OBJECTIVE

The 16th MICROOPTICS CONFERENCE (MOC '10) will be held at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan on October 31 - November 3, 2010.

The MOC 2010 is intended to provide a central forum for an update and review of scientific and technical information covering a wide range of microoptics field from fundamental researches to systems and applications.

CATEGORY

The category of the conference covers the following subjects of microoptics;



1. Theory, Modeling and Design

Aberrations, Dispersion, Beam optics, Guided-wave optics, Gradient-index optics, Diffractive optics, Photonic band, Slow light, Near-field optics, Nonlinear optics, Thermooptics, Plasmonics, Simulation and System design, etc.

2. Materials and Fabrication

Semiconductors, Crystals, Dielectric materials, Polymers, Organic materials, Liquid crystals, Nonlinear materials, Composite materials, Nano-materials, Metals, Spin- materials, Metamaterials, etc.

Diffusion and Ion exchange, Lithography and Etching, Thin film deposition, Micro- and Nano-fabrication, Nano-imprint, Laser fabrication, etc.

3. Measurements

Spectroscopy, Interferometry, Reflectometry, Femto- second measurement, 3D measurement, Quantum measurement, etc.

4. Passive Devices

Fibers, Waveguides, Multi/Demultiplexers, Add-drop multiplexers, Branching and mixing components, Photonic crystals, Filters, Microlenses, Diffractive optical elements, Isolators, Polarizers, etc.

5. Dynamic and Functional Devices

MEMS, Switches, Modulators, Tunable devices, Wavelength converters, Nonlinear optical devices, Deflectors, Optical buffers, etc.

6. Active Devices

Lasers, LEDs, Solar cells, VCSELs, Array lasers, Amplifiers, Terahertz devices, Sensors, etc.

7. Integration and Packaging

Monolithic and Hybrid integration, Mounting and packaging, Optical interconnect, Micro-assembly, Si photonics, 3D integration, etc.

8. Conception for Applications

High power, High speed, High efficiency, High field, High Density, High sensitivity, etc.

APPLICATION FIELD

The 16th MICROOPTICS CONFERENCE covers microoptics technologies in the following major topical fields;



A. Optical Communications

Photonic networks, Optical cross connects, LAN, VSR, SAN, FTTH, etc.

B. Optical Interconnects

Chip/Board/System, Data transfer, etc.

C. Optical Storages

Optical heads, Disks, Near-field recording, Holographic recording, Multi-layer recording, Super resolution, etc.

D. Optoelectronic Equipment

Printers, Image sensors, Digital cameras, Advanced microscopes, etc.

E. Optical Sensing and Processing

Optics for image recognition, Physical measurements, Sensors and sensing systems, Security systems, Optical computing, Bio- and Medical sensing, etc.

F. Displays and Lighting

LCD, PDP, FED, EL, Micromirror, Laser/LED displays, 3D displays, Solid state lighting, Illuminations, Green energy devices, etc.

G. New Applications

Environmental and Energy optics, Bio- and Medical optics, Nano-photonics, Quantum systems, Next generation and Intelligent microoptics, Agricultural and Fishery optics, etc.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Original papers describing new technical contributions to the areas covered by the technical descriptions in the aforementioned category will be accepted for presentation.

A detailed instruction will be available from the following Web site.

http://www.ieo.nctu.edu.tw/moc2010

Papers should be submitted electronically no later than June 13 (Sun.), 2010. Authors will be requested to submit 2-page papers written in English, including text, figures, tables, and references within a frame of 17 cm x 24 cm. The paper template will be available through the Web site.

POSTER SESSION

In addition to regular oral presentation sessions, poster presentation session will be planned to stimulate detailed explanation and discussion. The author(s) of papers will be informed of the size of bulletin board for displaying summary, figures, tables, etc., when selected as poster papers.

POST DEADLINE PAPERS

A limited number of post deadline papers will be accepted for presentation at post deadline sessions. Latest significant results obtained after the regular deadline are most welcome.

PAPER AWARDS

Some excellent contributed papers will be awarded at the award ceremony.


OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The official language of MOC '10 is English.