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NANOSCIENCE + ENGINEERINGNanotechnology is creating applications in such diverse fields as energy, medicine, information storage, and computing. Prepare to present in metamaterials, nanophotonic materials, plasmonics, quantum science and technology, nanomedicine, optical trapping, nanostructured thin films, spintronics, nanostructured devices, nanoengineering, nanoimaging, nanospectroscopy, and low-dimensional materials.

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TechnologiesNanoscience • Metamaterials, Metadevices, and

Metasystems

• Nanophotonic Materials

• Active Photonic Platforms

• Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications

• Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation

• Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces

• Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices

• Nanoimaging and Nanospectroscopy

• UV and Higher Energy Photonics: From Materials to Applications

• Biosensing and Nanomedicine

• Optical Sensing, Imaging, and Photon Counting: From X-Rays to THz

• Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices

Quantum Sciences and Technology • Spintronics

• Quantum Nanophotonics Materials, Devices, and Systems

• Quantum Remote Sensing

• Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging

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2019 Technical Organizing CommitteeMassoud H. Agahi, Harbor-UCLA Medical Ctr.

(USA) and Cedars-Sinai Medical Ctr. (USA)Mario Agio, Univ. Siegen (Germany)André-Jean Attias, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie

(France)Hugo A. Bronstein, Univ. of Cambridge (United

Kingdom)Stefano Cabrini, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

(USA)Yong-Hoon Cho, KAIST (Korea, Republic of)Albert V. Davydov, National Institute of Standards

and Technology (USA)Kishan Dholakia, Univ. of St. Andrews (United

Kingdom)Henri-Jean Drouhin, Ecole Polytechnique (France)Alexander Egner, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V.

(Germany)Nader Engheta, Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA)Stavroula Foteinopoulou, The Univ. of New

Mexico (USA)M. Saif Islam, Univ. of California, Davis (USA)Henri Jaffrès, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/

Thales (France)Satoshi Kawata, Osaka Univ. (Japan)Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, Univ. of California, Santa

Cruz (USA)Gilles Lérondel, Univ. de Technologie Troyes

(France)

Oleg Mitrofanov, Univ. College London (United Kingdom)

Hooman Mohseni, Northwestern Univ. (USA)Taleb Mokari, Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev

(Israel)Mikhail A. Noginov, Norfolk State Univ. (USA)Balaji Panchapakesan, Worcester Polytechnic

Institute (USA)Manijeh Razeghi, Northwestern Univ. (USA)Adam M. Schwartzberg, Lawrence Berkeley

National Lab. (USA)Matthew T. Sheldon, Texas A&M Univ. (USA)Cesare Soci, Nanyang Technological Univ.

(Singapore)Gabriel C. Spalding, Illinois Wesleyan Univ. (USA)Ganapathi S. Subramania, Sandia National Labs.

(USA)Atsushi Taguchi, Osaka Univ. (Japan)A. Alec Talin, Sandia National Labs. (USA)Takuo Tanaka, RIKEN Ctr. for Advanced Photonics

(Japan)Din Ping Tsai, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan)Prabhat Verma, Osaka Univ. (Japan)Jean-Eric Wegrowe, Ecole Polytechnique

(France)Nikolay I. Zheludev, Optoelectronics Research Ctr.

(United Kingdom) and Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)

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NANOSCIENCEProgram Chair: David L. Andrews, Univ. of East Anglia (United Kingdom)

OP101 Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2019 (Engheta, Noginov, Zheludev) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

OP102 Nanophotonic Materials XVI (Cabrini, Schwartzberg, Mokari) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

OP103 Active Photonic Platforms XI (Subramania, Foteinopoulou) . . . . . . . . . 6

OP104 Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications XVII (Tsai, Tanaka) . . . . . . 7

OP105 Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XVI (Dholakia, Spalding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

OP106 Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces XVIII (Bronstein) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

OP107 Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2019 (Kobayashi, Talin, Davydov) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

OP108 Nanoimaging and Nanospectroscopy VII (Verma, Egner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

OP109 UV and Higher Energy Photonics: From Materials to Applications 2019 (Lérondel, Cho, Taguchi) . . . . . . . . . . . 12

OP110 Biosensing and Nanomedicine XII (Mohseni, Agahi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

OP111 Optical Sensing, Imaging, and Photon Counting: From X-Rays to THz 2019 (Mitrofanov) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

OP112 Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices XVI (Panchapakesan, Attias) . 15

QUANTUM SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGYOP114 Spintronics XII (Drouhin, Wegrowe,

Razeghi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

OP115 Quantum Nanophotonic Materials, Devices, and Systems (Soci, Sheldon, Agio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

OP428 Quantum Remote Sensing (Bi, Drouhin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

OP431 Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XVII (Meyers, Deacon) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Abstract Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS

Symposium Chairs

Halina Rubinsztein-DunlopThe Univ. of Queensland (Australia)

Mark L. BrongersmaGeballe Lab. for Advanced Materials (GLAM) (USA)

Symposium Co-chairs

Reuven GordonUniv. of Victoria (Canada)

Natalia M. LitchinitserDuke Univ. (USA)



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METAMATERIALS, METADEVICES, AND METASYSTEMS 2019 (OP101)Conference Chairs: Nader Engheta, Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA); Mikhail A. Noginov, Norfolk State Univ. (USA); Nikolay I. Zheludev, Optoelectronics Research Ctr. (United Kingdom), Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)

Program Committee: Andrea Alù, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA); Alexandra Boltasseva, Purdue Univ. (USA); Igal Brener, Sandia National Labs. (USA); Mark Brongersma, Standford Univ. (USA); Joshua D. Caldwell, U.S. Naval Research Lab. (USA); Luca Dal Negro, Boston Univ. (USA); Jennifer A. Dionne, Stanford Univ. (USA); Javier García de Abajo, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (Spain); Harald W. Giessen, Univ. Stuttgart (Germany); Yuri S. Kivshar, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); Jacob B. Khurgin, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); Uriel Levy, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel); Natalia M. Litchinitser, Univ. at Buffalo (USA); Peter Nordlander, Rice Univ. (USA); Gennady B. Shvets, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA); David R. Smith, Duke Univ. (USA); Mark I. Stockman, Georgia State Univ. (USA); Sergei Tretyakov, Aalto Univ. School of Science and Technology (Finland); Din Ping Tsai, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Augustine M. Urbas, Air Force Research Lab. (USA); Martin Wegener, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany); Jeong Weon Wu, Ewha Womans Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Xiang Zhang, Univ. of California, Berkeley (USA)

Metamaterials and artificial electromagnetic media that are structured on the subwavelength scale were initially suggested for the negative-index 'superlens'. Later, as metamaterials became a paradigm for engineering electromagnetic space and controlling the propagation of waves, the field of transforma-tion optics was born. The research agenda is now focused on towards achieving quantum, tunable, switchable, nonlinear, sensing and data processing functionalities as well as control of light-matter inter-actions. This heralds the emergence of the new fields of metadevices and metasystems. The conference is a platform to discuss cutting-edge research on photonic, terahertz, microwave, thermal, acoustic and mechanical metamaterials, metadevices and metasystems with advanced functionalities attained through the exploitation of the entire plethora of quantum and classical mesoscale and nanoscale forces and interactions.

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NANOPHOTONIC MATERIALS XVI (OP102)Conference Chairs: Stefano Cabrini, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); Adam M. Schwartzberg, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); Taleb Mokari, Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev (Israel)

Program Committee: David L. Andrews, Univ. of East Anglia (United Kingdom); Angus J. Bain, Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Mireille H. Blanchard-Desce, Univ. de Rennes 1 (France); Robert W. Boyd, Univ. of Rochester (USA); Zeno Gaburro, Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy); Aaron W. Harper, The Univ. of Southern California (USA); Ghassan E. Jabbour, Arizona State Univ. (USA); François Kajzar, Univ. Politehnica of Bucharest (Romania); Dmitri I. Kovalev, Univ. of Bath (United Kingdom); Paras N. Prasad, Univ. at Buffalo (USA); Dmitri Talapin, The Univ. of Chicago (USA); Younan Xia, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)

Nanoscale systems have peculiar optical proper-ties, deriving from confinement in one or more dimensions, efficient energy and charge transfer and enhanced role of interfaces. As nanophotonic properties can be finely tailored by controlling the dimensions, material properties and surface chem-istry, fabrication, and synthesis issues are central to emerging applications. Continuous technological improvements open the way to novel nanodevices at the forefront of scientific knowledge, which exploit interaction phenomena between electromagnetic waves and materials, ranging from superconductivity to quantum interference.

