- 1. Gas, Liquid and Solid-State Lasers
 Stuart Jackson, University of Sydney, Australia [Tutorial Lecture]
"Developments in High-Power Fibre Lasers"- Daniel Brown, Cymer, Inc., USA
"Excimer laser characteristics for deep-UV photolithography"
- Takatomo Sasaki and Masashi Yoshimura, Osaka University, Japan
"Recent advancement on UV light generation by nonlinear optical borate crystals in Osaka University"
- Jesper Munch, The University of Adelaide, Australia
"CW high-power ultra-stable solid-state lasers"
- Yung-Fu Chen, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
"Diode-pumped Q-switched yellow laser with single-pass sum-frequency mixing: Comparison between PPLN and PPKTP"
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- 2. Semiconductor Materials, Lasers and Related Devices
- Jens Buus, Gayton Photonics Ltd, UK [Tutorial Lecture]
"Wavelength tunable semiconductor lasers"
- M. Troccoli, Harvard University, USA
"Mid-IR quantum cascade lasers and amplifiers: recent developments and applications"
- K. Nakahara and T. Yuasa*, Hitachi Ltd., *OpNext Japan, Inc., Japan
"1.3-£gm InGaAlAs WTR-MQW-DFB lasers for 10-Gbit/s SR applications"
- S. C. Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
"Progress in GaN based blue and ultraviolet light emitting devices"
- Hisaki Kato, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Japan
"GaN based white LED"
- Nobuhiko Nishiyama, Corning Inc., USA
"High Efficiency CW Operation of 1.53 £gm Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser on InP"
- Yoshihiko Ikenaga and Akihiko Kasukawa, The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan
"1.3 £gm-range GaInNAsSb VCSELs with high temperature operation"
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- 3. High-Field Lasers and Ultra-Short Wavelength Radiation
- K. Midorikawa, RIKEN, Japan
"Generation and Application of Strong Fields in the XUV Region"
- Y. Izawa and R. Kodama, Osaka University, Japan
"Fast ignitor research by PW laser
- J. Zhang, Institute of Physics, China
"Research on high field laser physics at the Institute of Physics, CAS"
- F. Krausz and M. Uiberacker, TU Wien, Austria & MPQ, Germany
"Ultrafast metrology at the atomic time scale"
- S. L. Chin, Laval University, Canada
"Self-focusing and filamentation of ultrafast laser pulses in optical media: physics and applications"
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- 4. Quantum Optics, Laser Spectroscopy and Their Applications
- Y. Ron Shen, University of California, USA [Tutorial Lecture]
"Surface Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy"
- Oleg A. Aktsipetrov, Moscow State University, Russia
"Nonlinear optical probing low-dimentional ferroelectricity and magnetism in surface structures and ultra-thin films"
- Yuichi Fujimura, Tohoku University, Japan
"Quantum Control of Molecular Chirality"
- Jason R. Dwyer and Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto, Canada
"Making Movies of Molecules with Femtosecond Electron Wavepackets"
- Kenji Ohmori, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan
"Sub-10 attosecond manipulation of quantum phases"
- Hrvoje Petek, University of Pittsburgh, USA
"The fundamental response of Si to 50 THz bandwidth optical excitation"
- Jie Zhang, Chinese Academy of Science, China
"Temporal and spatial characteristics of high energy electrons generated by high laser field"
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- 5. Nonlinear Optics
- Jim Piper, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
"Design and Operation of Solid-State Raman Lasers"
- Yujie J. Ding, Lehigh University, USA
"Coherent THz waves based on difference-frequency generation"
- Choon Sup Yoon, KAIST, Korea
"Intrinsic Pulsewidth Dependence of Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility"
- Kazuhiro Imai, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan
"Widely tunable Terahertz-wave parametric generator with achromatic injection-seeding"
- Wolfgang Sohler, University of Paderborn, Germany
"All-Optical Signal Processing in Periodically Poled Ti:LiNbO3 Channel Guides"
- Kyungwon An, Seoul National University, Korea
"Quantum Chaos in Deformed Microcavities"
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- 6. Ultra-Fast Phenomena and Optoelectronics
- X.-C. Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA [Tutorial Lecture]
"Recent Progress of Terahertz Wave Tomographic Imaging"
- Xun Gu and Rick Trebino, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA [Tutorial Lecture]
"The Measurement of Ultrashort Pulses: From Simple Laser Pulses to Unstable, Ultracomplex, Ultrabroadband, Ultraweak Light Pulses"
- Takayoshi Kobayashi, University of Tokyo, Japan
"Ultarshort visible pulse generation by NOPA"
- Masataka Nakazawa, Tohoku University, Japan
"Ultrafast optical pulses and solitons for advanced communications"
- Osamu Wada, Kobe University, Japan
