Conference Notes
Review: Photonics West
San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 January–2 February 2017
‘Busier, bigger’ – this is how SPIE characterized Photonics West 2017. Just going by the numbers, there were about 23,000 attendees, more than 1380 exhibitors and 4700 conference presentations. This is more than in 2016, which had an attendance of 22,000 and 1345 exhibitors. There were, however, slightly fewer conference presentations than the 4800 technical presentations last year.
It may be of some interest to compare these numbers with those from the other big events in the photonics industry. In March 2017, LASER World of PHOTONICS China will take place, the organizers expect about 850 exhibitors and more than 45,000 visitors.
Its parent event, the LASER World of PHOTONICS Munich, counted 30,000 visitors and 1227 exhibitors in 2015, and further growth can be expected this year. Munich also has a very strong conference program, although it is traditionally rather fragmented. Their World of Photonics Congress, with eight scientific conferences and more than 2700 lectures, drew approximately 3500 participants.
So it seems out that Photonics West is probably the biggest scientific photonics conference with a record number of exhibitors. Little by little industry has adopted the trade show, although the booths are still much smaller than in a fully-industrial trade show where people present machinery, for example.
While LASER Munich will again offer two halls with ‘Lasers and laser systems for production engineering’, those are hard to find at Photonics West. This is, however, not a disadvantage; it is simply a difference. If the focus is on industrial laser machinery, one may turn to more specific events such as EuroBLECH (sheet metal processing with 60,000 visitors) or Fabtech (40,000 attendeesand 1700 exhibiting companies with metal forming, fabricating and welding applications).
Why do people attend Photonics West? Andrew Brown, SPIE senior director, stated in a SPIE press release: ‘We heard repeatedly during the week just how important this event is for the community. At this event, they connect with valuable collaborators, present new research for the first time, introduce new products, learn about the latest photonics technologies, and meet vendors who can provide the right equipment for the lab, factory, or clinic’.
Photonics West 2018 will begin on 27 January 2018.
Preview: UKP Workshop – Ultrafast Laser Technology 2017
Aachen, Germany, 26–27 April 2017
Lasers have been making their way into materials processing since the 1970s. First, CO2 lasers were seen on the production floor and were soon joined by YAG lasers and the excimer family. The new century saw the introduction of diode, fiber and disk lasers. Now the ultrashort pulsed lasers are ready for large scale applications. It took 30 years of development for these laser systems to become stable and maintenance-free.
The 4th UKP-Workshop: Ultrafast Laser Technology 2017 deals not only with the most advanced ultrashort pulsed laser sources, but with process technology and application cases as well. In fact, over the years the program has shifted from laser sources toward the applications. Now the biggest question is how to capitalize on the precious photons. This is about understanding ablation processes and developing appropriate system technology.
Keynote by AOT board member Koji Sugioka
The workshop will start with a keynote on ‘Advanced Femtosecond Laser Processing for Electronic and Biological Applications’ by Koji Sugioka (RIKEN – The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama, Japan) who is a member of the editorial board of this journal. The title shines a light on two major application fields that benefit from the unique features of these lasers, namely high precision and ‘cold’ ablation.
The topic of cold ablation has been questioned in recent years when detailed application studies revealed that such an effect of ablation without heat dissipation in adjacent material is only viable for a certain set of process parameters. When shining a high repetition rate high energy pulsed laser on the same point for some time, the material heats up no matter how short the pulses are. Guidance on these process parameters can be expected from the second speaker, Thomas Graf (IFSW Uni Stuttgart), and his presentation, ‘Heat Accumulation During Materials Processing with Ultrafast Lasers – The Consequences of Power Scaling’.
Yes, it’s in the stadium!
In total, the workshop features two application sessions, a session on ultrafast laser basics and a session on laser sources and optics. The previous time, over 160 people visited the workshop and there will likely be an increase in attendance this year. It is also worth mentioning that the evening reception will be at the Ballroom Altes Kurhaus in the old town of Aachen.
