For more information, see the conference website.

The APS March Meeting includes many THz talks and symposia with physics, materials, and biophysics applications. For more information, see the detailed conference website at:

http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/

For more information, see the conference website.

More information will become available on the IRMMW-THz 2011 website.

The APS March Meeting includes many THz talks and symposia with physics, materials, and biophysics applications. For more information, see the detailed conference website at:

http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/

The 29th PIERS 2011 in Marrakesh, Morocco
20-23 March, 2011

PIERS provides an international forum for reporting progress and recent advances in all aspects of electromagnetics. Spectra range from statics to RF, microwave, photonics, and beyond. Topics include radiation, propagation, diffraction, scattering, guidance, resonance, power, energy and force issues, and all applications and modern developments. Potential session organizers are welcome to propose special technical topics by filling out the PIERS survey.

PIERS Suggested Topics:
1 Electromagnetic theory
2 Computational electromagnetics, hybrid methods
3 Spectra, time, and frequency domain techniques
4 Fast iteration, large scale and parallel computation
5 Transmission lines and waveguide discontinuities
6 Resonators, Filters, interconnects, packaging, MMIC
7 Antenna theory and radiation
8 Microstrip and printed antennas, phase array antennas
9 RF and wireless communication, multipath
10 Mobile antennas, conformal and smart skin antennas
11 Power electronics, superconducting devices
12 Systems and components, electromagnetic compatibility
13 Nano scale electromagnetics, MEMS
14 Magnetic levitation, transportation and collision avoidance
15 Precision airport landing systems, GPS
16 Radar sounding of atmosphere, ionospheric propagation
17 Microwave remote sensing and polarimetry, SAR
18 Subsurface imaging and detection technology, GPR
19 Active and passive remote sensing systems
20 Electromagnetic signal processing, wavelets, neural network
21 Rough surface scattering and volume scattering
22 Remote sensing of the earth, ocean, and atmosphere
23 Scattering, diffraction, and inverse scattering
24 Microwave and millimeter wave circuits and devices, CAD
25 Optics and photonics, gyrotrons, THz technology
26 Quantum well devices, microwave photonic systems, PBG
27 Medical electromagnetics, biological effects, MRI
28 Fiber optics, optical sensors, quantum computing
29 Biological media, composite and random media
30 Plasmas, nonlinear media, fractal, chiral media, LHM
31 Constitutive relations and bianisotropic media
32 Moving media, relativity, field quantization, and others

For more information, see the PIERS 2011 Marrakesh Website, and the local PIERS 2011 Marrakesh Organizers Website.

SOLEIL, St Aubin (France)

November 22nd-23rd 2010

The goal of the workshop is to gather a broad international community of users in the field of gas phase molecular spectroscopy, from the THz to the VUV range, around the French Synchrotron SOLEIL. It will emphasize the needs and potential collective actions related to this cross-disciplinary field with applications in astrophysics, astrochemistry, biology and atmospheric photodynamics. In particular, several talks and discussions will be centred on recent experimental developments and striking results obtained on the THz AILES and VUV DESIRS beamlines of SOLEIL, as well as on the synchrotron facilities BESSY (Berlin), Swiss Light Source (Villigen, Switzerland) and the Canadian Light Source (Saskatoon, Canada). Another part of the workshop will be dedicated to laboratory sources complementary to synchrotron sources so that a broad panel of spectroscopic tools is presented. Finally, theoretical and analytical methods for interpreting dense and complex spectra will also be presented.

Our aim is to provide the spectroscopy community with a better knowledge of the possible new experimental and theoretical developments around synchrotron and laboratory sources.

Even though the workshop is organized by the French research network “Spectroscopie moléculaire” (GdR SpecMo) and the French synchrotron SOLEIL, we want to enlarge its scope to the international community. Therefore, the workshop language will be English. We also would like to encourage the participation of young scientists.

Confirmed Speakers: P. Asselin (LADIR, Paris), A. Bodi and S. Albert (SLS, Villigen, Switzerland), S. Boyé-Péronne (ISMO, Orsay), N. De Oliveira (SOLEIL), F. Gaie-Levrel (SOLEIL), G. Garcia (SOLEIL), R. Georges (IPR, U Rennes), Th. Giesen (U. Koeln), M. Goubet (PhLAM, U Lille), L. Margulès (PhLAM, U Lille), N. Picqué (U Paris 11), O. Pirali (SOLEIL), E. Rühl (FU Berlin), J. Vander Auwera (ULB, Bruxelles), L. Tchang-Brillet (LERMA, U Paris 6), D. Tokaryk (Canadian Light Source, U New Brunswick), H. Tran (LISA, CNRS et U. Paris 7 et 12), W. Ubachs (LCVU, Amsterdam), V. Zéninari (GSMA, U Reims)

Local Organisation: Frédérique Fraissard, Sylvie Koguc, Jean-Marc Lucacchioni, Margot Perez, and Isabelle Quinkal (SOLEIL)

Contact : Conf-SPECMO-SOLEIL@synchrotron-soleil.fr

Scientific committee: Isabelle Kleiner, Martin Schwell (LISA, U Paris 7 & 12), Vincent Boudon (ICB, U. Bourgogne), Pascale Roy, Laurent Nahon (Synchrotron SOLEIL), Dolorès Gauyacq (ISMO, Orsay)

For more information, see the conference website.

The 2nd International Workshop “THz Radiation: Basic Research and Applications“ (TERA’2010) will be held in historical city Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, from September 12 to September 14, 2010. TERA’2010 will provide a forum for experts in a wide area of optical and microwave physics and photonics.

Terahertz is unique in its ability to penetrate through nearly any material without causing biological harm. This will allow scanning for weapons, detecting hidden explosives, pinpointing the location of skin cancer during surgery, and a host of other exciting applications. The workshop will cover frontiers in terahertz physics and applications. Its characteristic feature is a stronger emphasis on the mathematical and physical aspects of the researches, together with a detail analysis of the application problems. The technical program consists of invited lectures and regular contributed papers.

Previous meetings provided in 2008 (TERA2008, Ukraine) and 2009 (special NATO ARW Workshop TERA-MIR, Turkey) have confirmed our expectations. They have shown the necessity of holding the annual forum and growth of participant number. TERA2010 will be organized in series with more wider events: 5th International Conference on Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers, CAOL’2010 and 10th Int. Conference on Laser and Fiber Optics Networks Modeling, LFNM’2010 which gives an opportunity to gather many experts from the FSU and neighboring countries of the East and South Europe, Asia, and overseas.

TERA’2010 TOPICS
• THz sources and detectors
• Intersubband transport and optics
• Intersubband lasers and detectors
• THz imaging and remote sensing
• Inversionless lasers
• Material properties at THz frequencies
• Methods and strategies for THz generation and detection
• Novel materials for THz applications
• THz waveguiding and localization
• Applications in biology and medical diagnosis
• THz metamaterials
• Detection of explosives and dangerous substances
• Nonlinear THz optics
• Integration of THz with optical fibers

Important dates:
Deadline for submission of 3 pages camera-ready papers is June 1, 2010 (by e-mail).
Author notification date: June 20, 2010
Postdeadline paper may be submitted up to August 10, 2010

For more information, see the TERA 2010 Website.