Further opportunities are presented by hybrid materials, e.g. nanostructured inorganic materials combined with organic molecules or polymers. Such hybrids can exhibit properties or combinations of properties impossible for conventional materials. Efforts to combine the advantages and to eliminate the shortcomings of vastly different materials, such as inorganic semiconductors, polymers, and biological materials, include studies of nanoparticles with chem-ically functionalized surfaces embedded in various matrices. Nanophotonic processes are also exhibited in many other biological and designed biomimetic materials. A better understanding and control of all these systems and the optical processes they support will speed the delivery of new applications, particularly in the sensor area.

The objective of this conference is to convene from industry, academia, government and other research organizations, scientists and researchers interested in the advances of nanophotonics and the optical ap-plications of nanomaterials, to discuss developments in the processing, characterization, and simulation of nanomaterials and systems for novel photonic applications.

This year, the conference will focus on multi-func-tional nanomaterials, specifically in semiconductor/metal oxides like Zinc oxide or Titanium oxide, plasmonic metals and organic-inorganic hy-brid materials. Such materials are emblematic of this newly emerging field of nanophotonics. The conference is oriented towards applications includ-ing optoelectronics, photovoltaics, light-emitting devices, energy harvesting materials, sensing and semiconductor characterization. Presentations on theory and fundamental principles are also welcome.

Papers are solicited in the following and related areas:• metal oxide materials and their optical and

catalytic properties • fundamental research on the optical properties of

nanocrystals • nanoscale structures, related optical property

determination, and their relationship • nanocrystalline surface and interface optics • nanofabrication, processing, templates, and

device design • optical and optoelectronic materials based on

nanoscale semiconductor and other nanocrystals • quantum dots and quantum wells • optical, magnetic, and transport properties of

superconducting nanostructures • organic and hybrid materials for nanophotonics • optical nanosensors, functionalized

nanoparticles, and detectors • multifunctional nanocomposite optical

components• macroscopic systems exploiting nanostructured

materials• self-organized nanocrystals, nanodomains, and

nanodroplets• nanophotonic applications in biological, chemical,

and environmental monitoring• optical materials base on Sol-Gel preparation• nanowires for solar applications.

ABSTRACTS DUE: 30 January 2019AUTHOR NOTIFICATION: 8 April 2019 The contact author will be notified of acceptance by email.

Save the dateMANUSCRIPT DUE DATE:17 July 2019PLEASE NOTE: Submissions imply the intent of at least one author to register, attend the conference, present the paper as scheduled, and submit a manuscript for publication in the conference proceedings.



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ACTIVE PHOTONIC PLATFORMS XI (OP103)Conference Chairs: Ganapathi S. Subramania, Sandia National Labs. (USA); Stavroula Foteinopoulou, The Univ. of New Mexico (USA)

Program Committee: Andrea Alù, The City Univ. of New York (USA); Koray Aydin, Northwestern Univ. (USA); Harish Bhaskaran, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); Paul V. Braun, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA); Che Ting Chan, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology (Hong Kong, China); Zhigang Chen, Nankai Univ. (China), San Francisco State Univ. (USA); Dmitry N. Chigrin, RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany); Shanhui Fan, Stanford Univ. (USA); Didier Felbacq, Univ. Montpellier (France); Joseph W. Haus, Univ. of Dayton (USA); Stephen Hughes, Queen's Univ. (Canada); Boubacar Kante, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Mercedeh Khajavikhan, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida (USA); Alexander V. Kildishev, Purdue Univ. (USA); Nathaniel Kinsey, Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (USA); Yuri S. Kivshar, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); A. Femius Koenderink, AMOLF (Netherlands); Aude L. Lereu, Institut Fresnel (France); Cefe López, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain); Liam O'Faolain, Cork Institute of Technology (Ireland), Tyndall National Institute (Ireland); Rupert F. Oulton, Imperial College London (United Kingdom); Nicolae-Coriolan Panoiu, Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Michelle L. Povinelli, The Univ. of Southern California (USA); Christophe Sauvan, Lab. Charles Fabry (France); Jörg Schilling, Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg (Germany); Gennady B. Shvets, Cornell Univ. (USA); Volker J. Sorger, The George Washington Univ. (USA); Isabelle Staude, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena (Germany); Andrey A. Sukhorukov, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); Philippe Tassin, Chalmers Univ. of Technology (Sweden); Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis, National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens (Greece); Georgios Veronis, Louisiana State Univ. (USA); Daniel M. Wasserman, The Univ. of Texas at Arlington (USA); Sharon M. Weiss, Vanderbilt Univ. (USA)

Platforms comprising artificially patterned materials exploit the synergy between material photonic re-sponses and structural form to enable transformative light-matter interactions which continually push for-ward the state-of-the art in light control capabilities. While tremendous progress has been made with only passive materials, such as metals and dielectrics, the potential of photonic platforms transcends into new unexplored domains when active material and/or material with tunable or dynamic photonic proper-ties are incorporated. Examples of such material are gain or non-linear media, phase-change materials, magneto-photonic material, 2D materials, as well as quantum emitters. Structured material platforms with active components can enable entirely new regimes of light control that is crucial to a wide range of ap-plications including chipscale all-optical computing and communications, nanoscale thresholdless lasers, modulator, thermal management and detector devic-es, as well as biological/chemical sensors.

The Active Photonic Platforms XI conference aims to bring together scientists and engineers working in the newest developments in fundamentals and applications of structured-material platforms for active, dynamic, and tunable control of light. Topics will cover active photonic platforms functional across the EM spectrum, from THz to UV frequencies, as well as new exotic types of light propagation, which could open entirely new directions in active photonics. Contributions from academia, government, industry, and other research organizations are solicited in areas including:• theory and modeling approaches for non-linear

and gain photonic media • non-linear optical phenomena, materials,

and devices; novel harmonic generation and frequency mixing phenomena

• modeling and experimental realization of time-dependent photonic responses

• tunable and dynamically changeable optical properties and photonic devices; dynamically reconfigurable platforms and photonic effects

• novel lasing platforms, nanolasers and integrable chipscale light sources

• emission control in structured photonic environment: weak and strong coupling, cavity QED; polariton, quantum-dot, and random lasers

• physics and applications of nanoscale sources (e.g. quantum dots, quantum wires, NV-centers etc.) for photonic devices

• PT-symmetric, non-Hermitian and pseudo-Hermitian photonic systems

• topological and non-reciprocal photonic platforms

• phase-change materials for photonic devices• photonic memory and neuromorphic devices• photonic structures for quantum information:

non-classical sources and detectors• graphene- and carbon-based materials for

photonic and optoelectronic devices• photonic platforms with atomically thin materials

such as hBN or transition-metal-dichalcogenides or their heterostructures (e.g. Van der Waals heterostructures)

• novel magneto-photonic phenomena and platforms

• advances in fabrication of photonic structures with active materials

• novel absorption and thermal management platforms

• photovoltaics, thermophotovoltaics, and photodetectors

• chemical sensors and biosensors based on active control of light; opto-fluidic devices

This conference will confer an award for the best oral presentation by a student author. Only contributed presentations both submitted and presented by a stu-dent author are eligible for this award (the submitting and presenting author should be a student at the time of the abstract submission). The award winner(s), announced at the conclusion of the meeting, will be presented with an original SPIE award certificate, and receive a special mention in the introduction of the conference proceedings volume.

Special submission instructions to student authors: Please ensure your abstract is submitted before the posted deadline. Include the phrase “Student con-tribution:” at the beginning of your topic entry in the entry “Author topic”. If you were otherwise planning to leave the “Author topic” entry blank please just enter “Student contribution” in this entry.



