Optics and Photonics in Environment and Pollution Monitoring

• Remote sensing techniques to measure trace gases, particulates and aerosols (including LIDAR, DOAS, FTIR)

• Optical in-situ techniques to measure trace gases, particulates and aerosols

• Emerging applications for spectroscopic techniques (including non-destructive optical methods and laser diagnostics)

• Optical techniques for air pollution and climate change detection (including satellite remote sensing)

• Laser spectroscopy of the environment (including frequency comb spectroscopy)

• Optical instruments and techniques to measure solid and liquid pollutants or contaminants and water quality (including hyperspectral imaging, LIBS, and time-gated luminescence flow cytometry and application related to marine biology)

• Optical systems for measurement of whole-facility emissions (including open-path and fiber-optical sensing)

• Optical techniques to detect hazardous materials (explosives, …)

Optics and Photonics in Energy Research and Applications

• Optics and photonics in wind energy (including energy mining)

• Optics and photonics in solar energy (including energy mining)

• Optics and photonics in the fossil fuel industry (including transport and storage)

• Optics and photonics for the mining industry

• Optics and photonics in agriculture

• Optics and photonics for studies of combustion, propulsion, and flow processes (such as flames, explosions, projectiles, engines, etc.)

• Optics and photonics to increase energy and environmental efficiencies of information transmission (including telecommunications, computing, and the internet)

• Optics and photonics to assess the environmental impact of energy sectors

• Optics and photonics in underwater technology