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Developments in Optics and Communications,
Riga, April 23 - 25, 2010.

About the Conference

The Organizing Committee kindly invites you to take part in the DOC – 2010 conference which will be held next spring in Riga, Latvia. It will be organized jointly by University of Latvia SPIE Student Chapter (ULSPIE), OSA Latvian Student Chapter (OSAL) and ISSP student and oung scientist society. We are glad to inform that conference is combining with User Community Training: the Regional Baltic / Northern Europe Training School for potential users “Laser Applications in Spectroscopy, Industry and Medicine”. The raining school is organised by University of Latvia Laser Centre (ULLC) in the framework of LASERLAB EUROPE II project www.laserlab-europe.eu supported by EU Seventh ramework programme .

Scope:

The purpose of the conference is to bring together young scientists (students) working experimentally and theoretically in the fields of optics and photonics to share and exchange new ideas and to establish contacts for future collaboration. Also we encourage students of hysics to first time presented their BSc, MSc or PhD thesis.

Conference topics:

Inorganic and organic optical materials
Atomic and molecular spectroscopy
Laser physics and nonlinear optics
Design of optical materials and systems
Optics in communication
Photonics and optics in medicine
Vision science
Other related topics
Official language:
The official language of the conference is English

Plenary Speakers

Prof. Sune Svanberg, Lund Laser Centre, Lund University, Sweden
Prof. Katarina Svanberg, Lund Laser Centre, Lund University, Sweden
Prof. Wolfgang Demtroeder, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Prof. Janis Spīgulis, Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, Latvia
Dr. Dusan Chorvat, International Laser Center, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Important dates

Submission of abstracts04.04.2010.
Registration
11.04.2010.
Acceptance of abstracts
14.04.2010.
Aivailability of the final Programme
19.04.2010.
Conference at the Institute of Solid State Physics
23.04.2010.

Proceedings:

Full papers of the presented reports will be published in LATVIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES. The authors guideline could be found: http://www.innovation.lv/fei-old/zurnals/AuthGuide.pdf
The manuscripts should be submitted during the conference at registration desk in CD and hard copy.

Visas

If You need visa to enter Latvia please contact the organizing committee.

DOC is supported by:

Latvian Council of Science