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PLASMONICS: DESIGN, MATERIALS, FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATIONS XVII (OP104)Conference Chairs: Din Ping Tsai, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Takuo Tanaka, RIKEN Ctr. for Advanced Photonics (Japan)

Program Committee: Martin Aeschlimann, Technische Univ. Kaiserslautern (Germany); Harry A. Atwater Jr., California Institute of Technology (USA); David J. Bergman, Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel); Che Ting Chan, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology (Hong Kong, China); Yun-Chorng Chang, Academia Sinica (Taiwan); Harald W. Giessen, Univ. Stuttgart (Germany); Naomi J. Halas, Rice Univ. (USA); Martti Kauranen, Tampere Univ. of Technology (Finland); Dai-Sik Kim, Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Wakana Kubo, Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology (Japan); Laurens K. Kuipers, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (Netherlands); Mikhail Lapine, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Ai Qun Liu, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); Yu-Jung Lu, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Olivier J. F. Martin, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Peter Nordlander, Rice Univ. (USA); George C. Schatz, Northwestern Univ. (USA); Tigran V. Shahbazyan, Jackson State Univ. (USA); Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ. (USA); Gennady B. Shvets, Institute for Fusion Studies (USA); Niek F. van Hulst, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (Spain); Hongxing Xu, Wuhan Univ. (China); Nikolay I. Zheludev, Optoelectronics Research Ctr. (United Kingdom), Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)

Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Charac-terization, and Applications is currently undergoing intense developments. Novel plasmonic materials, structures, and phenomena covered under this topic span broad multidisciplinary interests from funda-mental optics, physics, and chemistry to applications in nanophotonics, biophotonics, green photonics, and biomedicine.

Papers are solicited in the following areas:

THEORY, SIMULATION, AND DESIGN ACROSS ALL SUBAREAS• plasmonic phenomena and effects • ultrafast plasmonic effects and coherent control • plasmon polaritonics • surface-enhanced Raman scattering • plasmon-enhanced nonlinear phenomena • luminescence enhancement and quenching • quantum nanoplasmonics: QED effects, plasmon-

assisted quantum information, spasing, and nanolasing in plasmonic nanostructures

• microscopic theory of plasmonic properties • plasmonic imaging, including probe

ultramicroscopies, superlenses, and hyperlenses • novel plasmonic systems such as graphene • nanoplasmonic Fano resonances • electron-plasmon interactions • active plasmonics theory and design.

PLASMONIC MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE FABRICATIONS• nanofabrication of novel materials• chemical fabrication (bottom up)• lithographic and nanopatterning fabrication (top

down)• biomimetic and bio-inspired fabrication• active, tunable, and reconfigurable methods.

PLASMONIC PHENOMENA AND CHARACTERIZATION• quantum entanglement and interference• spectroscopies (spectral, time-domain,

combined and multidimensional)• local probes, nano-optics, and near field

phenomena

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• plasmon-assisted PEEM and energy-loss spectroscopy and visualization of plasmonic phenomena

• nonlinear and coherent optical properties• plasmonic enhanced phenomena: SERS, SEIRA,

nonlinear generation, luminescence, including molecules and nanostructured metals

• extraordinary transmission, diffractive, and refractive phenomena

• novel plasmonic systems such as graphene• Fano resonances in nanoplasmonic systems• plasmon polariton propagation in arrays of

metal nanoparticles and metal nanoplasmonic waveguides

• semiconductor plasmonics• fundamental physics of left-handed (negative-

refraction) plasmonic materials• active plasmonics• topological plasmonics.

PLASMONICS DEVICES AND SYSTEMS• plasmonic quantum devices• plasmonic sensors• nanoplasmonic waveguides and resonators• plasmonic nanocircuits; logical nanoscale

elements• plasmonic ultramicroscopies and nanoscopic

spectroscopies• plasmonics-assisted memory• plasmonic transistors• plasmonic nanolasers and spasers• nanoplasmonic antennas and their applications

in nanoscopes, photodetectors, solar cells, and lighting devices

• prospective graphene nanoplasmonic devices• sensing based on Fano resonances• modulators and switches based on active

plasmonics• low-frequency plasmons and their applications• solar energy harvesting• devices for telecommunications• medical and health applications.



NANOSCIENCE

OPTICAL TRAPPING AND OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION XVI (OP105)Conference Chairs: Kishan Dholakia, Univ. of St. Andrews (United Kingdom); Gabriel C. Spalding, Illinois Wesleyan Univ. (USA)

Program Committee: Ashley R. Carter, Amherst College (USA); Reuven Gordon, Univ. of Victoria (Canada); Simon Hanna, Univ. of Bristol (United Kingdom); Masud Mansuripur, College of Optical Sciences, The Univ. of Arizona (USA); James Millen, King's College London (United Kingdom); David C. Moore, Yale Univ. (USA); Lene Broeng Oddershede, Niels Bohr Institute (Denmark); Daniel H. Ou-Yang, Lehigh Univ. (USA); Daryl Preece, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Ruben Ramos-Garcia, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (Mexico); Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, The Univ. of Queensland (Australia); Nick Vamivakas, Univ. of Rochester (USA); Yuebing Zheng, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA)

Our conference celebrates, quite generally, the leg-acy of this year’s Nobel Prize winner, Arthur Ashkin, whose early work on optical trapping has spawned enormous productivity and enhancement of funda-mental knowledge across the sciences. This year, we will be having a special set of events to celebrate Ashkin’s Nobel Prize, and call upon those who have worked with him to participate. Optical trapping has deepened our understanding of nano-scale molec-ular motors, helped unravel the mechanics of DNA and cells, and had far reaching impact on studies of statistical mechanics, soft condensed matter and hydrodynamic interactions. Novel sample syntheses are now providing unusual and powerful systems to manipulate with optical traps. Fundamental studies investigating the nature of the momentum of light offer tantalizing possibilities for harnessing count-er-intuitive properties of light-mater interactions. Biological studies of single molecules have been enhanced with the establishment of optical force calibrations which now extend down to the 20 fN range, while optical torques have been calibrated down to 4 fN-microns. New applications continue to appear, for example as optical trapping is fused with other techniques such as Raman spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy. Integrating optical micro-manipulation with microfluidic platforms is a current hot topic in the field. Investigations into particle dynamics on extended optical landscapes offer a uniquely valuable model of thermodynamic systems, and have been examined to study stochastic resonance, crystal nucleation, and optical binding, among others.

Each year this conference draws well over one hundred presentations and an even larger number of participants. The poster sessions take place with sufficient room and degree of refreshment to ensure an excellent level of interaction. Notably, this confer-ence has sustained a truly international character. The proceedings of the conference contains a large collection of relevant papers, making a valuable contribution to the field.

Papers are solicited on (but not restricted to) the following areas: • cavity optomechanics • high-sensitivity detectors • toward (or in) the quantum limit of opto-

mechanics • optical angular momentum • studies of active swimmers/hydrodynamics • statistical mechanics of small systems • single molecule manipulation and study • optically driven microrheology and mechanical

properties

• enhanced sensitivity and resolution of optical force actuators

• photonic devices for optically induced forces • "gonzo" trapping (i.e., trapping at extremes) • using the photonic toolbox to study cells and

their organelles • holographic optical systems: from speckle to

studies of neurons • optically bound matter • optofluidics and optically shaped structures • optical manipulation of matter through gaseous

media • foundations of the electromagnetic theory of

force and momentum • radiation pressure, tractor beams, and solar sails • near-field micromanipulation, plasmonic, and

nanoparticle trapping• beam shaping and aberation / wavefront

correction• optical sorting / optical lab-on-a-chip /

microfluidics• optically manipulated robotics and novel samples• nanoscale assembly with optical forces• optical tweezers coupled with novel forms of

microscopy• alternative and hybrid force systems (e.g., hybrid

AFM-optical force systems, or combinations with acoustic, magnetic, or other forces)

• nonlinear optical responses mediated through forces (translation/electrostriction)

• studies of thermodynamic systems.



