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QELS 1. Quantum Optics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids
QELS 2. Quantum Science, Engineering and Technology
QELS 3. Metamaterials and Complex Media
QELS 4. Optical Interactions with Condensed Matter and Ultrafast Phenomena
QELS 5. Nonlinear Optics and Novel Phenomena
QELS 6. Nano-Optics and Plasmonics
QELS 7. High-Field Physics and Attosciences
QELS 8. Other Topics in Quantum Electronics and Laser Science

CLEO 1. Light-matter Interactions and Materials Processing
CLEO 2. Solid-State, Liquid, Gas, and High-Intensity Lasers
CLEO 3. Semiconductor Lasers
CLEO 4. Nonlinear Optical Technologies
CLEO 5. Terahertz Technologies and Applications
CLEO 6. Optical Materials, Fabrication and Characterization
CLEO 7. Micro- and Nano-Photonic Devices
CLEO 8. Ultrafast Optics, Optoelectronics and Applications
CLEO 9. Components, Integration, Interconnects and Signal Processing
CLEO 10. Biophotonics and Optofluidics
CLEO 11. Fiber, Fiber Amplifiers, Lasers and Devices
CLEO 12. Lightwave Communications and Optical Networks
CLEO 13. Active Optical Sensing
CLEO 14. Optical Metrology
CLEO 15. LEDS, Photovoltaics and Energy-Efficient ("Green") Photonics

A&T 1. Biomedical
A&T 2. Environment/Energy
A&T 3. Government & National Science, Security & Standards Applications
A&T 4. Industrial

QELS 1. Quantum Optics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids

SC189 Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Technologies
Ian Walmsley, Univ. of Oxford, UK

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

New Course! SC402 Transformation Optics
Ulf Leonhardt, Weizmann Inst. of Science in Israel, Israel

New Course! SC403 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Univ., USA

QELS 2. Quantum Science, Engineering and Technology

SC189 Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Technologies
Ian Walmsley, Univ. of Oxford, UK

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC362 Cavity Optomechanics: Fundamentals and Applications of controlling and measuring nano- and micro-mechanical oscillators with laser light
Tobia Kippenberg, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

New Course! SC402 Transformation Optics
Ulf Leonhardt, Weizmann Inst. of Science in Israel, Israel

New Course! SC403 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Univ., USA

QELS 3. Metamaterials and Complex Media

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

New Course! SC396 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
Ben Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

New Course! SC402 Transformation Optics
Ulf Leonhardt, Weizmann Inst. of Science in Israel, Israel

New Course! SC403 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Univ., USA

QELS 4. Optical Interactions with Condensed Matter and Ultrafast Phenomena

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics

Robert Fisher, R.A. Fisher Associates, LLC, USA.

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Univ. of California Davis, USA

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

Cancelled SC377 Fundamentals of Lasers
Randy A. Bartels, Colorado State University, USA

SC378 Introduction to Ultrafast Optics
Rick Trebino, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

New Course! SC396 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
Ben Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

New Course! SC398 Tabletop Coherent X-Ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
Margaret Murnane, JILA and Univ. of Colorado, USA

QELS 5. Nonlinear Optics and Novel Phenomena

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics

Robert Fisher, R.A. Fisher Associates, LLC, USA.

SC189 Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Technologies
Ian Walmsley, Univ. of Oxford, UK

SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

SC379 Silicon Photonics Devices and Applications
Michal Lipson, Cornell Univ., USA

New Course! SC396 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
Ben Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

New Course! SC398 Tabletop Coherent X-Ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
Margaret Murnane, JILA and Univ. of Colorado, USA

New Course! SC403 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Univ., USA

QELS 6. Nano-Optics and Plasmonics

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Univ. of California Davis, USA

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

New Course! SC402 Transformation Optics
Ulf Leonhardt, Weizmann Inst. of Science in Israel, Israel

New Course! SC403 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Univ., USA

QELS 7. High-Field Physics and Attosciences

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

SC378 Introduction to Ultrafast Optics
Rick Trebino, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

New Course! SC398 Tabletop Coherent X-Ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
Margaret Murnane, JILA and Univ. of Colorado, USA

CLEO 1. Light-matter Interactions and Materials Processing

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics

Robert Fisher, R.A. Fisher Associates, LLC, USA.

SC318 Coherent and Incoherent Laser Beam Combining: Theory and Methods
James R. Leger, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

New Course! SC403 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Univ., USA

CLEO 2. Solid-State, Liquid, Gas, and High-Intensity Lasers

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics

Robert Fisher, R.A. Fisher Associates, LLC, USA.

