International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics

Conference 8001 Tuesday‐Saturday 3‐7 May 2011 Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8001 International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics Conference Chair: Manuel Filipe Costa, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) Accepted Papers Optimizing the Switching time in an all optical switch based on Photonic Crystals cross waveguides, M. Noshad, R. Kheradmand, Univ. of Tabriz (Iran, Islamic Republic of) [8001‐02] Contact lens and lens care systems: changes in surface topography, M. F. Costa, M. Lira, S. Franco, M. E. Oliveira, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); C. Serra, J. B. Vazquez‐Dorrio, Univ. de Vigo (Spain) [8001‐04] Methods for determination the main refractive indices of anisotropic layers, B. C. Zelinschi, C. F. Dascalu, D. O. Dorohoi, Alexandru Ioan Cuza Univ. (Romania) [8001‐05] Seeing colors in real scenes (Invited Paper), S. M. Nascimento, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐06] Transmission factor of a device containing a liquid crystalline layer between crossed polarizers (Invited Paper), B. C. Zelinschi, C. F. Dascalu, D. O. Dorohoi, Alexandru Ioan Cuza Univ. (Romania) [8001‐07] Fabrication of special microstructured fibers (Invited Paper), J. Kobelke, K. Schuster, A. Schwuchow, R. Spittel, J. Kirchhof, H. Bartelt, Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. (Germany) [8001‐08] The Great Pakal Mayan King: 3D inspection by structured light projection (Invited Paper), R. Rodriguez‐Vera, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Óptica, A.C. (Mexico); S. Martínez del Campo, Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico); F. J. Cuevas de la Rosa, J. A. Rayas, B. Salazar, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Óptica, A.C. (Mexico) [8001‐09] On the properties of plasmon polaritons in photonic metamaterial superlattices, L. E. Oliveira, Univ. Estadual de Campinas (Brazil); E. R. Gómez, Univ. de Antioquia (Colombia); S. B. Cavalcanti, Univ. Federal de Alagoas (Brazil); C. A. A. de Carvalho, Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) [8001‐10] Analytical study of non‐Bragg n = 0 and plasmon‐polariton gaps in photonic superlattices containing left‐handed materials, C. A. A. de Carvalho, Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); S. B. Cavalcanti, Univ. Federal de Alagoas (Brazil); E. R. Gómez, Univ. de Antioquia (Colombia); L. E. Oliveira, Univ. Estadual de Campinas (Brazil) [8001‐11] Study on a kind of digital ion trap mass spectrometry, T. Yang, Changchun Qingda Electronics Co. Ltd. (China) [8001‐12] Optical scattering properties of a nano‐textured ZNO silicon interface, M. Schulte, K. Bittkau, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Germany); K. Jäger, Technische Univ. Delft (Netherlands); M. Ermes, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Germany); M. Zeeman, Technische Univ. Delft (Netherlands); B. Pieters, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Germany) [8001‐13] A simple interrogation technique for refractive index measurement using multimode interference structure, S. F. O. Silva, J. L. Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal); F. X. Malcata, ISMAI (Portugal); O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐14] The physical optics of aero‐optics, G. W. Sutton, Consultant (United States) [8001‐15] Nanophotonics inside structured optical fibres (Invited Paper), J. Canning, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia) [8001‐16] Torsion sensor based on a high‐birefringent Sagnac loop interferometer, M. Ferreira, R. Silva, O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐17] Difractive optical variable image devices generated by maskless interferometric lithography for optical security, A. Cabral, J. M. Rebordão, Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal) [8001‐18] Laser frequency stability: a simple approach for a quantitative analysis, A. Cabral, M. A. Abreu, J. M. Rebordão, Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal) [8001‐19] Mode‐locked diode lasers for absolute long distance metrology, M. A. Abreu, D. C. Alves, A. Cabral, J. M. Rebordão, Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal) [8001‐20] Characterization of Palladium thin film deposited by pulsed laser deposition, U. Singh, N. Jha, A. Kapoor, Univ. of Delhi (India) [8001‐21] Iteratively point clouds simplification algorithm, J. Cao, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ. (China) and Baoji Univ. of Arts and Sciences (China) [8001‐23] The infrared study of the magnetorefractive effect in doped lanthanum manganites, A. Telegin, Y. Sukhorukov, Institute of Metal Physics (Russian Federation); A. Granovsky, Moscow State Univ. (Russian Federation) [8001‐24] Adaptive optics for visual simulation (Invited Paper), E. Fernández, Univ. de Murcia (Spain) [8001‐25] Probing the drug binding site "Sudlow I" of human serum albumin: the role of water and Trp214 in molecular recognition and ligand binding, N. Al‐Lawatia, T. Steinbrecher, O. K. Abou‐Zied, Sultan Qaboos Univ. (Oman) [8001‐26] The influence of generated charges on the functioning of polymer photodiodes: a computer simulation study, A. Pereira, H. M. Barbosa, H. M. Correia, M. M. Ramos, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐27] Temperature‐independent curvature sensor using FBG cladding modes based on a core misaligned splice, C. Gouveia, P. Jorge, J. Bzaptista, O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐28] Pattern recognition by a digital system of invariant correlation to position and rotation using unidimensional signatures, S. Solorza, Univ. Autónoma de Baja California (Mexico); J. Álvarez‐Borrego, Ctr. de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (Mexico) [8001‐29] Polarization Analysis of Red Blood Sickle Cells by Digital Holographic, F. Palacios, Univ. de Oriente (Cuba); D. Soga, Univ. de São Paulo (Brazil); J. Ricardo, G. Palacios, M. Lores, O. Font, A. Fernández, M. Escobedo, S. Herold, Univ. de Oriente (Cuba); J. L. Valin, ; M. Muramatsu, Univ. de São Paulo (Brazil) [8001‐30] The Mueller‐matrix elements characteristic values of biological tissues, A. V. Dubolazov, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National Univ. (Ukraine) [8001‐31] The possibility of using a complex degree of mutual anisotropy in diagnostics of biological tissues pathological changes, A. V. Dubolazov, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National Univ. (Ukraine) [8001‐32] Singular structure of biological tissues polarization properties, A. V. Dubolazov, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National Univ. (Ukraine) [8001‐33] The degree of mutual correlation of biological tissues polarization properties, A. V. Dubolazov, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National Univ. (Ukraine) [8001‐34] Ordering tendency in ternary solutions of pyridazinium ylids evidenced by electron spectroscopy, M. Avadanei, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Romania); D. O. Dorohoi, C. M. Scoban, Alexandru Ioan Cuza Univ. (Romania) [8001‐35] Study of holographic diffraction gratings implemented in photopolymerizable glasses incorporating ionic liquid, A. V. Velasco, M. d. l. P. Hernández‐Garay, M. L. Calvo, Complutense Univ. of Madrid (Spain); P. Cheben, National Research Council (Canada); F. del Monte, Spanish Research Council (Spain) [8001‐36] Single color Z‐scan and optical limiting behavior of BDN dye doped polymers, D. Mohan, P. Arya, D. J. Bathla, Guru Jambheshwar Univ. of Science and Technology (India) [8001‐38] Fabrication of microlens arrays on soda‐lima glasses with a Nd:YVO4 laser, M. Flores‐Arias, D. Nieto, Univ. of Santiago de Compostela (Spain); G. O'Connor, National Ctr. for Laser Applications (Ireland); C. Gomez‐Reino, Univ. of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐39] Relationship between the stability and surface tension of the tear film, A. Puinhas, E. M. S. Castanheira, M. E. C. D. Real Oliveira, M. M. Lira, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐40] Tunable optical properties of TiO2 films with embedded Au nanoparticles, M. Torrell, M. R. Kabir, L. Cunha, M. I. Vasilevskiy, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); A. Cavaleiro, SEC‐CEMUC, Univ. de Coimbra (Portugal); F. Vaz, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) [8001‐41] Photonic instantaneous RF frequency measurement system based on complementary modulation, M. V. Drummond, C. A. F. Marques, P. P. Monteiro, R. N. Nogueira, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) [8001‐43] Optical microtopographic inspection of the surface of tooth subjected to stripping reduction, M. F. Costa, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); P. B. Pereira, USC (Spain) [8001‐44] NLCs application for detecting solutions structural characteristics (Invited Paper), M. G. Tomilin, St.‐Petersburg Univ. of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (Russian Federation) [8001‐45] Raman distributed fiber laser based in Rayleigh scattering feedback, A. M. R. Pinto, M. Lopez‐Amo, Univ. Pública de Navarra (Spain) [8001‐46] Beam transformations by active GRIN materials (Invited Paper), C. Gomez‐Reino, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐47] Resonance in localized surface plasmonic metal nanoparticles, F. Torrens, Univ. de València (Spain); G. Castellano, Univ. Catolica de Valencia (Spain) [8001‐48] Towards fully coherent X‐ray lasers (Invited Paper), M. Fajardo, Univ. Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal); P. Zeitoun, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (France); J. M. Dias, G. Figueira, N. Lopes, R. Bendoyro, L. Cardoso, T. Imran, J. Jiang, N. Lemos, C. Russo, Univ. Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal); A. Sardinha, Univ. Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal) and LOA (France); G. Williams, Univ. Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal); E. Oliva, J. Gautier, G. Lambert, S. Sebban, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (France); M. Pittman, D. Ros, CLUPS (France) [8001‐49] Propagation in active GRIN materials: Comparison between parabolic and hyperbolic secant complex refractive index profile, C. Bao, C. Gómez‐Reino, M. Flores‐Arias, A. I. Gómez‐Varela, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐50] Optical fibre pressure sensors for small scale studies of groundwater flow, L. C. Coelho, O. Frazão, J. L. Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal); T. Restivo, J. C. Marques, Univ. do Porto (Portugal) [8001‐51] Single‐photon source using stimulated FWM in optical fibers for quantum communication, Á. J. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Univ. of Aveiro (Portugal) [8001‐52] Spectroscopy for the detection of gastrointestinal dysplasia using a miniaturized system for integration in endoscopic capsules, D. Ferreira, J. H. Correia, G. Minas, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) [8001‐53] Two‐level dipolar system in a thermal reservoir interacting with a time‐dependent perturbation (Invited Paper), J. Paz, Univ. Simón Bolívar (Venezuela) [8001‐54] Brillouin Stokes comb generated in a distributed fiber Raman amplifier, H. Martins, M. Marques, O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐55] Rare earth‐doped lead phosphate glasses for visible luminescence, J. Pisarska, L., W. A. Pisarski, Univ. of Silesia (Poland) [8001‐56] Near‐infrared luminescence and up‐conversion processes of lanthanide ions in heavy metal glasses, W. A. Pisarski, J. Pisarska, &. Grobelny, Silesian Univ. of Technology (Poland); R. Lisiecki, W. Ryba‐Romanowski, Institute of Low Temperature & Structure Research (Poland) [8001‐57] Erbium and ytterbium co‐doped oxyfluoride glass and glass ceramics: structural and optical properties, R. Lisiecki, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland); E. Augustyn, Department of Material Science, Silesian University of Technology (Poland); W. Ryba‐Romanowski, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research (Poland); M. Zelechower, Department of Material Science, Silesian University of Technology (Poland) [8001‐58] A compressive sensing based transmissive single‐pixel camera, F. A. Magalhães, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto (Portugal); M. Abolbashari, F. Farahi, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte (United States); F. M. Araújo, INESC Porto (Portugal); M. V. Correia, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto (Portugal) [8001‐59] Structural and optical characterisation of planar waveguides obtained via Sol‐Gel, F. Rey García, C. Gómez‐Reino Carnota, M. T. Flores Arias, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain); G. F. De La Fuente Leis, Instituto de Ciencias Materiales de Aragón (Spain); W. Mader, W. Assenmacher, Univ. Bonn (Germany) [8001‐60] Oxyfluoride silicate glass and glass‐ceramics doped with luminescent ions: preparation, morphology, and luminescence, G. Dominiak‐Dzik, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research (Poland); W. Ryba‐Romanowski, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Researc (Poland); R. Lisiecki, P. Solarz, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research (Poland) [8001‐61] Imaging LIDAR technology developments at the European Space Agency, J. Pereira do Carmo, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands) [8001‐62] Adaptive gain equalization on optical amplifiers based on the acousto‐optic modulation using a single long period grating, C. A. F. Marques, L. Melo, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); R. A. Oliveira, A. A. Pohl, Univ. Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Brazil); P. S. André, R. N. Nogueira, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) [8001‐63] Intermolecular interactions in binary solutions of some pyridazinium ylids studied by visible electron spectroscopy, M. Homocianu, A. Airinei, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Romania); D. O. Dorohoi, Alexandru Ioan Cuza Univ. of Iasi (Romania) [8001‐64] Solvatochromism used in determining some molecular electro‐optical parameters, L. Stroia II, R. Stanculescu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romania); D. O. Dorohoi, Alexandru Ioan Cuza Univ. (Romania) [8001‐65] White light optical profiling to unworn contact lenses surface topography analysis, M. J. Giraldez, C. Garcia‐Resua, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain); M. E. Real Oliveira, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); C. Sanchez Sellero, E. Yebra‐Pimentel, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐67] Silicone hydrogel contact lens surface analysis by atomic force microscopy: shape parameters, M. J. Giraldez, C. Garcia‐Resua, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain); M. Lira, Univ. of Minho (Portugal); C. Sanchez Sellero, E. Yebra‐Pimentel, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐68] New interrogation system for a strain sensor based on a high birefringent fiber loop mirror, R. Silva, O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐69] Dynamic and quasi static