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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS AND INTERFACES XVIII (OP106)Conference Chair: Hugo A. Bronstein, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Program Committee: John B. Asbury, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA); Artem A. Bakulin, Imperial College London (United Kingdom); Jenny Clark, The Univ. of Sheffield (United Kingdom); Gitti Frey, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel); Alexandre Fürstenberg, Univ. de Genève (Switzerland); David S. Ginger, Univ. of Washington (USA); Robert Lovrincic, Technische Univ. Braunschweig (Germany); Naomi S. Ginsberg, Univ. of California, Berkeley (USA); Jeanne L. McHale, Washington State Univ. (USA); Paul Meredith, The Univ. of Queensland (Australia); Linda A. Peteanu, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (USA); Carlos Silva, Georgia Tech Research Institute (Canada); Sergei Tretiak, Los Alamos National Lab. (USA); Lauren Webb, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA)

Physical processes which are controlled by the mate-rial properties of a semiconductor play an essential role in many physico-chemical applications, ranging from energy conversion/generation, to catalysis and biological membranes. Recent developments in organic and hybrid (nano-) materials highlight the importance of surfaces and interfaces also in quan-tum confined systems. At the same time, the study of the excited state properties in bulk materials, and their connection to material properties, such as struc-ture and elemental composition, remains a relevant topic. The detailed study of the physics and physical chemistry in nanomaterials and at their interfaces led to the development of specialized experimental and theoretical techniques with increasing complexity. New forms of nonlinear spectroscopy, imaging, and scanning-probe techniques continue to emerge in conjunction with sophisticated theoretical methods capable of treating correlated systems of increasing size and over timescales of femto- to nanoseconds.

The intent of this conference is to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scientists from academia, industry, and government laboratories who study fundamental processes of emerging and established semiconductor materials, and their interfaces, from bulk to the nanoscale.



For the 2019 call, the scope of the conference will focus on the following topics: • physical chemistry of hybrid perovskite materials • photophysics of emerging semiconductor

materials and nanostructures • electron and energy transfer mechanisms at

interfaces • physical processes in solar energy conversion • exciton physics in semiconductors • carrier transport in complex systems • confinement effects in nanostructures • physical understanding of biological and

bioelectronics systems • emerging experimental tools to study interfaces

and nanomaterials • advances in modeling of electronic processes in

semiconductors and nanomaterials • multidimensional spectroscopies • structure-property relations in nanomaterials • interface engineering.



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LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND DEVICES 2019 (OP107)Conference Chairs: Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz (USA); A. Alec Talin, Sandia National Labs. (USA); Albert V. Davydov, National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)

Conference Co-Chair: M. Saif Islam, Univ. of California, Davis (USA)

Program Committee: Deji Akinwande, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA); Koray Aydin, Northwestern Univ. (USA); Can Bayram, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA); Kristine A. Bertness, National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA); Necmi Biyikli, Univ. of Connecticut (USA); Hilal Cansizoglu, Univ. of California, Davis (USA); Ertugrul Cubukcu, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Shadi A. Dayeh, Los Alamos National Lab. (USA); Jung Han, Yale Univ. (USA); Chennupati Jagadish, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); Alexey Koposov, Institute for Energy Technology (Norway); Duygu Kuzum, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Marina S. Leite, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (USA); Francois Leonard, Sandia National Labs., California (USA); Samuel S. Mao, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); Samuel T. Picraux, Los Alamos National Lab. (USA); Paola Prete, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (Italy); Zhifeng Ren, Boston College (USA); Atsuhito Sawabe, Aoyama Gakuin Univ. (Japan); Loucas Tsakalakos, GE Global Research (USA); Emanuel Tutuc, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA); Lionel Vayssieres, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ. (China); George T. Wang, Sandia National Labs. (USA); Sanshui Xiao, Technical Univ. of Denmark (Denmark)

Low-dimensional material systems possessing at least one of their dimensions in the nanometer scale offer intriguing physical properties and undiscov-ered pathways toward revolutionary new device concepts for flexible and transparent electronics, photonics, quantum computing, and other advanced applications. Fabrication of quantum dots, nanow-ires, ultra-thin films, and heterostructures result in building blocks that reveal a wealth of interesting physical properties including quantum phenomena. Control of synthesis and processing at the nanometer scale offers unprecedented opportunities to tailor microscopic and macroscopic physical properties of such material systems. To further pursue these tremendous opportunities, many fundamental questions need to be addressed and technological barriers need to be overcome. This conference pro-vides a forum for the presentation and discussion of synthesis, processing, and characterization of low-dimensional materials tailored to their unique and peculiar physical properties. Design, fabrication, and characterization of novel device platforms that employ low-dimensional materials are also of inter-est, as well as interfacing and integration of such devices toward novel electronics, photonics, sensors, and energy conversion and storage.

Topics of interest include:• fabrication of zero-dimensional (core-shell

nanoparticles, quantum dots), one-dimensional (nanowires and nanorods), and two-dimensional (van-der-Waals layers such as transition metal dichalcogenides), and their device integration

• templated, catalyzed and uncatalyzed, tip assisted, field induced, locally heated synthesis methods of low-dimensional materials

• self-limiting deposition technique such as atomic layer deposition (ALD) that can produce ultrathin and conformal thin film structures for many applications including thin film devices, display technology, energy storage and capture, solid state lighting

• exploration of strain and extended defects effect on synthesis and spatial ordering of nanoscale structures and on their optical and transport properties

• introduction of electrically/optically active impurities and their roles in low-dimensional structures; dopant spatial distributions and segregation

• electrical contact formation and interface properties between nanoscale structures and metal contacts

• nanoscale synthesis compatible to and integral onto CMOS devices; scalable and mass-manufacturable interfacing for electronics, photonics, optoelectronics, sensing and energy conversion

• 3D heterogeneous integration, application of advanced patterning techniques for positioning and dimension control of nanostructures, integration with MEMS

• electrical, optical, mechanical and structural characterization, including in-situ and in-operando techniques, of the low-dimensional structures and device platforms; correlation of composition, microstructure, and defects to the material physical properties and device performance.




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NANOIMAGING AND NANOSPECTROSCOPY VII (OP108)Conference Chairs: Prabhat Verma, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Alexander Egner, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany)

Program Committee: Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Univ. of Tromsø (Norway); Joerg Bewersdorf, Yale School of Medicine (USA); Alberto Diaspro, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy); Christian Eggeling, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); Joerg Enderlein, Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen (Germany); Katsumasa Fujita, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Stefan W. Hell, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie (Germany); Samuel Hess, Univ. of Maine (USA); Bo Huang, Univ. of California, San Francisco (USA); Satoshi Kawata, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Thomas A. Klar, Johannes Kepler Univ. Linz (Austria); Alfred J. Meixner, Eberhard Karls Univ. Tübingen (Germany); Peter Nordlander, Rice Univ. (USA); Bruno Pettinger, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Germany); Markus B. Raschke, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (USA); Bin Ren, Xiamen Univ. (China); Vahid Sandoghdar, Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (Germany); Markus Sauer, Julius-Maximilians-Univ. Würzburg (Germany); Yung Doug Suh, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (Korea, Republic of); Din Ping Tsai, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan); Renato Zenobi, ETH Zürich (Switzerland); Xiaowei Zhuang, Harvard Univ. (USA)

There is a huge demand for research tools allowing one to “see” nanostructures and to characterize and understand materials as well as biochemical process at nanoscale resolution. Optical techniques such as imaging and spectroscopy at nanoscale make this possible. Optical imaging with spatial resolution far beyond the diffraction limits of light together with spectroscopic studies with highly localized optical fields have pushed the limits of spatial resolution and sensitivity to new scales. Continuous improvements open ways to novel applications at the forefront of scientific knowledge.

The purpose of this interdisciplinary conference is to encompass all aspects of probe-based as well as label-free techniques for nano-imaging and nano-spectroscopy, including theory and novel concepts, experimental demonstration of novel concepts, major developmental progress and appli-cations to any field in science, in particular, biology, medicine, and the material sciences.

Papers are solicited in (but not restricted to) the following areas:

FAR-FIELD SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGING/NANOIMAGING TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS:• stimulated emission depletion (STED)

microscopy • photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) • stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy

(STORM) • direct stochastic optical reconstruction

microscopy (dSTORM) • structured illumination microscopy (SIM) • ground state depletion-individual molecule

return (GSDIM) microscopy • reversible saturable optical fluorescence

transitions (RESOLFT) microscopy.

NEAR-FIELD SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGING/NANOIMAGING TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS:• near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM/

SNOM)• tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS)

microscopy• tip-enhanced photoluminescence (TE-PL)

microscopy• tip-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman

scattering (TE-CARS) microscopy.

