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Zusammenfassung: This course covers the basics on modeling, analyzing, optimizing, and tolerancing optical systems using CODE V, including hands-on workshops. It assumes familiarity with optical concepts and terminology.

Zusammenfassung: LASER World of PHOTONICS China presents the full spectrum of the photonics industry - components and manufacturing equipment. It is the only platform in China as well as East Asia to present comprehensive laser processing products and solutions, as well as optical components and manufacturing technology for optics in a speical exhibit area.

Zusammenfassung: The combined OFC/NFOEC audience spans the entire industry, from scientists and engineers to manufacturers and service providers. These two outstanding conferences provides attendees and exhibiting companies with the industry's most comprehensive view of optical technology—the latest research breakthroughs and innovations, plus the full spectrum of commercial products and services available.

Zusammenfassung: The Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) is the premier international event for both the science and business of optical communications, with a comprehensive technical program and the largest all-optical business exhibition.

Zusammenfassung: This short course will give current users of CODE V an opportunity to learn about and practice using a number of advanced topics and specialized techniques. You will learn how to solve current problems more effectively and also discover new applications for CODE V in your work.

Zusammenfassung: The Biomedical Optics meeting covers the diversity of cutting edge biomedical research and brings together leading scientists, engineers and physicians engaged in biological and medical research using optical methods. There are few basic biological science studies that are not touched by biomedical optics. Optical methods play a critical role in biotechnologies ranging from genomics to cell-based assays to in vivo imaging and therapies. In light of this, the importance of biomedical optics has never been greater.

Zusammenfassung: The topical meeting on Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging provides a forum for disseminating the science and technology of holographic interferometry for deformation or contour measurement, 3-D optical remote sensing, 3-D holographic microscopy, 3-D optical image processing, 3-D display, and digital holography for life science applications.

Zusammenfassung: The Novel Techniques in Microscopy Meeting aims at bringing together communities such as lighting, computer graphics, color technologists, optical designers, light sources and virtual reality towards the common goal of design, production and understanding of ambient lighting and a lit model's appearance.

Zusammenfassung: LASER 2010 celebrates 30 years of providing a world-class forum for clinicians, scientists, allied health professionals and industry to share the latest innovations in lasers and light-based technologies. This highly anticipated event will feature cutting-edge research and presentations in the fields of oncology, aesthetic surgery, gynecology, otolaryngology, urology, dentistry, and more. Geared toward a multi-specialty audience, this year’s scientific program offers something for everyone – from exciting new courses to presentations from acclaimed guest speakers.

Zusammenfassung: The American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery promotes excellence in patient care by advancing biomedical application of lasers and other related technologies worldwide. If you work with medical lasers in a clinical, research or business environment and are committed to continuously improving your field, join us and nearly 3,000 other individuals from all over the world at the ASLMS 30th Annual Conference and Courses.

Zusammenfassung: This 3-day short course is a practical introduction to LightTools for engineers and scientists who wish to model and analyze the interaction of light with opto-mechanical systems. It assumes some familiarity with optical concepts and terminology. The course includes lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on computer workshop sessions.

Zusammenfassung: This 2-day course provides a practical overview of the LightTools Optimization Module and COM Macro Programming. The course includes lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on computer workshop sessions. Familiarity with LightTools basic features is assumed.

Zusammenfassung: LIAs Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop (LAM) will bring together industry specialists from around the world with the goal of applying this state-of-the-art process (cladding, sintering and rapid manufacturing) to the manufacturing challenges of today.

Zusammenfassung: CLEO/QELS and PhAST continue to be the preeminent events for those in the lasers and electro-optics community.

Zusammenfassung: This Conference provides a platform to bring together researchers interested in the topics of phase recovery, irrespective of the wavelength used, x-ray to millimetre-waves, to interact and share among themselves their latest findings and pursuits.

Zusammenfassung: The conference is devoted to the 50th anniversary of the laser discovery.

The purpose of ISWLA'10 is to extend the knowledge level of the attendees regarding the most recent results in laser phys-ics, the new projects supported by EU, the development of pan- European ELI project - Extreme Light Infrastructure - delivering a pulse of 200 PW. The in-volvement of young scientists, physicists, mathematicians, engineers, biologist and medical doctors is a very attractive challenge, since the very up dated infrastructure is to open the way to a new branch of optics: ultra –relativistic optics. The conference topic has a very large application spectrum: medical field, biology, material science, X-Ray Radiography, etc. We invite under - graduate and graduate students, PhD students, young scientists up to 35 years old from different scientific areas, interested in lasers and application to promote inter disciplinary – collaborations.

