Second Announcement and Call for Papers

ILLA / LTL '2003

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM

 


 

September 27 – October 1, 2003

Plovdiv – Smolyan, Bulgaria

 

Supported by the President's Administration of Republic Bulgaria

 

ILLA '2003

VIII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

LASER AND LASER-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES:

FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS AND APPLICATIONS

 

LTL Plovdiv '2003

 

III INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

LASER TECHNOLOGIES AND LASERS

 

 

 

 

Organized by:

·         Russian Academy of Sciences

·         Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

·         Institute on Laser and Information Technologies RAS (ILIT RAS)

·         OPTELA – Optical Technologies JSCo / Satura JSCo

·         Saedinenie Corporation

·         Institute National de Metrologie, CNAM, Paris, France

·         Technical University – Sofia – Branch Plovdiv

 

In Co-Operation with and Sponsored by:

·         Ministry of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation

·         SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering

·         SPIE Russia Chapter

·         Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

·         Ministry of Economy of Republic Bulgaria

·      Municipality Plovdiv

·         Municipality Smolyan

 

Conference Chair

E. P. Velikhov – Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Russia

Organizing Committee

Chair:

P. Neichev, Saedinenie Corporation, Bulgaria

Vice-Chairs

P. Staykov, OPTELA– Optical Technologies JSCo, Bulgaria

A. S. Akhmanov, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

 

Members:

E.I. Akopov, SPIE Russia Chapter

A. I. Bondarenko, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

V. D. Dubrov, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

L. P. Obukhova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

V. Ribarov, Satura JSCo, Bulgaria

 

Program Committee

Chairs:

V. Ya. Panchenko, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

N. V. Sabotinov, Inst. of Solid State Physics, Bulgaria

Vice-Chairs:

V. S. Golubev, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

M. Himbert, Institut National de Metrologie-INM/CNAM, Paris, France

M. Nenchev, Inst. of Electronics BAS, Technical Univ. – Sofia, Branch – Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Members:

P. A. Apanasevich, Inst. of Physics, Belarus

S. M. Arakelian, Vladimir State Univ., Russia

P. Atanasov, Inst. of Electronics, Bulgaria

L. Avramov, OPTELLA Co. Ltd., Bulgaria

V. N. Bagratashvili, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

V. Yu. Baranov, RRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Russia

P. Bayvel, Univ. College London, UK

V.B. Betelin, System Research Institute, Russia

D. Chorvat, International Laser Center, Slovakia

F. Dausinger, Stuttgart Univ., Germany

A. Giardini, Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy

V. M. Gordienko, Moscow State Univ., Russia

A. M. Dykhne, TRINITI, Russia

A. A. Ionin, P.N. Lebedev Physics Inst., Russia

A. A. Kazakov, RDI “Polus”, Russia

A. Konarev, Saedinenie Corporation, Bulgaria

V. I. Konov, General Physics Inst., Russia

S. Metev, BIAS – Bremen Inst. of Applied Beam Technology, Germany

P.P. Pashinin, General Physics Inst., Russia

E. N. Sobol, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

V. I. Sokolov, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

V. M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

V. V. Shuvalov, Moscow State Univ., Russia

I. A. Scherbakov, General Physics Inst., Russia

A. Serafetinides, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece

K.-I. Ueda, Univ. of Electro-Communications, Japan

K. A. Valiev, Inst. of Physics and Technology, Russia

V. P. Veiko, State Inst. of Fine Mechanics and Optics, Russia

M. A.Vorontsov, Army Research Lab., USA

R. Williams, Wake Forest University, USA

H. Weber, Inst. of Applied Physics, Univ. of Bern, Switzerland

V. N. Zadkov, Moscow State Univ., Russia

N. Zheludev, Univ. of Southampton, UK

A. N. Zherikhin, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

 

Scientific Secretaries of Conference

T. Lukovnikova, Inst. on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia

A. Boyadzhieva, Satura JSCo, Technical Univ., Plovdiv, Bulgaria

 

CONFERENCE TRADITIONS

 

The VIII International Conference “Laser and Laser-Information Technologies: Fundamental Problems and Applications” (ILLA '2003) continues the conferences “Industrial Lasers and Laser Applications”, which were started in 1985 and organized by the Institute on Laser and Information Technologies of RAS (Shatura, Moscow Region).

The III International Symposium “Laser Technologies and Lasers” (LTL '2003, Plovdiv) continues the OPTELA– Optical Technologies tradition in organizing international conferences, business-forums and symposia, dedicated to the industrial application of laser technologies, co-located with the famous International Plovdiv Fair.