LABEL-FREE MICROSCOPY/NANOSCOPY• label-free nanoscopy (Raman, phase imaging,

inverses scattering, etc.)• high-resolution quantitative phase microscopy /

digital holography• ptychography / Fourier ptychography.

OTHER SUPER RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS:• saturated excitation (SAX) microscopy• other nonlinear optical microscopy.

NEW/UNCONVENTIONAL EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR NANO-IMAGING AND NANO-SPECTROSCOPY

PLASMONICS FOR NANO-IMAGING AND NANO-SPECTROSCOPY

GROWTH/FABRICATION OF PLASMONIC MATERIALS FOR NANO-IMAGING AND NANO-SPECTROSCOPY

THEORETICAL/SIMULATION STUDIES IN RELATED FIELDS



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UV AND HIGHER ENERGY PHOTONICS: FROM MATERIALS TO APPLICATIONS 2019 (OP109)Conference Chairs: Gilles Lérondel, Univ. de Technologie Troyes (France); Yong-Hoon Cho, KAIST (Korea, Republic of); Atsushi Taguchi, Osaka Univ. (Japan)

Conference Co-Chair: Satoshi Kawata, Osaka Univ. (Japan)

Program Committee: Sanford A. Asher, Univ. of Pittsburgh (USA); Steve Blair, The Univ. of Utah (USA); Zhanghai Chen, Fudan Univ. (China); Yasin Ekinci, Paul Scherrer Institut (Switzerland); Torsten Frosch, Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. (Germany); Naomi J. Halas, Rice Univ. (USA); Hans D. Hallen, North Carolina State Univ. (USA); Chennupati Jagadish, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); Junyong Kang, Xiamen Univ. (China); Yoichi Kawakami, Kyoto Univ. (Japan); Jong Kyu Kim, Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of); Yasuaki Kumamoto, Kyoto Prefectural Univ. of Medicine (Japan); Paul T. Matsudaira, National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); Eva Monroy, CEA Grenoble (France); Fernando Moreno, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain); Yukihiro Ozaki, Kwansei Gakuin Univ. (Japan); Sung-Jin Park, Univ. of Illinois (USA); Jérôme Plain, Univ. de Technologie de Troyes (France); Remo Proietti Zaccaria, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy); Olivier Soppera, Univ. de Haute Alsace (France)

Recently, there has been a rapid and significant progress in the field of UV and higher energy pho-tonics (UV to EUV) due to the availability of new UV and high energy light sources. Nano-materials such as nucleotides and proteins known as the essential biomolecules in living cells and semiconducting or plasmonic materials used in advanced nano-devices are analyzed and detected, imaged, and/or manip-ulated with use of UV and higher energy photons. Starting from the material growth related aspects, this conference includes theories and novel concepts on UV and higher energy photonics. It also includes experiments and developments of methods and in-struments, which are used as devices for applications in catalysis, nano-lithography, nano-imaging, disin-fection, analytical sensing but also in nano-photonics, bio-medical photonics, materials sciences and green and environmental sciences.

The chairs of the conference proudly announce that the Young-Scientist award will be given to two outstanding presentations respectively in oral and poster sessions. Successful candidates must convey significant scientific content with a demonstrated excellent style of presentation including questions and discussions.

UV AND HIGHER ENERGY MATERIALS AND LIGHT SOURCES• high band gap semiconductors • LEDs and lasers for UV and higher energy • nonlinear and ultrafast photonics for UV and

higher energy • fiber optics for UV and higher energy • photonic crystal fibers • high harmonic generation • UV to EUV optics and sources.



UV AND HIGHER ENERGY MICROSCOPY• resonant Raman microscopy • nonlinear microscopy • super-resolution microscopy • plasmonics in UV and DUV • coherent scattering imaging.

UV AND HIGHER ENERGY SPECTROSCOPY• resonance Raman spectroscopy• absorption spectroscopy• fluorescence spectroscopy.

APPLICATIONS OF UV, DEEP UV, VACUUM UV, AND EXTREME UV PHOTONICS• holography• lithography• photocatalysis• decontamination• material properties• materials processing• photoresists• photodissociation• photodamage• environmental analysis• energy production.

UV AND DEEP UV BIOSENSING AND ANALYSIS WITH UV AND HIGHER ENERGY PHOTONICS• biosensor and analysis• structure and dynamics of biomolecules• native-fluorescence• photochemical effect on biomolecules.



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BIOSENSING AND NANOMEDICINE XII (OP110)Conference Chairs: Hooman Mohseni, Northwestern Univ. (USA); Massoud H. Agahi, Harbor-UCLA Medical Ctr. (USA), Cedars-Sinai Medical Ctr. (USA)

Founding Chair: Manijeh Razeghi, Northwestern Univ. (USA)

Program Committee: Gert Cauwenberghs, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Philippe M. Fauchet, Vanderbilt Univ. (USA); Ryan M. Gelfand, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida (Canada); David H. Gracias, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); Kimberly S. Hamad-Schifferli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); Yu-Hwa Lo, Univ. of California, San Diego (USA); Omer G. Memis, Northwestern Univ. (USA); Masoud Panjehpour, Thompson Cancer Survival Ctr. (USA); Qimin Quan, Harvard Univ. (USA); Björn M. Reinhard, Boston Univ. (USA); Luisa Torsi, Univ. degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (Italy); Adam T. Woolley, Brigham Young Univ. (USA)

The explosion of research and development in the field of biosensing over the last decade has led to new discoveries over a wide variety of areas. Biosensing has had a major impact in commercial, medical, research, and homeland security applications and is poised to take the next step in integration with other mature technologies leading to a potential revolution in personalized medicine. The robustness of multi-modal sensing schemes has led to a signifi-cant attention to integration of a plurality of different sensors into small, and preferably single-chip sensing micro-systems. The combination of nano-sensing and nanomedicine could eventually lead to a true thera-nostics. A major purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers and engineers who work on the different aspects of these intriguing areas, and thus to provide an interdisciplinary atmosphere to foster new innovations in nanomedicine, nanosensing, bioMEMS, biomimetics, and biosensors, as well as theoretical and experimental tools that support and enable these innovations.

The conference includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:• biosensors based on 2D material (graphene,

MoS2, etc.) • biosensors based on 1D and 0D material (carbon-

nanotube, quantum-dot, etc.) • nano-composite and hybrid biosensors • nano-bio-photonic and plasmonic bio-sensing • theranostics and implantable sensors • lab-on-chip • mobile diagnostics and personal health • single-cell analysis and cancer-cell detection • nano-toxicity and nano-bio interactions • molecular and nano-material imaging and

therapy • nano drug delivery • implantable and biodegradable electronics • neural sensing and neural imaging • optical control of biological functions • nanocrystals in biomedical imaging and

diagnostics • bio-inspired components and systems • bio-inspired sensory processing.




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OPTICAL SENSING, IMAGING, AND PHOTON COUNTING: FROM X-RAYS TO THZ 2019 (OP111)Conference Chair: Oleg Mitrofanov, Univ. College London (United Kingdom)

Founding Chair: Manijeh Razeghi, Northwestern Univ. (USA)

Program Committee: Vladimir Antonov, Royal Holloway, Univ. of London (United Kingdom); Ravi Athale, Office of Naval Research (USA); Jeremy J. Baumberg, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); Gail J. Brown, Air Force Research Lab. (USA); Joe C. Campbell, Univ. of Virginia (USA); Alessandro Casaburi, Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom); Arvind I. D'Souza, DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems, Inc. (USA); Takeharu Goji Etoh, Ritsumeikan Univ. (Japan); Sergio Fernandez-Garrido, Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik (Germany); Robert J. Grasso, EOIR Technologies (USA); Christoph H. Grein, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago (USA); Kazuhiko Hirakawa, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Pengda Hong, Lehigh Univ. (USA); Carl Jackson, SensL (Ireland); Gerasimos Konstantatos, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (Spain); Jay Lewis, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (USA); Aizhen Li, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (China); Ryan McClintock, Northwestern Univ. (USA); Ronen Rapaport, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel); Christian Seassal, Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France); Philip Perconti, U.S. Army Research Lab. (USA); Andrés Redondo-Cubero, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid (Spain); Carlo Sirtori, Univ. Paris 7-Denis Diderot (France); Dorota S. Temple, RTI International (USA); Carlos Rivera, Ingeniería de Sistemas para la Defensa de España (Spain); Jose María M. Ulloa, Univ. Politécnica de Madrid (Spain); Javier Miguel Sánchez, Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd. (Switzerland); Chee Hing Tan, The Univ. of Sheffield (United Kingdom); Usha Varshney, National Science Foundation (USA); Kaikai Xu, State Key Lab. of Electronic Thin Films & Integrated Devices (China); Yong-Hang Zhang, Arizona State Univ. (USA)