The 5nd International Conference on Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL’2010) will be held in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, September 10 – 14, 2010. CAOL’2010 will provide a forum for experts in a wide area of laser physics and optoelectronics. The previous conferences were successfully provided in 2003, 2005 and 2008 in Crimea, and in 2006 in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Information on the previous international meetings on optoelectronics and lasers can be found in the magazines IEEE/LEOS Newsletters: 4-1999, 4-2000, 4-2001, 3-2004 2-2006, 2-2009 and IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine: 4&5-1998, and 3-2001. The conference will cover wide frontiers in laser physics, nanotechnology, new materials, nonlinear optics and optical communications. Its characteristic feature is a stronger emphasis on the mathematical, physical and technological aspects of the researches, together with a detail analysis of the application problems. The technical program traditionally consists of invited lectures and regular contributed papers.

Conference will be held in collaboration with IEEE/Photonics Society, Regional IEEE Chapters, OSA and SPIE.

CAOL’2010 TOPICS
Physics of advanced and novel lasers
Nonlinear optic materials and devices
Solid-state, liquid and gas lasers and applications
High-speed optics and photonic links
Semiconductor lasers
PBG and photonic crystal devices
Laser resonators and beam propagation
Structurated fibers and fiber lasers
THz generation, detection, guidance and control
Optical communications. Integrated and nonlinear waveguide photonics
Laser biomedicine and chemistry
Liquid Crystals in optics and photonics
Nanophotonics, plasmonics, near field optics
Quantum information
Metamaterials, optical invisibility, and transformation optics
Optical measurement and instrumentation
Silicon nano-photonics: nano-optoelectronics, nano-antenns, nano sources and confined light emitters
Organic coherent optics and bio-photonics

Accompanying event: 2nd International Workshop “THz Radiation: Basic Research and Applications“ (TERA’2010)

For more information, see the CAOL’2010 Website.

The following is a representative list of topics covered at the conference:

• IR, THz, and MMW Sources and novel generation schemes
• Laser driven THz Sources
• Quantum Cascade Lasers
• Gyro-Oscillators and Amplifiers, Plasma Diagnostics
• Free Electron Lasers and Synchrotron Radiation
• Detectors and Receivers
• Instruments, Devices and Components
• MMW systems, Transmission Lines and Antennas
• Ultra-fast Measurements
• Plasma Diagnostics
• IR, THz and MMW Spectroscopy and Material Properties
• Ultra High Speed MMW Digital Devices
• MMW and Submillimeter-Wave Radar and Communications
• IR, THz and MMW Astronomy and Environmental Science
• IR, THz and MMW Imaging and Remote Sensing
• Applications in Art Conservation studies
• Applications in Biology and Medicine
• Applications in Security and Defence
• IR, THz and MMW R&D and market trends

Participants to IRMMW-THz 2010 Conference that wish to contribute to the conference program are required to send a One Page Summary of their presentation electronically from February 1 to April 2, 2010 using the web site submission form. The submitted Summary will undergo an internal review process and Notification of Acceptance will be sent on May 21, 2010. Once the Summary is accepted for the Conference, Authors are invited to prepare a Two Page paper to be included in the Conference Proceedings and to be published electronically by IEEE. Final paper submission deadline is June 25, 2010.

For more information, see the IRMMW-THz 2010 web site.

The International Symposium “Terahertz Radiation: generation and applications” is devoted to the discussion on basic research and applications of terahertz (THz) radiation.
Organizers of the Symposium

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (BINP SB RAS), Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Novosibirsk State University (NSU), and Institute of Applied Physics RAS (IAP RAS) (Nizhny Novgorod) with the support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Co-chairs of the Symposium Organizing Committee:
Kulipanov G.N., BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk
Litvak A.G., IAP RAS, Nizhny Novgorod

Deputy Co-chairs:
Knyazev B.A., NSU, Novosibirsk
Shkurinov A.P., MSU, Moscow

Organizing Secretary:
Mezensteva L.A., BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk

Symposium topics

1. Basis of generation of terahertz radiation. Pulsed and continuous wave THz sources, including generators using electron beams.
2. Detection of terahertz radiation. Recording and processing of terahertz images. Terahertz tomography and holography. Spectroscopy and metrology in terahertz frequency range.
3. Study of materials (including nano- and meta-materials) using terahertz radiation.
4. Pulsed terahertz radiation of high intensity and its applications to study and control the ultrafast processes in physics, chemistry, and biology. Pulsed terahertz spectroscopy.
5. Terahertz microscopy, including near-field terahertz microscopy.
6. Development of fundamental principles of terahertz lidar technique and terahertz communication with terahertz radiation.
7. Terahertz non-destructive detection and development of security aimed systems. Biomedical applications of terahertz radiation.

The Organizing Committee is ready to consider suggestions on introduction of additional topics to the Symposium Program.

Symposium Venue

Symposium sessions will take place at Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS and will include the 40-minute plenary lectures, 20-minute oral talks and poster presentations.

Publications:

Symposium Proceedings with three-page papers will be published by the beginning of the Symposium. The Proceedings will be officially registered as a scientific publication, with assignment of an ISBN code.

Selected papers presented at the Symposium will be published in special issues of the following journals:
- Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics,
- Vestnik Novosibirsk State University. Physics,
- International Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves.

Exhibitions:

Exhibitions of equipment for experts in the THz radiation field will be organized within the framework of the Symposium. Applications for exhibits should be submitted to the Organizing Committee.

Symposium program structure:

From Monday, July, 26 till Wednesday, July, 28: plenary lectures, oral talks and poster sessions.
In the evening of Wednesday, July, 28: departure for Altai, the actual place to be specified later (arrival early Thursday, July, 29). The cost of the Altay trip is not covered by the registration fee. The detailed program of the trip and its cost will be given at the Symposium site by the end of February.
Thursday July, 29 to Saturday, July, 31: stay in Altai and “round table” sessions in the evenings.
Sunday, August, 1 2010: Coming back from Altai (arrival in Novosibirsk by night).

Scientific School-Workshop
“Terahertz Radiation: generation and application”

The Scientific School-Workshop program will include 40-minute lectures by leading Russian and foreign scientists on actual topics of terahertz radiation generation and their applications, special reports on recent research results and oral reports by the School students at a special session. The program of the Scientific School-workshop is being created now.

A state standard Certificate will be given after the School.

For more information, see the Symposium Website.

The 28th PIERS 2010 in Cambridge, USA
5 – 8 July, 2010

PIERS provides an international forum for reporting progress and recent advances in all aspects of electromagnetics. Spectra range from statics to RF, microwave, photonics, and beyond. Topics include radiation, propagation, diffraction, scattering, guidance, resonance, power, energy and force issues, and all applications and modern developments. Potential session organizers are welcome to propose special technical topics by filling out the PIERS survey at http://piers.org/.

SUGGESTED TOPICS:
1 Electromagnetic theory
2 Computational electromagnetics, hybrid methods
3 Spectra, time, and frequency domain techniques
4 Fast iteration, large scale and parallel computation
5 Transmission lines and waveguide discontinuities
6 Resonators, filters, interconnects, packaging, MMIC
7 Antenna theory and radiation
8 Microstrip and printed antennas, phase array antennas
9 RF and wireless communication, multipath
10 Mobile antennas, conformal and smart skin antennas
11 Power electronics, superconducting devices
12 Systems and components, electromagnetic compatibility
13 Nano scale electromagnetics, MEMS
14 Magnetic levitation, transportation and collision avoidance
15 Precision airport landing systems, GPS
16 Radar sounding of atmosphere, ionospheric propagation
17 Microwave remote sensing and polarimetry, SAR
18 Subsurface imaging and detection technology, GPR
19 Active and passive remote sensing systems
20 Electromagnetic signal processing, wavelets, neural network
21 Rough surface scattering and volume scattering
22 Remote sensing of the earth, ocean, and atmosphere
23 Scattering, diffraction, and inverse scattering
24 Microwave and millimeter wave circuits and devices, CAD
25 Optics and photonics, gyrotrons, THz technology
26 Quantum well devices, microwave photonic systems, PBG
27 Medical electromagnetics, biological effects, MRI
28 Fiber optics, optical sensors, quantum computing
29 Biological media, composite and random media
30 Plasmas, nonlinear media, fractal, chiral media, LHM
31 Constitutive relations and bianisotropic media
32 Moving media, relativity, field quantization, and others

For more information, see the PIERS 2010 Cambridge Website.

