ICONO/LAT 2013 Committees

Co-Chairs
Andrius Baltuska, Technical Univ. of Vienna, Austria
Alexei Zheltikov, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Russia

Members
Eugene Baklanov, Inst. of Laser Physics, Russia
Andrey Ionin, Lebedev Physical Inst., Russia
Yuri Kulchin, Inst. for Automation and Control Processes, Russia
Peng Liu, Shanghai Inst. of Optics and Fine Mechanics, P. R. China
Derryck Reid, Heriot-Watt Univ., UK
Eberhard Riedle, Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., Germany
Monika Ritsch-Marte, Medical Univ. Innsbruck, Austria
Kazuaki Sakoda, Tsukuba Univ., Japan
Mikhail Shneider, Princeton Univ., USA
Concita Sibilia, Univ. di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
Atsushu Yabushita, Natl. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan

2. Nonlinear Space-Time Dynamics, Instabilities, and Patterns

Co-Chairs
Claudio Conti, Univ. Sapienza, Italy
Nikolay Rosanov, Research Inst. for Laser Physics, Russia

Members
Fabio Biancalana, Max Planck Inst. for the Science of Light, Germany
Gian-Luca Oppo, Univ. of Strathclyde, UK
Antonio Picozzi, UMR 5209 CNRS-Univ. de Bourgogne, France

3. Quantum and Atom Optics

Co-Chairs
Victor Balykin, Inst. of Spectroscopy, Russia
Arno Rauschenbeutel, Technical Univ. of Viena, Austria

Members
Markus Aspelmeyer, Univ. of Vienna, Austria
Hans Bachor, The Australian NatòÀÙl Univ., Australia
Dieter Meschede, Univ. of Bonn, Germany
Kohzo Hakuta, Univ. of Electro-Communications, Japan
Ennio Arimondo, Univ. of Pisa, Italy
Kristian Helmerson, Monash Univ., Australia
Hidetoshi Katori, The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Claude Fabre, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Vladimir Velichanskii, Lebedev Physical Inst., Russia

4. 4.Quantum Physics, Information, and Technologies
   

Co-Chairs
Leong-Chuan Kwek, Natl. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Alexey Taichenachev, Inst. of Laser Physics, Russia

Members
Alexei Akimov, Russian Quantum Center, Russia
Eugene Demler, Harvard Univ., USA
Marco Genovesse, Inst. Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM), Italy
David Hutchinson, Univ. of Otago, New Zealand
Sergey Kulik, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Russia
Igor Ryabtsev, Rzhanov Inst. of Semiconductor Physics, Russia

5. 5.High-Field Physics and Attoscience
   

Co-Chairs
Mikhail Fedorov, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Victor Malka, Ecole Politechnique, France

Members
Pierre Agostini, The Ohio State Univ., USA
Dimitri Batani, Univ. of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Wilhelm Becker, Max-Born-Inst. f†®r Nichtlineare Optik und
ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Germany
Jens Biegert, CFO - Inst. de Ci†ències Fot†’niques, Spain
Thomas Brabec, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
Pascal Salieres, CEA-Saclay, IRAMIS, France
Antony Starace, The Univ. of Nebraska, USA

6. 6.Nano-Optics and Plasmonics
   

Co-Chairs
Alexandra Boltasseva, Purdue Univ., USA
Andrey Fedyanin, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Russia

Members
Andrea Alu, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA
Harald Giessen, Univ. Stuttgart, Germany
Maria Kafesaki, Inst. of Electronic Structure and Laser (FORTH), Greece
L. (Kobus) Kuipers, Inst. for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF),
ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Netherlands
Philippe Lalanne, Inst. d'Optique, Campus Polytechnique, France
Mikhail Lapine, The Univ. of Sydney, Australia
Dragomir Neshev, The Australian Natl. Univ., Australia
Thomas Pertsch, Inst. of Applied Physics, Germany
Romain Quidant, ICFO - Inst. de Ci†ències Fot†’niques, Spain
Rashid Zia, Brown Univ., USA

7. Physics of Metamaterials and Complex Media

Co-Chairs
Yuri Kivshar, Australian Natl. Univ., Australia
Vasily Klimov, Lebedev Physical Inst., Russia

