Topics and program committee

The conference is divided in 12 topical areas that cover the most recent advances in ultrafast optical science and technology. Each topical area is represented in the program committee by a topical lead. Topical leads work with the program chairs to ensure that there is a robust selection of invited and submitted papers that represent each particular topic.

Program chairs:

  • Jeffrey Moses (Cornell University, USA)
  • Xinkui He (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
  • Cord Arnold (Lund University, Sweden)

Topical areas and topical leads

  1. Novel methods for generating and manipulating ultrashort pulses, Federico Furch, Max-Born Institute, Berlin, Germany.
  2. Ultrahigh peak-power laser systems and related technologies, Yuxin Leng, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China.
  3. High average power ultrafast lasers, Coherent beam combining, Thomas Metzger, Trumpf Scientific, Germany.
  4. Attosecond science and pulse generation, Michael Chini, Ohio State University, USA.
  5. Methods for shaping and measuring ultrashort pulses, Íñigo Sola, Salamanca, Spain
  6. High repetition rate few cycle sources, envelope phase control and frequency combs, Derryck T. Reid, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland.
  7. Ultrafast optics with x-rays and electrons, Liang Jie Wong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
  8. Ultrafast Mid-infrared and Terahertz sources, Clara Saraceno, Ruhr-Universitet Bochum, Germany.
  9. Spectral broadening and pulse compression, Anne-Lise Viotti, Lund University, Sweden
  10. Ultrafast applications: novel methods and technology, Michelle Sander, Boston University, USA.
  11. Thin film and integrated Ultrafast technologies and quantum photonics, Marc Jankowsky, Stanford University, USA.
  12. Machine learning and artificial intelligence for ultrafast optics, Geory Genty, Tampere University, Finland.

Full program committee members

  • Alan Fry, Stanford SLAC, USA
  • Anne-Laure Calendron, DESY, Germany
  • Bojan Resan, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
  • Bruno Schmidt, Few-cycle Inc., Canada
  • Camille Sophie-Bres, EPFL, Switzerland
  • Caterina Vozzi, CNR-IFN, Italy
  • Emma Springate, Rutherford, Central Laser Facility, UK
  • Giulio Cerullo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Günter Steinmeyer, Max Born Institute, Germany
  • Igor Jovanovic, University of Michigan, USA
  • Jan Rotthardt, University of Jena, Germany
  • Juliet Gopinath, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
  • Jungwon Kim, KAIST, South Korea
  • Marta Fajardo, IST Lisboa, Portugal
  • Michael Hemmer, KM Labs, USA
  • Minglie Hu, Tianjin University, China
  • Oliver Heckl, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Ömer Ilday, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Turkey
  • Óscar Martinez, FIUBA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Rocio Borrego Varillas, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Rodrigo Lopez Martens, Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquee, France
  • Selçuk Akturk, Bruker Nano Surfaces Division, USA
  • Shu-Wei Huang, Uni. Colorado Boulder, USA
  • Sterling Backus, Thorlabs Inc., USA
  • Yi Liu, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai