Workshop on Optics and New Materials


to be held
December 14 - 16, 2008

at
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

organized by
Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University
Department of Physics and Centre of Optical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

and sponsored by
Lee Hysan Foundation
K. C. Wong Education Foundation

 
 

Scope

The workshop will provide a forum to discuss many recent development in optics and new materials for optics. The topics would include meta-materials including negative index materials, and single negative materials, nonclassical properties of radiation, quantum interference, interaction between light and materials, etc.

 

Invited Speakers

Che-Ting Chan, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HK
Chuang-Tian Chen, Beijing Center for Crystal R&D, China
Hong Chen, Tongji University, China
Jörg Evers, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Germany
Zbyszek Ficek, University of Queensland, Australia
Michael Fleischhauer, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ren-Bao Liu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK
Luigi A. Lugiato, Università dell'Insubria, Italy
Jeff Zhe-Yu Ou, Purdue University, USA
Wolfgang P. Schleich, Universität of Ulm, Germany
Xue-Chu Shen, Shanghai Institute of Technology and Physics and Fudan University, China
Xue-Hua Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Min Xiao, University of Arkansas, USA
Guo-Zhen Yang, Institute of Physics, CAS, China
Ya-Ping Yang, Tongji University, China
Wei-Ping Zhang, East China Normal University, China
Hang Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Shi-Yao Zhu, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK
Jian Zi, Fudan University, China
M. Suhail Zubairy, Texas A&M University, USA

 

Workshop Mode

There will be about 30 invited talks and 40 oral presentations plus some poster presentations.

 

Workshop Language

The working language is English.

 

Registration

Registration fee: USD100 or HKD780.

 

Contributed Paper Submission

All abstracts must be submitted before October 31, 2008.

 

Organizing Committee

Ren-Bao Liu , The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Li-Gang Wang , The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shi-Yao Zhu , Hong Kong Baptist University
Zhi-Zhan Xu , Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS

 

Enquiries

Please contact Ms. P. Y. Ho of the Chinese University of Hong Kong at pyho@phy.cuhk.edu.hk.