biospeckle (Invited Paper), H. J. Rabal, Univ. Nacional de la Plata (Argentina) and CONICET La Plata (Argentina) [8001‐70] VIS‐NIR bend loss sensitive photonic crystal fibers, L. C. Barbosa, Univ. Estadual de Campinas (Brazil) [8001‐71] Supercontinuum generation by using photonic crystal fibres made from borosilicate glasses, L. C. Barbosa, Univ. Estadual de Campinas (Brazil) [8001‐72] Planar slab waveguide sensor with a left‐handed material substrate, M. M. Shabat, S. Taya, Islamic Univ. of Gaza (Palestinian Territory, Occupied); M. Abadla, Al‐Aqsa Univ. (Palestinian Territory, Occupied); E. El‐Farran, Islamic Univ. (Palestinian Territory, Occupied) [8001‐73] A simple low‐cost dynamic breast phantom for diffuse optical tomogrpahy, A. Hasnain, N. Chen, National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore) [8001‐74] Investigating material removal mechanisms during laser ablation of InSb, A. Garg, Acharya Narendra Dev College (India); A. Kapoor, K. N. Tripathi, Univ. of Delhi (India); S. K. Bansal, Ramjas College (India) [8001‐75] Characterization of flexible holographic imprint in different hybrid organic‐ inorganic matrices: urea‐silicate (Ureasil) matrix and matrix derived from epoxy resin, S. Moreira, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); C. Silva, Univ. of Minho (Portugal); M. Costa, M. d. J. Gomes, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); L. Prado, Institute of Polymer and Composites (Germany) [8001‐76] Oxide electronics: a present for the future (Invited Paper), E. Fortunato, L. Pereira, P. Barquinha, G. Gonçalves, R. Barros, N. Correia, R. Martins, Univ. Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) [8001‐77] An encapsulated fiber optic fuel level sensor, D. Sengupta, M. Sai Shankar, P. Saidi Reddy, R. L. N. Saiprasad, K. Srimannarayana, National Institute of Technology, Warangal (India) [8001‐78] Optical fibre hydrogen sensors based on palladium coatings, L. C. Coelho, INESC Porto (Portugal); S. Silva, P. Tafulo, J. L. Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Univ. do Porto (Portugal); O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal); F. X. Malcata, Instituto Superior da Maia (Portugal) and Univ. Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) [8001‐79] Walk‐off effect in periodically modulated optical parametric amplifiers, V. Brazhnyy, Sr., Univ, do Porto (Portugal); M. Taki, Sr., PHLAM, CNRS, Univ. des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (France) [8001‐80] Differencial Ray Tracing analysis of the Schwarzschild objective, X. Prieto Blanco, M. D. Mouriz, H. González Núñez, E. Lopez Lago, R. de la Fuente, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐81] Measurements of optical polarization properties in dental tissues and biomaterials, A. Fernández‐Oliveras, O. E. Pecho, M. Rubiño, M. M. Pérez, Univ. de Granada (Spain) [8001‐82] Optical properties of AlNxOy thin films deposited by DC magnetron sputtering, J. Borges, L. Silvino, F. Vaz, R. Arvinte, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) [8001‐83] High‐load sensor based on FBG embedded in fiberglass‐reinforced polyester, N. D. Gomez Cardona, C. M. Serpa, J. F. Santa, Instituto Tecnologico Metropolitano (Colombia) [8001‐84] Some recent approaches in temporal phase measurement interferometry, A. Patil, GE India Technology Ctr. (India); P. Rastogi, Ecole Polytechnqie Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland) [8001‐85] Accommodative and convergence response to different computer screens and paper, A. Ferreira, M. Lira, S. Franco, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) [8001‐86] Objective categorization of interferential tear film lipid layer pattern: validation of the technique, C. Garcia‐Resua, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain); D. Calvo, A Coruña Univ. (Spain); A. Mosquera, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain); M. Gonzalez‐Penedo, A Coruña Univ. (Spain); M. Giraldez, E. Yebra‐Pimentel, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐87] A 340 W monolithically integrated all‐fiber laser design using the master oscillator power amplifier configuration, K. Hejaz, A. Babazadeh, R. Poozesh, R. Rezaei Nasirabad, A. Heydari Azar, A. A. Amidian, J. Sabbaghzadeh, National Iranian Ctr. for Laser Science and Technology (Iran, Islamic Republic of) [8001‐88] Morphology in thin polymer blend films for solution‐processed solar cells using advanced spectroscopic tools (Invited Paper), E. Moons, A. S. Anselmo, A. Dzwilewski, K. Svensson, Karlstad Univ. (Sweden); J. Rysz, A. Budkowski, Jagiellonian Univ. (Poland); A. Bernasik, AGH Univ. of Science and Technology (Poland); J. van Stam, Karlstad Univ. (Sweden) [8001‐89] Using signal pre‐distortion to enhance the performance of all‐optical clock recovery, Z. Zhu, Univ. of Science and Technology of China (China) [8001‐90] Charge separation at molecular donor‐acceptor interfaces: correlation between interface morphology and solar cell performance (Invited Paper), A. Opitz, J. Wagner, M. Gruber, U. Hörmann, W. Brütting, Univ. Augsburg (Germany) [8001‐91] Bipolar and ambipolar charge carrier transport in molecular semiconductors, A. Opitz, M. Kraus, S. Haug, M. Horlet, M. Kiwull, S. Richler, W. Brütting, Univ. Augsburg (Germany) [8001‐92] Crosstalk due to optical demultiplexing in subcarrier multiplexed systems, Z. Zhu, Univ. of Science and Technology of China (China) [8001‐93] Imaging of aphakic intraocular lens with a slit‐scanning tomography system, C. Oliveira, J. B. Almeida, S. M. Franco, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐94] Generation of few optical cycles in air‐silica nanowires, A. Ben Salem, R. Cherif, M. Zghal, Univ. of Carthage (Tunisia) [8001‐95] Nanosecond laser micropatterning of optical fibers, M. C. Nespereira, C. Silva, J. M. P. Coelho, J. M. Rebordão, Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal) [8001‐96] Bactericidal effect of photodynamic therapy with indocyanine green on staphylococcus aureus, N. Topaloglu, S. Yüksel, M. Gulsoy, Bogaziçi Üniv. (Turkey) [8001‐97] Scintillation of laser radiation in the atmosphere (Invited Paper), A. Consortini, Univ. degli Studi di Firenze (Italy); C. Innocenti, Univ degli Studi di Firenze (Italy) [8001‐98] Fabry‐Pérot cavity based on chemical etching for high temperature sensing, P. Tafulo, P. Jorge, O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐99] Colorimetric and refractometric measurements of carbon dioxide, C. Jesus Gouveia, INESC Porto (Portugal); A. Markovics, South Trans Danubian Research Cooperative (Hungary); J. M. Rocha Baptista, INESC Porto (Portugal); B. Kovács, South Trans Danubian Research Cooperative (Hungary); P. A. Silva Jorge, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐100] Optical quantum communications: an experimental approach (Invited Paper), A. N. Pinto, Univ. of Aveiro (Portugal) and Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); Á. J. Almeida, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, L. M. Martins, Univ. of Aveiro (Portugal) and Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) [8001‐101] Measurement of lateral chromatic aberration by using an imaging spectrometer, H. González Núñez, X. Prieto Blanco, E. López Lago, M. D. Mouriz, R. de la Fuente, Univ. of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐102] Centroid propagation through optical systems with ABCD kernels and non‐uniform or finite apertures (Invited Paper), J. Lancis, R. Martínez‐Cuenca, Univ. Jaume I (Spain); J. Ares, Univ. de Zaragoza (Spain); S. Bará, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐103] Response