Nine focused sessions will form part of the META 2027 scientific program.
Confirmed invited speakers will be added as confirmations are received. Invited presentations are 20 minutes.
SP1
Commercialization of Metasurface and Nanophotonic Devices
Matthew SingerThorlabs Inc, USA
Academic and Industry CollaborationScalable Manufacture using PDK’s and existing infrastructureTolerancing metasurfaces in optical systemsMetrology of metasurfaces and nanophotonic devicesIntegration of nano and macro photonicsVolume applications of metasurfaces and nanophotonic devices
SP2
Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Bio-diagnostics, Environmental Monitoring and Food Safety
Lucia PettiInstitute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems - CNR, Italy
Massimo RippaInstitute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems - CNR, Italy
Functionalized plasmonic nanostructuresRecent Developments for Plasmonics for Enhanced SERS SensingPromising aperiodic and quasi-crystal nanoMaterials for BiosensingLSPR biosensingPlasmonic metamaterials and metasurfacesSelf-Assembled Nanomaterials for Real-World ApplicationsQuantum Nanoplasmonic Bio-SensingDiagnostic systems based on Metamaterials and self-assembled nanomaterials
SP3
Parity-Time and Quasi-Normal Modes in Photonics, Plasmonics, Acoustics
Anatole LupuC2N/Paris-Saclay University, France
Henri BenistyInstitut d’Optique Graduate School, France
Non-Hermitian Photonics, Plasmonics, Metamaterials, AcousticsPT-symmetry related functionalities enabled by gain-loss engineering: theory, devices, applicationsSingularities, broken symmetries, topological states in non-Hermitian systemsStudies of quasi normal modes in general Non-hermitian contexts
SP4
When “meta” meets “materials”: innovative materials, fabrication, functionalities
Dorota PawlakENSEMBLE3, Poland
Virginie PonsinetCNRS-Université de Bordeaux, France
New materials for nanophotonicsNew fabrication methods for nanophotonicsSelf-assembly and self-organizationScalable fabricationAdvanced design and characterizationStructure–property correlationsTailored electromagnetic responses
SP5
Non-Hermitian Photonics: Topological, Disordered and Quantum systems
Konstantinos MakrisUniversity of Crete & IESL-FORTH, Greece
Li GeCUNY, USA
Non-Hermitian photonics, plasmonics and metamaterialsNon-Hermitian topological photonics and lasersNon-Hermitian quantum systemsWave propagation in disordered non-Hermitian complex mediaExceptional points in optical and photonic systems and applicationsInterplay between nonlinearity, non-Hermiticity and topologyNovel fabrication methods for non-Hermitian photonic structuresNew experiments in Non-Hermitian Photonics
SP6
Towards chiral and magnetoelectric quantum electrodynamics – Focus Session In Continuity with Symposium IV
Eugene KamenetskiiBen Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Chiral fields, chiral quantum vacuum, and chiral meta-atoms; chiral cavity QEDME fields, ME quantum vacuum, and magnetoelectric meta-atoms; ME cavity QEDAxion fields and axion meta-atoms; axion-photon interaction
SP7
Bio-Inspired Nanophotonics
Debashis ChandaCollege of Optics and Photonics - CREOL, University of Central Florida, USA
Structural color and their unique propertiesMultifunctional biophotonic structuresDynamic and adaptive biophotonic structuresSustainable and green photonics and colorsScalable fabrication strategies: multiscale, self-assembly, additiveCharacterization, imaging and spectroscopy of biological and bioinspired photonic materialsBioinspired micro- and nanostructures for imaging and sensing applicationsApplications of bioinspired materials in vision, mechanics, healthcare and energy
SP8
Nano-Lasers, Spasers, and Nanostructures with Quantum Elements
Alessandro VeltriUniversidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Ashod AradianCentre de Recherche Paul Pascal - CNRS, France
Experimental advances in the fabrication of nanolaser and spaser devicesCharacterization of key properties such as emission wavelength and spectrum, output power, threshold gain, and photon statisticsDevelopments in theoretical modeling and numerical simulationsEmerging applications of hybrid gain/metal nanostructures in areas such as sensing, optical communication, nanoantennas, quantum information, and high-speed photonicsProgress toward the commercialization of nanolasers and spasers
SP9
Plasmonics and Nanophotonics: Fundamentals and Applications
Hong WeiInstitute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy, plasmon-assisted processesPlasmon-exciton coupling, plasmon-mediated radiation of quantum emitters, nanocavity quantum electrodynamicsPlasmonic nanogaps, plasmon coupling in composite nanostructuresPlasmonic/photonic nanocircuits, active and passive nanodevicesFundamentals for manipulating light at nanometer scale, quantum plasmonics and nanophotonicsPlasmonic sensing and imagingPlasmochemistryPlasmonic metamaterials and metasurfacesAdvanced nanofabrication and characterization techniquesNew materials for plasmonics and nanophotonics