The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers working in the field of THz spectroscopy, mainly of solids. This includes spectroscopy using short-pulse, high-power sources as well as broad-band sources, but also microscopy and imaging. A further focus will be THz spectroscopy in high magnetic fields (including high-frequency / high-field ESR).

A motivation for this workshop relates to the fact that at FZD the short-pulse THz/infrared free-electron laser FELBE is being operated as a user facility (funded as a transnational access facility in the EU project ELISA), and is in fact connected to the Dresden pulsed high-magnetic field laboratory HLD (funded as a transnational access facility in the EU project EuroMagNET II). In addition, it is planned to extend the facilities with an accelerator-based broad-band high-power source of coherent THz radiation within the next few years. A further important aspect relates to the fact that presently a new THz free-electron laser (FLARE) is being constructed at the high-magnetic field lab in Nijmegen.

The THz workshop will actually take place the first two days (14-15 June), while the third day (16 June) will be devoted to a EuroMagNET II user meeting, covering all aspects of high-magnetic-field experiments (not only spectroscopy). The first day (14 June) represents a FELBE user meeting as well.

More information at www.fzd.de/thz2010 .

Scope
The Scope of the workshop is to give an overview over modern terahertz applications and systems. The topics of the presentations cover a wide range of THz generation and detection techniques and, in addition, an interesting variety of applications. Some examples are short pulse systems and radio astronomy.

Workshop Chair
Professor Dr.-Ing. Lorenz-Peter Schmidt
Professor Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Schmauß (Co-Chair)

Local Organising Committee
Martin Nezadal
Dr. Andreas Bräuer

For more information
See the Workshop Website.

The Terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum, which spans from 100 GHz to 10 THz, has attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to the developments in new generation and detection techniques and due to the potential applications in the commercial, scientific, and government areas. As most dielectric materials are transparent at these frequencies and metals are opaque, there has been considerable interest in developing THz technology as an imaging technique for security, environmental and biomedical applications. The course will held topics like Terahertz Photonic Systems, Time-Domain Spectroscopy and Applications, Terahertz Detectors, Antenna and Receiving Architectures, Measurement Principles and Techniques, Heterodyne Systems, THz Imager Radar, THz Space Imaging and Spectroscopy and other its application to the mentioned, security, environmental and biomedical.

The course will present the radiation and propagation characteristics of the electromagnetic waves at terahertz frequencies, will discuss the technological aspects and design criteria for its different components (sources, receivers and antennas), and will model and discuss measurement techniques. The main applications and system architectures for active and passive systems will be analyzed and the more significant parameters compared.

The participants will model the different components of a Terahertz System, with different analytical and software tools and asses their performance in terms of the system response. A realistic system for space or terrestrial applications will be designed and characterized, to check the validity of the methodology.

The course fee is 400 EUR for non-profit institutions and 1000 EUR for profit institutions. Reimbursements will be offered for up to 3 students based on their special course progress and personal needs. The number of participants is limited to 20, so please register as soon as possible.

Lecturers

Prof. Lluis Jofre (course coordinator), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Prof. Giles Davies, University of Leeds
Prof. Michael Siegel, University of Karlsruhe
Prof. Antti Räisänen, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK)
Prof. Andrea Neto, Delft University of Technology
Dr. Nuria Llombart (UCM)
Dr. Albert Redó (UB)
Profs. Jordi Romeu, Antoni Broquetas, Francesc Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Contents

THz Fundamentals: Electromagnetic radiation and propagation fundamentals.
THz Principles: THz principles and interaction with matter.
THz Sources:THz sources and source design.
THz Receivers:THz Receivers, sensors and receiving architectures.
THz Antennas:THz antennas, principles, topologies and modeling.
THz Measurement techniques:Time and frequency measurement principles and techniques.
THz Applications and systems: Security, environmental and biomedical applications and systems and THz system design.

For course registration or further information the course organizer, Maria Alonso ( esoacourses.bcn@tsc.upc.edu ).

For general information on ESoA 2010, please visit the ACE web site .

Contributions addressing subjects pertaining, but not limited to, the following are solicited: applications of terahertz and IR spectrometry techniques in pharmaceutical, analytical, polymer, biological, and other areas. Topics may also include other spectroscopic techniques in solving important problems.

The 41st Middle Atlantic Regional meeting (MARM 2010) will be hosted by the ACS Delaware Section and held on April 10-13, at the historic Hotel du Pont, in Wilmington, DE. MARM 2010 is cosponsored by several ACS regional sections including the Southeastern Pennsylvania section of the American Chemical Society (SEPSACS).

The deadline for abstracts is February 15, 2010. Abstracts should be submitted online at the following link (login required): http://abstracts.acs.org/chem/marm_2010
under “Analytical Chemistry: We invite you to present on Advances in IR & Terahertz…”

Please do not hesitate to contact the conference organizers for any questions:

Dr. Martha Hollomon, General Chair: marthahollomon@comcast.net
Dr. Allen Denio, Exhibits Chair: alvaldenio@aol.com
Dr. Anis Rahman, Session Chair: a.rahman@arphotonics.net

PIERS provides an international forum for reporting progress and recent advances in all aspects of electromagnetics. Spectra range from statics to RF, microwave, photonics, and beyond. Topics include radiation, propagation, diffraction, scattering, guidance, resonance, power, energy and force issues, and all applications and modern developments.

PAPER SUBMISSION MUST BE RECEIVED BY 7 SEPTEMBER 2009
Authors are invited to submit a one-page abstract of no less than 250 words in English.

Author of an accepted abstract is invited to (but is not required to) submit a full-length paper of no more than five pages. All full papers will be subject to a peer-review process.

For more information, see the PIERS 2010 website.

The APS March Meeting includes many THz talks and symposia with physics, materials, and biophysics applications. For more information, see the detailed conference website at:

http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/

Present your research to the world’s leading photonics, laser, and biomedical optics researchers and technologists

Every year over 18,000 people gather from around the world to explore the latest advancements in light-driven research and technologies. SPIE Photonics West’s culture of innovation is driven by the scope of its presented research and the far-reaching impact of its solutions.

View Call for Papers and other details for each program:

BiOS—Biomedical Optics
Present your research at the world’s largest international biomedical optics conference

LASE—Lasers and Applications
Present your research at the event that bridges the gap between laser science and practical source technology

OPTO—Optoelectronic Materials, Devices, and Applications
Present your research at the event that addresses the latest advancements in integrated optoelectronic devices

MOEMS-MEMS—Micro and Nanofabrication
Present your research at the conference that is enabling the mass-produced miniaturized products and systems of the future.

APMC 2009 will offer a rich scientific program of the highest quality with invited speakers from all over the world and provide a broad forum of exchange for both academia and industry alike. The conference will cover the entire scope of microwave engineering, including RF/microwave, antennas & propagation and EMC/EMI. Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers on their latest research results. Proposals for special sessions, workshops and tutorials are also solicited and welcomed.

