Venue:
Porto, Portugal

Event date:
February 27 – 1 March, 2017

Regular Papers
Paper Submission: September 22, 2016
Authors Notification: November 16, 2016
Camera Ready and Registration: December 5, 2016

Position Papers
Paper Submission: November 3, 2016
Authors Notification: December 12, 2016
Camera Ready and Registration: December 22, 2016

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: October 28, 2016

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: November 16, 2016
Paper Submission: November 30, 2016
Authors Notification: December 16, 2016
Camera Ready and Registration: December 26, 2016

Tutorials, Demos and Panels: December 22, 2016


Scope:
Optical systems are ubiquitous in modern society, from medical sciences to space exploration, telecommunications, information processing and numerous industrial and military applications of all kinds.
This 5th edition of PHOTOPTICS will feature 3 different tracks on Optics, Photonics and Lasers, covering both theoretical and practical aspects. Researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in any of these fields are welcome to join us in Rome and present their work on new methods or technologies, advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques, as well as general survey papers indicating future directions.

Conference Areas:
Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. Optics
2. Photonics
3. Lasers

AREA 1: OPTICS
- Adaptative Optics
- Optometry
- Fiber Optics Technology
- Biomedical Optics
- Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging
- Optical Instrumentation
- Optics in Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology
- Optical Communications and Networking
- Photorefractive Effects, Materials and Devices
- Optical Materials and Devices
- Light-matter Interaction
- Applied Industrial Optics

AREA 2: PHOTONICS
- Organic and Bio-photonics
- Molecular Photophysics and Spectroscopy
- Molecular energy transfer and light harvesting
- MOEMS-MEMS
- Nanophotonics and Optical Manipulation
- Plasmonic Structures and Quantum dots
- Photonics for Energy
- Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
- Communications and Switching Photonics
- Ultrafast Electronics, Photonics and Optoelectronics
- Green Photonics
- Photodetectors, Sensors and Imaging
- Fiber Optics devices
- Nonlinear Optics and Photonics
- Microwave Photonics
- Optogenetics

AREA 3: LASERS

- High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena
- Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
- Quantum Information and Measurement
- Biomedical and Therapeutic Laser Applications
- Laser Spectroscopy and Microscopy
- Fiber Lasers and Applications
- Waveguide Lasers
- Semiconductor Lasers and LEDs
- Plasma Technologies

KEYNOTE LECTURES
José Luís Santos, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Jean–Luc Adam, Université de Rennes 1, France
David J. Richarson, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
David Andrews, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Paulo A. Ribeiro, CEFITEC/FCT/UNL, Portugal

PROGRAM CHAIR
Maria Raposo, CEFITEC, FCT/UNL, Portugal

LOCAL CHAIR
Paulo Marques, FCUP / INESC Porto, Portugal

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
http://www.photoptics.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx

PHOTOPTICS Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
2910-595 Setubal - Portugal
Tel: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: photoptics.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.photoptics.org/