The purpose and intention of the conference are to establish and develop international scientific contacts and collaboration among the scientists and engineers, working in the fields of lasers, photonics, laser applications, laser-information technologies.

 

CONFERENCE TOPICS:

 

1.       Advanced Laser Technologies and Materials:

 

  1. Pulsed laser deposition
  2. Femtotechnologies
  3. Rapid prototyping. Laser stereolithography
  4. Micro- and nanotechnologies. Micromachining
  5. Laser photochemistry

 

2.       Novel Laser Systems, Beam Control

 

  1. High power IR, visible and UV gas lasers
  2. Solid state lasers
  3. Diode pumped lasers, short-pulse and tunable lasers
  4. Laser beam and mode control
  5. Semiconductor lasers
  6. VCSELS, quantum cascade and quantum dot lasers
  7. Fiber lasers
  8. Optical amplifiers

 

3.       Laser Biomedicine

 

  1. Laser biotissue interaction
  2. Laser for biomaterials
  3. Laser hyperthermia
  4. Optical diagnostics

 

4.        Laser Systems for High Precision Measurements, Information Processing and Communication

 

  1. Fiber technologies
  2. Free space communications
  3. Optical switching elements, all optical switching
  4. Optical recognition
  5. Fiber and cavity solitons
  6. Quantum information
  7. New optical methods and systems for high precision measurements

 

5.       Industrial Laser Technologies

 

1.    Surface modification and marking

  1. Welding
  2. Cutting and perforation
  3. D&D (decontamination and decommissioning)
  4. Heavy industries and mining

 

Symposium “Laser Medicine in Clinics”

 

Symposium and Presentation “Industrial Systems”

 

The conference technical program will feature invited (30 min) papers and selected contributed oral (15 min), poster, and postdeadline papers.

Language: English will be the official language of the conference, which will be used for all printed materials, presentations, and discussions.

 

EXPECTED INVITED AND ORAL LECTURES

 

Section 1. Advanced Laser Technologies and Materials:

 

Sergey S. Alimpiev, General Physics Institute RAS, Russia
- Novel approaches in ultra high sensitive detection of organic compounds: Surface Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (SALDI)

 

Petar Atanasov, Minoru Obara, Institute of Electronics-BAS, Bulgaria, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
- Ablation processing of metals by ulrta-short laser pulses

 

Vladimir Yu. Baranov, Research Scientific Center "Kurchatov Institute", Russia
- Industrial-scale laser separation of isotopes

 

Vladimir I. Emel'yanov, Moscow State University, Russia
- Defect-deformational micro and nanostructuring of solids under laser action

 

Vyacheslav M. Gordienko, Moscow State University, Russia
- Microchanneling in transparent solids with femtosecond lasers

 

Sugioka Koji, RIKEN - Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan
- Formation of 3-D microreactor structures embedded in glass by femtosecond laser

 

 Oleg A. Louchev, National Institute for Materials Science , Tsukuba, Japan

 -Kinetics of carbon nanotube nucleation and growth by laser assisted synthesis

 

Wladimir Marine, Faculte des Sciences de Luminy, France
- Nanoclusters and nanostructured films by pulsed laser ablation for optoelectronics applications

 

Alexander N. Zherikhin, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies RAS, Russia
- Pulsed laser deposition of ZnO films

 

Section 2. Novel Laser Systems, Beam Control:

 

Evgeny M. Dianov, General Physics Institute RAS, Russia
- CW medium-power fiber lasers for near IR range

 

Andrey A. Ionin, P.N. Lebedev Physics Inst., Russia

-Problems of development of electric discharge oxygen-iodine laser

 

Victor A. Mikhailov, General Physics Institute RAS, Russia
- Diode pumped crystalline lasers

 

G.G.Petrash, P.N. Lebedev Physics Inst., Russia

-Lasers on Cu R-M transitions with electronegative molecules in active medium.