Special Session on THz and Optical Plasmonics

Speakers:
T. Akalin, Lille 1 University, Lille, France
F. Capasso, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
E.P. Li, IHPC, A*star, Singapore
S. Maier, Imperial College, London, UK
W. Padilla, Boston College, Boston, USA
M. Sorolla-Ayza, Public University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

Contact: Tahsin.Akalin@iemn.univ-lille1.fr

For more information

See the APMC 2009 website: http://www.apmc2009.org/.

TeraTech’09 is the 2nd international workshop on terahertz technology. The first one was held at the same place in 2005. The objective of this conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of information on basic science, technology, and application of the present and the future generation of terahertz science and engineering. Invited talks on current status and future prospects by leading researchers will be arranged as well as some contributed poster presentations.

The conference will cover all aspects of terahertz-technology-based fundamental research and applications. Especially discussion on applications, future prospect and international coordination of the terahertz research is to be emphasized as well as the latest research progress.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission Deadline: August 1, 2009
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: September 1, 2009
Early Registration Deadline: October 15, 2009
Full Paper Submission Deadline: October 15, 2009

For more information, see the TeraTech’09 website.

Invited Speakers:

Hakan Altan – Dept of Physics, METU, Turkey
Stefano Barbieri – Universite Paris-Diderot, France
Elliot Brown – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Federico Capasso – Harvard University, USA
John Cockburn – The University of Sheffield, UK
Mircea Dragoman – IMT Bucaresti, Romania
Jerome Faist – ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Qing Hu – MIT, USA
Tony Krier – Lancaster University, UK
Arunas Krotkus – Institute of Semiconductors, Lithuania
Feodor V. Kusmartsev – Loughborough University, UK
Petr Kuzel – Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Boris Mizaikoff – University of Ulm
Roberto Morandotti – INRS, Canada
Geoffrey Nash – Qinetiq, UK
Ekmel Ozbay – Bilkent University, Turkey
Lutfi Ozyuzer – Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Manijeh Razeghi – Northwestern University
Carlo Sirtori – Universite Paris Diderot, France
Frank Tittel – Rice University, USA
Andreas Wacker – Lund University, Sweden
Ines Waldmuller – Sandia National Labs, USA
Michael Wanke – Sandia National Labs, USA
X.-C. Zhang – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

For more information, see the conference website: http://smmo.org/TERA-MIR2009/.

For more information, see the conference website.

For more information, see the IRMMW-THz 2009 Website.

Banff, Alberta, Canada
September 14 – 17, 2009

Scope of the Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy (WIRMS) workshop is to bring together SR & FEL scientists and synchrotron-IR and FEL-IR users to discuss the latest developments and trends, as well as the future directions of the fields, and promote even more promising applications. Another important mission of this workshop is for the active experts to provide young researchers and graduate students with a good introduction to this rapidly advancing field.

Proposed Topics Include:

• Instrumentation and Light Sources
• High Spectral resolution
• Coherent Synchrotron Radiation
• Extreme Conditions
• Imaging and Mapping
• Spectromicroscopy
• Time Resolved Methods
• Near-Field Techniques

http://www.lightsource.ca/wirms2009/

Since the first ITQW workshop in 1991, the ITQW has been held every two years and has gone to many parts of the world. During the 20+ years, we have witnessed the maturity of QWIPs resulting in real world applications, and the realization and development of QC Lasers, which are being explored for applications. Importantly, we should not forget various new directions and approaches, such as those related to quantum dots or novel materials, which bring new fun to our research and promises for better devices.

The ITQW 2009 conference continues its tradition by bringing together the experts – graduate students, post-docs, and senior researcher – in this field to discuss their latest findings, to inspire new ideas, and to establish new collaborations. As before, in addition to invited and contributed talks as well as poster sessions, plenty of time will be allotted for questions, discussion, and networking.

For historical data, the first ITQW was held in Cargese, France (1991), followed by Whistler, Canada (1993), Ginosar, Israel (1995), Tainan, Taiwan (1997), Bad Ischl, Austria (1999), Monterey, USA (2001), Evolene, Switzerland (2003), Cape Cod, USA (2005), and Ambleside, UK (2007).

Join us in Montreal, Canada in 2009!

SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
Physics and phenomena: Intersubband and intersublevel transitions, transport properties, scattering processes, …

Materials: III-V, group IV, wide bandgap, Sb-based, low dimensional systems, …

Wavelength ranges: THz, mid-infrared, telecom, …

Detectors: QWIP, QDIP, nonlinear, phase sensitive, single photon, …

Sources: QC lasers, optically pumped, nonlinear and Raman generation, …

Applications: Imaging, sensing, communications, …

Create your own topic category: …

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstracts due: 25 May, 2009
Abstract decisions: 25 June, 2009
Registration: 17 July, 2009
Hotel reservation: 17 July, 2009

CONFERENCE LOCATION
Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel
1201 Boulevard Rene-Levesque
West Montreal • Quebec H3B 2L7 • Canada

For more information, see the ITQW website.

The aim of the workshop is to bring together experimentalists and theorists who are active in exploring microcavites and their applications in order to discuss recent developments, and new frontiers and challenges ahead.

The topics of the workshop include

- Whispering gallery modes
- Quantum chaos in microcavities
- Coupled cavities
- Microcavity device applications
- Microwave cavities
- Random lasers and other atomic, molecular and optical physics
- Photonic crystals
- Terahertz sources

Important Dates:
May 1: Abstract submission deadline
May 18: Notification of oral presentation acceptance
June 1: Early registration deadline
July 3: Registration deadline
August 25-28: Workshop

For more information, see the WOMA website.

24 to 28 august 2009 in Montpellier (France)

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EDISON 16, (formerly HCIS), is the 16th international conference on Electron Dynamics in Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures.

The purpose of EDISON is to provide an international forum on the latest progress in the field of physics and applications of nonequilibrium carrier dynamics in bulk semiconductors, nanostructures, and structures of molecular scales.

The following topics of current interest are covered in the scientific program of this meeting:
- Nonequilibrium carrier transport in bulk materials, heterostructures and nanostructures
- Coherent electron dynamics in solid state systems for quantum processing and communications
- Coherent/incoherent dynamics of optical excitations and ultra-fast optical phenomena
- Intersubband transitions and quantum cascade lasers
- TeraHertz phenomena in semiconductor materials and devices
- Semiconductor-based spintronics
- Transport in organic materials, graphene and carbon nanotubes
- Quantum carrier dynamics in ultrasmall structures, nanostructures and devices

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For more information, see the EDISON16 Conference Website.

Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) provides an international forum for reporting progress and recent advances in the modern development of electromagnetic theory and its new and exciting applications starting 1989. Spectra ranges from statics to RF, microwave, photonics, and beyond. Topics include radiation, propagation, diffraction, scattering, guidance, resonance, power, energy and force issues, and all other modern developments.

