LAOP 2012 - Latin America Optics & Photonics Conference

The Latin America Optics & Photonics Conference (LAOP) is an International Conference in which many of the important scientific advances in the field of optics will be presented. The scope of this meeting encompasses all of the major areas in optics and this meeting reports on the results of research that are having major impacts both in the scientific community as well as the applications world. Scientific topics include micro and nano-photonics, laser science and technology, atomic physics, advances in the development and use of modern spectroscopy, and quantum optics to mention a few. The meeting also has rich content of optical technologies ranging from the latest results in lighting and illumination engineering, the use of optical approaches in information sciences and optical communications to the latest developments in optical technologies for use in biomedical applications and clinical studies. In 2012, LAOP conference will be expanded to include additional topical categories covered in the 2010 RIAO-OPTILAS meeting. Several of these expanded categories cover research in astronomical instrumentation, color and vision, opto-mechatronics design and fabrication, thin films and environmental optics.
In its second year, the Latin America Optics & Photonics Conference is the major conference sponsored by the Optical Society (OSA) in Latin America and co-sponsored by the Brazilian Physics Society (BPS). Presentations from international experts from around the world make this meeting one of the most comprehensive optics meetings and offers the attendees the opportunity not only to hear the latest results but also to interact with many of the leading scientists and developers in the optics arena.
Optical Design and Instrumentation
Optics for Renewable Energy
Polarization and Birefringence in Optical Design
Lighting and Illumination Engineering
Diffractive and Holographic Optics
Computational Imaging and Photography
Photonic Devices for Sensing Applications
Optical Coherence Tomography
TeraHertz Imaging and Applications
Optical Metrology
Astronomical Instrumentation
Optics in Information Science
Optical Information Processing and Transport in the Age of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Optical Signals and System in Four Dimensions
Computational Imaging and Photography
Wavefront Design for Information Transport and Sensing
Optical Storage
General Optics in Information Science
Displays
Optical Imaging
LEDs based devices
Photonics in Arts Conservation and Restoration
Nonlinear Optics
Fundamental studies and new concepts
Novel NLO characterization techniques
Nonlinear Statistical Optics
Single-photon nonlinear optics
Slow Light
Coherent Control
Nonlinear Organic and Inorganic Materials
Frequency Combs and Optical Clocks
THz generation, spectroscopy and imaging
Quantum Optics
Quantum Optics in Waveguides
Quantum computing and teleportation
Microcavity Devices
Entanglement Generation and Measurement
Anderson Localization of Classical and Quantum Waves
Optical Probes of Molecular Chirality and Supramolecular Chiral Assemblies
Quantum Communications
Atomic Physics and Laser Spectroscopy
Atomic tests of fundamental physics
Laser spectroscopy, cooling and trapping
Chip traps for atoms, ions and molecules
Quantum optics and cavity QED with atoms
Bose-Einstein condensates
Fermi gases
Cold molecules
Atomic clocks
Attosecond physics with atoms
Atoms in optical lattices
Quantum information processing with atoms and ions
Artificial atoms
Optical Communications
Novel Fiber, Guided-Wave Optics and Integrated-Optical Devices for Future Communication Systems
All-Optical Signal Processing Devices and Applications
Coherent communications and Superchannels
Optical Networks for the Future Internet
Terabit/s Systems and Beyond
Novel Optical Amplifiers and Wavelength Converters
Quantum Communications
Micro and Nanophotonics
Micro and Nanofluidics systems
Nanoplasmonics Devices and Applications
Photonic Crystals and Optical Circuits
Silicon Photonics
Nanomaterials and Devices
Nanoscale Optics Imaging
Nanophotonics for energy
Nanophotonics for sensors
Nanophotonics for information processing
Metamaterials
Nanobiosensors
Optomechanics
Biophotonics and Biomedical Applications
Optical Trapping and Micromanipulation
Optical Biosensing
Photonic Based Therapeutic and Diagnostic
Tissue Imaging and Spectroscopy
Microscopy Devices and Applications
Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine
Molecular Imaging in the Eye
Biomedical Applications of Ultrafast Optics
Single-Molecule Biophysics
General Optics in Biology and Medicine
Laser Science and Technology
Semiconductor Laser and Devices
Solid State Lasers
Random Lasers
High Power Laser Technology
High-Power Continuous-Wave and Fiber Lasers
Ultrafast Lasers
Infrared Lasers
Chaotic Lasers and Applications
Extreme Light Sources
Laser and Optical Materials
Laser Metrology and Remote Sensing
Laser Processing and Industrial Applications
All OSA Meetings are peer reviewed. Accepted papers presented at the conference will be archived in Optics InfoBase, OSA's online library for OSA flagship journals and partnered and copublished journals.