Zusammenfassung: General idea of the conference is to bring together scientists and engineers from different fields (optics, atomic and molecular physics, solid state physics, computer science) which actively contribute to the field of Quantum Optics and Quantum information. The traditional style for this Conference is the oral presentations followed by rather informal discussions, with one of conference evenings being usually devoted to the poster session. This International Conference will be the next one of a series of very successful meetings that were held in Minsk and Vilnius during the last 22 years in 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008.

If you have joint projects with quantum optics and quantum information scientists in the FSU or plan to start such an activity, it is a good chance to choose this event for your local meeting with colleagues.

Zusammenfassung: This international conference is focusing on femtosecond laser filamentation in transparent optical media and applications. In this unique biennial event (in its 3rd edition now) are gathered all word leading scientists working in the field as well as specialists from other disciplines that use filaments in their applications like, attosecond science, THz optics, strong field physics and others. The event will take place in a picturesque location on the island of Crete and in a top-class resort.

Zusammenfassung: This meeting serves as a focal point for global technical interchange in the field of optical interference coatings. It will include papers on research, development and applications of optical coatings, such as fundamental and theoretical contributions in the field as well as practical techniques and applications. This conference, like its predecessors, meets every three years to survey and capture advancements in the broad area of optical coatings. The format of the meeting includes invited papers by leaders in the field, short oral presentations of papers and poster sessions with ample discussion periods. There are no parallel sessions.

Zusammenfassung: This conference, like its predecessors, meets every three years to survey and capture advancements in the broad area of optical coatings. The format of the meeting includes invited papers by leaders in the field, short oral presentations of papers and poster sessions with ample discussion periods. There are no parallel sessions.

Zusammenfassung: This would be a first in a series of meetings focusing on specific topics in optical remote sensing of the environment. The first would address the coastal ocean and watersheds, with sessions emphasizing the inter-disciplinary nature of the topic. Sessions will cover the state of the art in instruments and methods for exploiting data from imaging spectrometers (hyperspectral/multi-spectral) and LIDAR. Sessions on specific topics such as bathymetry, coastal mapping, biophysical/geophysical retrieval (land and water), and atmospheric correction to name a few will be presented

Zusammenfassung: The proposed meeting will focus on advances in applied industrial optics. There will be three proposed topics: 1) Industrial Spectroscopy, 2)Industrial Imaging, and 3)Optical Metrology in Industry. Each topic will focus on applied technology that is currently utilized to enhance production, quality, and/or safety in an industrial setting. In addition, an attempt will be made to highlight current trends in applied optics that may have far reaching industrial implications. The meeting will draw from multiple industries to include: food & beverage, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, pulp & paper, chemical, biological, and defense. In addition, it is anticipated that the meeting attendance will be multidisciplinary

Zusammenfassung: Imaging Materials (optics, coatings, filters, detectors), Military Imaging (Target Acquisition, ISR), Consumer Imaging, Commerical Imaging, Computational Imaging, Imaging for Law Enforcement/Homeland Security, Color Imaging, Underwater Imaging, Computational Imaging, Active Imaging. Image and Signal Processing for Imaging Performance, Super-resolution, Contrast Enhancement, Image Fusion, Imaging Algorithms for Automation (Tracking, Manufacturing, AiTR). Electronic Zoom and Stabilization, Mitigation of Atmospheric Effects in Imaging (Scattering, Turbulence, etc.).