variability of the red‐green colour vision system using reaction times, J. M. Medina, Univ. of Minho (Portugal); J. A. Diaz, Univ. of Granada (Spain) [8001‐104] Side‐polished plastic optical fibre as refractive index, cure and viscosity sensor, L. Bilro, N. Alberto, Univ. of Aveiro (Portugal); L. M. Sá, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); J. L. Pinto, Univ. of Aveiro (Portugal); R. N. Nogueira, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) [8001‐105] Multichannel dispersion compensation using a simplified approach SFBG design, L. M. Sá, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) and Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); C. Marques, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); N. J. Alberto, Instituto de Nanoestruturas, Nanomodelação (Portugal) and Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); R. Nogueira, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) and Portugal | Nokia Siemens Networks (Portugal); P. André, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) and Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) [8001‐106] Controlling the sensitivity of a non‐adiabatic tapered optical fiber for measuring the refractive index using all fiber Sagnac loop interferometer, M. I. Zibaii, INESC Porto (Portugal) and Shahid Beheshti Univ. (Iran, Islamic Republic of); P. Jorge, O. Frazao, INESC Porto (Portugal); H. Latifi, Shahid Beheshti Univ. (Iran, Islamic Republic of) [8001‐107] Polarization studies using Jones' calculus in under‐graduate optics laboratory, A. Garg, R. Sharma, V. D. Dhingra, Acharya Narendra Dev College (India) [8001‐108] Multi‐scale modelling of polymer‐based optoelectronic devices (Invited Paper), M. M. D. Ramos, H. M. G. Correia, H. M. C. Barbosa, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) [8001‐109] Thresholdless surface solitons at the interface between nonlinear periodic and nonlinear homogeneous media, Y. V. Bludov, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); Y. Kartashov, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain); V. Konotop, Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal) [8001‐110] Rogue waves as energy concentrators in arrays of coupled nonlinear waveguides, Y. Bludov, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); V. Konotop, Univ. de Lisboa (Portugal); N. Akhmediev, Australian National Univ. (Australia) [8001‐112] Synthesis and evaluation of NLO properties of pi‐conjugated donor‐acceptor systems bearing pyrrole and thiophene heterocycles, C. M. Castro, A. M. Fonseca, M. M. Belsley, M. M. Raposo, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐116] Technology development of a generic InP‐based photonic‐integration foundry, F. M. Soares, K. Janiak, Fraunhofer Heinrich‐
Hertz Institute (Germany); R. G. Broeke, BB Photonics BV (Netherlands); N. Grote, Fraunhofer Heinrich‐Hertz Institute (Germany) [8001‐117] Electromagnetic vacuum of random media, M. Donaire, Ctr. de Física do Porto (Portugal) [8001‐118] Dynamical manupulation of quadratic non‐linearity photonic crystal gap solitons trough thermooptic induced index modulations, F. C. Moreira, S. B. Cavalcanti, Univ. Federal de Alagoas (Brazil) [8001‐119] Experimental characterization of qutrits using SIC‐POVMs, Z. E. D. Medendorp, Univ. of Toronto (Canada); F. A. Torres, Univ. de La Frontera (Chile) and Univ. de Concepción (Chile) [8001‐120] Tear amount variation during the day in young female adults, T. L. C. Ribeiro, Consultant (Portugal); A. M. G. Baptista, Univ. of Minho (Portugal); R. A. C. Sousa, Consultant (Portugal) [8001‐121] Detection of colon cancer by terahertz techniques, F. Wahaia, Univ. do Porto (Portugal) [8001‐122] Digital phase shifting using Moiré technique in digital holography, R. Amézquita, Combustion Ingenieros Ltda. (Colombia) and Univ. Nacional de Colombia sede Bogotá (Colombia); O. J. Rincón, Y. M. Torres, Combustion Ingenieros Ltda. (Colombia); F. A. Monroy, Univ. Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá (Colombia) [8001‐123] Transmission properties of Bi(12)TiO(20) photorefractive crystal pumped by 780 nm laser diode, A. d. L. Moura, Univ. Federal de Alagoas (Brazil); J. F. Carvalho, Univ. Federal de Goiás (Brazil); P. V. Santos, Univ. Federal de Alagoas (Brazil) [8001‐124] Mode selection in multimode polymer optical fibers with dye‐doped claddings, E. I. Chaikina, A. G. Navarrete Alcala, Ctr. de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (Mexico); M. A. Ocampo, Ctr. de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada (Mexico); E. R. Méndez, Ctr. de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (United States) [8001‐125] Modelling image formation on the retina and backscattered light in the human eye with cataracts, I. Kelly Pérez, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (Mexico); N. C. Bruce, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico); L. R. Berriel Valdos, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (Mexico) [8001‐126] Design of dual core resonant leaky fiber for inherent gain flattening of S‐band EDFA, K. Kamakshi, V. Rastogi, IITRoorkee (India) [8001‐127] White light generation in Dy3+ ions in fluorosilicate glasses for WLED applications, K. V. Krishnaiah, C. K. Jayasankar, Sri Venkateswara Univ. (India) [8001‐128] Optimization of luminescence properties of Ln3+: fluorosilicate glasses to fabricate waveguides for photonic applications (Invited Paper), C. K. Jayasankar, Sri Venkateswara Univ. (India) [8001‐129] Electro‐optic electrodes based on Lithium Niobate Mach‐Zehnder interferometer modulators for wearable bioelectric activity recording, M. Fernandes, J. H. Correia, P. M. Mendes, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐130] Comparison and optimization of f‐2f interferometry for optical frequency combs in space, T. R. Ganka, P. Putzer, Kayser‐
Threde GmbH (Germany); A. Zach, TOPTICA Photonics AG (Germany); M. P. Plattner, Kayser‐Threde GmbH (Germany); A. W. Koch, Technische Univ. München (Germany) [8001‐131] ESPI based techniques for damage detection in mural paintings from Spanish National Heritage, E. Boaglio, J. Lamas, A. J. López, A. Ramil, Univ. of A Coruña (Spain); L. Pereira, B. Prieto, B. Silva, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐132] New optical techniques to improve the visibility of graphene on multiple substrates, H. Gonçalves, L. Alves, M. S. Belsley, C. Moura, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); T. Stauber, Univ. Autónoma of Madrid (Spain); P. Schellenberg, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) [8001‐133] Variation of the quantity and quality of tear during the year in young female adults, T. L. C. Ribeiro, Consultant (Portugal); A. M. G. Baptista, Univ. of Minho (Portugal); R. A. C. Sousa, Consultant (Portugal) [8001‐134] Design of optical filters based on the compactness of 2D‐arrays of dielectric spheres, P. A. Morales, Á. A. Andueza, J. A. Sevilla, Univ. Pública de Navarra (Spain) [8001‐136] Using a Fabry‐Perot interferometer for measurement of the carrier envelope offset frequency of a femtosecond frequency comb, A. K. Dmitriev, Novosibirsk State Technical Univ. (Russian Federation); A. A. Lugovoy, S. A. Kuznetsov, Institute of Laser Physics (Russian Federation) [8001‐137] Influence of the work environment conditions in the tear film, S. Gomes, S. Franco, M. Lira, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐138] Some applications of liquid crystal panels in diffractive optics (Invited Paper), M. J. Yzuel, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) [8001‐140] Performance analysis of flat optical