SC270 High Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers
W. Andrew Clarkson, Optoelectronics Res. Ctr., Univ. of Southampton, UK

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC318 Coherent and Incoherent Laser Beam Combining: Theory and Methods
James R. Leger, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

Cancelled SC377 Fundamentals of Lasers
Randy A. Bartels, Colorado State University, USA

New Course! SC398 Tabletop Coherent X-Ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
Margaret Murnane, JILA and Univ. of Colorado, USA

CLEO 3. Semiconductor Lasers

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA

SC318 Coherent and Incoherent Laser Beam Combining: Theory and Methods
James R. Leger, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

SC375 Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers: Applications in Health and the Environment
Yamac Dikmelik, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

New Course! SC403 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Univ., USA

CLEO 4. Nonlinear Optical Technologies

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics

Robert Fisher, R.A. Fisher Associates, LLC, USA.

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

SC378 Introduction to Ultrafast Optics
Rick Trebino, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

New Course! SC396 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
Ben Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

New Course! SC398 Tabletop Coherent X-Ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
Margaret Murnane, JILA and Univ. of Colorado, USA

New Course! SC403 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Univ., USA

CLEO 5. Terahertz Technologies and Applications

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics

Robert Fisher, R.A. Fisher Associates, LLC, USA.

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC378 Introduction to Ultrafast Optics
Rick Trebino, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

CLEO 6. Optical Materials, Fabrication and Characterization

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

New Course! SC396 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
Ben Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

CLEO 7. Micro- and Nano-Photonic Devices

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Univ. of California Davis, USA

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC302 MetaMaterials
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue Univ., USA

SC318 Coherent and Incoherent Laser Beam Combining: Theory and Methods
James R. Leger, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

SC362 Cavity Optomechanics: Fundamentals and Applications of controlling and measuring nano- and micro-mechanical oscillators with laser light
Tobia Kippenberg, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

SC379 Silicon Photonics Devices and Applications
Michal Lipson, Cornell Univ., USA

New Course! SC396 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
Ben Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

New Course! SC403 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford Univ., USA

CLEO 8. Ultrafast Optics, Optoelectronics and Applications

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics

Robert Fisher, R.A. Fisher Associates, LLC, USA.

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

Cancelled SC377 Fundamentals of Lasers
Randy A. Bartels, Colorado State University, USA

SC378 Introduction to Ultrafast Optics
Rick Trebino, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

New Course! SC396 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
Ben Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

New Course! SC398 Tabletop Coherent X-Ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
Margaret Murnane, JILA and Univ. of Colorado, USA

CLEO 9. Components, Integration, Interconnects and Signal Processing

SC189 Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Technologies
Ian Walmsley, Univ. of Oxford, UK

SC318 Coherent and Incoherent Laser Beam Combining: Theory and Methods
James R. Leger, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

SC379 Silicon Photonics Devices and Applications
Michal Lipson, Cornell Univ., USA

New Course! SC396 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
Ben Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

CLEO 10. Biophotonics and Optofluidics

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Univ. of California Davis, USA

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

SC379 Silicon Photonics Devices and Applications
Michal Lipson, Cornell Univ., USA

New Course! SC398 Tabletop Coherent X-Ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
Margaret Murnane, JILA and Univ. of Colorado, USA

CLEO 11. Fiber, Fiber Amplifiers, Lasers and Devices

SC270 High Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers
W. Andrew Clarkson, Optoelectronics Res. Ctr., Univ. of Southampton, UK

SC318 Coherent and Incoherent Laser Beam Combining: Theory and Methods
James R. Leger, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

Cancelled SC377 Fundamentals of Lasers
Randy A. Bartels, Colorado State University, USA

CLEO 12. Lightwave Communications and Optical Networks

New Course! SC396 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
Ben Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

CLEO 13. Active Optical Sensing

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Univ. of California Davis, USA

SC189 Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Technologies
Ian Walmsley, Univ. of Oxford, UK

SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

SC375 Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers: Applications in Health and the Environment
Yamac Dikmelik, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA

CLEO 14. Optical Metrology

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC378 Introduction to Ultrafast Optics
Rick Trebino, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

New Course! SC398 Tabletop Coherent X-Ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
Margaret Murnane, JILA and Univ. of Colorado, USA

CLEO 15. LEDS, Photovoltaics and Energy-Efficient ("Green") Photonics

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

A&T 1. Biomedical

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Univ. of California Davis, USA

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

A&T 2. Environment/Energy

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Univ. of California Davis, USA

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
Axel Scherer, Caltech, USA.

SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

A&T 3. Government & National Science, Security & Standards Applications

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing
Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Univ. of California Davis, USA

SC189 Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Technologies
Ian Walmsley, Univ. of Oxford, UK

SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA

SC318 Coherent and Incoherent Laser Beam Combining: Theory and Methods
James R. Leger, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC361 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyonov, Stanford Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA

A&T 4. Industrial

SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA

SC318 Coherent and Incoherent Laser Beam Combining: Theory and Methods
James R. Leger, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

SC352 Ultrafast Laser Shaping and Pulse Compression
Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Univ., USA

SC376 Plasmonics
Mark Brongersma, Stanford Univ., USA