Zusammenfassung: The Integrated Photonics Research Topical Meeting is one of the most consolidated conferences in the field as it has run with no interruptions since 1972. This year, the conference changes its name to Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics (IPR) to highlight the presence of two ubiquitous ingredients, silicon and nano, in integrated photonic devices. IPR, as tradition, cover all aspects of research in integrated photonics and nanophotonics, featuring innovative science and engineering results. Topics include active and compound semiconductor devices, dielectric waveguides and waveguide devices, modeling and numerical simulation, integrated diffractive optics, microphotonics, and the generation, detection, and transport of optical fields on the “nanoscale.” Application areas within the scope of this meeting include telecommunications, information technology, optical computing, optical storage, displays, environmental monitoring, biomedical science and instrumentat

Zusammenfassung: The OSA presents a new meeting in the area of optics for solar energy. The focus on the optics includes their design, modeling, integration of novel materials, manufacture, testing, deployment in the field, economic considerations, and field results. The goal of this meeting is to bring together the researchers, engineers, and managers developing and using optics for the generation of solar energy to encourage active discussion. All forms of solar energy generation, transmission, and storage from thermal to photovoltaic to novel methods will be covered in this forum. The program will highlight the solar energy field through keynote and invited speakers spanning the technology, modeling, public policy, and financial areas.

Zusammenfassung: Photonic Metamaterials and Plasmonics (META) will bring together the two scientific communities of nanoplasmonics and metamaterials, both of which deal with tailored metal/dielectric and metal/semiconductor nanostructures. This meeting covers all experimental and theoretical aspects of this rapidly developing field ranging from fundamental science to applications and products, such as chemical and biomedical sensing, nanoscopy, plasmonic-enhanced solar cells and lighting, cancer treatment, etc. The scope especially comprises linear and nonlinear optical characterization, polarization manipulation, near-field optics and spectroscopy, sub-wavelength focusing, enhanced nonlinear optical phenomena, ultrafast nanooptics, quantum nanooptics including spasers and nanolasers, and active nanoplasmonics and metamaterials. Furthermore, corresponding novel approaches regarding nanofabrication and quantitative numerical simulation are of considerable interest.

Zusammenfassung: Optical Fabrication and Testing will bring together experts working in this field to discuss recent advances and to identify future trends. The meeting will cover all aspects of optics fabrication and testing ranging from micro-optics to large optics, and from high-value one-of-a-kind optics to mass-produced optics. The meeting will emphasize new ideas and concepts in fabrication and testing of micro-optics, the fabrication and testing of aspheric optics for optics materials and finishing science.

Zusammenfassung: Optical design remains a rapidly developing field due to the increased performance demands, improved software and computing platforms for modeling, better algorithms, and new fabrication technologies for better performance. The International Optical Conference (IODC), which occurs every four years, provides the most important meeting in optical design for engineers, scientists and designers to stay abreast of the changes in this field. Attendees from around the world in a breadth of optical design disciplines will be able to interact in both informal and formal settings.

Zusammenfassung: The International Optical Design Conference (IODC), which occurs every four years, provides the most important meeting in optical design for engineers, scientists and designers to stay abreast of the changes in this field. Attendees from around the world in a breadth of optical design disciplines will be able to interact in both informal and formal settings.

Zusammenfassung: The SSDLTR brings together researchers and managers from government, contractor, and university settings for the exchange of ideas relating to the development of high power bulk solid state, fiber, and semiconductor laser systems and related technologies.

Zusammenfassung: The Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling (BGPP) Topical Meeting continues to be a popular medium for covering state-of-the-art advances in fiber gratings. Presentations are set in a relaxed, and non-pressured atmosphere. The program is tailored for informal exchanges, forming new partnerships, and reconnecting with colleagues. Attendees come from around the world to participate in this exchange of knowledge. Witness first-hand the latest advances and breakthroughs in the field of fiber gratings.

Zusammenfassung: The Nonlinear Photonics Topical Meeting has its origins in and replaces the Nonlinear Guided Waves meetings of the past. The intention of this meeting is to gather together theorists and experimentalists from around the world who are interested in nonlinear optical processes in devices and structures in order to define the state-of-the-art in this field and to enable interactions and collaborations.

Zusammenfassung: The aim of this school is to gather leading experts in quantum optics and nanophotonics to give lectures. These lectures will lead motivated graduate students and promising post doctoral fellows from basic concepts to the most challenging problems in cutting edge research.

Zusammenfassung: A one-day tutorial course will be organised by A.I.VE.LA.- the Italian Association of LAser VElocimetry and non invasive diagnostics at the premises of the Faculty of Engineering, Ancona, Italy. Aim of the course is to provide the fundamentals of Laser and Noncontact Techniques for Vibration Measurements and to offer hands-on experience on the most advanced instrumentation. The program of the Course will include: - theoretical lectures in the morning, held by leading personalities in the field - hands- on laboratory sessions in the afternoon. The day after the Course, the 9th edition of the Conference on Vibration Measurements by Laser and Noncontact Techniques will take place, offering participants the opportunity to confront with experts in the field.

