Conference Committees Steering Committee Chair: K. Ueda, University of Electro-Communications, Japan Members: K. Kikuchi, University of Tokyo, Japan F. Koyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan C. H. Lee, Kyung Hee University, Korea J. H. Lee, Seoul National University, Korea Y. S. Liu, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan T. A. Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne, Australia Y. Yamamoto, Stanford University, USA C. C. Yang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Y. Yoshikuni, NTT Photonics Labs., Japan Secretary: K. Apter, Optical Society of America, USA International Advisory Committee Co-Chairs: E. Lean, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan T. P. Lee, Sarnoff Inc., USA Members: K. Baldwin, Australian National University, Australia S. Chi, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan S. J. Chua, Singapore-MIT Alliance, Singapore E. P. Ippen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA T. Kamiya, National Institution for Academic Degrees, Japan Y. Kato, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Japan D. Lau, Hong Kong Optoelectronics Asso., Hong Kong, China C. H. Lee, Kyung Hee University, Korea E. H. Lee, Inda University, Korea J. H. Lee, Seoul National University, Korea J. Love, Australian National University, Australia B. Luther-Davies, Australian National University, Australia R. M De La Rue, The University of Glasgow, UK K. Nugent, University of Melbourne, Australia E. Pun, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China G. I. Stegeman, University of Central Florida, USA K. Tada, Yokohama National University, Japan C. S. Tsai, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Organizing Committee Co-Chairs: T. Y. Chang, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Y. S. Liu, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan Members: H. C. Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Y. Chang, RiTdisplay Corporation, Taiwan S. Chao, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan I. L. Cheng, Walsin Lihwa Corp., Taiwan W. H. Cheng, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan J. Y. Chi, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan A. Chiou, National Dong Hua University, Taiwan J. I. Chyi, National Central University, Taiwan M. T. Chu, Taiwan Optical Engineering Society, Taiwan D. R. Huang, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan H. L. Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan H. P. Huang, Ritek Corp., Taiwan C. C. Hsu, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan A. Kung, Academia Sinica, Taiwan C. T. Lee, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan H. K. Liu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan C. Y. Nee, Highlight Optoelectronics Inc., Taiwan C. L. Pan, National Chao Tung University, Taiwan H. T. Shang, Prime Optical Fiber Corp., Taiwan Y. K. Su, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan K. F. Tsai, RiteKom Photonics Corp., Taiwan Y. K. Tu, Chunghua Telecommunications, Taiwan W. S. Wang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan C. C. Yang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Controller: Y. C. Lai, National Chao Tung University, Taiwan Local Arrangement Committee Chair: H. C. Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Members: P. Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Y. P. Chiou, National Taiwan University, Taiwan M. C. Ho, National Taiwan University, Taiwan J. H. Lee, National Taiwan University, Taiwan H. K. Liu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan L. S. Huang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Y. W. Kiang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan S. L. Lee, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Tech., Taiwan C. W. Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Z. C. Feng, National Taiwan University, Taiwan H. H. Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan M. H. Mao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan S. L. Tsao, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan C. C. Wu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Technical Program Committee Chair: C. C. Yang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Secretaries: C. C. Wu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan P. Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Sub-committees: 1. Gas, Liquid and Solid-State Lasers Co-Chairs: J. Piper, Maquarie University, Australia K. Ueda, University of Electro-Communications, Japan Members: J. Harvey, University of Auckland, New Zealand A. B Petersen, Spectra-Physics OEM Products, USA Y. J. Huo, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Y. F. Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan 2. Semiconductor Materials, Lasers and Related Devices Co-Chairs: C. E. Zah, Corning Inc., USA F. Koyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Members: C. P. Lee, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan W. Lin, LandMark Optoelectronics Corporation, Taiwan K. Uomi, OpNext Japan, Inc., Japan T. Miyajima, Sony Corporation, Japan Y. H. Lee, KAIST, Korea C. J. Chang-Hasnain, University of California, USA D. Ackermann, Agrere Systems, USA T. A Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne, Australia M. C. Amann, Technical University of Munich, Germany B. H. Verbeek, JDS-Uniphase, The Netherlands 3. High-Field Lasers and Ultra-Short Wavelength Radiation Co-Chairs: S. L. Chin, Laval University, Canada K. Miyazaki, Kyoto University, Japan Members: C. Barty, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA M.H.R. Hutchinson, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK K. Midorikawa, RIKEN, Laser Technology Laboratory, Japan G.A. Mourou, University of Michigan, USA C. H. Nam, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea D. Normand, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molecules, DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, France R. Sauerbrey, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany Z. Z. Xu, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine mechanics, China 4. Quantum Optics, Laser Spectroscopy and Their Applications Co-Chairs: H. L. Dai, University of Pennsylvania, USA K. Yamanouchi, University of Tokyo, Japan Members: O. A. Aktsipetrov, Moscow State University, Russia F. A. Kong, Chinese Academy of Science, China R. J. Levis, Wayne State University, USA S. H. Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Y. R. Shen, University of California, USA 5. Nonlinear Optics Co-Chairs: H. Ito, Tohoku University, Japan M. Fejer, Stanford University, USA Members: P. Smith, ORC, Southampton University, Europe Y. C. Huang, National TsingHua University, Taiwan B. Orr, Department of Chemistry, Macquarie University, Australia B. K. Rhee, Sogang University, Korea N. Sarukura, Molecular Research Institute, Japan S. Haidar, RIEC, Tohoku University, Japan Y. Mori, Osaka University, Japan 6. Ultra-Fast Phenomena and Optoelectronics Co-Chairs: O. Wada, Kobe University, Japan C. L. Pan, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Members: M. Nakazawa, Tohoku University, Japan J. Zhang, Chinese Academy of Science, China K. Torizuka, AIST, Japan A. Miller, University of St Andrews, UK T. Kobayashi, University of Tokyo, Japan M. Hangyo, Osaka University, Japan C. K. Sun, National Taiwan University, Taiwan R. Trebino, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 7. Optical Material and Fabrication Techniques Co-Chairs: C. T. Chen, Beijing Center for Crystal R&D, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China T. Sasaki, Osaka University, Japan Members: T. Fukuda, Tohoku University, Japan K. Kitamura, Japan M. H. Jiang, Shandong University, China N. B. Ming, Nanjing University, China Z. G. Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China C. W. Lan, National Taiwan University, Taiwan B. H.T. Chai, Crystal photonics,Inc., USA L. Isaenko, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia 8. Fiber Optics, Micro-Optics, Integrated and Guided-Wave Optics Co-Chairs: Y. J. Chen, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA K. Okamoto, NEL, Japan Members: K. Takiguchi, NTT Photonics Laboratories, Japan M. Izutsu, Communications Research Lab, Japan T. Kaino, Tohoku University, Japan Y. Kokubun, Yokohama National University, Japan M. Nishimura, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Japan W. P. Huang, Apollo Photonics Inc, USA S. Chu, Little Optics, USA N. Boos, Corning FRC, France 9. Optical Switching, Computing, Information Processing and Storage Co-Chairs: P. Yeh, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA K. Y. Hsu, National Chao Tung University, Taiwan Members: B. Lee, National Seoul University, Korea N. Kim, National Chungbuk University, Korea T. Yatagai, Tsukuba University, Japan K. Kuroda, University of Tokyo, Japan R. Lessard, Laval University, Canada C. Gu, UCSC, USA D. Psaltis, Caltech, USA F. Yu, Penn State University, USA M. Gu, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 10. Laser Metrology and Environmental Optics Co-Chairs: N. Sugimoto, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan H. Kuze, Chiba University, Japan Members: D. C. Su, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan J. W. Hahn, Yonsei University, Korea D. S. Mehta, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India M. Takeda, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan K. Hotate, University of Tokyo, Japan H. Matsumoto, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), Japan K. Nakamura, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 11. Laser Chemistry, Materials Processing and Industrial Applications Co-Chairs: K. Sugioka, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) , Japan Y. F. Lu, National University of Singapore, Singapore Members: Z. G. Cheng, SIOFM, P. R., China D. Chrisey, NRL, USA F. Dausinger, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany W. F. Hsien, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan N. Rizvi, Exitech Limited, UK Y. Tsuboi, Hokkaido University, Japan Y. Nakata, Kyushu University, Japan H. Niino, AIST, Japan 12. Medical and Biological Applications Co-Chairs: Z. P. Chen, University of California at Irvine, USA K. Shimizu, Hokkaido University, Japan Members: C. J. Chang, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan M. Chen, Beijing University, China H. H. Chiang, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan M. G., Swinburne University of Technology, Australia M. Haruna, Osaka University, Japan F. J. Kao, National Sun-Yat-Sen University, Taiwan B. H. Lee, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Q. Luo, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China H. Ma, Tsinghua University, China E. Okada, Keio University, Japan D. D. Sampson, University of Western Australia, Australia 13. Lightwave Communications and Networks Co-Chairs: G. K. Chang, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA K. Sato, NTT, Japan Members: A. VonLemen, Telcordia Technologies, USA K. Kitayama, Osaka University, Japan M. Kang, Information and Technology University, Korea A. Gladisch, T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Germany Y. Kajiki, NEC Corporation, Japan 14. Optoelectronic Device and Optical System Modeling Co-Chairs: C. Menyuk, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA H. C. Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Members: J. Arnold, University of Glasgow, UK K. S. Chiang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China N. Dagli, University of California, USA J. Love, Australian National University, Australia/span> J. Yamauchi, Hosei University, Japan K. Yasumoto, Kyushu University, Japan D. Q. Chowdhury, Corning Incorporated, USA A. J. Lowery, Osg. Vpisystems Pty Ltd, Australia M. Matsumoto, Osaka University, Japan P. Poggiolini, Universita di Torino, Italy S. Turitsyn, Aston University, UK P.-K. A. Wai, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hong Kong, China 15. Optical Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Co-Chairs: L. Y. Lin, Tellium Inc., USA H. Fujita, University of Tokyo, Japan Members: W. L. Fang, National Tsing-Hwa University, Taiwan H. Toshiyoshi, University of Tokyo, Japan N. Tien, UC Davis, USA M. C. Wu, UCLA, USA T. Bourouina, ESIEE, Cite Descartes, France N. de Rooij, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland K. Hjort, Uppsala University, Sweden 16. Photonic Crystals and Nano-Optics Structures Co-Chairs: S. Noda, Kyoto University, Japan A. Scherer, California Institute of Technology, USA Members: T. Baba, Yokohama National University, Japan M. Notomi, NTT, Japan Y. H. Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea K. Sakoda, NRIM, Japan T. Sato, Tohoku University, Japan Y. W. Kiang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan 17. Display and Lighting Devices Co-Chairs: H. S. Kwok, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China S. Kobayashi, Science University of Tokyo in Yamaguchi, Japan Members: N. Peyghambarian, University of Arizona, USA T. Taguchi, Yamagata University, Japan G. Craford, Luminleds, USA J. I. Chyi, National Central University, Taiwan A. Fuh, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan S. D. Lee, Seoul National University, Korea Short Course Committee Co-Chairs: W. H. Cheng, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan S. L. Tsao, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan