Advance Program:
Conference Information:
Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCFs) have generated great interest in the scientific community as they offer the possibility to control the propagation of light with a flexibility not obtainable with conventional optical fibers. In a PCF, light can be guided using either total internal reflection or a Photonic Band Gap (PBG) arising from some specific periodic arrangements of the air-holes. When a defect is introduced into such a structure, a localized state is created within the band-gap, and the light guiding becomes possible along the PCF. Solid-core and hollow-core PCFs are recognized as promising structures to exploit different regimes of light propagation and different media characteristics. Due to their unique properties, PCFs have important applications in several fields, such as telecommunications, metrology, spectroscopy, microscopy, astronomy, lithography and coherent optical tomography.
The aim of the Topical Meeting is to bring together scientists working on technology as well as on applications to discuss the status of the research on PCFs.
Key topics to be covered on this Topical Meeting include but are not limited to:
- Advances in PCF manufacture.
- Transmission losses in PCFs.
- Non linear effects in PCFs.
- Low bend sensitivity fibre for access.
- Ultra high power and ultra short pulse delivery by mean of PCFs.
- PCF-based devices.
- PCF-based optical sensors.
