TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON QUANTUM ELECTRONICS: LASER PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS
23 - 28 September, 2002, Varna, Bulgaria

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Chairman:
Dr. Ivan Kolev
Vice-Chairman:
Dr. Lachezar Avramov
Secretary:
Todor Karaulanov
Christina Andreeva
Members:
Dr. Sanka Gateva
Ivan Grigorov
Ekaterina Borissova
Lyubomir Petrov
Albena Perduhova
Rangel Rangelov

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Chairmen:
Prof.P.Atanassov, Bulgaria
Prof.A.Serafetinides, Greece
Prof.W.Demtroeder, Germany
Members:
Prof.N.Sabotinov, Bulgaria
Prof.M.Nenchev, Bulgaria
Prof.A.Dreischuh, Bulgaria
Dr.S.Cartaleva, Bulgaria
Prof.I.Mihailescu, Romania
Prof.J.Helmcke, Germany
Prof.M.Bennett, UK
Prof.S.Svanberg, Sweden
Prof.C.Afonso, Spain
Prof.L.Moi, Italy
Prof.V.Konov, Russia

PURPOSE, PROGRAM

The Twelfth School on Quantum Electronics "Laser Physics and Applications" will take place from 23 to 28 September 2002, near the Black Sea resort city of Varna. This is a traditional event, organized biennially since 1980 by the Institute of Electronics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and recently co-organized by SPIE Bulgaria Chapter with the purpose of providing a meeting place for researchers mainly from Eastern and Central European countries. Leading scientists are invited to deliver lectures on "hot" topics in the fundamentals of laser physics and applications of lasers, grouped as follows:

Poster sessions for the participants will also be organized on the above mentioned and related topics.
The invited lectures and selected posters will be published in a special issue of SPIE Proceedings.

http:// www.sqe2002.dir.bg
e-mail: schoolqe@ibas.bg