Programme

Day #1: Thursday 29 September 2022 - online

08:30 | Gather Town Tutorial & Opening

Quantum, non-linear and laser optics session

09:00 | Tutorial: Prof. Martin Virte (Brussels Photonics Team (B-PHOT) - VUB) - Complexity of multi-wavelength lasers: why bother?

09:40| Contributed talk: Camilla Castillo Pinto (VUB) - Polarization dynamics of passively mode-locked VECSEL with SESAM

Biosensing & Biophotonics: From micro- to nanoscale

09:55 | Invited: Dr. Karima Chah (UMons) - Plasmonic fiber grating for bio-chemical sensing

10:25 | Contributed talk: Charlotte Bouquiaux (UNamur) - Influence of the Polar Headgroup of Lipids on the Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Responses of an Embedded in Lipid Bilayers Di-8-ANEPPS Probe

10:40 | Paper discussion: Prof. Kasper Van Gasse (UGent - Imec) - Dual-comb hyperspectral digital holography - Nature photonics

11:10 | Poster session & Tartines et Botterhammen

Optical design, manufacturing & imaging systems

14:30 | Tutorial: Prof. Steve Vanlanduit (UAntwerp) - Coating characterization using infrared multispectral imaging

15:10 | Contributed talk: Lorenzo König (ULiège) - Metasurface-based Phase Mask for Stellar Coronagraphy

Nanophotonics, plasmonics & metamaterials

15:25 | Invited: Dr Bruno Majérus (UNamur) - Visible-frequency plasmons in nanocorrugated graphene

15:55 | Contributed talk: Alice De Corte (UMons) - Electric dipole tailoring for highly directional excitation in parity-time symmetric waveguides

16:10 | Author workshop from OPTICA: Frédéric Grillot (Deputy Editor Optics Express) - Demystifying the Publishing Process

17:10 | Beer break & networking in hubs

Day #2 : Friday 30 September 2022 - hybrid (online - on site)

08:30 | Welcome on site @VUB - U-Residence - Bd Général Jacques, 172 - 1050 Brussels (Ixelles) - How to reach us...

Quantum, non-linear and laser optics session

09:00 | Tutorial: Prof. Roel Baets (UGent) - Silicon Photonics: Technology Status and Applications

09:30 | Contributed talk: Martin Skënderas (VUB) - Performance and control strategy of an integrated tunable laser with a single intra-cavity AMZI filter

Biosensing & Biophotonics: From micro- to nanoscale

09:45 | Invited: Prof. Eric Ziemons (ULiège) - Surface-enhanced Raman scattering applied to pharmaceutical analysis

10:25 | Contributed talk: Olga Rusyakina (VUB) - Breast cancer biomarker detection with a photonic crystal fiber

10:55 | Coffee & Chocolate

R&D in industry session

11:10 | AGC, AMOS, B-Sens & Morrow Eyewear

12:30 | CARLA Capsule VUB Brussels within bePOM 2022 - Job fair: Talent recruiting moment & Botterhammen en Tartines

Optical design, manufacturing & imaging systems

14:30 | Tutorial: Dr Koen Vanmol (VUB) - Functionalized optical fiber tips by 2-photon polymerization-based 3D nanoprinting

15:00 | Contributed talk: Miguel Angel Lopez Carri (UAntwerp) - Hyperspectral Detection of the Fluorescence Shift between Chirality-Sorted Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Enantiomers

Nanophotonics, plasmonics & metamaterials

15:15 | Invited: Prof. Jeroen Beeckman (UGent) - Integration of electro-optic materials on photonic integrated circuits

15:55 | Contributed talk: Thomas L. Madanu (UNamur) - Slow photon-assisted enhancement of visible light photocatalysis using colloid-templated TiO2-BiVO4 photonic crystals

16:10 | Concluding remarks & Awards

16:30 | Networking activity & drink @U-Residence

19:00 - 20:15 | Laser game (near Brussels central station)

20:30 | Dinner (near Brussels central station)

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