4th International Workshop on
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN RARE EARTHS:
PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES (PRE'12)
March 28-30, 2012, Kyoto, Japan
Workshop Scope
"PRE" is the International Workshop on Photoluminescence in Rare-Earths : Photonic Materials and Devices.
The first workshop, PRE'05 was held in Trento, Italy in May 2005 and covered a wide range of researches of rare-earth ions in optoelectronics and photonics. The second PRE'07 was held again in Trento, May 2007, and the third PRE'10 in Firenze, on April 29-30, 2010. Following the success of these three, we are glad to follow the best traditions of this series and decided to organize the fourth workshop in Japan. We hope to provide oppportunities for discussions between researchers working on photoluminescence of rare-earth ions in various materials and devices.
Main Topics
- - Fundamental photoluminescence properties & spectroscopic measurements
- - Modeling, first-principles calculations, etc.
- - Photonic devices exploiting rare-earths characteristics
- - Rare-earth-doped crystalline materials
- - Transparent ceramics and glass-ceramic materials
- - Rare-earth optical amplifiers for telecommunication
- - Fiber lasers and micro-chip lasers
- - Phosphor materials for solid-state lighting
- - Downconvertors for photovoltaic applications.