Nano-structuring of optoelectronic devices enables photonic detectors, sensors, and imagers with func-tionalities and properties that surpass traditional bulk devices in virtually any metric; for example, wavelength range, sensitivity, size, noise, or speed. In many applications from x-rays to THz, the detectors operate in a photon-starved regime making the use of outstanding devices necessary to provide photon counting capabilities. In that scenario, nano-structur-ing also provides an excellent platform for exploiting quantum phenomena in different optoelectronic technologies. Each spectral range has its own issues and solutions and it needs careful attention from the community to progress towards the next generation of detectors and imagers. Last advances in plas-monics and nanotechnology are paramount tools to improve device performance and achieve sensitivity levels never reached before. New fabrication tech-nologies and materials are also emerging to compete with traditional materials every day.

This multidisciplinary symposium will bring together scientists and engineers researching the underlying physics and developing photonic detectors and sensors for applications in a broad spectral range from x-rays to far-infrared and THz. The conference also seeks to address the current state of the art in photonic detector technologies across the electro-magnetic spectrum to reveal most recent advances as well as challenges that industry must overcome in the next few years. Indeed, detector technologies are expected to have strong impact in many markets and sectors in a near future such as secure communica-tions, medicine, spectroscopy, artificial intelligence, acceleration and navigation devices, computing, electronic gadgets, gravity sensing devices, and timing devices.

The conference program will consist of oral and poster presentations on topics that include, but are not limited to:• optical sensors and imagers for UV, VIS, IR, and

THz (particularly those utilizing nanostructures such as superlattices, quantum wells, quantum wires, and epitaxial and colloidal quantum dots)

• linear and Geiger mode operation of single photon avalanche diodes for the UV, visible and near infrared

• superconducting single photon detectors and cryogenic based detectors

• single photon detectors based on 2D materials and other novel materials

• focal plane arrays• CMOS and CCD imaging technologies• time-multiplexed and photon number resolving

detectors• down/up-conversion detection• quantum key distribution and quantum

communications• biophotonic sensing• x-ray counting• novel fabrication methods, including plasmonics

and nanotechnology• nanoscale imaging techniques and applications.

Best Paper and Best Poster awards will be given to early-stage researchers with outstanding con-tributions.



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NANOENGINEERING: FABRICATION, PROPERTIES, OPTICS, THIN FILMS, AND DEVICES XVI (OP112)Conference Chairs: Balaji Panchapakesan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA); André-Jean Attias, Sorbonne Univ. (France), Yonsei Univ. (Korea, Republic of)

Program Committee: Bharat Bhushan, The Ohio State Univ. (USA); Stephane Bruynooghe, Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH (Germany); Francesco Chiadini, Univ. degli Studi di Salerno (Italy); Pankaj Kumar K. Choudhury, Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia); Luca Dal Negro, Boston Univ. (USA); Elizabeth A. Dobisz, Spin Transfer Technologies, Inc. (USA); Maziar Ghazinejad, California State Univ., Fresno (USA); Frédéric Guittard, Univ. de Nice Sophia Antipolis (France); Sarah Haigh, The Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom); Ghassan E. Jabbour, Arizona State Univ. (USA); Klaus Jäger, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (Germany); Yi-Jun Jen, National Taipei Univ. of Technology (Taiwan); Anders Kristensen, DTU Nanotech (Denmark); Akhlesh Lakhtakia, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA); Tom G. Mackay, The Univ. of Edinburgh (United Kingdom); H. Angus Macleod, Thin Film Center, Inc. (USA); Robert Magnusson, The Univ. of Texas at Arlington (USA); Won Park, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (USA); Dorota A. Pawlak, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology (Poland); Michael T. Postek, Retired, National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA); Dianne L. Poster, National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA); Anne E. Sakdinawat, SLAC National Accelerator Lab. (USA); Geoffrey B. Smith, Univ. of Technology, Sydney (Australia); Motofumi Suzuki, Kyoto Univ. (Japan); Jun Tanida, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Tomas Tolenis, Ctr. for Physical Sciences and Technology (Lithuania); Chee Wei Wong, Columbia Univ. (USA); Wei Wu, The Univ. of Southern California (USA); Anatoly V. Zayats, King's College London (United Kingdom)

Nanoengineering is an essential bridge that utilizes nanoscience and nanotechnology to enable a broad spectrum of totally new materials, functionalities, applications, devices, and products. Conventional photonic manufacturing technologies have extend-ed well into the nanometer regime. Over-extended technologies are pushing sizes and densities into ranges that challenge reliability and basic physics. Nanoenengineering also allows for manipulating matter at the nanoscale. Newly engineered materials, processes, ultrahigh precision, and metrologies are emerging. Novel synthesized nanomaterials, based on 1D, 2D, and 3D architectures, nanocomposites and hierarchical assemblies based on such mate-rials offer exciting opportunities. Nanostructured thin films display unique phenomena, thus enabling the improvement of traditional applications or the development of novel applications. Newly attainable design and fabrication of miniature optical elements have enabled the development of micro/nano/quantum-scale optical, near field optics, and opto-electronic elements in ever more diverse application areas. New low-power logic and memory devices, expanded functionality, systems on a chip, solar cells, energy storage devices, biotechnology, photonics, photovoltaics, molecular electronics and optics are emerging. Application areas are highly diversified including telecommunications, data communica-tions, consumer electronics, microwave photonics, optical computing, neural networks, optical storage, non-volatile data storage, information display, optical imaging, printing, optical sensing, optical scanning, renewable energy harvest and storage, medical di-agnosis, chemical/biological/environmental sensing, new nanomechanic applications, and new medical devices and prosthetic methods.

Critical to this realization of robust nanomanufactur-ing is the development of appropriate instrumenta-tion, metrology, and standards. As novel applications emerge, the demand for highly sensitive and efficient measurement tools with the capability of rapid, au-tomated, and thorough coverage of large functional areas at high precision is emerging.

The newly upcoming nanotechnologies present new opportunities and challenges in materials processing, device design, and integration. Drivers for commer-cial deployment include increased functionality, small form factor, performance, reliability, cost, as well as renewable energy and climate change mitigation.

Papers are solicited in the areas of:

LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS IN 1D AND 2D NANOMATERIALS• 1D and 2D photo-physics• photoconductivity and photocurrents in 1D and

2D nanomaterials and composites• novel architectures based on 1D and 2D

nanomaterials for enhanced light-matter interactions

• photo-thermal phenomenon in nanoscale materials and their composites

• novel devices based on 1D and 2D nanomaterials for photonics.

NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILMS• fabrication techniques• characterization• homogenization studies and modeling• hybrid nanostructures• multifunctionality at the nanoscale• plasmonics• organic and inorganic nanostructured thin films• sculptured thin films• nanostructured porous thin films• two-dimensional materials• carbon-based nanostructures• topological insulators and photonic topological

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• functionalization of nanostructures• thin-film sensors• superhydrophobicity• biomedical applications• bioinspired and biomimetic thin films• structural evolution.

INNOVATIVE PATTERNING, MATERIALS ENGINEERING, NANOFABRICATION, AND NANOLITHOGRAPHY FOR PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS• electrospinning, imprinting, and embossing

techniques• fabrication, processing, and replication

techniques• directed self-assembly techniques• engineered nano- and micro-structured materials• synthesis of nanotubes, nanowires, and two-

dimensional materials such as graphene• stacked 2D atomic crystals• molecular patterning and ordering.