The regular workshop location is very unique. It is in the new Tivoli stadium of the local football (American soccer) team, Alemannia Aachen, in the Sportpark Soers in Aachen. A free shuttle bus from three major hotels will be available for transportation to the stadium. Others will need to look for the Business Lounge, Krefelder Str. 205, at the Tivoli stadium in Aachen. More information on driving directions is available at the event site https://www.ultrakurzpulslaser.de.
Conference Calendar
April
OSA Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences
San Diego, CA, USA
2–5 April 2017
www.osa.org/meetings/optics_and_photonics_congresses/optics_in_the_life_sciences/
Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST 2017)
London, UK
2–7 April 2017
http://otst2017.iopconfs.org/home
Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM) – IV: Quantum Technologies
Paris, France
5–7 Apr 2017
www.osa.org/Meetings/Topical_Meetings/Quantum_Information_and_Measurement_(QIM)_-_IV_Qu
SPIE DSS 2015
Anaheim, CA, USA
9–13 April 2015
MRS Spring Meeting
Phoenix, AZ, USA
17–21. April 2017
SPIE Optics+Optoelectronics
Prague, Czech Republic
24–27 April 2017
http://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/optics-and-optoelectronics
UKP Workshop
Aachen
26–27 April 2017
May
SPIE Micro Technologies
Barcelona, Spain
8–10 May 2017
CLEO
San Jose, CA, USA
Technical Conference:
14–19 May 2017
Exhibition
16–18 May 2017
June
118. Annual Meeting DGaO
Dresden, Germany
6–10 June 2016
Laser Ignition Conference
Bucharest, Romania
20–23 Jun 2017
www.osa.org/Meetings/Topical_Meetings/Laser_Ignition_Conference
LASER World of Photonics
Munich, Germany
26–29 June 2017
European Conferences on Biomedical Optics (ECBO)*
SPIE Optical Metrology*
Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM 2017)*
CLEO Europe*
Munich, Germany
25–29 June 2017
NEW: SPIE Digital Optical Technologies*
Munich, Germany
26–29 June 2017
http://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/digital-optical-technologies
EOS Optical Technologies*
EOS Conference on Manufacturing of Optical Systems
EOS Conference on Optofluidics
EOS Conference on Light Engineering
EOS Conference on Optomechanical Engineering
Munich, Germany
26–29 June 2017
www.myeos.org/events/photonics-congress-2017
*AOT will be presented at the World of Photonics Congress, probably with a separate booth in the congress center. For more information please contact us at: contact@advanced-optics.org
OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress
3D Image Acquisition and Display: Technology, Perception and Applications
Applied Industrial Optics
ComputationalOptical Sensing and Imaging
Imaging Systems and Applications
Mathematics in Imaging
Propagation Through and Characterization of Atmospheric and Oceanic Phenomena
San Francisco, CA, USA
26–29 June 2017
www.osa.org/Meetings/OSA_Meetings/Imaging_and_Applied_Optics_Congress
July
OSA Optical Design and Fabrication Congress
International Optical Design Conference
Optical Fabrication and Testing
Freeform Optics
Denver, CO, USA
9–13 July 2017
www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/osa_meetings/optical_design_and_fabrication/
OSA Advanced Photonics Congress
Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon, and Nano-Photonics
Novel Optical Materials and Applications
Optical Sensors
Photonic Networks and Devices
Photonics in Switching
Signal Processing in Photonics Communications
New Orleans, LA, USA
24–27 Jul 2017
www.osa.org/Meetings/OSA_Meetings/Advanced_Photonics
2017 CLEO Pacific Rim Conference
Singapore, Singapore
31 Jul–4 Aug 2017
August
SPIE Optics+Photonics
San Diego, CA, USA
6–10 August 2017
September
SPIE Security+Defense
Remote Sensing
Warsaw, Poland
11–14 September 2017
SPIE Photomask Technology+EUV Lithography