"Femtosecond all-optical devices for ultrafast communications"
- Irina Sorokina, Institut fur Photonik, TU Wien, Austria
"Diode-pumped self-starting few optical cycle pulse generation at 1.5 £gm"
- Chi-Kuang Sun, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
"THz MSM traveling-wave photodetectors for communications and imaging"
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- 7. Optical Material and Fabrication Techniques
- K. Kitamura, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
"Micro-structuring of lithum niobate crystal based on domain engineering"
- L. Isaenko, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
"Single crystals with low phonon energy for mid-IR lasers"
- Y. Y. Zhu, Nanjing University, China
"Polariton in a piezoelectric superlattice"
- T. Fukuda, Tohoku University, Japan
Growth of ZnO Single Crystal by Hydrothermal Method using Pt Container and its Application to the Growth of GaN by Amonothermal Method
- C. T. Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Recent Advances of Deep and Vacuum-UV Harmonic Generation with New Borate Crystals
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- 8. Fiber Optics, Micro-Optics, Integrated and Guided Optics
- Y. Hibino, NTT Photonics Laboratories, Japan
"Recent advances in AWG technologies"
- S. Kawakami, Tohoku University, Japan
"Novel analysis and fabrication of photonic bandgap devices"
- S. Namiki, The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan
"Optical fiber amplifiers for WDM"
- B. Y. Kim, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
"Dynamic Gain Equalizers for WDM Systems"
- J. J. He and E. Koteles, Lightip Technologies Inc., Canada
"InP-based Photonic Integrated Circuits"
- S. Chu, Little Optics, USA
"Application of microring resonators in large scale photonics integrated circuits"
- Y. J. (Ray) Chen, University of Maryland, USA
"Incoherent Interferometric measurement technique for PLC devices"
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- 9. Optical Switching, Computing, Information Processing and Storage
- Byoungho Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
"Three-dimensional image recognition and display using lens arrays"
- Hideyoshi Horimai, OPTWARE Corporation, Japan
"Collinear Holography"
- Yoshimasa Kawata, Shizuoka University, Japan
"Multilayered optical memory with a nanofabricated recording medium in three-dimensions"
- Jun Tanida, Osaka University, Japan
"Optoelectronic hybridization for compact imaging system"
- Suganda Jutamulia, Newtonics, USA
"Miniature lens for correcting elliptical and astigmatic laser diode beam as applied to optical storage and communications"
- Yao Li, Alliance Fiber Optic Products, USA
"WDM Fiber Optic Component Trends for Power, Wavelength, and Configuration Management"
- T C Poon, Virginia Tech, USA
"Real-time joint transfrom correlation using optical heterodyning"
- Francis Yu, Pennsylvania State University, USA
"Holography: Origin, Development and Beyond"
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- 10. Laser Metrology and Environmental Optics
- Takao Kobayashi, Fukui University, Japan [Tutorial Lecture
"Progress in high-spectral resolution lidars for remote sensing of the environment"
- Thomas J. Kulp, Sandia National Laboratoties, USA
"Infrared active imaging for the remote detection of fugitive gas emissions"
- Chikao Nagasawa, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
"Lidar techniques for observations of atmospheric wind and temperature Profiles"
- Jae Yong Lee, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korea
"Recent progress in cavity ringdown spectroscopy for ultrasensitive detection and quantitative measurement"
- Chien Chou, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
"Optical Heterodyne Interferometer on Optical Activity Measurement"
- Kaoru Minoshima, AIST, Japan
"Femtosecond-comb distance meter: ultrahigh-resolution distance measurement using a mode-locked laser"
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- 11. Laser Chemistry, Materials Processing and Industrial Applications
- Wilhelm Pfleging, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany
"Fabrication of functional polymeric prototypes for micro-fluidic and micro-optical applications"
- Jianrong Qiu, Photon Craft Project, JST,Japan
"Femotosecond Laser induced microstructures with photonic functions"
- Masayuki Okoshi, National Defense Academy, Japan
"F2 laser processing of silicone"
- M. H. Hong, Laser Microprocessing, Data Storage Institute, Singapore
"Laser Micro- & nanoprocessing of glass substrates"
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- 12. Medical and Biological Applications
- Z. P. Chen, University of California at Irvine, USA [Tutorial Lecture]
"Optical coherence tomography: technology and application"
- Peter So, MIT, USA
"Multi-Photon Tissue Microscopy & Microanalysis"
- Min Gu, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
