Technical Conference: 26 - 30 October 2025
Exhibition: 28 - 29 October 2025
Colorado Convention Center | Denver, Colorado, USA

Technical Conference: 26 - 30 October 2025
Exhibition: 28 - 29 October 2025
Colorado Convention Center | Denver, Colorado, USA

Invited Speakers

FiO 1: Fabrication, Design and Instrumentation

Pablo Artal, Universidad de Murcia, D2
Vision with a Two-photon Infrared RGB Display Invited

Ulrike Fuchs, asphericon GmbH, D2
From Design to Reality: Real-World Implementations of Freeform Optics in Emerging Applications Invited

Markus Graefe, Institute of Applied Physics (Germany), D2
Nonlinear Interferometers - From Fundamentals to Biomedical Imaging and Beyond Invited

Takuro Ideguchi, University of Tokyo, D2
Mid-infrared Photothermal Quantitative Phase Microscopy for Live-cell Imaging Invited

Kate Medicus, Ruda Optical Inc., D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Jiali Sun, Technische Universität Dresden, D2
AI for Metrology Invited

Florian Willomitzer, Univ of Arizona, Coll of Opt Sciences, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

FiO 2: Optical Interactions

Ali Adibi, Georgia Institute of Technology, D2
Miniaturized Reconfigurable Nanophotonic Devices enabled by Phase-change Materials Invited

Richard Averitt, University of California San Diego, D2
Terahertz Nonlinear and Parametric Dynamics in Quantum Materials Invited

Alexey Belyanin, Texas A&M University, D2
Nanophotonics for Single-photon Nonlinear Optics and Coherent Control of Topological Electron States Invited

Peter Dombi, Rsrch Inst for Solid State Phy & Opt, D2
PHz Current Control in Dielectric Media Invited

Hanieh Fattahi, Max-Planck-Inst Physik des Lichts, D2
Femtosecond Fieldoscopy: a route to high resolution label-free microscopy Invited

Christina Jörg, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, D2
Structured Light in Waveguide-based Hamiltonian Simulators Invited

Malcolm Kadodwala, University of Glasgow, D2
Chiral Nanophotonics: Towards Single Molecule Chiroptical Measurements Invited

Henry Kapteyn, KMLabs, D2
Coherent VUV-to-Soft X-ray Sources using Guided-Wave Upconversion of Ultrafast Lasers Invited

Ebrahim Karimi, University of Ottawa, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Bienvenu Ndagano, INRS-Energie Mat & Tele Site Varennes, D2
Towards Ultrafast Quantum Iimaging Invited

FiO 3: Quantum Electronics

Anindya Banerji, Centre for Quantum Technologies, D2
Free-Space Optical Quantum Memory based on Multipass Cells Invited

Frederic Bouchard, University of Ottawa, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Lucia Caspani, Universita dell'Insubria, D2
Quantum-enhanced Second Harmonic Generation Beyond the Spontaneous Parametric Down-conversion Regime Invited

Daniele Faccio, University of Glasgow, D2
Fluorescence Lifetime and Bio-sensing with Entangled Photons and Single-photon Cameras Invited

Robert Fickler, Tampereen Yliopisto, D2
Quantum Frequency Conversion Controlled by Structured Light Invited

Anna Grassellino, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Eileen Otte, University of Rochester, D2
Structured Light Meets Structured Matter: Encoding and Decoding Information in Non-paraxial Light Invited

FiO 4: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

Haoshuo Chen, Nokia Bell Labs, D2
Novel Coherent Detection for Optical Fiber Communicatoins Invited

Andrea D'Amico, NEC Laboratories America Inc., D2
Open and Disaggregated Optical Networks: From Vision to Reality Invited

Giammarco Di Sciullo, Universita degli Studi dell'Aquila, D2
Stimulated Raman Scattering in Field-Deployed Coupled-Core Multi-Core Fibers Invited

Farzana Khatri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, D2
Optical Comms for Artemis2 Manned Moon Mission Invited

Anna Peacock, University of Southampton, D2
Advances in Silicon Core Optical Fibers: Extending their Reach in Nonlinear Applications Invited

Siddharth Varughese, Infinera Corp., D2
Optical Comms and Sensing Over Submarine Cables Invited

FiO 5: Integrated Devices for Computing, Sensing and Other Applications

Yuliya Akulova, Intel Corporation, D2
Advancements in Manufacturing Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing Invited

Andrea Blanco-Redondo, University of Central Florida, CREOL, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Jeffrey Driscoll, Rockley Photonics, D2
PHz Current Control in Metals and Dielectric Media Invited

Lin Du, Ohio State University, D2
Hermetic Fused Silica Packaging for Implantable Optoelectronic Systems Invited

David Harame, AIM Photonics, D2
Heterogeneous Photonic-Electronic Platform with Slow-Wave Mach-Zehnder Modulator for High Bandwidth-Density Co-Packaged Optics Invited