comb generation based on re‐circulating frequency shifter, L. Zhang, Y. Song, S. Zou, Y. Li, J. Ye, R. Lin, Shanghai Univ. (China) [8001‐141] Laser cleaning of graffiti in Rosa Porriño granite, M. P. Fiorucci, J. Lamas, A. J. López, Univ. of A Coruña (Spain); T. Rivas, Univ. of Vigo (Spain); A. Ramil, Univ. of A Coruña (Spain) [8001‐142] Effect of the holding setup on the measurement of the crystalline lens aberrations, A. Gargallo, J. Arines, E. Acosta, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐143] Dynamic pulsing of a MOPA fiber laser, R. Romero, P. T. Guerreiro, S. T. Hendow, J. R. Salcedo, Multiwave Photonics (Portugal) [8001‐145] Lighting spectra for the maximum colorfulness, O. Masuda, J. M. M. Linhares, P. E. R. Felgueiras, S. M. C. Nascimento, Universidade do Minho (Portugal) [8001‐147] Speckle shearing pattern interferometry to assess mechanical strain in the human mandible jaw bone under physiological stress, V. Moreno, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain); C. Vazquez‐Vazquez, M. Gallas, J. M. Crespo, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐148] Comparative study of different parameters of fibre Bragg gratings and long period gratings sensors for high‐temperature measurements, L. B. Melo, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); N. Ângelo, N. Aberto, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); C. Marques, R. Nogueira, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) [8001‐149] Atomic transfer between two magneto‐optical traps, M. Martínez Valado, A. Vázquez Carpentier, Univ. de Vigo (Spain); H. Michinel, Univ. de Vigo (Sri Lanka); J. A. Nóvoa López, D. Nóvoa Fernández, J. R. Salgueiro, Univ. de Vigo (Spain) [8001‐150] Keeping image processing in the optical domain, G. Parca, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); M. Svaluto Moreolo, Ctr. Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (Spain); A. Teixeira, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) [8001‐151] Development of lightweight silicon carbide and vitreous carbon mirror substrates, A. J. Damiao, F. D. Origo, A. J. Abdalla, Instituto de Estudos Avançados (Brazil) [8001‐152] Fabrication of gratings and optical diffractive elements on chalcogenide thin films, V. Kolbjonoks, V. Gerbreders, Daugavpils Univ. (Latvia) [8001‐153] Diffractive focusing for UV astrophysics (Invited Paper), L. Koechlin, Observatoire Midi‐Pyrénées (France); P. Deba, Univ. de Toulouse, CNRS (France) [8001‐154] Measurement of the diameter of an optical fiber microwire using stimulated four‐wave mixing, G. M. Fernandes, A. J. Almeida, M. Niehus, A. N. Pinto, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) [8001‐155] A numerical simulation of the phenomena in Be plasma, C. Gavrila, Technical Univ. of Civil Engineering Bucharest (Romania); P. C. Lungu, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (Romania) [8001‐156] Diffractive masks by confocal microscopy, P. Maceira, F. Guitian, V. Moreno, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain); J. R. Salgueiro, Univ. de Vigo (Spain); Á. Gil, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) [8001‐157] Z‐scan measurements of the nonlinear response of new materials by using a high‐repetition‐rate femtosecond laser, J. A. Nóvoa López, D. Novoa, H. Michinel, A. V. Carpentier, J. R. Salgueiro, M. Martínez Valado, Univ. de Vigo (Spain) [8001‐158] Laser sources and laser interferometry with optical fibers, B. Mikel, Z. Buchta, J. Lazar, O. Cip, Institute of Scientific Instruments of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic) [8001‐159] Toward single‐cell spectroscopy and refractometry in microfluidic chip platforms, J. Tillak, INESC Porto (Portugal); I. B. Wojcik, CENIMAT/I3N (Portugal); D. Barata, Biomolecular Diagnostics Laboratory, ITQB (Portugal); P. A. S. Jorge, INESC Porto (Portugal); H. Águas, CENIMAT/I3N (Portugal); A. Oliva, Biomolecular Diagnostics Laboratory, ITQB (Portugal) [8001‐160] Optical frequency comb stabilization techniques based on analog and digital phase‐locking, P. Putzer, T. R. Ganka, Kayser‐
Threde GmbH (Germany); A. Zach, Toptica Photonics AG (Germany); M. P. Plattner, Kayser‐Threde GmbH (Germany); A. W. Koch, Technische Universität München (Germany) [8001‐161] Improvement of reconstructed images quality of volume holographic storage using adaptive wavefront aberration correction, Y. Wan, W. Song, H. Chen, S. Tao, Beijing Univ. of Technology (China) [8001‐162] Colliding pulse mode‐locked lasers as light source for single‐shot holography, D. Grosse, T. Schlauch, J. C. Balzer, Ruhr Univ. Bochum (Germany); A. Klehr, G. Erbert, G. Tränkle, Ferdinand Braun Institute (Germany); M. R. Hofmann, Ruhr Univ. Bochum (Germany) [8001‐163] Interferometric optical fiber inclinometer with dynamic FBG based interrogation, C. da Silveira, J. Carvalho, P. A. S. Jorge, INESC Porto (Portugal); J. Costa, Univ. Federal do Pará (Brazil); O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐164] Remote optical fiber sensor with Raman amplification, T. V. Nogueira Coelho, Federal University of Espirito Santo (Brazil) and INESC Porto (Portugal); A. Guerreiro, Univ. of Porto (Portugal) and INESC Porto (Portugal); M. J. Pontes, P. A. S. Jorge, Federal Univ. of Espirito Santo (Brazil) [8001‐165] Study of thermal properties: the characterization of biodiesel degraded and not degraded, W. C. Silva, M. P. P. de Castro, V. H. Perez, H. Vargas, A. M. Rocha, M. Sthel, Univ. Estadual do Norte Fluminense (Brazil) [8001‐167] Evaluating the efficacy and influence of the decontamination and sterilization of FBGs exposed to S. aureus and E. coli, L. Z. Karam, Univ. Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Brazil); A. P. G. O. Franco, Pontifícia Univ. Católica do Paraná (Brazil); P. Tomazinho, Univ. Positivo (Brazil); L. Signorini, Pontifícia Univ. Católica do Paraná (Brazil); L. M. R. Carvalho, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); M. H. R. Fernandes, Univ. do Porto (Portugal); M. B. Hecke, Univ. Federal do Paraná (Brazil); H. J. Kalinowski, Univ. Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Brazil) [8001‐169] Remote sensing of refractive index with an optical time‐domain reflectometer, J. P. Carvalho, C. Gouveia, INESC Porto (Portugal); D. Chamorro, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (Brazil); P. Jorge, INESC Porto (Portugal); M. Martinez, CEFET‐RJ (Brazil); M. Giraldi, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (Brazil); A. Barbero, Univ. Federal Fluminense (Brazil); J. Baptista, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐170] Is it possible to assess spatial correlations in a system of polarizable particles by measuring its optical response?, R. M. Pereira, P. A. Pereira, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); G. V. Smirnov, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) and Centro de Física, UM (Portugal); M. I. Vasilevskiy, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) [8001‐171] Optoelectronic oscillators for microwave‐photonic communication systems, B. Romeira, J. M. Figueiredo, Univ. do Algarve (Portugal); K. Seunarine, C. N. Ironside, Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom) [8001‐173] Color diversity index: the effect of chromatic adaptation, J. M. Linhares, S. M. Nascimento, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐174] Ultrasonic waves detection by electronic speckle patter shearing interferometry for aircraft components, A. Asensio Campazas, E. Piñeiro Ben, Asociación de Investigación Metalúrgica del Noroeste (Spain) [8001‐175] Theoretical and experimental study of mm‐wave