This E-MRS symposium is aimed to give an overview of the current status of the wide field of novel optoelectronic devices, based on inorganic and organic materials of semiconducting, metallic and dielectric properties. Thus we call for papers giving the latest information on research and development in this field.

One emphasis will be on low-dimensional systems (quantum systems, microcavities and photonic band-gap materials) based on group III-V or IV semiconductors, or novel semiconductor materials and structures. Another emphasis will be on inorganic, organic amorphous (glassy), crystalline polymers or liquid crystalline (LC) materials in light-guided (substrate or waveguided) modes of operation. A third emphasis will be on hybrid organic (polymers, LCs) and inorganic (semiconducting) materials, systems and devices. Finally, this symposium addresses the issues of novel laser systems and materials, as well as of integrated and planar systems and devices for optoelectronic interconnects, spatial light modulators and display devices.

Presentations and papers on materials, devices and technologies are welcomed.

Tentative List of Invited Speakers:

• A. Tredicucci (Lucent Technology, US), "Novel optoelectronic devices for far IR emissions"
• V. Berger (Thomson-CSF, France), "Towards an optical parametric oscillator in a GaAs-based waveguide"
• G. Strasser (Technical U. of Vienna, Austria), "GaAs based quantum cascade microcavities"
• Ming-Jey Yang (Naval Research Laboratories, Washington, US), "Sb based mid-infrared lasers"
• J. Massy (Crhea, Villebonne, France), "Quantum dots in the GaN/AlGaN material system"
• Dan Davidov (Hebrew U. of Jerusalem, Israel), "Self-assembled photonic bandgap nano-particle arrays"
• C. Weisbuch (Ecole Polytechnique, France), "Photonic bandgap for optoelectronic devices"
• D. Kovalev (Technical University Munich, Germany), "Optical properties of Si-nanocrystals"
• A. A. Friesem (Weizmann Inst. Sci., Israel), "Hybrid organic-semiconductor resonant grating assemblies"
• T. M. Benson (University of Nottingham, UK), "Si-based waveguides"
• A. Polman (AMOLF, Amsterdam), "Si:Er/nanocrystalline optical devices"
• A. Forchel (Wuerzburg, Germany), "Playing with low-dimensional photonic systems"
• R. Cingolani (University of Lecce, Italy), "Novel low-dimensional optical devices"
• R. Houdre' (EPFL,Lausanne, Switzerland), "Microcavity physics and applications"
• R. Gale (Kopin Corp., US), "Exploiting Si-on-glass in miniature LC display devices"
• N. Tessler (Cambridge U., UK), "Optoelectronic devices based on hybrid organic-inorganic structures"
• R. Baets (IMEC-Gent, Belgium), "VCSEL for optical interconnects"
• F. Tooley (Heriot-Watt U., Scottland, UK), "Optically written polymers used as optical interconnects and for hybridization"

Scope and Topics

Low-dimensional material structures and systems:

- Photonic bandgap materials and devices

- Microcavities on III-V, silicon and other systems

Novel optoelectronic semi-conductor materials, phenomena and devices

- III-V or IV epitaxy and heteroepitaxy

- Integration of photonics with Si-CMOS and bipolar IC technologies

- Luminescence and electroluminescence in Si-based materials

Hybrid organic (polymers, LCs) / inorganic systems and devices

- Hybrid photonic bandgap structures

- LC on Si, LC on CMOS, LC on polysilicon

- Polymer layers on inorganic structures (glasses or semiconductores)

Novel laser systems and materials

- Quantum cascade lasers

- Blue lasers

- Organic luminescent semiconductor materials for lasers

Integrated optronic / planar sytems

- Electrooptic and photonic switches, memories and filters

- Optronic interconnects (routing, WDM, etc.)

- Spatial light modulators and novel displays.

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