Suggested Topics:
1 Electromagnetic theory
2 Computational electromagnetics, hybrid methods
3 Spectra, time, and frequency domain techniques
4 Fast iteration, large scale and parallel computation
5 Transmission lines and waveguide discontinuities
6 Resonators, Filters, interconnects, packaging, MMIC
7 Antenna theory and radiation
8 Microstrip and printed antennas, phase array antennas
9 RF and wireless communication, multipath
10 Mobile antennas, conformal and smart skin antennas
11 Power electronics, superconducting devices
12 Systems and components, electromagnetic compatibility
13 Nano scale electromagnetics, MEMS
14 Magnetic levitation, transportation and collision avoidance
15 Precision airport landing systems, GPS
16 Radar sounding of atmosphere, ionospheric propagation
17 Microwave remote sensing and polarimetry, SAR
18 Subsurface imaging and detection technology, GPR
19 Active and passive remote sensing systems
20 Electromagnetic signal processing, wavelets, neural network
21 Rough surface scattering and volume scattering
22 Remote sensing of the earth, ocean, and atmosphere
23 Scattering, diffraction, and inverse scattering
24 Microwave and millimeter wave circuits and devices, CAD
25 Optics and photonics, gyrotrons, THz technology
26 Quantum well devices, microwave photonic systems, PBG
27 Medical electromagnetics, biological effects, MRI
28 Fiber optics, optical sensors, quantum computing
29 Biological media, composite and random media
30 Plasmas, nonlinear media, fractal, chiral media, LHM
31 Constitutive relations and bianisotropic media
32 Moving media, relativity, field quantization, and others

Should you be interested in organizing a session for PIERS 2009 in Moscow, please fill out the survey form.

The submission deadline of one-page abstract is 20 February, 2009. On-Line-Submission via web page is strongly recommended. Kindly be aware that there is no financial subsistence provided for our invitees. All participants are required to register for the conference.

Author of an accepted abstract is invited (but is not required) to submit a full-length paper of no more than 5 pages. Accepted and registered full-length papers will be included in PIERS Proceedings and online accessed after the conference.

Selected full-length papers will be published on PIERS Online.

For more information, see the PIERS 2009 Moscow website.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists employing and developing various techniques in vibrational spectroscopy. A special emphasis will be on new spectroscopic methods, imaging techniques, and theoretical approaches. The conference will be focused on molecular problems where the spectroscopic approach is considered to be crucial.

Scientific Topics include:
Analytical science, Atmospheric, planetary and interstellar chemistry, Biochemistry, biology and biomedicine, Chemometrics, Gas spectroscopy and monitoring, High resolution spectroscopy, Hyphenated techniques, Infrared and Raman spectroscopy, Instrumentation and new techniques, Microspectroscopy and imaging, Near field techniques, Near infrared spectroscopy, Nonlinear techniques, Process monitoring, Spectral enhancement, Surface techniques, Synchrotron infrared spectroscopy, Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging, theoretical and computational methods, Time resolved and coherent methods, Two dimensional spectroscopy, Vibrational Optical Activity.

Conference Venue
The conference will take place on the campus of Melbourne University, situated on the edge of the beautiful city of Melbourne and at the heart of Melbourne’s world class research facilities. The university is served by an efficient tram service but is also within walking distance of both the main Melbourne shopping areas and the cosmopolitan restaurant rich area of Carlton. Melbourne can be reached directly by air from numerous cities in Europe, Asia and America and provides easy access to Australia’s major tourist attractions for pre or post conference trips. The airport is served both by major carriers and by budget airlines.

Exhibition
A technical exhibition of spectroscopic equipment and services will be held during the meeting.

Social program
There will be an active social program with mixers at famous Melbourne venues, a mid week trip to the high class winery areas around Melbourne and to the world famous Australian animal sanctuary at Healesville. Be prepared for an eclectic mix of entertainment and culture during the conference week.

The conference opening and mixer event will take place on the Monday night at historic government house, situated beside Melbourne’s famous botanical gardens. The conference dinner on the Thursday evening will take place in the Great Hall at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Workshops
There will be 3 pre-conference workshops (free of charge) where all delegates and exhibitors are welcome to take part. Companies are welcome to explore further ideas for workshops with the organizers.

Sunday 12th July
Synchrotron Infrared Spectroscopy Workshop
Speakers include: Prof. Paul Dumas, Soleil Synchrotron, Paris
Dr. Robert McKellar, NRC, Canada
Sponsor: Australian Synchrotron

Vibrational Spectroscopy in Security and Forensics Workshop
Speakers include: Professor Royston Goodacre

Infrared Imaging Workshop – Varian Pty Ltd

Special Edition ICAVS5 Journal
There will be a special peer reviewed conference publication in a well known journal dedicated to ICAVS5 so we encourage authors to submit their manuscripts for consideration. See website for full details on the scientific program, social program, accommodation and all matters concerning ICAVS5.

Important dates and deadlines
2 March: opening of abstract submission
2 March: opening of earlybird registration
24 April: close of abstract submission
15 May: close of earlybird registration and opening of standard registration

For more information, see the ICAVS5 website.

ICAIT conference is a 3-day intensive and interactive event that will focus on Wireline and Wireless technology, Mobile Network Technology, Multimedia Processing, Management and Transmission and lastly Satellite Communications and Networking.

ICAIT is a three (3) day event comprising of keynote speeches by both leading researchers and industrial experts, focused symposiums, technical oral presentations and updates by industrial presenters. This event provides a platform to introduce advanced infocomm technologies that would shape the next generation of information and communication systems & technology platforms. We hope to be able to achieve the following goals:

• Forge links between nations and build bridges between the academic and non-academic community; and between government and non-governmental organizations.
• Facilitates discussion, encourage the formulation and adoption of standards and “open “ interfaces to enable rapid development, testing and deployment of infocomm solutions.
• Encourages exchange and sharing of knowledge and ideas to boost growth in the information and communication industry.

All paper submissions are peer reviewed by members of the technical programme committee. Accepted work must be presented by one of the authors. Authors are now invited to submit their full papers in the topics listed below:

3G/4G Wireless Systems
Computer Systems
Communications Software and Services
Data Storage Technologies
Delay Tolerant Networking
Electronic Display and Solid State Lighting
Fiber Technologies and Applications
Fixed and Mobile Convergence
Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and Mesh Networks
Multimedia Processing, Management and Transmission
Network Technologies
Optical Fiber Communication
Peer to Peer Technologies and Applications
Pervasive and Ultra-Broadband Technology
Power Line Communications
Revenue-driving Applications, Services, and Content Delivery
Sensor Technologies and Networks
Vehicular Networks
Wireless Communication
Special Session 1: Energy-aware Network and Power Management
Special Session 2: Terahertz Technologies and Applications
Special Session 3: Communication and Information Security
Special Session 4: Fiber Sensor Technologies and Applications
Special Session 5: Networking Coding Theory and Applications

For more information, see the ICAIT website.

Including:
Conference 5: Terahertz and high energy radiation detection technologies and applications

Chairs:
James Ryan (University of New Hampshire, USA)
Zhang Cun-lin (Captial Normal University)
Tang Chuan-xiang (Tsinghua University)
Program committee:
Chen Hui-min (The First Research Institute of Ministry of Public Security)
Cao Jun-cheng (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology,CAS)
Shi Sheng-cai (Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS)
Wei Zhi-yi (Institute of Physics, CAS)
Ouyang Zheng-biao (Shenzhen University)
Hong Zhi (China Jiliang University)
Subtopics:
?Millimeter wave and terahertz device physics and materials
?Terahertz imaging systems and applications
?High energy radiation detection materials and device physics and modeling
?Design, fabrication and testing of X-ray detectors
?Design, fabrication and testing of Gamma-ray detectors
?X-ray and Gamma-ray imaging and applications in astronomy and astrophysics
?Neutron detection and applications in science and homeland securities
Academic Secretary: Wu Di, wudi@cnoenet.com, +86-22-23669275

For more information, see the ISPDI website.

The sixth annual SURA Terahertz Applications Symposium will focus on research and applications of terahertz in the medical, defense, environmental, and other industrial fields.