"Recent development of fiber-optic two-photon fluorescence endoscopy devices"
- Jianan Qu, Hong Kong University of Sciecne and Technology, Hong Kong, China
"Calibrated fluorescence imaging of tissue pathology in vivo"
- Yukio Yamada, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
"Photon Migration in Biological Tissue and Application to Diffuse Optical Tomography"
- Wei R. Chen, University of Central Oklahoma, USA
"Selective laser-tissue interaction and immunological stimulation in cancer treatment"
- L. Wang, Texas A&M University, USA
"Functional biophotonic imaging with ultrasonic mediation"
- D. D. Sampson, The University of Western Australia, Australia
"The frequency-domain delay line in optical coherence tomography: design, capabilities and limitations"
- C. C. Yang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
"Dispersion Compensation in High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography"
- Satoshi Kawata, Osaka University, Japan
"Nano-imaging of biomolecules with near-field Raman microscope"
- Arthur Chiou, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
"FCurrent Trend and Recent Progresses in Optical Trapping: From Optical Tweezers to Single-Particle Spectroscopy and Photonics Force Microscopy"
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- 13. Lightwave Communications and Networks
- Jean-Pierre Goedgebuer, Georgia Institute of Technology Lorraine, France
"Chaotic State Optical Communications"
- Jianjun Yu and Gee-Kung Chang, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
"Spectral Efficient DWDM Optical Label Generation and Transport for Next Generation Internet"
- A. Gladisch, T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Germany
"Transparent Optical Networking: Application Scenarios"
- K. Kitayama, Osaka University, Japan
"Opical Code Correlation-based Processing : A Potential Technology for Photonic Networking"
- Thomas C-J. Chae, University of Melbourne, Australia
"Broadband Access Using EPON and Other Techniques"
- Ron Skoog and Ann VonLemen, Telcordia Technologies, USA
"Architecture for Next Generation Optical Networks"
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- 14. Optoelectronic Device and Optical System Modeling
- Curtis R. Menyuk, University of Maryland, USA [Tutorial Lecture]
"Accurate calculation of bit error ratios in optical fiber communications systems"
- Chien-Jen (Simon) Chen, Onetta Inc., USA
"Modeling and Control of Er-Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Raman Optical Amplifiers"
- Werner Rosenkranz, University of Kiel, Germany
"Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Improved Data Formats for Optical Communications"
- Masanori Koshiba, Hokkaido University, Japan
"Finite Element Analysis of Photonic Crystal Fibers"
- John Love, Australian National University, Australia
"Novel Adiabatic and Grating-based Devices for WDM Wavelength Add/Drop Applications"
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- 15. Optical Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
- Ming Wu, UCLA, USA
"Applications of MEMS in Nano-Photonic Integrated Circuits"
- Renshi Sawada, NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories, Japan
"3D-MirrorArray with Terraced Electrodes and High Aspect Ratio Springs"
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- 16. Photonic Crystals and Nano-Optics Structures
- Eli Yablonovitch, UCLA, USA [Tutorial Lecture]
"Photonic Crystals - New Materials for 21st Century"
- Thomas F. Krauss, University of St. Andrews, UK
"Photonic crystal WDM components"
- Masaya Notomi, NTT, Japan
"Lasing Action in Organic Photonic Crystal and Quasicrystal"
- Susumu Noda, Kyoto University, Japan
"Manipulation of Photons by Artificial Defects in Photonic Crystals"
- Yasuo Ohtera and Shojiro Kawakami, Tohoku University, Japan
"Functional Optical Components Consisting of Heterostructured Photonic Crystals"
- D. S. Kim, Seoul National University, Korea
"Plasmonic photonic crystals: theory and experiment"
- Vahid Sandoghdar, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
"Optical near-field microscopy of photonic crystals"
- J. G. Fleming, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
"Photonic Lattices Fabrication Using Si Lithographic Processes"
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- 17. Display and Lighting Devices
- Byoungho Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
"Design and analysis of gratings and diffractive optical elements for displays"
- Taehyoung Zyung, ETRI, Korea
"White organic light-emitting diodes operated by organic field-effect transistors"
- H. S. Kwok, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China
"Bistable Liquid Crystal Displays"
- G. E. Jabbour and N. Peyghambarian, University of Arizona, USA
"Printing of Nanothick Organic Layers For Photonic and Photovoltaic Devices"
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