RoF system based on OFM with OFDM modulation, R. Lin, S. Zou, Y. Cai, L. Wei, J. Ye, Y. Li, Shanghai Univ. (China) [8001‐177] Organic photovoltaic cells with nanostructured films of cross‐linked conjugated polymers, J. T. Farinhas, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) and Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal); Q. Ferreira, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); R. D. Paolo, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal); A. Charas, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); J. Morgado, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) and Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal) [8001‐178] Computational study of the presence of defects in semiconducting polymers on exciton formation, H. Correia, H. Barbosa, M. Ramos, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐179] Design considerations and performance of a compact LED illuminator for microscopes, J. H. Monteiro, S. K. Mendiratta, Univ. of Aveiro (Portugal); J. Cascalheira, Bióptica Lda (Portugal) [8001‐180] Highly efficient and thermally stable NLO organic materials based on pyrrole and thiophene heterocycles, C. M. Castro, A. M. Fonseca, M. Belsley, M. M. Raposo, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐181] Laser plasma sources of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) for application in nanotechnology, H. Fiedorowicz, A. Bartnik, Military Univ. of Technology (Poland); T. Feigl, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics (Germany); R. Jarocki, J. Kostecki, Military Univ. of Technology (Poland); L. Pina, Czech Technical Univ. (Czech Republic); M. Szczurek, P. Wachulak, Military Univ. of Technology (Poland) [8001‐182] Plastic optical fibers dopants to obtain gain enlargement and ultra‐fast optical switching, A. Mendonça, A. Charas, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); J. Clark, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and Cavendish Laboratory (United Kingdom); G. Lanzani, Politecnico di Milano (Italy); J. Morgado, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) and Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal) [8001‐183] Tuning fiber birefringence in photonic crystal fiber with integrated electrodes (Invited Paper), C. M. Cordeiro, G. Chesini, Univ. Estadual de Campinas (Brazil); E. Reyes‐Vera, P. Torres, National Univ. of Colombia (Colombia) [8001‐184] A method for testing the optical quality of intraocular lenses with a liquid crystal SLM, A. Arias, Univ. Nacional de Colombia (Colombia); C. Casanova, Univ. de València (Spain); L. Remón, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia (Spain); A. Calatayud, Univ. Politècnica de València (Spain); W. D. Furlan, Univ. de València (Spain); J. A. Monsoriu, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) [8001‐185] Study of polarimeters based on liquid crystal panels, A. Peinado, A. Lizana, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain); J. Vidal, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) and ALBA Synchrotron (Spain); C. Iemmi, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina); J. Campos, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) [8001‐186] Synthesis and characterization of novel push‐pull thiophene and thienylpyrrole derivatives functionalized with indanonedicyanovinyl acceptor moiety as efficient NLO‐chromophores, R. M. Batista, S. P. Costa, M. Belsley, M. M. Raposo, Univ. of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐187] Dynamic monitoring of a mobile telecommunications tower with a bi‐axial optical FBG accelerometer, P. C. Antunes, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) and Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); R. Travanca, H. Varum, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); P. S. André, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) and Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) [8001‐188] Simultaneous temperature and refractive index sensor based on a tilted fibre Bragg grating, N. J. Alberto, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); C. A. Marques, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); J. L. Pinto, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); R. N. Nogueira, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) [8001‐189] Focusing properties of square fractal zone plate, A. Calatayud, L. Remón, Univ. Politècnica de Valencia (Spain); C. Casanova, Univ. de València (Spain); F. Giménez, Univ. Politècnica de Valencia (Spain); W. D. Furlan, Univ. de València (Spain); J. A. Monsoriu, Univ. Politècnica de Valencia (Spain) [8001‐190] Optimization of polarization control schemes for QKD systems, N. J. Muga, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) and Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal); Á. J. Almeida, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal); M. F. Ferreira, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) and I3N (Portugal); A. N. Pinto, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) and Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) [8001‐191] Determination of optical parameters in thin‐skin fruits, R. M. Guerra, A. M. Cavaco, A. Brázio, Univ. do Algarve (Portugal) [8001‐192] Light source for low‐coherence interferometry surface diagnostics, Z. Buchta, B. Mikel, J. Lazar, O. Cip, Institute of Scientific Instruments of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic) [8001‐193] Temperature dependence of birefringence creation/relaxation dynamics in poly1‐[4‐(3‐carboxy‐4‐
hydroxyphenylazo)benzenesulfonamido]‐1,2‐ethanediyl, sodium salt thin films, P. A. Ribeiro, M. F. Raposo, Univ. Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) [8001‐194] New method for measuring thickness in thin transparent medium, R. A. Sousa, Clinical Practice (Portugal); A. M. G. Baptista, University of Minho (Portugal) [8001‐195] Efficient solar‐pumped Nd:YAG laser by a double‐stage light‐guide/V‐groove cavity, J. L. Almeida, D. Liang, Univ. Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) [8001‐196] Modelling of tapered and microstructured optical fibers, S. Carneiro, S. Latas, M. Facão, M. F. S. Ferreira, Univ. of Aveiro (Portugal) [8001‐197] A VDU experimental setup for fixation disparity evaluation, R. A. Sousa, Clinical practice, Braga (Portugal); A. M. G. Baptista, Univ. of Minho (Portugal); C. M. L. R. Silva, Clinical practice, Braga (Portugal) [8001‐198] Optical fiber pumping of solar Nd:YAG disc laser, B. A. do Couto, D. Liang, CEFITEC FCT, Univ, Nacional del Litoral (Portugal) [8001‐199] Ultrafast laser science and technology at IFIMUP‐IN (Invited Paper), H. M. Crespo, Univ. do Porto (Portugal) [8001‐200] opto‐mechanic system for Controlling the process of Nopal de‐Thorning, J. E. Luevano, Sr., CICATA‐ Unidad Altamira, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. (Mexico) [8001‐201] Yeast metabolic state identification using micro‐fiber optics spectroscopy, J. Silva, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); P. A. S. Jorge, INESC Porto (Portugal); R. Martins, Molecular and Environmental Biology Ctr. (Portugal) [8001‐202] Design of an optical bit based on SRS slow light in SOI waveguide, M. Ferdosian, H. Shokri Kojori, H. Kaatuzian, Amirkabir Univ. of Technology (Iran, Islamic Republic of) [8001‐203] Continuously logical, complementary ‐ dual, equivalently, analogue‐digital converters for the optical systems., V. G. Krasilenko, Vinnitsa Social Economy Institute (Ukraine); A. I. Nikolskyy, Vinnitsa National Technical Univ (Ukraine); O. V. Krasilenko, National Aviation Univ. (Ukraine); M. A. Nikolska, Vinnitsa National Technical Univ. (Ukraine) [8001‐204] Photopolymerizable glasses: a state‐of‐the‐art toward new implementations for holographic technologies. (Invited Paper), M. L. Calvo, Univ. Complutense de Madrid (Spain); P. Cheben, National Research Council of Canada (Canada); Ó. Martínez‐Matos, M. d. l. P. Hernández‐Garay, A. V. Velasco, Univ. Complutense de Madrid (Spain); J. A. Rodrigo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (Spain); T. Alieva, Univ. Complutense de Madrid (Spain) [8001‐205] Aperiodic diffractive/refractive intraocular lens (Invited Paper), A. Pons, Departamento de Óptica, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot (Valencia). (Spain) and Centro de Tecnologías Físicas, Universitat Politècnica de Valéncia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46020 Valenc (Spain); W. D. Furlan, Departamento de Óptica, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot (Valencia). (Spain); L. Remon, J. A. Monsoriu, Centro de Tecnologías Físicas, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46020 Valenc (Spain) [8001‐206] Application of white light interferometry in optical 3D metrology (Invited Paper),, J. Schmit, Bruker Corp. (United States) [8001‐207] Physical characterization studies on silver oxide doped PbO‐ Li2O ‐B2O3 glasses, J. M. Coelho, INESC‐Porto (Portugal) [8001‐208] Twenty years of optical coherence tomography: challenges for the future (Invited Paper), C. Carmelo Rosa, Univ. do Porto (Portugal) and INESC‐Porto, Porto (Portugal) [8001‐209] Testing of optical systems by retroreflections, D. Malacara‐Doblado, A. Tellez‐Quiñones, J. d. N. Ramírez Hernández, D. Malacara‐Hernandez, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Óptica, A.C. (Mexico) [8001‐210] Intermodal interferometric sensor based in a birefringent boron‐doped microstructured fiber, G. Statkiewicz‐Barabach, Wroclaw Univ. of Technology (Poland); J. P. Carvalho, O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal); J. Olszewski, P. Mergo, ; J. L. Santos, INESC Porto (Portugal); W. Urbańczyk, [8001‐212] Chirped bragg grating Fabry‐Perot interferometer for nanostrain measurement, M. Ferreira, r. Silva, O. Frazão, INESC Porto (Portugal) [8001‐213] Some recent approaches in temporal phase measurement interferometry (Invited Paper), P. Rastogi, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); A. Patil, John F. Welch Technology Ctr. (India) [8001‐214] Taking apart the enhanced backscattering cone: Interference fringes from reciprocal paths in multiple light scattering, B. P. J. Bret, F. P. Ferreira, E. J. Nunes‐Pereira, M. Belsley, Univ. do Minho (Portugal) [8001‐215] Different polynomial expressions for wavefront aberrations (Invited Paper), D. Malacara Hernandez, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Óptica, A.C. (Mexico); A. Gomez‐Vieyra, Univ. Autónoma Metropolitana‐Unidad Azcapotzalco (Mexico) [8001‐217] Electro‐optical method for polarimetric measurements, L. J. M. Díaz, CEADEN (Cuba) [8001‐218] Interferometry with referencing of wavelength, J. Lazar, Institute of Scientific Instruments of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic); J. Hrabina, O. Cip, M. Cizek, Z. Buchta, Institute of Scientific Instruments, ASCR (Czech Republic) [8001‐219] Dynamic light scattering study of microemulsion, S. Sharifi, A. r. Alavi, Sistan and Baluchestan Univ. (Iran, Islamic Republic of) [8001‐220] Composite failure monitoring using fiber Bragg grating sensor, A. I. Azmi, The Univ. of New South Wales (Australia) [8001‐221] Super‐resolution in digital holography: comparison between synthetic aperture method and spatial averaging technique, D. Claus, Univ. of Sheffield (United Kingdom) [8001‐224] Proposal of real‐time all in‐fiber semi‐differintegration for the phase reconstruction of broadband optical pulses, C. A. Cuadrado‐Laborde, CONICET (Argentina); M. V. Andrés, Univ. de Valencia (Spain); J. Lancis, Univ. Jaume I (Spain) [8001‐225] Ptychography: a novel phase retrieval technique, advantages and its application, D. Claus, Univ. of Sheffield (United Kingdom) [8001‐226] Improvements amplication parameters for radio over fiber applications, W. Puche, F. Amaya, J. Sierra, Univ. Pontificia Bolivariana (Colombia); G. Montoya, Univ. de los Andes (Colombia) [8001‐227] Variable ‐ angle atr ‐ ftir studies of depth distribution of amidation in surface modified poly(ethylene terephthalate), M. Avadanei, Sr., "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Romania) [8001‐229] Nano ring fabrication using surface plasmon assisted photolithography, S. Raghuraman, K. Sathiyamoorthy, M. V. Matham, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [8001‐230] ATR‐FTIR spectroscopic studies of thermally induced conformational changes of pnipaam copolymers in solution, M. Avadanei, Sr., G. Fundueanu, Sr., Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Romania) [8001‐231] Spectroscopic and afm studies of photocrosslinked films of poly(4‐vinylpyridine) derivatives, M. Avadanei, Sr., Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (Romania) [8001‐232] Periodic photonic structures in lithium fluoride (Invited Paper), H. J. Kalinowski, I. Chiamenti, Univ. Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Brazil); R. M. Monterali, M. A. Vincenti, F. Bonfligli, ENEA ‐ C.R. Frascati (Italy); F. Michelotti, Univ. di Roma La Sapienza (Italy); R. N. Nogueira, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) [8001‐233] Integrated optics for astronomical interferometry (Invited Paper), P. Marques, INESC Porto (Portugal); A. Ghasempour, Tennessee State Univ. (United States); D. Alexandre, INESC Porto (Portugal); A. Leite, P. Garcia, Univ. do Porto (Portugal); F. Reynaud, XLIM Dept. Photonique (France) [8001‐234] High‐speed multipoint vibrometry (Invited Paper), A. J. Moore, Heriot‐Watt Univ. (United Kingdom) [8001‐235] Spectral reflectance variations in stay‐green and conventional maize hybrids as response to population level stress., C. Weber, Ctr. de Investigaciones Opticas (Argentina); H. A. Acciaresi, Univ. Nacional de La Plata (Argentina); E. J. Rodriguez, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Opticas (Argentina); M. Antonietta, J. J. guiamet, Univ. Nacional de La Plata (Argentina); J. O. Tocho, CONICET (Argentina) [8001‐236] Backlighting for alignment of optics in first diffraction order path, A. Amphawan, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom) [8001‐237] Family of optoelectronic photocurrent reconfigurable universal (or multifunctional) logical elements (OPR ULE) on the basis of continuous logic operations (CLO) and current mirrors (CM)., V. G. Krasilenko, Vinnitsa Social Economy Institute (Ukraine); K. V. Ogorodnik, A. I. Nikolskyy, Vinnitsa National Technical Univ. (Ukraine); V. N. Dubchak, Vinnytsia National Agrarian Univ. (Ukraine) [8001‐238] Lab on fiber technology and related devices (Invited Paper), A. Cusano, Univ. degli Studi del Sannio (Italy); E. Esposito, Istituto di Cibernetica (Italy); A. Cutolo, Univ. degli Studi del Sannio (Italy) [8001‐239] Changes in scattering and absorption during curing of dental‐resin composites: silorane and nanocomposite, M. d. M. Pérez Gómez, R. Ghinea, A. Ionescu, J. d. l. C. Cardona, Univ. of Granada (Spain) [8001‐240] Dispersion compensation using cladding modes, F. Beltrán‐Mejía, P. Andrés, E. Silvestre, Univ.de Valencia (Spain) [8001‐241] Calculation of optical properties of nanoparticles for biomedical applications, J. Joseph, M. VadakkeMatham, L. S. Woh, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [8001‐242] Fiber optic gyroscope assisted by raman amplification, J. Nuño, J. D. Ania‐Castañón, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain) [8001‐243] Realisation of the metre by optical frequency comb: appplications in length metrology, S. Ferreira‐Barragáns, M. M. Pérez‐