Speakers (to date + to be confirmed)

Hou-Tong Chen, Los Alamos National Lab ~ Irl Duling, Picometrix
Ken Cooper , NASA JPL ~ Justin Snapp, Stanford University
Mike Klopf, Jefferson Lab ~ Oleg Mitrofanov, University College London UK
Joseph Melinger, U.S. Naval Research Lab ~ X.C. Zhang, RPI
Joachim Jonuscheit, Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques
Torsten Löffler, Synview GmbH ~ Mark Stringer, University of Leeds
Keith Nelson, MIT ~ Anis Rahman, Applied Research & Photonics

Day 1
~3:00 pm – Registration Opens
~4:00 pm – Presentations
~5:45 pm – Welcome Reception

Day 2
~8:15 am – Presentations
~11:45 am – Lunch (provided)
~12:45 pm – Presentations
~5:30 pm – Reception
~6:30 pm – Dinner (provided)

Day 3
~8:15 am – Presentations
~12:00 pm – Adjournment

For more information, see the Symposium Website.

The International Microwave Symposium is the premier conference of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), featuring a large trade show as well as a wide variety of technical papers and workshops. The IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2009 (IMS 2009) will be held in Boston, MA Sunday, June 7 through Friday, June 12, 2009 as the centerpiece of Microwave Week 2009.

Microwave Week 2009: The IMS 2009 technical sessions will run from Tuesday through Thursday of Microwave Week. Workshops will be held on Sunday, Monday, and Friday. In addition to IMS 2009, a microwave exhibition, a historical exhibit, the RFIC Symposium (www.rfic2009.org), and the ARFTG Conference (www.arftg.org) will also be held in Boston during Microwave Week 2009.

Famous for everything from the Red Sox and Paul Revere to Cheers and seafood, Boston is a popular destination. Part history lesson, part modern metropolis, the Hub offers attractions to suit every everyone. It’s easy to get around, either on foot or by the user-friendly public transportation system. The Freedom Trail, a well preserved pedestrian path weaves in and out of historic neighborhoods, from the Boston Common and Public Garden to the gold-domed State House and Fenway Park. Between landmarks, you can shop stores on Newbury Street, have an authentic Italian meal in the North End or browse the antique shops and distinctive red-brick buildings of Beacon Hill. The more culturally inclined will not want to miss the city’s world-class museums, theater and music venues. Boston also features a renowned aquarium, children’s museum and science museum.

The IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) is a transnational society with more than 9,000 members and 80 chapters worldwide. Our society promotes the advancement of microwave theory and its applications, usually at frequencies from 200 MHz to 1 THz and beyond. For more than 50 years, the MTT-S has worked to advance the professional standing of its members and enhance the quality of life for all people through the development and application of microwave technology.

More information can be found on the symposium website:
http://www.ims2009.org/

The European Space Agency (ESA) is pleased to invite you to the International Vacuum Electronics Conference IVEC 2009 that will be held in Rome, Italy on 28-30 April 2009. The meeting will take place at the Angelicum, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas and is sponsored by ESA with the technical co-sponsorship of IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS).

IVEC has become the worldwide forum for all players in the field of Vacuum Electronics, drawing together representatives of academia, research institutes, industry, institutions and users. For systems developers, IVEC will provide unique insight into the absolute latest developments of vacuum electron devices. These devices continue to provide power and performance for advanced electromagnetic systems, especially at higher frequencies. Rapid technological advances in the vacuum electron device area, as well as new and improved devices, especially in the THz region, are making it possible for systems to achieve reliability and capabilities well beyond those of any fielded today.

The technical programme of the conference includes:
1. Vacuum Electron Devices
2. Vacuum Microelectronics, Nanoelectronics, THz devices
3. Systems and Subsystems
4. Technologies
5. Applications of Vacuum Electron Devices
6. Space Technologies and Applications of Vacuum Electron Devices (SPECIAL SESSION)

All the relevant information are available on the conference website www.ivec2009.org .

The International Symposium on Space THz and Technology (ISSTT), begun in 1990, is the premier forum for developers of low-noise sum-millimeter and THz receivers. The ISSRR was previously held in Charlottesville in 1996 and 1999. NRAO, along with Virginia Diodes, Inc., and the University of Virginia is pleased to sponsor the return of this sympossium to Charlottesville in 2009 for it’s twentieth year.

The technical scope of this conference includes mm-wave/THz instruments for astrophysics and other applications; heterodyne and direct detectors such as Schottky, SIS, HEB, TES, KID, and bolometers; sources such as frequency multipliers, lasers, and other technologies; optics and measurement techniques; and THz systems and backends.

The conference will be held at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel.

For more information, see the ISSTT2009 website.

2009 MRS Spring Meeting

April 13 – 17
San Francisco, CA
Exhibit: April 14-16

Including

MRS Symposium K: Materials Research for Terahertz Technology Development

The Terahertz (THz) portion of the frequency spectrum (0.3-10 THz) has attracted interest for various potential applications such as urban warfare and hidden weapons discovery, checking personnel and packages for guns and explosives, chemical and biological detection, and even communi- cations. However, the spectral region has been underutilized because of the inadequacy of THz sources, detectors, and components that are, in turn, limited by materials. This symposium intends to focus on the latest advances in materials that will enable the development of the terahertz region of the spectrum. The symposium is open to electronic and optical THz-producing techniques. Materials work in growth (bulk, epi, and engineered), characterization (spectroscopy, loss, dielectric studies, etc.), and devices will be welcomed, but not limited to, semiconductors, polymers, biological, chemical, gas, engineered, and other materials.

Topics of interest include:
• Materials for THz sources and THz detectors
• Materials for THz components (i.e., modulators, lenses, mirrors, transmission lines, etc.)
• THz spectroscopy of materials (molecular, organic, and inorganic)
• Ultrafast chemistry and physics as it relates to THz
• Material properties at THz frequencies
• Negative-index and other novel materials
• Novel devices for THz applications

Invited speakers (tentative) include:
Don Arnone (TeraView Ltd., United Kingdom), Harvey Beere (Univ. of Cambridge, United Kingdom), Mikhail Belkin (Harvard Univ.), Thomas Crowe (VDI: Virginia Diodes, Inc.), Yujie Ding (Lehigh Univ.), Frank Hegmann (Univ. of Alberta, Canada), Alex Jen (Univ. of Washington), Michael Johnston (Oxford Univ., United Kingdom), Brian Kolner (Univ. of California-Davis), Jun Kono (Rice Univ.), Petr Kuzel (Inst. of Physics, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic), Richard Lai (Northrop Grumman Corp.), Krishna Mandal (EIC Laboratories, Inc.), Eric Mueller (Coherent-DEOS), Vincent Stenger (SRICO, Inc.), Konstantin Vodopyanov (Stanford Univ.), Xi-Cheng Zhang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.), and David Zimdars (Picometrix, Inc.).

Symposium Organizers
C. Edward Stutz
Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Rm. 253, 3005 Hobson Way, Wright-Patterson AFB,
OH 45433-7707
Tel 937-255-9889, Fax 937-255-4913, charles.stutz@us.af.mil

David Ritchie
University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Ave., Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
Tel 44-1223-337331, Fax 44-1223-337271, dar11@cam.ac.uk

Peter Schunemann
BAE Systems, Inc., MER15-1813, P.O. Box 868, Nashua,
NH 03061-0868
Tel 603-885-5041, Fax 603-885-0207 peter.g.schunemann@baesystems.com

Jason Deibel
Wright State University, Dept. of Physics, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
Tel 937-775-2148, Fax 937-775-2222, jason.deibel@wright.edu

For more information, see the MRS Spring 2009 meeting website.