Zusammenfassung: The 9th Intl Conference on Vibration Measurements by Laser and Noncontact Techniques will be held at the Faculty of Engineering, Ancona, Italy on 23- 25 June 2010. LANGUAGE: The official language of the Conference is English ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION: 6th February 2010 ABSTRACTS ACCEPTANCE: 28 February 2010 PAPERS SUBMISSION: 29 March 2010 EXHIBITION: An exhibition is planned to enable participating organizations to bring their products directly to the attention of potential customers. Leading manufacturers of laser vibrometer systems, non contact instrumentation and systems for vibro-acoustic testing will exhibit. SHORT COURSE: the day before the Conference, a one-day tutorial course will be held in order to provide the fundamentals of Laser and Noncontact Techniques for Vibration Measurements and to offer hands-on experience on the most advanced instrumentation.

Zusammenfassung: The International Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics (SOPO 2010) will be held from June 24th to 26th, 2010 in Chengdu, China. SOPO 2010 will bring together top researchers from Asian Pacific areas, North America, Europe and around the world to exchange research results and address open issues in all aspects of Photonics and Optoelectronics.

Zusammenfassung: Today, nanoparticles are widely implemented as functional elements in plastics, lacquers and ceramic products. Novel applications are targeted on nanomedicine, sensing, electronics, optics and biophotonics. Nowadays, however, only a limited variety of materials that may be integrated into advanced functional materials are available: Nanoparticles synthesized by conventional gas phase processes are agglomerated to micro powders that are hardly redispersible into functional matrices, and chemical methods often lead to impurities of the nanoparticle colloids caused by additives and precursor reaction products.

Zusammenfassung: The Ultrafast Phenomena Conference will be the seventeenth in a series on advances in research on ultrafast science and technology. This meeting is widely recognized as the major international forum for the discussion of new work in this rapidly moving field.This year's conference will bring together a multidisciplinary group sharing a common interest in the generation of ultrashort pulses in the picosecond,femtosecond, and attosecond regimes and their applications to studies of ultrafast phenomena in physics, chemistry, material science, electronics, biology, engineering, and medical applications. In addition, submissions involving real world applications of ultrafast technology are encouraged. A tabletop exhibit featuring leading companies will be held in conjunction with the meeting.

Zusammenfassung: ICONO 2010 will provide an international forum to present the latest basic and applied research in quantum electronics, laser physics, nonlinear and quantum optics, quantum information and quantum computing, fundamental laser metrology, physics of high-power laser interactions with matter, and nanophotonics. The LAT 2010 conference complements the ICONO conference in regard to laser technologies and applications including laser device development, processing of advanced materials, optical information technologies, biomedicine and ecology applications.

Zusammenfassung: This unique conference features the latest breakthroughs in the field of solid-state, fiber and waveguided light sources. Venue is the "Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris", in the very center of Paris, near the Sorbonne, the Collége de France, the "Jardins du Luxembourg" and the Saint Michel boulevard. World-reknown researchers discuss the latest developments in the scientific community accompanied by educational sessions at the student and postdoctoral level, and by informal breakout sessions for discussion and vendor display viewing. The third in a row, the Europhoton conference has shown to be very popular among the scientists and engineers that have continued to place it on their calendars.

The highlight of the conference will be the Special Symposium on "Extreme Light Sources in Measurements and Sensing". The top scientists in the field will explore extremes in optics and laser sources in the light of new applications in physics, metrology, high precision spectroscopy, and optical communications.

Zusammenfassung: The International Conference Speckle 2010, Speckle Fields Forever, will be held in La Plata, Argentina, after Interferometry in Speckle Light in Lausanne in 2000, Speckle Metrology 2003 in Trondheim and Speckle'06, From Grains to Flowers, in Nimes. The organization of the fourth meeting in Argentina in 2010 comes from a round table of experts and users present in Nimes in 2006. Speckle is a continuous growing research field in optics and their associated techniques are currently being developed at numerous laboratories located in different countries. Speckle 2010 will be an opportunity for researchers to present their current work.

Zusammenfassung: The ECLIM conferences have great traditions, especially in the field of high-intensity laser-matter interactions. In the year of the 50th anniversary of Maiman’s first laser, ECLIM takes place for the first time in Hungary, one of the host countries of a great future undertaking, the ELI laser.

Zusammenfassung: Following the successful Workshops in Peebles (1998), Santander (2004) and Napoli (2007) we at Porto have the privilege to organise the fourth edition of the European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, EWOFS'2010. This initiative is aimed at promoting a scientific meeting with a high level of participants interaction that will enable the open debate and the assessment of new concepts, technologies and applications in the domain of optical fibre sensors, as well as the establishment of new collaborations and networks. EWOFS'2010 intends also to complement in time and geographical location the international conferences in this area, particularly the International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors.

Zusammenfassung: LIBS 2010 will focus on the scientific and commercial developments, as well as applications of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). A significant feature of this technique, currently under rapid development, is the capability of remote/standoff and real-time determination of the chemical composition of any sample, whatever its nature or physical state.

Zusammenfassung: The optics and photonics conferences in SPIE Security & Defence crosses the divide between fundamental optical science and the application of the underpinning technologies in advanced defence and security systems.

Zusammenfassung: The main topics of the 6th International Photonics Conference and Exhibition LANE 2010 are laser material processing and laser applications in mobility, life sciences, information technology and energy generation, storage and transmission.

Die internationale Konferenz und Ausstellung Lane 2010 befasst sich mit Photonischen Technologien. Ihre Schwerpunkte liegen auf Lasermaterialbearbeitung und Laseranwendungen in den Bereichen Mobilität sowie Energiegewinnung, Energiespeicherung und Energieübertragung.

Zusammenfassung: The conferences of the Laser Institute of America are the town square of the laser community. A large and diverse group, laser professionals often find themselves disconnected from each other. LIA conferences, however, bring the university researcher, the business executive, and the production floor user together under one roof for a unique and rewarding networking opportunity.

Zusammenfassung: The goal of this event is to bring together researchers, academics, manufacturers and students working in the exciting field of specialty fiber and its applications. The event aims at covering the most up-to-date and diverse fiber types, including microstructured and photonic crystal fibers, non-silica fibers, as well as new directions in fiber devices and sensors. For this edition of the WSOF, we will have a special session on “Specialty Fibers for High Power Fiber Lasers”—an area of significant technical and commercial development and activity at the present time.

Zusammenfassung: FiO 2010 - the 94rd OSA Annual Meeting - and LS XXV unite the OSA and American Physical Society (APS) communities for five days of quality, cutting-edge presentations, fascinating invited speakers and a variety of special events. The FiO 2010 conference will also offer a number of Short Courses designed to increase participants knowledge of a specific subject while offering the experience of insightful teachers. An exhibit floor featuring leading optics companies will further enhance the meeting.

Zusammenfassung: The FiO 2010 conference will also offer a number of Short Courses designed to increase participants knowledge of a specific subject while offering the experience of insightful teachers. An exhibit floor featuring leading optics companies will further enhance the meeting.

Zusammenfassung: The third Scientific EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM 2010) will be held in Paris, France, from 26 - 29 October 2010 alongside the PRI-OPTO exhibition (26 - 28 October). Previous meetings took place in 2008 and 2006 with more than 650 attendees. EOSAM will have seven topical meetings and one workshop. Be a part of EOSAM 2010 and take this excellent opportunity to exchange new ideas and latest research results!

Topical Meetings and Workshop at EOSAM 2010:
TOM 1: Biophotonics - Advanced Trapping and Optofluidics in Life Sciences
TOM 2: Terahertz Science and Technology
TOM 3: Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
TOM 4: Micro-Optics
TOM 5: Organic Photonics
TOM 6: Nonlinear Optics and Photonics
TOM 7: ICO/EOS TOM on Optics & Energy

Workshop : Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation in PhD Education

Zusammenfassung: The 16th MICROOPTICS CONFERENCE (MOC '10) will be held at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan on October 31 - November 3, 2010. The MOC 2010 is intended to provide a central forum for an update and review of scientific and technical information covering a wide range of microoptics field from fundamental researches to systems and applications.

