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Symposium CM
Inorganic Materials Systems for Advanced Photonics and Energy 

Convener:
Maurizio FERRARI, CNR-IFN, Italy

Members:
John BALLATO, Clemson University, USA
Wilfried BLANC, CNRS Nice, France
Jonathan BRADLEY, McMaster University, Canada
Louise BRADLEY, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Alain BRAUD, University of Caen Normandie, France
Antonio CALA' LESINA, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Xueyuan CHEN, Fujian Inst. of Research on the Structure of Matter, China
Volkmar DIEROLF, Lehigh University, USA
Guoping DONG, South China University of Technology, China
Yasufumi FUJIWARA, Ritsumeikan University & Osaka University, Japan
Oleg L. KHASANOV, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia
Anna LUKOWIAK, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Dragana MARINKOVIC, Vinca Institute, Serbia
Sergey B. MIROV, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Koji MORITA, NIMS, Japan
Dirk POELMAN, Ghent University, Belgium
Thomas RIEDL, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Giancarlo C. RIGHINI, CNR IFAC, Italy
Pier-John SAZIO, University of Southampton, UK
Vincenzo SGLAVO, University of Trento and IFN-CNR, Italy
Thi Ngoc Lam TRAN, Ghent University, Belgium
Edgar D. ZANOTTO, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil
 
John BALLATO, Clemson University, USA
Matthieu BELLEC, Université Côte d'Azur, France
Simone BERNESCHI, IFAC-CNR, Italy
Martin BERNIER, University of Laval, Canada
Shivakiran BHAKTHA B N, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Dawson Benson BONNEVILLE, University of Twente, Netherlands
Salvador CARMONA-TELLEZ, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico
Guoping DONG, South China University of Technology, China
Michael FROSZ, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany
Tindaro IOPPOLO, New York Institute of Technology, USA
Oleg L. KHASANOV, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia
Gregor KOBLMÜLLER, Technische Universität Munchen, Germany
Mingzhu LI, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of CAS, China
Anna LUKOWIAK, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Dragana MARINKOVIC, Vinca Institute, Serbia
Marcelo NALIN, Institute of Chemistry - UNESP Araraquara, Brazil
Maria Jesus PASCUAL, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (CSIC), Spain
Laeticia PETIT, Tampere University, Finland
Mariola RAMIREZ, Universidad Autónoma Madrid, Spain
Angela SEDDON, University of Nottingham, UK
Luigi SIRLETO, ISASI CNR, Italy
Thi Ngoc Lam TRAN, Ghent University, Belgium
Lei WEI, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 
Ceramics, composites, glasses are keystone materials for developing a novel photonics devoted to the progress of enabling technologies allowing to successfully face technological, scientific, socio- economic challenges and give effective solutions in many fields going from production and saving energy to efficient and clean industrial cycles, from environmental protection to fast efficient novel communication systems, from structural monitoring to quantum technologies, to the broad spectrum of lighting applications and healthcare crucial needs.
This Symposium, that follows the several ones on similar subject held at previous CIMTEC conferences, is to provide latest insights on fabrication, characterization and exploitation of photonic structures based on ceramics (oxides, oxynitrides, fluorides, sulphides, chalcogenides, etc...) inorganic non-metallic glasses, glass- ceramics, and cermets in the form of nanostructured, bulk and graded materials and coatings, fibres, thin films, superlattices and other small confined systems, resonators, photonic crystals, nanomaterials, nanocomposites and functional nanoparticles.
Focus will be on theory, AI and deep learning based modelling and simulation of materials and processes, green and advanced fabrication protocols (self assembly, light and ion irradiation, micromachining, colloidal processing, composites, glass-ceramics) digital light processing, additive manufacturing and up-to-date characterization of structure, non-linear optical properties, tunability, nanosize effects etc. of novel inorganic photonic materials systems for light generation, detection, and manipulation including e.g. luminescent and laser materials, smart optical fibres, active plasmonic heterostructures, novel confined nano-micro structures etc. chromogenic materials, covering the UHV-IR electromagnetic spectrum.
Contributions from Academia and industry on upgraded or novel application and prospective new approaches to photonic-based technologies are also strongly encouraged.
Session Topics

CM-1 Photonic nanomaterials and nanostructures for photonics and energy

  • Optically active colloidal nanoparticles, nanowires,1D and 2-D nanomaterials, 
  • Nano/micro cavities
  • Optically active nanostructured materials
  • Plasmonic nanostructures
  • Nanophotonics
  • Photonic crystals
  • Photovoltaic systems
  • Ferroelectric materials
  • 2D materials for nanophotonics
  • Photocatalists for water splitting

CM-2 Luminescent and chromogenic ceramics and glass systems

  • Phosphors
  • Scintillators
  • Other luminescent materials
  • Chromogenic materials
  • UV-Vis-NIR-MIR-optical materials
  • Confined systems

CM-3 Electro-optical magneto-optical and piezoelectric materials

  • Electro-optical and magneto-optical ceramics 
  • Electro-optical and magneto-optical functionalized glass systems
  • Piezoceramics 
  • Nano-photoelectrochemistry

CM-4 Laser materials

  • Fiber laser
  • UV-Vis-NIR-MIR-laser materials
  • Photonic crystals for laser applications
  • Mid-infrared laser Sources
  • Novel visible lasers
  • Solar-pumped lasers

CM-5 Inorganic optical fibers

  • Passive, low-loss optical fibers
  • Active and smart optical fibers
  • Non-linear Fibers
  • Fiber lasers (CW, Raman, and pulsed) 
  • Fiber and waveguide amplifiers (including Raman)
  • Ultrafast lasers
  • Continuum sources

CM-6 Photons management

  • Lasers
  • Waveguides
  • Luminescent systems
  • Frequency conversion
  • Switches, modulators
  • Sensing
  • Imaging
  • Single photon sources and detectors
  • Integrated optics
  • Rare-earth activated LEDs
  • Digital Light Processing

CM-7 Advances in fabrication and characterization techniques

  • Synchroton radiation based technologies (NEXFAS, XANES, XPS,..)
  • Scanning probe microscopies, confocal microscopy, SNOM
  • Interferometer techniques for imaging and testing
  • SERS, CARS, Raman, TERS, Brillouin and optical spectroscopies
  • THz spectroscopies
  • Advanced imaging techniques and innovative tools
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Digital Light Processing

CM-8 Ongoing applications and forecasts

  • Solid state lighting, displays
  • Optical communications
  • Quantum technologies
  • Bioimaging
  • Healthcare
  • Clean energy
  • Aerospace, defense, security
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Laser-assisted manufacturing and micro/nano fabrication
  • Ceramics for catalysts and photocatalysts

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