Hernández, B. Samoudi, E. Prieto, Spanish Ctr. of Metrology, CEM (Spain) [8001‐244] Aluminium nanoparticles production by laser ablation in liquids, I. D. Apostol, V. Damian, C. Luculescu, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics (Romania); A. Armaselu, Transilvania Univ. (Romania) [8001‐245] Ghost holography (Invited Paper),, J. Lancis Sáez, Departament de Física (Spain) and Institut de Noves Tecnologies de la Imatge (Spain); V. Duran, Departament de Física (Spain); P. Clemente, Servei Central d'Instrumentació Científica (Spain); V. Torres‐
Company, ; E. Tajahuerce, Departament de Física (Spain); P. Andrés, [8001‐246] Diffractive optics for processing ultrashort light (Invited Paper), P. Andrés, G. Minguez Vega, O. Mendoza Yero, J. Lancis Sáez, Univ. de València (Spain) [8001‐247] High dynamic range measurement of the pulse contrast in a Ti:sapphire/Nd:glass multiterawatt laser, A. M. Castanheira, L. M. Cardoso, H. Pires, G. N. Figueira, Instituto Superior Tecnico (Portugal) [8001‐248] Characterization of white‐light continuum generation in transparent solid media using cross‐correlation frequency resolved optical gating (XFROG), T. Imran, G. Figueira, Instituto Superior Tecnico (Portugal) [8001‐249] Numerical simulations for OPCPA crystals: YCOB performance and use in different regimes, H. A. Pires, G. M. Figueira, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal); M. Galimberti, Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom) [8001‐250] Integrated optics structures on sol‐gel derived organic‐inorganic hybrids for optical communications, P. S. Brito Andre, Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal) [8001‐251] High‐power Yb:KYW picosecond regenerative amplifier for optical parametric amplifier pumping, C. P. João, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal) [8001‐252] Transmission spectra and band profiles of zero‐ and plasmon‐polariton non‐Bragg gaps in 1D metamaterial photonic superlattices, C. A. Agudelo, R. Mejía‐Salazar, N. Porras‐Montenegro, Univ. del Valle (Colombia); E. Reyes‐Gómez, Univ. de Antioquia (Colombia); L. E. Oliveira, Univ. Estadual de Campinas (Brazil) [8001‐254] Vertically dispersive holographic screens and autostereoscopic displays in 3D medical imaging, D. S. F. Magalhães, State Univ. of Campinas (Brazil); R. L. Serra, Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría (Cuba); A. L. Vannucci, State Univ. of Campinas (Brazil); A. B. Moreno, Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría (Cuba); L. V. B. Magalhães, State Univ. of Campinas (Brazil); J. J. Llovera, Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría (Cuba); L. M. Li, State Univ. of Campinas (Brazil) [8001‐255] The Salamanca Pulsed Laser Center: the Spanish Petawatt (Invited Paper), L. Roso, Univ de Salamanca (Spain) [8001‐256] Development of a portable DOAS system to retrieve vertical column densities of stratospheric trace gases over Buenos Aires, Argentina, M. M. Raponi, CEILAP (CITEFA‐CONICET) (Argentina); R. Jiménez Pizarro, Univ. Nacional de Colombia, Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Ambiental, Bogotá (Colombia); E. Wolfram, CEILAP (CITEFA‐CONICET) (Argentina); J. Tocho, Ctr. de Investigaciones Ópticas (Argentina); E. J. Quel, CEILAP (CITEFA‐CONICET) (Argentina) [8001‐257] Optical birefringence in 2D photonic crystals, L. H. D. Cescato, J. W. Menezes, L. Avila, Univ. Estadual de Campinas (Brazil); M. Alencar, J. Hickmann, Federal Univ. of Alagoas (Brazil) [8001‐258] Plasmonic structures recording on silica multimode fibers, J. Menezes, E. Chillcce, L. Avila, L. Barbosa, L. Cescato, Univ. of Campinas (Brazil) [8001‐260] Calculation of interference and diffraction patterns in phase‐space, H. A. Muñoz Ossa, R. A. Castañeda, Univ. Nacional de Colombia (Colombia) [8001‐261] Millimeter wave radiometer installation in Río Gallegos, southern Argentina, P. F. Orte, Fellowship of ANPCyT (Argentina); J. Salvador, CEILAP (CITEDEF‐CONICET) (Argentina) and Univ. Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (Argentina); E. Wolfram, R. D'Elia, CEILAP (CITEDEF‐CONICET) (Argentina); T. Nagahama, Y. Kojima, R. Tanada, T. Kuwahara, Nagoya Univ. (Japan); A. Morihira, ULVAC Inc. (Japan); E. J. Quel, CEILAP (CITEDEF‐CONICET) (Argentina); A. Mizuno, Nagoya Univ. (Japan) [8001‐262] Differential Fourier transform evaluation of supersonic fluid flows, B. V. Dorrío, F. Rodríguez, J. Blanco, Univ. de Vigo (Spain) [8001‐263] Refractometric evaluation stability in interferometric gauge block calibration, B. V. Dorrío, J. Diz‐Bugarin, J. Blanco, F. Rivas, M. Miranda, Univ. de Vigo (Spain); F. Yebra, M. Otero, J. L. Valencia, J. Rodriguez, Lab. Oficial de Metroloxía de Galicia (Spain) [8001‐264] Advances in the development of optical technologies at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, G. Baldwin, M. Asmad, G. Gálvez, S. Romero, F. Gonzales, D. Córdova, Pontificia Univ. Católica del Perú (Peru) [8001‐265] Photoacoustic based surface plasmon investigation for surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, K. Sathiyamoorthy, M. V. Matham, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [8001‐266] 2D face database diversification based 3D face modeling, Q. Wang, J. Li, Old Dominion Univ. (United States); V. K. Asari, Univ. of Dayton (United States); M. A. Karim, Old Dominion Univ. (United States) [8001‐267] Review of optoelectronic oscillators based on modelocked lasers and resonant tunneling diode optoelectronics (Invited Paper), C. Ironside, Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom) [8001‐269] Diagnostics and treatment of tumors using laser techniques (Invited Paper), K. Svanberg, Lund Univ. (Sweden) [8001‐270] Socio‐optics: optical knowledge applied in modelling social phenomena (Invited Paper), R. Chisleag, Polytechnical Univ. of Bucharest (Romania) [8001‐271] Wear resistant Al‐based MMC coating produced by laser cladding, A. Ramasamy, A. Almeida, R. Vilar, Technical Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal) [8001‐273] New directions in optical metrology (Invited Paper), M. Kujawinska, Warsaw Univ. of Technology (Poland) [8001‐274] Compact digital holoscopes and applications (Invited Paper), A. Asundi, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [8001‐276] Optometry in Portugal: a historical perspective, E. Teixeira, Associação de Profissionais Licenciados de Optometria (Portugal); A. Baptista, Univ. do Minho (Portugal); R. Sousa, Associação de Profissionais Licenciados de Optometria (Portugal) [8001‐278] Civil infrastructures structural health monitoring using optical fiber sensors, A. Maheshwari, Delhi Technological Univ. (India) [8001‐279] Color digital holography using three‐color wavelength‐tunable lasers, Y. Ishii, Tokyo Univ. of Science (Japan); T. Takahashi, R. Onodera, Polytechnic Univ. (Japan) [8001‐280] Effect of NiO nanoparticles into the P3HT:PCBM and APFO3:PCBM blends for photovoltaic applications, S. Chavhan, E. Moons, Karlstad Univ. (Sweden) [8001‐281] Post deadline papers: Optical quantities traceability in Mexico, Eric Rosas, CIO (Mexico) Waveguide Biosensing Devices Based on Polymers: A Novel Approach to Combine Optical and Electrochemical Measurements, Sofia Azevedo, Univ. Minho (Portugal) Bio‐Signal Analysis of the Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Monitor Brain Tumor Vascularization, Vishal Saxena, Southern California Univ. (USA)