Zusammenfassung: Laser Florence 2010 is the annual Congress of the International Academy Laser Medicine and Surgery. This year 2010 is the 50th birthday of Laser born and we would like to celebrate it with a special edition.

Zusammenfassung: Quantum Optics I was held in Santiago de Chile, in the year 2000. It was thought as the start of a series of conferences through Latin America that would have a good component of 'local' researchers working in the area. Last Quantum Optics conferences took place in: Cozumel, Mexico (II), Pucón, Chile (III), and Florianópolis, Brazil (IV). Quantum Optics V will be held again in the Island of Cozumel, Mexico and will provide a forum to discuss many developments in laser physics and quantum optics, such as quantum optical realizations of quantum information processing, trapped ions, atom optics, quantum computing, and quantum state reconstruction among others.

Zusammenfassung: PHOTONICS 2010, the tenth in the series of biennial international conference, is aimed to bring together academicians, scientists, professionals, engineers and industrialists specializing in Fiber Optics and Photonics technologies from around the globe to explore recent technical advances with state–of–the–art reviews in the thrust zones of all the major topics to be covered in the conference and to delineate outstanding Photonics science & technology issues towards futuristic research and applications. Hence, this conference, a unique forum of its own in Indian subcontinent, would be providing an opportunity to discover recent technical advances, exchange of information/idea/experience and to germinate innovations exploring new aspects of the existing technology and its future applications while interacting with the research and technology pioneers from across the globe. Conference would be preceded by two-days of short courses on some of the emerging topics in photonics.

Zusammenfassung: CLEO/QELS and PhAST continues to be the preeminent events for those in the lasers and electro-optics community. Combining more than 1,800 presentations with 325 exhibitors from around the world, the conferences brings together the leading minds from science and business and introduced important new research developments and corporate achievements.

Zusammenfassung: LASER. World of Photonics focusses on the world market for optical technologies. The international light community has been meeting there for more than 30 years. Start-ups and established key players present their latest developments.

Zusammenfassung: CLEO/Europe is the largest, most comphrensive gathering of optics and photonics researchers and engineers in Europe.

Zusammenfassung: The 22 ICO Congress will be held in the city of Puebla in 2011, and it will be Dr. Fernando Mendoza (CIO) and Dr. Alejandro Cornejo (INAOE) who will head the Local Organizing Committee, serving as Chair and Co-Chair, respectively.

Zusammenfassung: The purpose of CLEO/Pacific Rim/IQEC 2011 is to provide a forum to review the most important and latest developments of lasers and electro-optics, to exchange the updated research achievements and future trends in laser and electro-optics, to promote laser and electro-optics applications and to provide the potential collaboration opportunities. The conference is open for professionals and beginners of various areas including research, industry, academia and government.

Zusammenfassung: FiO 2011 - the 95rd OSA Annual Meeting - and LS XXV unite the OSA and American Physical Society (APS) communities for five days of quality, cutting-edge presentations, fascinating invited speakers and a variety of special events. The FiO 2011 conference will also offer a number of Short Courses designed to increase participants knowledge of a specific subject while offering the experience of insightful teachers. An exhibit floor featuring leading optics companies will further enhance the meeting.

Zusammenfassung: CLEO/QELS and PhAST has evolved into a dynamic six-day event that has successfully bridged the science and applications sides of the optics and photonics industry. CLEO/QELS offers high-quality programming

Zusammenfassung: FiO 2012 - the 96rd OSA Annual Meeting - and LS XXV unite the OSA and American Physical Society (APS) communities for five days of quality, cutting-edge presentations, fascinating invited speakers and a variety of special events. The FiO 2012 conference will also offer a number of Short Courses designed to increase participants knowledge of a specific subject while offering the experience of insightful teachers. An exhibit floor featuring leading optics companies will further enhance the meeting.

Zusammenfassung: FiO 2013 - the 97th OSA Annual Meeting - and LS XXIX unite the OSA and American Physical Society (APS) communities for five days of quality, cutting-edge presentations, fascinating invited speakers and a variety of special events. The FiO 2013 conference will also offer a number of Short Courses designed to increase participants' knowledge of a specific subject while offering the experience of insightful teachers. An exhibit floor featuring leading optics companies will further enhance the meeting.