Chair:
- Dmitry A. Zimnyakov, Yuri Gagarin Saratov State Technical University; Institute of Precise Mechanics and Control RAS, Russia
Secretary:
- Elena A. Isaeva, Yuri Gagarin Saratov State Technical University, Russia
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Anna A. Isaeva, Yuri Gagarin Saratov State Technical University, Russia
Program Committee:
- Robert R. Alfano, CCNY, USA
- Stefan Andersson-Engels, Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland
- Oleg V. Angelsky, Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
- Victor N. Bagratashvili, Inst. of Laser and Information Technologies RAS, Russia)
- Claude Boccara, ESPCI, France
- Alexander V. Bykov, Univ. of Oulu, Finland
- Alexander V. Doronin, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Steven L. Jacques, Oregon Health Sciences Univ., USA
- Alexey P. Popov, Univ. of Oulu, Finland
- Alexander P. Sviridov, Inst. of Laser and Information Technologies RAS, Russia
- Valery V. Tuchin, Saratov State University, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control RAS, Tomsk State University, Russia
- Olga V. Ushakova, Yuri Gagarin Saratov State Technical University of Saratov, Russia
- Alexander G. Ushenko, Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
- Lihong Wang, California Institute of Technology, CA, USA
The main goals of the Conference are:
- To present the recent results and achievements in the area of light polarization probes of random media;
- To discuss the fundamental aspects of polarized coherent and non-coherent light propagation in scattering and absorbing media with complex structure;
- To discuss the possible applications of spectral-polarization and coherence-domain techniques for morphological and functional diagnostics in biomedicine and for characterization of micro- and nanostructured dispersive media and composite materials in material science;
- To involve young scientists and student to the active and creative work in the fields of fundamental and applied optics, laser physics, and photonics.
Topics:
The scientific program will include but is not restricted to the following topic areas:
- Fundamentals of polarized light propagation in random media and interrelations between the coherence and polarization properties of light waves – traditional approaches and new sights
- Basic principles and applications of singular optics and theory of optical vortices
- Polarized light in biomedicine – from simple devices to sophisticated applications
- Design and practical use of polarization-based probes and sensors in various areas of modern science and technology
- Double refraction, optically active, and chiral homogeneous and heterogeneous natural and artificial media;
- Resonant light-matter interactions at nanometer scale and their manifestations in polarization properties of scattered light
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Analytical and numerical approaches to simulation of polarized light propagation in multiple scattering random media