Topics

 
Optical microsystems and microsensors
  MEMS, MOEMS, NEMS
  New materials and technologies
  New active and passive devices in optoelectronics
  Silicon based microsystems
  Electro-optic materials
  Polymer-based devices
  Liquid crystal- and organic material-based devices
  Biophotonics and biochips
  Smart sensors and transducers
  Physical and chemical sensors
  Biosensors
  Sensing and actuation
  Fibre-optic sensors
   
Optofluidic microsystems and devices
  Nanomaterials and devices
  Bio-optofluidics
  Imaging, sorting, circuits
  Adaptive interconnections and devices
  Multifunctional devices
   
Photonic crystals and metamaterials
  Materials, fabrication techniques, characterisation
  Numerical methods
  Passive and active devices
  Nonlinear response
   
Nonlinear optic devices
  Materials and phenomena
  Periodically-poled devices
  Micro-nano engineering of ferroelectric materials
  Solitons, soliton waveguides and 3-D circuits
  Adaptive interconnections and devices
  Multifunctional devices
   
New characterisation methods for materials and devices
  Interferometric techniques for imaging and testing
  Scanning probe/optical microscopy, SNOM
  High-super resolution methods in optical microscopy
   
Application of optical systems in:
  Information society technology
  Automotive, avionics and aerospace
  Environment, geophysics and microgravity
  Genomics and proteomics
  Health, food and agriculture
  Homeland security
  Material processing
  Cultural heritage