SYMPOSIUM J - Optoelectronics IV: Photorefractive Materials: Physical Phenomena and Applications

This symposium aims to bring together scientists working in all areas of Photorefractivity. The goal of this symposium is to explore new advances in photorefractive materials and related nonlinear phenomena, as well as functions, components and devices using them. The symposium will thus address a wide range of topics from basic to application driven research. The promotion of interactions between researchers from industry and university laboratories is another major goal of this symposium.

Scope and Topics

Papers are solicited, but not limited, on the following topics:

MATERIALS

• New inorganics and organics including composites
• Growth and synthesis, material stability
• Defect identification
• Physical, electrical and optical characterizations
• Material sensitization

EFFECTS

• Photorefractivity, photochromism
• Charge generation and transfer processes
• Space charge field effects
• Electro-optic properties
• Photoinduced index and absorption modulations
• Wave mixing, Phase Conjugation
• Nonlinear propagation

FUNCTIONS, COMPONENTS AND DEVICES

• Information and image processing
• Memories
• Neural networks and optical interconnections
• Laser beam and mode manipulations
• Interferometry and holographic sensors

Scientific Committee :

Dana Anderson (Boulder, USA), Karsten Buse (Osnabrück, Germany), Tigran Galstyan (Québec, Canada), Per Michael Johansen (Roskilde, Denmark), Klaus Meerholz (Munich, Germany), Germano Montemezzani (Zürich, Swiss), Sergey Odoulov (Kiev, Ukrainia).

Preliminary List of Invated Speakers :

• C. Froehly (Limoges, France), "Intracavity coherent laser beam shaping"
• M. Gu (Victoria, Australia), "Two-photon excitation for optical data storage in a photorefractive polymer"
• O. F. Schirmer (Osnabrück, Germany), "Combined EPR/optical investigation of light-induced charge transfers in photorefractive materials"
• S. Zilker (Bayreuth, Germany), "Photorefractive organic materials: photoelectric versus holographic dynamics"

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