Departamento de Física - UFPE
Av. Prof. Luiz de Barros Freire s/n – Cidade Universitária
50670-901 – Recife – PE
Scientific Program
SYMPOSIUM E
ADVANCES IN PHOTONICS MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS
Photonics is an enabling cross-disciplinary technology, defined
as the technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant
energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission,
transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and
instruments, lasers and other light sources, fibre optics, electro-optical
instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems.
The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to
detection to communications and information processing.
The development of materials as photonics media has led to
inumerous applications with social and economic impact worldwide. There is a
flourishing community of physicists, chemists, biologists and materials
engineers and scientists in Brazil dealing with several aspects of photonics
materials and applications, and this meeting is a very appropriate venue for
exchange of knowledge and information.
This symposium is oriented to preparation, characterization and applications of
photonics materials, including theoretical developments, encompassing several
important research topics.
We encourage the submission of manuscripts to this symposium in
the following topics:
Device oriented synthesis and characterization of glasses
and crystals;
Spectroscopic characterization and applications of rare
earth doped materials;
Simulation of optical properties of nanostructured materials;
Photonics crystal and microstructured fibers: from modeling
to applications;
Nanocomposite as photonic media;
Biophotonics materials: characterization and device oriented
applications;
Novel developments and applications of optical methods for
materials characterization;
Optical imaging as a tool for photonics materials
applications;
Optical waveguides: fabrication, characterization and
applications of passive and active waveguide devices;
