Topics

Novel Photonic Materials
Functional Photonic Structures
Strong Field, Quantum and Ultrafast Effects in Photonic Materials and Structures

Biophotonics
Technology Trends in Photonics

with representative sub-topics:

Advanced Photonic Materials, Organics and Hybrids
Nanocomposites for Photonics
Nanosynthesis and Nanoprocessing of Photonic Materials
Light-Induced Materials Organization
Metallic Interfaces for Photonics, Plasmonics
Optical Switching
Optical Sensing
Quantum Control and Quantum Computation in Nanomaterials and Nanostructures
Quantum and Nonlinear Optics in Active Photonic Media
Light Localization and Manipulation
Slow Light and Resonating Effects in Nanomaterials and Nanostructures. Applications.
Photonic Band Gap Materials, Metamaterials, Photoresponsive Materials

Photonic Crystal Fibers

Further to the Special Sessions on Selected Topics the programme will include:  

SPECIAL EVENTS

  • The ICO PRIZE 2008 Award Ceremony

 
  • The ICO 2007 Galileo Galilei Award Ceremony
 
  • A Round Table on "Photonics and Nanotechnologies: Parallel Roads Intersect"
 
  • A Special Session on “European Research Policy in Photonics”
 
  • Annual ICO Bureau Meeting
 
  • Presentation of the ICO-22 Congress, Puebla Mexico 2011