Monterey, CA, USA
11–14 September 2017
FiO/LASER Science 101st OSA Annual Meeting
Washington, DC, USA
17–21 September 2017
www.frontiersinoptics.com/home/
5th EOS Topical Meeting on Blue Photonics
Sopot, Poland
NEW: 18–20 September 2017
October
ASSL
Nagoya, Japan
1–5 October 2017
www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/global_calendar/events/advanced_solid_state_lasers/
SPIE Optifab
Rochester, NY, USA
16–19 October 2017
FOC 2017 Frontier of optical coating
Guangzhou, China
22–26 October 2017
32nd ASPE Annual Meeting
Charlotte, NC, USA
October 29–November 3, 2017
November
The 22nd Microoptics Conference MOC2017
Tokyo, Japan
19–22 November 2017
2018
SPIE Photonics West
San Francisco, CA, USA
27 January–1 February 2018
Exhibition: 30 January–1 February 2018
SPIE Advanced Lithography
San Jose, CA, USA
18–22 February 2018
OFC
11–15 March 2018
San Diego, CA, USA
SPIE Defense+Commercial Sensing
Orlando, FL, USA
15–19 April 2018
SPIE Photonics Europe
Strassbourg, France
23–26 April 2018
Exhibition: 24–25 April 2018
AKL ‘18 International Laser Technology Congress
Aachen, Germany
2–4 May, 2018
LASYS
Stuttgart, Germany
5–7 June 2018
SLT ‘18 – Stuttgart Laser Technology Forum
Co-located with LASYS
Stuttgart, Germany
5–7. Juni 2018
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
Austin, TX, USA
10–15 June 2018
http://spie.org/astronomical-instrumentation.xml
SPIE Optics+Photonics
San Diego, CA, USA
19–23 August 2018
Exhibition: 21–23 August 2018
SPIE Security+Defense
Berlin, Germany
10–13 September 2018
Exhibition: 11–12 September 2018
FiO/LASER Science: 102nd OSA Annual Meeting
Washington, DC, USA
16 September 2018–26 September 2018
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- Cover and Frontmatter
- Community
- Conference Notes
- News from the European Optical Society EOS
- Topical Issue: Photonics in Security Systems
- Editorial
- Photonics in security systems
- Review Article
- Hyperspectral imaging: future applications in security systems
- Letter
- Development of an open-path gas analyser for plume detection in security applications
- Research Articles
- Standoff detection and classification of bacteria by multispectral laser-induced fluorescence
- Hyperspectral data acquisition and analysis in imaging and real-time active MIR backscattering spectroscopy
- High peak-power laser system tuneable from 8 to 10 μm
- Mid-infrared laser beam steering based on Fourier transform OPO
- Adaptive holographic interferometer based on optically addressed spatial light modulator for high-sensitivity optical fiber sensing
- IPS – a vision aided navigation system
- Ga-La-S-Se glass for visible and thermal imaging
- Picosecond imaging of signal propagation in integrated circuits
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Cover and Frontmatter
- Community
- Conference Notes
- News from the European Optical Society EOS
- Topical Issue: Photonics in Security Systems
- Editorial
- Photonics in security systems
- Review Article
- Hyperspectral imaging: future applications in security systems
- Letter
- Development of an open-path gas analyser for plume detection in security applications
- Research Articles
- Standoff detection and classification of bacteria by multispectral laser-induced fluorescence
- Hyperspectral data acquisition and analysis in imaging and real-time active MIR backscattering spectroscopy
- High peak-power laser system tuneable from 8 to 10 μm
- Mid-infrared laser beam steering based on Fourier transform OPO
- Adaptive holographic interferometer based on optically addressed spatial light modulator for high-sensitivity optical fiber sensing
- IPS – a vision aided navigation system
- Ga-La-S-Se glass for visible and thermal imaging
- Picosecond imaging of signal propagation in integrated circuits