Jiang Li, hQphotonics Inc., D2
Chip-scale Low Noise Oscillators Based on Integrated Optical Frequency Division Invited

Marina Radulaski, University of California Davis, D2
Wafer-Scale Quantum Photonics in Silicon Carbide Invited

Wesley Sacher, Max-Planck-Inst fur Mikrostrukturphysik, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

FiO 6: Optics in Biology, Medicine, Vision and Color

Nanguang Chen, National University of Singapore, D2
Data-Driven Approach Towards High Quality Image Reconstruction for Optical Mammography Invited

Zhongping Chen, University of California Irvine, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Shwetadwip Chowdhury, University of Texas at Austin, D2
Phase Retrieval and Inverse Scattering with On-Chip Microscopy Invited

Liang Gao, University of California Los Angeles, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Rongguang Liang, Univ of Arizona, Coll of Opt Sciences, D2
Deep Ultraviolet Microscopy for Stain-Free Tissue Imaging and Cytology Diagnostics Invited

Ruikang Wang, University of Washington, D2
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography and its Biomedical Applications Invited

Jing Yuan, Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Chao Zhou, Washington University in St Louis, D2
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography and its Biomedical Applications Invited

FiO 7: Information Acquisition, Processing and Display

Yasuhiro Awatsuji, Kyoto Institute of Technology, D2
Parallel Recording Technique for Quantitative Phase Imaging of Dynamic Object Invited

Tigran Galstian, PATQER, D2
Enhanced Imaging by Using Light Polarization Invited

Atanas Gotchev, Tampereen Yliopisto, D2
Mitigating Vergence-Accommodation Conflict in Near-Eye Displays Invited

Myung Kim, University of South Florida, D2
Surface Profiling by Digital Holography Invited

Suresh Sivanandam, University of Toronto, D2
Blurring the Line Between Ground and Space: Adaptive Optics for Sharper Astronomy Invited

Yeh-Wei Yu, National Central University, D2
Simulation and Optimization of EPE Lightguides with VHOEs Invited

LS 1: Nanophotonics, Plasmonics and Metamaterials

Hui Deng, University of Michigan, D2
Unconventional Photonics Invited

Patrice Genevet, Colorado School of Mines, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Libai Huang, Purdue University, D2
Quantum Simulation of Correlated Exciton Phases via Ultrafast Optical Microscopy Invited

James Schuck, Columbia University, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Wei Xiong, University of California San Diego, D2
Toward a Rational Understanding of Polariton Chemistry Invited

LS 2: Quantum Photonics

Emily Davis, New York University, D2
Spin Squeezing in an Ensemble of Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond Invited

Zeeshawn Kazi, Princeton University, D2
Massively Multiplexed Covariance Magnetometry Using Ensembles of Diamond Quantum Sensors Invited

Sara Mouradian, University of Washington, D2
Integrated Focusing Optics for Scalable Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing Invited

Arno Rauschenbeutel, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, D2
Rethinking Resonance Fluorescence: Fundamental Insights and Emerging Quantum Technologies Invited

Alp Sipahigil, Harvard University, D2
Optically Interconnected Spin Qubit Registers in Silicon Photonics Invited

Vladan Vuletic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, D2
Title to be Announced Plenary

LS 3: Ultrafast Dynamics in Complex Systems

Eunice Bae, Cornell University, D2
Title to be Announced Invited

Jeffrey Blackburn, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, D2
Ultrafast Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Mixed-Dimensionality Nanoscale Heterostructures Invited

James McIver, Columbia University, D2
Cavity Electrodynamics of van der Waals Heterostructures Invited

Prineha Narang, University of California Los Angeles, D2
Title to be Announced Visionary

Diana Qiu, Yale University, D2
Many-body effects on Excited-State Dynamics and Nonlinear Optics in 2D Materials Invited

Shuolong Yang, University of Chicago, D2
Light-Enhanced Electron-Phonon Coupling in an Excitonic Insulator Candidate Invited

Hui Zhao, University of Kansas, D2
Mapping Ultrafast Photocarrier Transport in van der Waals Materials via Transient Absorption Microscopy Invited

LS 4: Attosecond, Strong-Field and XFEL Science

Carla Figueira de Morisson Faria, University College London, D2
Quantum Interference in Ultrafast Photoelectron Holography and Strong-Field Nonsequential Double Ionization Invited

Mette Gaarde, Louisiana State University, D2
High Harmonic Generation as a Probe of Condensed Phase Systems: From Solids to Liquids Visionary

Robert Kaindl, Arizona State University, D2
Advanced Ultrafast Probes of Quantum Materials – from THz to X-rays Invited

Matthias Kling, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität Munchen, D2
Petahertz Switching of Currents in Nanoscale Materials Invited