Central Clinical Hospital №1 JSC “Russian Railways”, Russia
  
  ³ -  Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia

• Laser plasma interaction physics in shock ignition.

  V. Tikhonchuk. Bordeaux Univ., France

• Modular Chemical Sensor Technologies for Environmental Monitoring.

  F.K. Tittel,  R. Lewicki, L. Dong, K. Liu, Y. Ma and V. Spagnolo. Rice Univ., USA.

• QD visible LED.

  A. Tsatsulnikov. Ioffe Physical Technical Inst., Russia

• Small animal fluorescence imaging in vivo.

  I.V. Turchin. Inst. of Applied Physics, Russia

• Modern lasers for microsurgery of cornea.

  S.K. Vartapetov¹, K. P. Takhchidi², I. A. Shcherbakov¹.
  
  ¹-Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
  
   ²-Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery State Inst.,Russia

• Researches  in COIL laser in RFNC-VNIIEF.

  B. Vyskubenko. Russian Federal Nuclear Center- VNIIEF, Russia

• InGaAs quantum well laser with wavelength (1.6-2.0 μm) for application in tunable laser absorption.

  W. Wang, J.Q. Pan, C. Ji, H.Y. Yu, X.L. Zhou, D.B. Zhou, B.J. Wang, J. Bian, X. An, H.L. Zhu, L.J. Zhao, and W. Wang. Inst. of Semiconductors, P.R..China

• Chirped Laser Dispersion Spectroscopy – recent advances and applications in environmental monitoring.

  G. Wysocki. Princeton Univ., USA

• Third-order nonlinear optical studies using nonlinear Photoacoustics.

  Ch.S. Yelleswarapu. Univ. of Massachusetts Boston, USA.

• Broadband Nonlinear Signal Processing in Silicon Nanowires.

  K. Yvind, M. Pu, J. Hvam, H.C.H. Mulvad, H. Hu, H. Ji, M. Galili, P. Jeppesen, E. Palushani, A. Clausen, L. Oxenlowe. Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark

• Alkali vapor lasers: history, current state and perspectives.

  B. Zhdanov, US Air Force Academy, USA