A review of recent investigations and development

 

G.G.Petrash, P.N. Lebedev Physics Inst., Russia

-Ion-ion recombination lasers

 

Nikola Sabotinov, Institute of Solid State Physics BAS, Bulgaria

-Development of new high power CuBr lasers

 

Nikola Sabotinov, Institute of Solid State Physics BAS, Bulgaria
- Development of deep ultraviolet Cu and Au lasers 

 

Günter Huber, Hanno Scheife, Ernst Heumann, Hamburg University, Germany

-Recent progress in upconversion lasers

 

Vladimir B. Tsvetkov, General Physics Institute RAS, Russia
- Beam fidelity correction of Nd-lasers by self-adaptive loop resonators based on phase conjugation in active media and passive Q-switches

 

Jean-Pierre Wallerand, Marin Nenchev, BNM-INM/CNAM, France, IE BAS/TUvBr. Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Development of diode-pumped Yb3+:doped crystal lasers

 

Ken-Ichi Ueda, Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
- Recent progress of ceramic lasers

 

Ken-Ichi Ueda, Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
- kW-class fiber-disk laser

 

Section 3. Laser Biomedicine:

 

Alexander V. Evseev, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies RAS, Russia
- Long-distance biomodeling for cranio facial surgery and neurosurgery

 

Alexander A. Karabutov, Moscow State University, Russia
- Laser ultra-sonic and optoacoustic tomography for noninvasive diagnostics

 

Gennady P. Kuzmin, General Physics Institute RAS, Russia
- Laser approach to destructive lung tuberculosis treatment

 

Mersini Makropoulou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- Lasers and hard tissue interactions

 

Sergey M. Nikiforov, General Physics Institute RAS, Russia
- Novel true pulse CO2 laser aesthetic surgery

 

Alexander Serafetinides, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- Laser development and new trends in laser and tissue interactions

 

Emil N. Sobol, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies RAS, Russia
- Laser modification of biological tissues. Research and clinical applications in otolaryngology, cosmetology and spine surgery

 

Valery A.Ul’yanov, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies RAS, Russia

-Monitoring of laser- ablated  biotissues by autodyne detection method of backscattered  radiation

Symposium “Laser Medicine in Clinics”

 

Andrei Baskov, Medical Center for vertebrology and orthopaedics, Russia
-Laser treatment of spine deceases

 

Il'ya I. Berishvili,  A.N. Bakoulev Cardiovascular Scientific Center, Russia
- Transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR): 7-years trial

 

Emmanuel Helidonis, Greek Laser Medicine Society, Greece
- The impact of laser technology in the progress of otorhinolaryngology and beyond

 

Yurii Ovchinnikov, Medical Academy of Moscow, Russia
- Lasers in otolaryngology: novel clinical applications for septochondrocorrection

Section 4. Laser Systems for High Precision Measurements, Information Processing and Communication

 

Gaetano Assanto, Terza University of Rome, Italy
- Nematicons: accessible solitons in liquid crystals

 

Y. Alayli, D. Wang, Universite de Versailles Saint Quentin , Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, France

-Application of a high accuracy fiber optic displacement sensor to vibrometry and profilometry

Allan Boardman, University of Salford, UK
- Generation and Control of Magnetooptic Dissipative Solitons

 

Stefka Cartaleva, Institute of Electronics BAS, Bulgaria
- Lossless formation of electromagnetically induced transparency in Na atoms

Martial Ducloy, Institut Galilee, University Paris-Nord, France
- Laser spectroscopy and metrology with nanometric gas cells

 

Marc Himbert, BNM-INM/CNAM, France
- Optical frequency standards based on silver atomic transitions

 

Patric Juncar, BNM-INM/CNAM, France
- Laser heterodyne interferometry using frequency stabilized lasers and application to the dimensional metrology

 

Dieter Meschede, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bonn, Germany
- Photonic structure generation by atomic nanofabrication

 

Luigi Moi, University of Siena, Italy
- Coherent spectroscopy in Cs and Rb for precise magnetic field measurements

 

Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue University, USA
- Plasmonic nanophotonics

 

Viktor I. Sokolov, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies RAS, Russia
- Polymer Bragg gratings for DWDM applications

 

Viktor Zadkov, Moscow State University, Russia

- Quantum criptography with continuous alphabet

 

Anatoly Zayats, Queen's University Belfast, UK
- Studying surface plasmon polaritons with near-field optical microscopy

 

Nikolay I. Zheludev, University of Southampton, UK
- Nanoscale photonics of structural transformations

 

Nikolay I. Zheludev, University of Southampton, UK
- Chiral planar nano-structures - a new bread of photonic meta-materials

 

Section 5. Industrial Laser Technologies:

 

Vladimir Golubev, Institute on Laser and Information Technologies RAS, Russia
- Deep penetration problem and laser material treatment

 

Vyatcheslav Karpukhin, Institute for High Temperatures RAS, Russia

- The possibilitis of civil application CO2-GDL 100-kw power range

 

 Symposium and Presentation "Industrial Systems"

 

CONFERENCE ILLA/LTL'2003

 

The conference will be held in Smolyan, Bulgaria, that is a mountain town, situated in the Western Rhodopy Mountains, at about 1000 meters above the sea level.

