EOS Topical Meeting on Diffractive Optics 2007 (DO 2007)

This meeting is the continuation of the successful EOS Topical Meeting Series on Diffractive Optics. DO 2007 will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from 20 - 23 November 2007. An updated list as of  recommandable hotels is available here.
The conference dinner takes place on 22. November at 20:30 at the following location:

Restaurant Berriketa

Gran Vía de les Corts Calanes, 59608007 Barcelona

Tel: + 34 933 424 144

www.berriketa.com

Programme

Please click here to download the programme as pdf-file. Click here to see the abstract guidelines and a Tex template for submissions (50kb) is available as well.

• Registration
• Synopsis
• Sponsored by
• Topics
• Workshops
• Abstract submissions and deadlines
• JEOS:RP - special publication offer
• Keynote speaker
• Invited speakers
• Programme Committee
• Venue
• Contact

Registration

You can register via fax form or online (preferred):

Synopsis

After 20 years of active research and development of design and fabrication techniques, diffractive optics is approaching a status of mature technology – in addition to the ongoing fundamental basic and applied research, we can find diffractive optics in increasingly many applications which are either completely based on diffraction phenomenon or diffractive solution is remarkably more compact, light-weight, or cost-effective than its alternatives.
The EOS Topical Meeting on Diffractive Optics gathers the scientists and engineers working in the field of diffractive optics in industry or academic institutes. The scope of the meeting is to give the attendees a wide picture of the field, from fundamental modelling of light–matter interaction to design techniques and from fabrication techniques to novel applications.
The meeting will be preceded by workshops on diffractive optics on November 20, 2007.

Sponsored by

Topics

This meeting will be the sixth in the series of EOS Topical Meetings on Diffractive Optics. The previous meetings took place in Savonlinna (1997), Jena (1999), Budapest (2001), Oxford (2003) and Warsaw (2005).
The main topics of the Barcelona meeting are Design, Fabrication, and Applications of diffractive optics. The subtopics that are covered by the three main topics include:

• Modeling of DOEs by rigorous and approximate techniques
• DOE design theory and techniques
• Fabrication of DOEs
• Characterization of DOEs
• System integration
• Modeling of optical systems that include DOEs
• Programmable DOEs
• Sub-wavelength structures
• Photonic crystals
• Novel materials
• Metamaterials
• Shaping and homogenization of optical beams
• Diffractive optics for extreme wavelengths
• Measurement techniques for near field of DOE
• Diffractive optics for life sciences and security applications

Workshop

The meeting will be preceded by a workshop on Diffractive Optics on November 20. The workshop will cover many of the topics of the conference, and it will be held at the site of the meeting. Owing to the nature of the workshop only a limited number of participants can be accepted to the workshop. Therefore, special focus will be set on the bridging of fundamental research and applied sciences.

Optics modeling using LightTrans VirtualLab™ 3.5
H.Schimmel, LightTrans GmbH, Wildenbruchstraße 15, 07745 Jena, Germany

Modern optical engineering requires more and more the representation of
light with a full set of properties such as amplitude, phase, polarization
and coherence. Additionally, diffraction and interference effects must be
considered during simulation of light propagation. While already often
being a standard procedure in diffractive optics it is not common to
encounter such a wealth of information in commercial optical engineering
software. Hence, optical engineers working in the field of diffractive
optics would regularly need to program all necessary tools required for
their development. The workshop will demonstrate how the task of modern
analysis and design in optical system development, research and education
can be approached using the commercial software LightTrans VirtualLab™ 3.5.
Some of the subjects covered are:

• Simulation of optical systems containing diffractive optical elements
• Simulation of scattering on rough surfaces including import of measured surface data.
• Design of refractive and diffractive beam shaping elements, diffractive beam splitters and diffusers using the Iterative Fourier Transform Algorithm (IFTA).
• Simulation of polychromatic light and realistic light view.
• Homogenization of Excimer laser and LED light using diffractive diffusers and lens arrays.
• Illustration of optical effects for optics education.
• Simulation of polarization and high NA systems.
• Automatic adjustment of numerical parameters.
• Rapid investigation of micro-optical systems
• Simulation of laser beam propagation in optical systems and evaluation of laser beam parameters.

Abstract submissions and deadlines

Deadline for abstracts: 7 September 2007
Notification to authors: 5 October 2007
Publication of the programme: 12 October 2007
Deadline for early-bird registration: 22 October 2007

Abstracts shall be submitted online only at this website. The submission will be opened on Friday, 11 may 2007.

Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract covering a maximum of two pages plus at least one figure. The EOS guidelines for abstracts can be downloaded at www.myeos.org/files/abstractguidelines.pdf. Authors shall be willing to give an oral presentation of 15 minutes (plus 5 minutes for discussion) or a poster presentation.
All accepted contributions will be published in the printed EOS Topical Meeting Digest which will be available at the beginning of the meeting. All authors are requested to register properly.

JEOS:RP - special publication offer

All attendees of this EOS Topical Meeting receive a 20% discount on the publication rate for the e-journal of the EOS: the Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid Publications (JEOS:RP, www.jeos.org). The paper submitted to JEOS:RP must be an original contribution that is connected to the topical meeting and must be submitted no later than 7 January 2008.
The publication rates are 320 Euro (instead of 400 Euro) for non-members and 280 Euro (instead of 350 Euro) for full members of the EOS.

Keynote Speaker

Katarzyna Chalasińska-Macukow (University of Warsaw, Poland)

Invited Speakers

Robert Brunner (Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany)
Christian David (Swiss Light Source, Switzerland)
Tapani Levola (Nokia Research Center, Finland)
Rafael Navarro (CSIC-U. de Zaragoza, Spain)
Fredrik Nikolajeff (Ångström laboratory, Sweden)
Olivier Parriaux (TSI, Saint-Etienne, France)

Programme Commitee

General Chair: Jani Tervo (University of Joensuu, Finland)
Co-Chair: Juan Campos (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

Hans Peter Herzig (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Maria Sagrario Millan (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)
Jari Turunen (University of Joensuu, Finland)
Tuomas Vallius (Nanocomp, Finland)
Santiago Vallmitjana (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Frank Wyrowski (University of Jena & LightTrans GmbH, Germany)
Maria Yzuel (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

Venue

This EOS Topical Meeting will be held at:
University of Barcelona
Faculty of Physics
Diagonal (Avenue) 647
Barcelona, Spain
http://www.ub.edu/homeub/en/welcome.html

how to get there: http://www.ub.edu/mapes/fiq.htm and transport

A list of appropriate hotels in Barcelona can be downloaded above. Information about the city of Barcelona you will find at www.barcelona.es.

Contact

European Optical Society (EOS)
Petra Bindig (Marketing & Communications)
Hollerithallee 8
30419 Hannover
Germany
Phone: +49-511-2788-155
Fax: +49-511-2788-119
Email: mailto:barcelona@myeos.org
www.myeos.org/barcelona