HIGH PRECISION NANOPOSITIONING AND FEEDBACK, NEW METROLOGIES FOR PHOTONICS• proximal probe manipulation techniques• nanomotors and actuators• nano-alignment techniques, tolerance• tribology nanotechnologies• new metrology instrumentation, methods, and

standards for measuring nanodevices• metrology for placement precision• novel measurement and inspection

methodologies• high resolution optics, including full-field,

near-field and scanning probe microscopy, scatterometry, and interferometric techniques

• x-ray techniques• synchrotron techniques• optical detectors for state of the art

instrumentation• particle beam (electron, ion) microscopy and

elemental analysis• atomic force microscopy.

NANOMANUFACTURING OF 1D AND 2D NANOMATERIALS FOR PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS• liquid phase exfoliation of 1D and 2D

nanomaterials• new developments in liquid phase exfoliation for

low cost nanomanufacturing• chemical vapor deposition of 1D and 2D

nanomaterials for manufacturing• new green synthesis methods for low cost

manufacturing of 1D and 2D nanomaterials• scalable manufacturing of nanocomposites

based on 1D and 2D nanomaterials• properties of scalable nanomanufactured

products• scalable nanomanufacturing: innovative device

architectures• scalable nanomanufacturing: what is the road

map?

DEVICES AND PROPERTIES OF NANOSTRUCTURES FOR PHOTONICS (EXPERIMENT AND/OR THEORY)• nanoelectronic and nanomagnetic devices and

structures• waveguiding nanodevices and nanostructures• nano-MEMS devices and structures• near field optics based devices• NOMS: Nano-Opto-Mechanical Systems• photovoltaic cells and structures• biological devices and structures• molecular devices and structures• atomic devices and structures• quantum devices and structures• nanosensors• smart mechanical actuators• 1D nanotubes• stacked 2D atomic crystals.

NANO- AND MICRO-OPTICS• physics, theory, design, modeling, and numerical

simulation of optical nano- and micro-structures• diffractive and refractive micro-structures for

beam shaping and manipulation• photonic microcircuits in silica, polymer, silicon,

compound semiconductors, ferroelectrics, magnetics, metals, and biomaterials

• 1D, 2D, and 3D photonic crystals• quantum dots, wells, and wires• guided-wave and free-space optical

interconnects• optical alignment, tolerance, and coupling• characterization (optical, electrical, structural,

etc.)• integration with guided-wave systems• integration with photonic devices including

VCSELs, modulators, and detectors• nano- and micro-optic-based optical

components, modules, subsystems, and systems for communications, information processing, computing, storage, photovoltaic power generation, information display, imaging, printing, scanning, and sensing

• graphene-and transition metal dichalcogenides based devices

• molecular devices.

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ENERGY HARVESTING AND STORAGE NANOTECHNOLOGIES• nanostructured materials for efficient light

trapping, photon absorption, charge generation, charge transport, and current collection in photovoltaic cells and modules

• nanostructured solar cells• polymer solar cells based on 1D and 2D

nanomaterials• solar thermal phenomenon based on 1D and 2D

nanomaterials• photoelectrochemical cells based on 1D and 2D

nanomaterials• nanocomposites, nanocoatings, and

nanolubricants for power-generating wind turbines

• nanocomposites for smart behavior: reciprocity in electroactuation

• nanotechnologies for batteries and ultracapacitors, including powder-based, carbon-nanotube-based, silicon-nanowire-based and graphene-based electrodes.

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SPINTRONICS XII (OP114)Conference Chairs: Henri-Jean Drouhin, Ecole Polytechnique (France); Jean-Eric Wegrowe, Ecole Polytechnique (France); Manijeh Razeghi, Northwestern Univ. (USA)

Conference Co-Chair: Henri Jaffrès, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales (France)

Program Committee: Franco Ciccacci, Politecnico di Milano (Italy); Russell P. Cowburn, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); Scott A. Crooker, Los Alamos National Lab. (USA); Vincent Cros, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales (France); Hanan Dery, Univ. of Rochester (USA); Rogério de Sousa, Univ. of Victoria (Canada); Michel I. Dyakonov, Univ. Montpellier 2 (France); Michael E. Flatté, The Univ. of Iowa (USA); Joseph S. Friedman, The Univ. of Texas at Dallas (USA); Jean-Marie George, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales (France); Julie Grollier, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales (France); Erez Hasman, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel); Tomás Jungwirth, Institute of Physics of the CAS, v.v.i. (Czech Republic); Giti A. Khodaparast, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. (USA); Mathias Klaui, Univ. Konstanz (Germany); Daniel Lacour, Institut Jean Lamour (France); Connie H. Li, U.S. Naval Research Lab. (USA); Aurélien Manchon, King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia); Xavier Marie, INSA - Univ. of Toulouse (France); Laurens W. Molenkamp, Julius-Maximilians-Univ. Würzburg (Germany); Hiro Munekata, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan); Hans T. Nembach, National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA); Yoshichika Otani, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Vlad Pribiag, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities (USA); Dafiné Ravelosona, Institut d'Électronique Fondamentale (France); Nicolas Rougemaille, Institut NÉEL (France); Georg Schmidt, Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg (Germany); Jing Shi, Univ. of California, Riverside (USA); Vasily V. Temnov, Univ. du Maine (France); Luc Thomas, Headway Technology (USA); Evgeny Tsymbal, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA); Olaf M. J. van 't Erve, U.S. Naval Research Lab. (USA); Joerg Wunderlich, Hitachi Cambridge Lab. (United Kingdom); Igor Zutic, Univ. at Buffalo (USA)

For years the spin degree of freedom has been directly used as an information support in nanome-ter-scale devices. Today applications mostly concern the huge market of hard-drive read heads, nonvolatile magnetic memories (MRAMs), or magnetic logic units. Recent developments are being considered for spin-based logic or quantum computing. New topics are emerging in frontier fields, e.g. Skyrmions and domain-wall manipulation, topological insulators, Majorana fermions, spin photonics and spin optics (the latter being based on recent developments in plasmonics), or spin-caloric phenomena. These advances make use of the fascinating developments of new materials.

The purpose of the conference is to provide a broad overview of the state-of-the-art and perspectives, bringing together experts from different com-munities: fundamental physics (experimental and theoretical), materials science and chemistry, fabri-cation processes and industrial developments, etc. Contributions for this conference are encouraged in particular in the following areas: • spin-coherence, semiconductor spin physics,

quantum wells and quantum dots • magnetic nanostructures, micromagnetism, spin-

precession, and magnonics • spin-injection, spin-transfer, spin-Hall and related

effects • new materials (graphene and chalcogenides,

oxides, organics, etc.) • topological matter, skyrmions • new structures and applications

(magnetoresistive devices, MRAMs, spin logic, crystalline tunnel barriers, etc.)

• neuromorphic computing • spin photonics, spin lasers, and spin optics.


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QUANTUM NANOPHOTONIC MATERIALS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS (OP115)Conference Chairs: Cesare Soci, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); Matthew T. Sheldon, Texas A&M Univ. (USA); Mario Agio, Univ. Siegen (Germany)

Program Committee: Igor Aharonovich, Univ. of Technology, Sydney (Australia); Vikas Anant, Photon Spot, Inc. (USA); Iñigo Artundo, VLC Photonics (Spain); Jennifer A. Dionne, Stanford Univ. (USA); Andrei Faraon, Caltech (USA); Mohammad Hafezi, Joint Quantum Institute (USA); Zubin Jacob, Purdue Univ. (USA); Christian Kurtsiefer, National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); Mark Lawrence, Stanford Univ. (USA); Peter Lodahl, Niels Bohr Institute (Denmark); Marko Loncar, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (USA); Chao-Yang Lu, Univ. of Science and Technology of China (China); Patrick Maletinsky, Univ. Basel (Switzerland), Qnami (Switzerland); Maiken H. Mikkelsen, Duke Univ. (USA); Prineha Narang, Harvard Univ. (USA); Kae Nemoto, National Institute of Informatics (Japan); Jeremy L. O'Brien, Univ. of Bristol (United Kingdom); Teri W. Odom, Northwestern Univ. (USA); Jian-Wei Pan, Univ. of Science and Technology of China (China); Pascale Senellart, Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostructures (France); Andrew J. Shields, Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. (United Kingdom); Kartik Srinivasan, National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA); Daniel L. Stick, Sandia National Labs. (USA); Mark Tame, Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa); Wolfgang Tittel, Univ. of Calgary (Canada); Ewold Verhagen, AMOLF (Netherlands); Ulrike Woggon, Technische Univ. Berlin (Germany)

Optics and photonics enable devices that exploit the laws of quantum physics at a fundamental level, laying the ground for a second quantum revolution. Light is widely used in emerging quantum technolo-gies, for example to control and manipulate quantum states of matter, to generate and transmit qubits, to achieve quantum nonlinearities and many-body effects. In addition, advances in nanofabrication and circuit integration (e.g. silicon photonics, fiber optics, plasmonics) are crucial to translate proof of concepts into technological platforms for quantum simulations, metrology, sensing, imaging, communi-cation and computing.