PIERS provides an international forum for reporting progress and recent advances in all aspects of electromagnetics. Spectra range from statics to RF, microwave, photonics, and beyond. Topics include radiation, propagation, diffraction, scattering, guidance, resonance, power, energy and force issues, and all applications and modern developments. Potential session organizers are welcome to propose specific technical topics by filling out the PIERS survey at http://piers.org/.

SUGGESTED TOPICS:
1 Electromagnetic theory
2 Computational electromagnetics, hybrid methods
3 Spectra, time, and frequency domain techniques
4 Fast iteration, large scale and parallel computation
5 Transmission lines and waveguide discontinuities
6 Resonators, filters, interconnects, packaging, MMIC
7 Antenna theory and radiation
8 Microstrip and printed antennas, phase array antennas
9 RF and wireless communication, multipath
10 Mobile antennas, conformal and smart skin antennas
11 Power electronics, superconducting devices
12 Systems and components, electromagnetic compatibility
13 Nano scale electromagnetics, MEMS
14 Magnetic levitation, transportation and collision avoidance
15 Precision airport landing systems, GPS
16 Radar sounding of atmosphere, ionospheric propagation
17 Microwave remote sensing and polarimetry, SAR
18 Subsurface imaging and detection technology, GPR
19 Active and passive remote sensing systems
20 Electromagnetic signal processing, wavelets, neural network
21 Rough surface scattering and volume scattering
22 Remote sensing of the earth, ocean, and atmosphere
23 Scattering, diffraction, and inverse scattering
24 Microwave and millimeter wave circuits and devices, CAD
25 Optics and photonics, gyrotrons, THz technology
26 Quantum well devices, microwave photonic systems, PBG
27 Medical electromagnetics, biological effects, MRI
28 Fiber optics, optical sensors, quantum computing
29 Biological media, composite and random media
30 Plasmas, nonlinear media, fractal, chiral media, LHM
31 Constitutive relations and bianisotropic media
32 Moving media, relativity, field quantization, and others

For more information, see the PIERS 2009 Symposium web site.

The APS March Meeting includes many THz talks and symposia with physics, materials, and biophysics applications. For more information, see the detailed conference website at:

http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/

Santa Barbara, CA, March 7-11, 2009.

The aim of this workshop is to foster discussion on the newest and most exciting research in the development and applications of terahertz instrumentation based on optical sources. In addition to the presentation of peer reviewed papers, we have added activities for students and newcomers, including a tutorial session immediately before the conference begins. Please see the paper submission page for information on abstract submission. The deadline for abstracts is November 3, 2008. We will emphasize sources and applications at wavelengths between 30 and 3000 microns (0.1-10 THz).
Contemporary scientific topics will be highlighted in areas such as:

# Terahertz pulse generation and detection
# Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
# THz imaging and nondestructive evaluation
# THz near-field microscopy: developments and applications
# Nanotechnology impact on terahertz instrumentation
# Terahertz characterization of nanomaterials
# Time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy
# Probing ultrafast carrier dynamics and transport in materials
# Novel optical and material development: metamaterials and plasmonics
# Applications to molecular, biomolecular, and liquid phase spectroscopy
# Portal security applications
# Quantum cascade lasers
# Sources based on telecom pumps
# Emerging laser technology for use in optical THz sources and detectors
# LIDAR/DIAL systems

For more information, see the OTST 2009 Website.

Following the highly successful Electronics KTN event held last year at Queen Mary College, London this year’s conference has been extended by working with the TeraNova team to include a broader range of presentations, a more extensive poster session and a mini-exhibition.

The key aspects of networking, informality have been kept to ensure the event allows delegates to make new contacts and gain understanding on the latest developments and market applications.

To register and for further details: www.regonline.co.uk/terahertz2

The Terahertz Gap
The terahertz spectrum has a number of exciting properties:
1) it is non-ionising (and therefore safer than comparable technologies such as X-ray)
2) metal reflects and optically opaque materials can appear transparent (such as packaging, soil, brick, fabrics etc)
3) many substances have a readily identifiable frequency “fingerprints” so identification and inspection solutions are possible

These frequencies sit between mid-infrared and microwave frequencies (100Ghz – 30Thz) in the ‘gap’ between electronics and optics systems. Recent technological developments, both in electronics and optics, are closing this ‘gap’ facilitating new products and solutions.

Terahertz Applications
Early adopters needing non-destructive testing (NDT), imaging and substance identification in industries as diverse as military, aerospace, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food & drink, semiconductors and specialist communications are all starting to employ terahertz based solutions. For example: the technology is now used routinely for inspection of NASA’s space shuttle heat shield foam. Emerging terahertz based products are starting to work at full production speeds.

Who Should Attend?
This event has been designed to educate and enthuse paticipants, across a variety of industries and research areas, on the potential and reality of terahertz technologies. In addition to the presentations there will be a mini exhibition and poster session to stimulate knowledge transfer and networking between delegates.

Everyone interested in the applications of terahertz radiation, or needing to become sufficiently informed to be able to monitor and assess the development of the technology and products, will gain a good level of understanding and useful contacts by attending this event.

Whether industrialist or researcher, current or potential user – or even just curious – you will find this a useful and stimulating day.

To Register and for more information, go to www.regonline.co.uk/terahertz2.

The scope of the workshop is to bring together the TBONE team and potential users of this novel technology from all fields of science to discuss the trends in the IR/THz field and to promote novel applications. The program includes invited talks as well as a round table discussion. During the round table session there is an opportunity to present your intended application in a 5 minutes short talk. Online registration and further information is available online.

Registration for short talk, hotel and dinner is due February 1, 2009. Registrations for passive participation will be accepted till February 8, 2009. Please note that the number of participants is limited, so, first come, first served.

The European Physical Society will organise the 2nd European Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (NANOMETA 2009) which will be held in Seefeld ski resort, Tirol, Austria during 5-8 January, 2009. This will be the second conference in the NANOMETA series following a meeting in January 2007 attended by many leading authorities in the field.

NANOMETA 2009 aims to bring together the international Nanophotonics and Metamaterials research communities and will be devoted to papers reporting new and challenging results and ideas in these burgeoning fields. The technical programme will include invited and selected contributed papers in the areas of
• Photonic and microwave meta-materials
• Near-field optics
• Plasmonics and nano-photonics
• Optical super-resolution
• Transformation optics
• Nano-bio-photonics

The conference will be organised in two oral parallel sessions (Nanophotonics and Metamaterials) and will feature joint plenary, tutorial and post-deadline sessions. The conference timetable will be organised in a way that permits mid-day brakes for recreational activities and informal contact between participants.

For more information, see the NanoMeta website.

16-19, December 2008 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China
19-20, December 2008 Venetian Resort and Convention Center, Macau, China

Organized by
Wireless Communications Research Center, City University of Hong Kong

Co-Organized by
University of Macau
Guilin University of Electronic Science and Technology
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Chapter, the Chinese Institute of Electronics
IEEE AP/MTT Hong Kong Joint Chapter
IEEE EMC Hong Kong Chapter

For more information, see the APMC 2008 Conference Website.

The European Microwave Conference is the premier forum for the presentation of the actual status and future trends in the field of microwave and millimetre-wave systems, technologies and applications. A broad range of high-frequency related topics, from materials and technologies to integrated circuits, systems and applications will be addressed in all their aspects: theory, simulation, design and measurement. Examples include the latest developments for modelling and design of microwave photonics and MEMS, RF-ID and Ultra Wide Band Systems, new linearization techniques and the impact of new packaging technologies on development applications.