Members
Pavel Belov, St. Petersburg Natl. Research Univ. of Information
ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, Russia
Che Ting Chan, The Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology,
ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Hong Kong
Natalia Litchinitser, Univ. at Buffalo, The State Univ. of New York, USA
Konstantin Simovsky, Aalto Univ., Finland
Din Ping Tsai, National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan
Viktor Veselago, A.M.Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Anatoly Zayats, King's College London, UK

8. Ultrafast Phenomena and High-Precision Measurements

Co-Chairs
Eric Cormier, Univ. Bordeaux 1, France
Nikolay Kolachevsky, Lebedev Physical Inst., Russia

Members
Sebastien Bize, Observatoire de Paris, France
Zenghu Chang, CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, USA
Stefan Haacke, Univ. of Strasburg, France
Katsumi Midorikawa, RIKEN, Japan
Christopher Oates, Natl. Inst. of Standards and Technology, USA
Ekkehard Peik, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany
Moshe Shapiro, The Univ. of British Columbia, Canada

9. 9.ICONO Symposium: Femtosecond Laser Pulse Filamentation
   

Co-Chairs
Sea Leang Chin, Laval Univ., Canada
Olga Kosareva, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Russia

Members
Arnaud Couairon, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Alexander Gaeta, Cornell Univ., USA
Miroslav Kolesik, Univ. of Arizona, USA
Ruxin Li, Shanghai Inst. of Optics and Fine Mechanics, P.R.China
Stelios Tzortzakis, Inst. of Electronic Structure and Laser, Greece

10. ICONO Symposium: Organic Photovoltaics

Co-Chairs
Dmitry Paraschuk, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.
Maxim Pshenichnikov, Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands

Members
Paul Berger, The Ohio State Univ., USA
Vladimir Dyakonov, Univ. of W†®rzburg, Germany
Guglielmo Lanzani, Politechnico di Milano, Italy
Abderrahim Yassar, Ecole Polytechnique, France

11. Joint ICONO/LAT Symposium on THz Optics and Technologies

Co-Chairs
Alexander Shkurinov, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Russia
Xi-ºáheng Zhang, Hiuazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, China/Univ. of Rochester, USA

Members
J†ános Hebling, Univ. of P†écs, Hungary
Frank Hegmann, Univ. Alberta, Canada
Dan Grischkowsky, Oklahoma State Univ., USA
Boris Knyazev, NPI, Russia
Petr Obraztsov, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Andrey Stepanov, Inst. of Applied Physics, Russia
Koichiro Tanaka, Koyto Univ., Japan
Cunlin Zhang, Capital Normal Univ., China

LAT Program Committee

LAT Program Chairs

1. Solid-State Lasers, Materials and Applications

Co-Chairs
Boris Denker, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Klaus Petermann, Hamburg Univ., Germany

Members
Galina Bufetova, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Aladar Czitrovszky, Inst. for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungary
Sergey Kobtsev, Novosibirsk State Univ., Russia
Ch. Kraenkel, Hamburg Univ., Germany
Andrey Kurkov, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Oleg Okhotnikov, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland
Igor Razdobreev, Lille Univ., France
Vladimir Tsvetkov, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia

2. 2.High-Power Lasers and Applications
   

Co-Chairs
Sergei Garanin, Russian Federal Nuclear Ctr., Russia
Mike Dunne, Laser Fusion Energy, Natl. Ignition Facility, USA

Members
Regina Bonanno, LLNL, USA
Sergei Garnov, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Gennadii Kochemasov, Federal Nuclear Center, Russia
Boris Zhdanov, US Air Force Academy, USA

3. 3.Laser Remote Sensing and Tunable Diode Laser spectroscopy
   

Co-Chairs
Vladislav Mikhalevich, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Marcus Sigrist, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Arlan Mantz, Connecticut College, USA

Members
David Whiteman, NASA/GSFC Greenbelt, USA
Anatoli Chaikovsky, Stepanov Inst. of Physics, Belarus
Gennadii Matvienko, Zuev Inst. of Atmospheric Optics, Russia
Alexander Nadezhdinskii, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Sergey Pershin, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Igor Veselovskii, Prokhorov General Physics Inst., Russia
Frank Tittle, Rice Univ., USA
Christof Janssen, Univ. Paris VI, France

4. 4.Diffractive Optics and Nanophotonics
   

Co-Chairs
Viktor Soifer,