The Rhodopy Mountains are famous as a land of the ancient Thracian tribes and the legendary country of the Mythical Orpheus.

With its museums, theatre, educational institutions, planetarium (which is a member of the established by Karl Sagan international organisation, called “Planetary community”) and the Rojen National Observatory (the biggest on the Balkan Peninsula), the town is recognized as a regional cultural and educational center. The favourable climate conditions, preserved traditional way of life and customs, as well as the specific architecture, contributed to the establishment of the town as a considerable tourist center.

At about ten kilometres from Smolyan is situated the well known Pamporovo mountain resort that offers splendid hotels, a number of rest houses, ski tracks and many other attractions.

There are a number of cultural and historical attractions in the region of Smolyan that are of great interest for the visitors. Some of them are: the Smolyan Mountain Lakes, the Uhlovitsa Cave, the Agushevi Konatsi Fores dating from the Middle ages, and the Shiroka Luka architectural reserve.

 

 

 

 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

REGISTRATION FEES

 

Registration fee – $200 US

Registration fee for students – $50 US

Students should be prepared to provide student identification at the time of registration to be granted student full registration prices.

 

The full registration fee for ILLA/LTL ’2003 conference includes:

 

For accompanying persons the payments are:

·         Welcome reception             - $15 US

·         Conference dinner              - $20 US

·         Transportation                    - $40 US

 

All the payments may be made by two ways:

“OPTELA-OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES” JSCo

Bulbank

Code                       62176244

SWIFT                   BFTBBGSR

$ account               1101463710

EURO account      1201463713

 

In this case the copy of bank transfer order should be sent with the registration form to the ILLA/LTL ’2003 Organizing Committee: illa2003@laser.ru ; ltl2003@optela.com

 

Preliminary registration

 

For preliminary registration, please, fill in the ILLA/LTL ‘2003 registration form (see below) and send it before August 15, 2003

 

HOUSING AND TRAVEL INFORMATION
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
 
SMOLYAN***

The Conference sessions will be held in this hotel.

A number of rooms have been blocked at special rates for ILLA/LTL ’2003 participants.

A 133-room hotel, located in the center of Smolyan town. Full service, parking, sauna, swimming pool, restaurant and four bars, satellite TV.

 

Accommodation price

·         Single room -  $25 US

·         Double room - $20 US /single use/

- $15 US /double use/

The breakfast is included in the accommodation price.

 

PAMPOROVO*****

4870 Pamporovo, Bulgaria

Phone: (+359 3021) 81 22

Fax: (+359 3021) 85 25

E-mail: hotel_pamporovo@yahoo.com

A 177-room hotel, beautifully located in mountain’s resort, at an altitude of 1552 m. Full service, parking, satellite TV, sauna, swimming pool, health center, restaurant, Irish pub, barbecue outdoor.

The hotel is located 10 km from the place of the Conference sessions (hotel “Smolyan”). The participants will be transported by the special bus.

 Accommodation charge:

·         Apartment  -    $100 US

·         Double room - $80 US /single use/

- $60 US /double use/

The breakfast is included in the accommodation charge

Please complete the hotel registration form and send it by fax: +7(095) 135-54-30

The hotel registration form is also available from Conference Web-site: http://illa2003.laser.ru as Doc. Document to be sent as an attachment by e-mail: illa2003@laser.ru ; ltl2003@optela.com

 

Please send the hotel registration form to the Organizing Committee by August 15, 2003 at the latest

 

TRANSPORTATION

 

Smolyan town is located 250 km from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and Sofia’s international airport. During the Conference the transportation from Sofia to Smolyan and back will be provided for all the participants. The cost of transportation is included in the registration fee. For accompanying persons the cost of transportation is $40 US.

 

 

SIGHTSEEING PROGRAM

DETAILS

 

The following excursions will be organized for the participants and accompanying persons:

·         Visit to Smolyan Ethnographic Museum

·         Visit to Pamporovo – the most famous Bulgarian resort, located in the midst of the Rhodopy mountains, in the Strudenetska Sedlovina, 1700 m average sea level elevation

·         Visit to village of Shiroka Luka – architecture, folk and ethnographic reserve of Rhodopy, with dinner ($ 25 US).

 

POST-CONFERENCE TOUR “AROUND BULGARIA”

1 – 5 October 2003

(5 days/4 nights)