It is our great pleasure to announce NOP2023, the first international workshop on Nonlinear Optics and Plasmonics, to be held in Lecce, Italy, on September 6-8, 2023.
This conference will gather an excellent group of keynote speakers from different topics and will cover both fundamental aspects and applications, featuring several internationally renowned invited speakers, as well as poster contributions.
This conference is supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (grant number KR23GR01), the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT, the National Research Foundation of Korea, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, and Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea.
Topics
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Plasmonics, nanophotonics, and nonlinear optics
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Nonlinear and active photonics and plasmonics
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Physics of complex electromagnetic materials
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Unconventional materials for plasmonics and nonlinear optics
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Quantum plasmonics and nonlinear metasurfaces
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Nanoscale heat transfer in photonics systems
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Nano-optomechanical systems
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Fabrication and experimental characterization of optical materials
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Reconfigurable optical systems
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Analytical and numerical modeling of photonics and plasmonics systems
Organizers
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Keynote speakers
Invited speakers
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Prof. Alexandre Baron, University of Bordeaux, France
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Prof. Alexandre Bouhelier, University of Burgundy-Franche-Comté, France
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Prof. Michele Celebrano, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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Prof. Joel Cox, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
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Prof. Domenico de Ceglia, University of Brescia, Italy
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Prof. Crina Cojocaru, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
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Prof. Angela Demetriadou, University of Birmingham, UK
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Prof. Antonio Fernández-Domínguez, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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Prof. Carlo Forestiere, University of Naples, Italy
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Prof. Xuetao Gan, Northwestern Polytechnic University, China
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Prof. Su-Hyun Gong, Korea University, South Korea
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Prof. Stéphane Kéna-Cohen, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
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Dr. Arseniy Kuznetsov, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore
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Prof. Dangyuan Lei, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Dr. Giovanni Manfredi, CNRS, France
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Prof. Antoine Moreau, Clermont Auvergne University, France
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Prof. Prineha Narang, University of Califoria Los Angeles, USA
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Prof. Sang-Hyun Oh, University of Minnessota, USA
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Dr. Marcus Ossiander, Graz University of Technology, Austria
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Prof. Stefano Palomba, University of Sydney, Australia
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Prof. Kyoung-Duck Park, POSTECH, South Korea
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Prof. Mihail Petrov, ITMO University, Russia
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Dr. Michael Scalora, US Army CCDC, USA
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Prof. Martin Schultze, Graz University of Technology, Austria
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Prof. Yonatan Sivan, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
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Dr. Luca Sortino, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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Prof. Andreas Tittl, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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Dr. Tommaso Venanzi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
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Prof. Fan Yang, Sichuan University, China
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Prof. Martijn Wubs, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Lecce is a historic city in southern Italy, one of the most important cities of Apulia, featuring a the rich collection of baroque architectural monuments. Lecce lies at the heel of Italy's boot between the Adriatic and Ionian Sea in the "Salento" area. The region offers kilometers of coastal landscape, blue sea-fringed bays, dunes and white sand beaches; it holds a rich and succulent gastronomic tradition and offers a lively and dynamic cultural scenario. The conference will be held at Officine Cantelmo, a modern and vibrant conference center in the heart of Lecce's hisotric center.
Traveling
The closest airports to Lecce are Brindisi (45 km) and Bari (164 km) airports.
From Brindisi Airport to Lecce
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By Bus: The cheapest way to get to Lecce is using the bus. Price is €6.50 (a fee of €1.50 will be applied if you buy the ticket directly on the bus) and it stops at Lecce City Terminal. Check out timetables here.
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Shuttle service: Airshuttle provides a pool taxi service (about €20). The ride has to be booked at least one day in advance. Click here for more info.
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Taxi: Taxi service is available at the airport for about €80.
From Bari Airport to Lecce
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Lecce central train station is within walking distance to the city center. Train connections can be searched here.
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From Rome, take A1 highway, towards Naples, and then A16 or A14, direction Bari. From Milan, take A14 highway, towards Bari. Once in Bari, take the road SS16 towards Brindisi-Lecce.
Accomodation
September is at the tail of a highly touristic season in Lecce therefore we recommend you to make your registration and hotel reservation as soon as possible. There are several possibilities for accommodation, here below we have listed some of the closest hotels to the venue.