Quantum nanophotonic materials, devices, and systems aims at establishing a multidisciplinary forum for physicists, material scientists, and optical engineers to discuss the current progress, challeng-es, and future directions of the burgeoning field of quantum nanophotonics. Contributions are solicited in areas focusing on:



MATERIAL PLATFORMS FOR QUANTUM PHOTONIC DEVICES• wide bandgap materials: diamond, silicon

carbide, rare earths • semiconductors: silicon, III-V and II-V compounds • two-dimensional materials: graphene, boron-

nitride, transition metal dicalcogenides • plasmonics, metamaterials and metasurfaces • nanoantennas • topological materials.

QUANTUM PHOTONIC DEVICES FOR SIMULATIONS, METROLOGY, SENSING, IMAGING, COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTING• nanoscale atom traps• single-photon sources and modulators• single-photon and photon-number discriminating

detectors• spin-photon interfaces for sensors and repeaters• quantum gates• optomechanical devices• quantum chemistry.

QUANTUM NANOPHOTONIC SYSTEMS• quantum key distribution and quantum random

number generators• quantum computers and simulators• quantum sensors based on solid-state systems

and atom chips• quantum engineering, including nanofabrication

and integration• quantum control, including error correction and

tolerance• quantum entanglement and imaging.



QUANTUM REMOTE SENSING (OP428)Conference Chairs: Siwen Bi, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (China); Henri-Jean Drouhin, Ecole Polytechnique (France)

High signal to noise ratio and high spatial resolution remote sensing technologies are urgently needed to enhance resource exploration, weather information gathering, environmental monitoring, land utilization, global change detection, and many other fields. To meet the demand for high-resolution imaging requires increases in both sensor size and optical system sensitivity. A consequence is a dramatic increase in the volume, mass, cost, and complexity of the sensor to the point that it becomes cost-pro-hibitive for practical deployment.

It is well known that the classical electromagnetic wave is influenced by the diffraction limit and quan-tum noise limit and that increasing the resolution has been close to the limit of traditional remote sensing techniques. One of the main research areas in recent years has been an attempt to identify a set of directions and ways in which quantum properties could be used to increase the performance of a wide variety of classic remote sensing devices. Although quantum sensing technology is not as mature as quantum computing, the creation of a full-scale quantum computer is a much more difficult task than that of designing quantum sensors.


Recent demonstrations and prototypes using quan-tum optics and quantum theory have guided our be-lief that quantum sensing is a promising technology that could have a significant impact on improving the overall sensing performance for both societal benefit and commercial activity.

For this conference on quantum remote sensing and quantum spectral imaging, we are calling for papers about underlying principles, modeling, devices, technology, instrument research, and innovative applications. There is also a focus on the best and most extensive applications of quantum remote sensing data to show how this technology can deliver capabilities beyond the bounds of currently exploited technologies.




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QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS AND QUANTUM IMAGING XVII (OP431)Conference Chairs: Ronald E. Meyers, U.S. Army Research Lab. (USA); Keith S. Deacon, U.S. Army Research Lab. (USA)

Program Committee: Stefania A. Castelletto, RMIT Univ. (Australia); Milena D'Angelo, Univ. degli Studi di Bari (Italy); Warren P. Grice, Oak Ridge National Lab. (USA); Mark T. Gruneisen, Air Force Research Lab. (USA); Richard J. Hughes, Los Alamos National Lab. (USA); Yoon-Ho Kim, Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of); William J. Munro, NTT Basic Research Labs. (Japan); Kae Nemoto, National Institute of Informatics (Japan); Todd B. Pittman, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA); Barry C. Sanders, Univ. of Calgary (Canada); Alexander V. Sergienko, Boston Univ. (USA); Dmitry V. Strekalov, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Shigeki Takeuchi, Hokkaido Univ. (Japan); Xiao Tang, National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA); Arnold Tunick, U.S. Army Research Lab. (USA)

Quantum communications and quantum imaging are emerging technologies that promise great benefits beyond classical communications and classical im-aging - as well as great challenges. The objective of this conference is to provide a forum for scientists, researchers, and system developers in both fields and encourage technology exchange between the quantum communication and quantum imaging research communities. Papers are solicited on the following and related topics:

QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS, QUANTUM INTERNET, AND QUANTUM INFORMATION • quantum free-space and fiber optics

communications and cryptography - quantum communications experimental

demonstrations - quantum key distribution (QKD), entangled

QKD, stochastic QKD, heralded QKD - quantum cryptography protocols - quantum probes - quantum communication security - quantum communications with orbital angular

momentum (OAM) states • quantum communication using entanglement - teleportation; continuous variable

teleportation counter-factual quantum communications

- Bell-state analyzer development - nonlinear crystal and nonlinear fiber use in

generating and engineering entanglement - multiphoton and multiple-particle entangled

states and entangled beams - continuous and pulsed laser sources of

entangled photons • fundamental properties of the photon - qubit physics - single and multi-photon physics - squeezed states - slow/trapped light and photons - amplification and transmission of photon

holes - quantum wavefunctions and measurements - quantum probability - quantum bi-photon physics - frequency and polarization entanglement

• atmospheric quantum communication, satellite, and technology applications

- quantum satellites, quantum cube satellites - quantum UAV, drone, robot and aircraft

research and applications - atmospheric effects on quantum

communications systems - atmospheric quantum communication

propagation experiments, theory, simulation • quantum computing with photons - optical/photonic/fiber quantum computing;

novel quantum computing - photon chips - quantum storage, gates, and control - single-photon sources - quantum algorithms - fine-grained quantum computing; few-qubit

quantum computing - quantum state engineering - quantum random number generation • quantum information communication - information in a photon - quantum data compression - compressive sensing and compressive

imaging with quantum information - nonclassical information from entangled

states and non-entangled states - non-local measurements - quantum secret sharing • quantum networks - atom-photon quantum networks - quantum repeaters, memories, switches - entanglement of distant quantum memories - distributed quantum computing - atom chips - atom-ion optics; multiphoton interference,

multiparticle interference - storage of entangled photons - photon frequency conversion - loop-hole-free quantum teleportation.

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QUANTUM IMAGING AND QUANTUM SENSING • quantum ghost imaging, ghost imaging - quantum imaging with entangled photons - quantum imaging with thermal light - incoherent light and solar light quantum

imaging - quantum imaging in turbulence and

obscurants - quantum imaging and satellites - color and multispectral quantum imaging - quantum imaging at diverse wavelengths - quantum imaging and quantum lithography:

bi-photon photo resist - bi-photon and n-photon quantum imaging - quantum holography and quantum

identification - quantum imaging resolution and

superresolution - quantum imaging with sparsity constraints - quantum imaging noise reduction - quantum imaging for medical applications - quantum imaging using fluorescence - temporal and spatial quantum / ghost imaging - plenoptic quantum imaging • nonlocal quantum imaging physics - quantum versus classical imaging physics - quantum imaging versus speckle imaging - uncertainty principle in quantum imaging - quantum interference; multiphoton

interference - squeezed states • quantum remote sensing; quantum sensors;

quantum sources - quantum two-photon sensing and detection - single-photon and multiphoton detectors - quantum measurements using cameras - fast, sensitive cameras for quantum

technology - quantum lidar and quantum ladar - new ways to make entangled photon and

pseudo thermal sources for quantum imaging - quantum illumination • quantum relativity, GPS, and metrology - quantum clock synchronization - quantum clocks in quantum coincidence

measurements.

QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS AND QUANTUM IMAGING XVII (OP431) Continued



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