Special emphasis will be placed on the application of microwave technologies in field of homeland security and medical systems, both areas with increasing attention and opportunities for microwave technologies. The scope also includes electromagnetic field theory, theoretical and experimental developments in wave propagation, scattering and antenna systems, and advanced simulation techniques. In addition to scientific papers, contributions are encouraged on industrial applications, covering the fields of instrumentation, medical, telecommunication, radar, space, automotive and defence systems.

In order to reach a wider audience, the presenters of posters will be offered a time slot in an interactive posters session. This interactive poster session will be held jointly with EURAD during a separate timeslot without EUMC and EURAD oral sessions. This should optimise poster session attendance. During this session the authors can present real-time operation of developed hardware or software or demonstrate movies (or slide-shows) showing operation of complete systems. Tables and power will be provided. This interactive poster session will be combined with the regular EUMC-EURAD joint poster session.

Conference Topics
Passive Microwave Components, Circuits and Sub-Systems
E1 Passive Components & Circuits
E2 Filters
E3 RF-MEMS and MOEMS (Common topic with EuMIC)
E4 New and Emerging Technologies and Materials for Microwave Components
Active Microwave Components, Circuits and Sub-Systems
E5 Microwave Monolithic IC’s for Industrial Applications (Common topic with EuMIC)
E6 Power Amplifiers and Linearisers (Common Topic with EuMIC and EuWiT)
E7 Low noise and Communication Receivers
E8 Tuneable and Reconfigurable RF Circuits (Common topic with EuWiT)
E9 Active Array Antennas and Components (Common topic with EuRAD)
E10 Hybrid and Multi-Chip Modules (Common topic with EuMIC)
E11 Microwave Photonics
E12 Linear and Non-linear CAD Techniques (Common with EuMIC)
E13 Microwave Measurements
E14 Ultra Wide Band Technology (Common topic with EuRAD)
Electromagnetism
E15 EM Field Theory and Numerical Techniques
E16 Wave Propagation Effects
E17 Antenna Design, Modelling and Measurement
E18 Electromagnetic Compatibility
E19 Medical and Biological Effects
E20 Meta-materials and Photonic Bandgap Structures
E21 Characterisation of Material Parameters
Microwave Systems and Applications
E22 RFID and Sensors (Common topic with EuWiT)
E23 Quality of Life / Medical diagnosis and Imaging systems
E24 Homeland Security (Common Topic with EuRAD)
E25 Space Based Telecommunication and Remote Sensing (Common topic with EuRAD)

Conference Highlights

The EuMC is the perfect event to keep up to date with recent achievements in the RF, microwave and millimetre-wave domain.The EuMC provides many opportunities to network and interact with international experts in a wide variety of specialities, attracting delegates with academic and industrial backgrounds.With more than 300 selected papers in about 60 oral and poster sessions, the conference represents an exciting forum for the presentation and discussion of the most recent advances in the microwave area. Focused sessions and Workshops will complement the programme. Proposals for focused sessions should be submitted before 2 December 2007 to the EuMC Chairman.
EuMC Microwave Prize

The Technical Programme Committee of the EuMC and the EuMW Steering Committee will award the EuMC Microwave Prize of €5,000 to the author(s) of the best contributed paper to the 38th European Microwave Conference. The winning paper will be considered for publication in the EuMA Proceedings.

Chairman:
Professor Peter Hoogeboom
TNO The Hague and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
p.hoogeboom@tudelft.nl

Co-Chair:
Professor Dominique Schreurs
K.U. Leuven, Belgium
Dominique.Schreurs@ieee.org

TPC Chairman:
Jan Geralt bij de Vaate
ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
vaate@astron.nl

Website: http://www.eumweek.com/

Recent advances in the biological sciences and medicine have led to an increasing demand for real time and minimally invasive chemical and structural information on biological materials. Due to its unique fingerprinting capability, vibrational spectroscopy plays a significant role in providing these pieces of information.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists including biologists, physical chemists, physicists, and physicians who have joined forces in the quest for novel applications of vibrational spectroscopy in biology and medicine, making accessible the specific molecular investigations of complex molecules under difficult experimental conditions.

This is the 5th international conference of a series that was started in 2000 in Winnipeg – Canada, 2002 in Reins – France, 2004 in Newark – USA and in 2006 Heidelberg – Germany.

The topics and methodologies of the conference include but are not confined to:

-Concepts and overview of biomedical vibrational spectroscopy in medicine
-Biomedical vibrational spectroscopy and imaging of single cells
-Drug-cell interaction studied by vibrational spectroscopies
-Pathogens and infectious diseases
-Vibrational clinical chemistry, analysis of biofluids
-Raman, THZ-laser, NIR and MID-IR spectroscopies
-Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)
-Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (CARS)
-Near-field infrared and Raman micro-spectroscopy
-Dentistry
-Other spectroscopic techniques

The Conference will be held at the congress center of the Technological Park of Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, Sao Jose dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. São José dos Campos (600.000 habitants) is a major city in the state of Sao Paulo, and one of the most important industrial and research centers in Latin America. It is located between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, São Paulo (80 km from the city) and Rio de Janeiro (320 km) in the Paraíba River Valley. It is also located between the two most beautiful touristy places, Ubatuba (90 km) at the Brazilian coast and Campos do Jordão (80km) at the mountain’s regions. With its high per capita income, São José dos Campos is a safe and secure city that offers a wide variety of stores and services.

The Conference will begin on Sunday morning, October 26. On Saturday afternoon October 25, registration is opened and in the evening a reception party will be organized at the Conference Centre.

Also on Saturday a Mini-Workshop scheduled for 2:00 pm covering the topics
• FT- Raman Spectroscopy for biological systems and biomolecules analysis;
• Dispersive Raman systems for “in vivo” measurements in biological systems;
• Optical Tweezers for biological applications;
• Confocal Raman spectroscopy ;
• FTIR analysis using the Perkin-Elmer SpotLight400 system;
where a hands on training guided by specialists in each field will be offered.

For more information, please see the SPEC 2008 website.

Workshop Theme and Scope

Millimetre wave and Terahertz technologies have advanced remarkably over the last decade and have spurred many new applications in the communications, imaging, sensing and instrumentations and etc. The British and Chinese governments have been investing heavily in the research and development of millimetre wave and Terahertz technologies. The workshop will serve as a forum for British and Chinese scientists to disseminate and exchange their research outcomes in the subject. The scope covers sensors, sources, system and applications of millimetre wave and Terahertz technologies.

Workshop venue

Convention Centre of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For more information, see the Workshop Website.

For more information, see the conference website.

Workshop Background:
For the last several years, the IWPC has developed a very active international security sensor program engaging Government Agencies, Global Equipment Manufacturers and the entire technology supply chain.

These activities have been designed to explore and interactively understand the security sensor needs of these Government Agencies and understand the capabilities of advanced mmwave and THz systems and supporting technologies.

To date, we have primarily explored Airport Transport Requirements.

Workshop Goals:
The Goals of this Workshop are to continue to explore Government Agency security sensor requirements in the other Mass Transport venues (bus and rail) AND Critical Infrastructure.

What are the Government Agency Requirements?

What sensor technologies are currently available to meet these requirements?

What technologies need to be developed to meet these requirements?

What is needed in the future to develop layered security systems using multiple layers of integrated and disparate sensor technologies?

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