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Latin America Optics & 15 OCTOBER 2018

Photonics Conference
12 – 15 November 2018 OSA Latin America Optics & Photonics
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Conference (LAOP)
Lima, Perú This international conference is sponsored by
The Optical Society with the explicit objective
osa.org/laop to promote Latin American excellence in optics
and photonics research and support the regional
community. LAOP is a peer-reviewed meeting with
content presented in English, allowing for maximum
international participation.

Featuring a comprehensive technical program with

recognized experts in fields critical to Latin America,
the conference covers all major areas of optics and
photonics, and features the latest research results
that are making an impact in fundamental research
and applications.

TOPIC CATEGORIES

1. Atomic Physics and Laser Spectroscopy

2. Laser Science and Technology
3. Nonlinear Optics
4. Quantum Optics
5. Optical Communications and Optical Signal
Processing
6. THz Science and Technology
7. Integrated Photonics
8. Optical Fibers and Sensing Technologies
9. Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
10. Novel Materials and Dimensional Effects in
Photonics
Sponsored by: 11. Microwave and Millimeter-Waves Photonics
12. Biophotonics and Biomedical Applications
13. Optical Design, Instrumentation and
Metrology
14. Imaging Processing, Color and Vision
15. Multidisciplinary Applications of Photonics

Laser Congress
COLLOCATED MEETINGS
OSA Advanced Solid State Laser
Guillermo Edmundo Baldwin Olguín, Pontificia
OSA Laser Applications Conference
Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP, Peru
4 – 8 November 2018 LATIN AMERICA ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Westin Boston Waterfront Ana María Cárdenas Soto, Universidad de
Antioquia, Colombia
Boston, Massachusetts, USA Sabino Chávez Cerda, Inst. Nac. Astrofísica,
osa.org/LaserOPC
Committee
GENERAL CHAIR
Hugo Enrique Hernández Figueroa,
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP,
Brazil
CO-CHAIR
Conference
Óptica y Electrónica, INAOE, Mexico
Hugo Luis Fragnito, Universidade Presbiteriana
Mackenzie, Brazil
Anderson S. L. Gomes, Universidade Federal de
Pernambuco, Brazil
José Javier Sánchez Mondragón, Inst. Nac.
Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico
Gustavo Torchia, Centro de
Investigaciones Ópticas, Argentina
Miguel Torres-Cisneros, Universidad de
Guanajuato, Mexico
Francisco Antonio de Zela Martínez, Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Miguel A. Asmad Vergara, Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Perú, Peru, Short Course Chair
Víctor Roy Cáceres Huamán, Universidad
Nacional de Ingeniería, Peru, Publicity Chair
Patricia Harman, Pontificia Universidad Católica
del Perú, Peru, Finance Chair
Ruth Esther Rubio Noriega, Universidad Nacional
de Ingeniería, Peru, Graphic Design Chair
Carlos B. Silva Cárdenas, Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Perú, Peru, Sponsorship and
Exhibition Chair
TECHNICAL PROGRAM SUBCOMMITTEE
CHAIRS
Atomic Physics and Laser Spectroscopy
To be Announced
Laser Science and Technology
Flávio da Cruz, Universidade Estadual de
Campinas, Brazil, Co-Chair
Nonlinear Optics
Thiago Alegre, Universidade Estadual de
Campinas, Brazil, Co-Chair 
Alvaro Casas Bedoya, University of Sydney,
Australia, Co-Chair  Kevin Contreras Villalobos, Institut Langevin -
Quantum Optics
Francisco A. de Zela Martínez, Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru, 
Co-Chair
Enrique J. Gálvez, Colgate University, USA, 
Co-Chair
Optical Communications and Optical Signal
Processing
Alex Alvarado, Eindhoven University of
Technology, The Netherlands, Co-Chair
Darli Augusto de Arruda Mello, Universidade
Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, Co-Chair
THz Science and Technology
Enrique Castro Camus, Centro de Investigaciones
en Optica A.C., Mexico, Co-Chair
Marcos Antonio Ruggieri Franco, Instituto de
Estudos Avançaos/ITA, Brazil, Co-Chair
Integrated Photonics
Jaime Cardenas, University of Rochester, USA,
Co-Chair
Lucas Hetzmann Gabrielli, Universidade Estadual
de Campinas, Brazil, Co-Chair
Optical Fibers and Sensing Technologies
Cristiano M. B. Cordeiro, Universidade Estadual
de Campinas, Brazil, Co-Chair
João Baptista Rosolem, CPqD, Brazil, Co-Chair
Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Alexandre Alves da Silva, Samsung Research,
Brazil, Co-Chair
Gustavo Silva Wiederhecker, Universidade
Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, Co-Chair
Novel Materials and Dimensional Effects in
Photonics
Miguel Levy, Michigan Technological University,
USA, Co-Chair
Christiano J. S. de Matos, Universidade
Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil, Co-Chair
Microwave and Millimeter-Waves Photonics
Marcelo Abbade, Universidade Estadual Paulista,
Brazil, Co-Chair
Luciano Prado de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual
de Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil, Co-Chair
Biophotonics and Biomedical Applications
Anderson S. L. Gomes, Universidade Federal de
Pernambuco, Brazil, Co-Chair
Denise Zezell, IPEN, Brazil, Co-Chair
Optical Design, Instrumentation, and Metrology
Fernando Mendoza, Centro de Investigaciones
en Óptica, Mexico, Co-Chair
Imaging Processing, Color and Vision
Josué Álvarez-Borrego, CICESE, Mexico,
Co-Chair
Multidisciplinary Applications of Photonics
ESPCI, Paris, France, Co-Chair
Maxime Jacquot, University Franche Comté,
Besançon, France, Co-Chair