PECS VIII ~ The 8th International Photonic & Electromagnetic Crystal Structures Meeting

Photonic and electromagnetic crystals offer unprecedented control of photons and have emerged as an important new class of optical materials. Continued developments in the analysis and calculation of photonic crystals, as well as rapid advances in nano-fabrication techniques, have enabled us to design and prototype ever more intricate and functional photonic crystal structures and devices. Novel photonic nanostructure devices such as ultrasmall channel add/drop filtering devices, new type of lasers and photonic fibers are developing rapidly. Construction of fully three dimensional photonic crystals continues to be an important aim for the development of photonic chips.

Over the past several years, even more exciting opportunities have arisen from the study of periodic structures. Metamaterials have offered a wealth of new phenomena, including negative refractive index, superlensing and cloaking. Slowing and stopping light inside of photonic crystals is also being investigated.

Materials for fabricating photonic crystals are also expanding into all classes: organic, metallic, ceramic, magnetic, and dielectric. Combination of desirable properties and phenomena, such as nonlinearity and luminescence, from a wide variety of materials promises to bring about new and exciting applications. In PECS-VIII, we will review the significant advances in the field and, most importantly, discuss future directions of photonic crystal research.

Call for Papers

Submission open from: August, 2008
Submission deadline: December 5, 2008
Notification by: December 22, 2008

Topics to be considered at PECS-VIII in Sydney, include:

• 3D photonic crystals
• Photonic crystal components, integrated circuits and systems
• Meta-materials
  
• Plasmonics
  
• Photonic crystal fibers
  
• Dispersion engineering in photonic crystals: Super-collimation, super-lenses, super-prism
  
• Nonlinear optics and tunability in photonic crystals
  
• Photonic crystal lasers
  
• Theoretical and modeling techniques
  
• Disordered, random and quasi photonic crystals
  
• Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics in photonic crystals
  
• Slow light in photonic crystals
  
• Optofluidics and sensing in photonic crystals
  
• Novel fabrication and materials
  
• Photonic crystals in nature
  
• End-user perspective: Opportunities and applications of photonic crystals, meta-materials and plasmonics

Call for Papers

Submission open from: August, 2008
Submission deadline: December 5, 2008
Notification by:  December 22, 2008

Call for Papers Submission deadline: December 5, 2008
Notification by: December 22, 2008

Close of Early Bird Registration: January 11, 2009

Close of on-Line Registration: March 15, 2009