Program

Conference program:

Book of Abstracts:

NTB-Photonics Book of abstracts.pdf

Schedule Overview:

All lectures will take place in UEF, Joensuu campus, Metria building, 1st floor, room M101

Monday, August 17th

09:00 – 10:00 Registration and coffee (Metria building, main entrance)

10:00 – 10:15 Opening (Metria building, 1st floor, room M101)

10:15 – 11:00 Patrice Genevet, Colorado School of Mines, USA, Fundamentals and Design Principles of Metasurfaces

11:00 – 11:30 Marcin Bialek, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Strong and Deep Strong Light-Matter Coupling in Landau-Polaritons

11:30 – 12:00 Yahong Chen, Soochow University, China, Classical entanglement in structured light

12:00 – 12:15 Martti Hanhisalo, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Coherence squeezing in optical two-slit interference

12:15 – 12:30 Najirul Islam, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Polarization squeezed light from two entangled two-level atoms

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (Futura building, 1st floor)

14:00 – 16:00 EXTRASENS session

14:00 – 14:30 Dmitri Horoshko, Ulm University, Germany, Squeezing-enhanced interferometry with a single-mode readout

14:30 – 15:00 Tero Setälä, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Measurement of 3D polarization states of evanescent waves

15:00 – 15:15 Nikita Belko, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Effect of synthesis parameters on the physicochemical properties and cellular uptake of top-down carbon nitride quantum dots

15:15 – 15:30 Vsevolod Peshkov, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Optical Properties of N,O-Chelated Azine–Enol Boron Complexes: Effect of Aromatic Ring Fusion Pattern

15:30 – 15:45 Hanna Maltanava, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, The study of the ferroelectric transition in SbSI by spectroscopic and photoelectrochemical methods

15:45 – 16:00 Paulius Rindzevicius, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy of diamond structures

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break (Metria lobby)

16:30 – 17:00 Alessandro Pitanti, University of Pisa, Italy, Enchanced responsivity of thermomechanical detectors via Duffing nonlinearities

17:00 – 17:15 Madona Mekhael, Tampere University, Finland, Active control of phase matching in nonlinear metasurfaces using Pancharatnam–Berry phase

18:00 Welcome reception (Ticorillo / Amarillo Restaurant, Torikatu 20)

Tuesday, August 18th

09:00 – 09:30 Andzej Urbanovic, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, Terahertz Spectroscopy for Advanced Material Characterization: Methods, Instrumentation and Applications

09:30 – 10:00 Matias Koivurova, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Accelerating waves: connecting photonics, relativity, and time

10:00 – 10:15 Janna Pennanen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Phase winding without topological protection

10:15 – 10:30 Voitech Stankevic, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, High Pulsed Magnetic and Electric Field System for the Investigation of Nanostructured Manganite Films

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break (Metria lobby)

11:00 – 12:30 THz-SKin session

11:00 – 11:45 Vasili Perebeinos, University at Buffalo, USA, Simulations of Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties in low-dimensional materials

11:45 – 12:15 Irmantas Kasalynas, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, Room-Temperature Terahertz Photonics via Plasmons Excitation in Various Semiconductor Platforms

12:15 – 12:30 Aadya Menon, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Black Nickel Coating: A Scalable Solution for Ultra-Broadband Absorption

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (Futura building, 1st floor)

14:00 – 16:00 HERMES session

14:00 – 14:30 Tadao Nagatsuma, The University of Tokyo, Osaka University, Japan, Photonics–Electronics Convergence for Terahertz Wireless: From Device Physics to Fully Integrated Systems

14:30 – 15:00 Hiroshi Ito, The University of Tokyo, Japan, THz-Wave Generation and Detection by Semiconductor Heterojunction Diodes

15:00 – 15:30 Antonio Di Bartolomeo, University of Salerno, Italy, Optoelectronic and Synaptic Functions in Two-Dimensional SnS₂, SnSe₂, and SnSSe

15:30 – 15:45 Surya Revanth Ayyagari, Vilnius University, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), Lithuania, Planar Meta-Atom Photonic Sensor for Terahertz Detection of Organic Molecules

15:45 – 16:00 Maxim Moscotin, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), Lithuania, Investigation of AlGaN/GaN modified edge field effect transistors for terahertz detection at cryogenic temperatures

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break (Metria lobby)

16:30 – 17:00 Marek Tylutki, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland, Beyond Mean-Field Effects in Bose-Einstein Condensates: Supersolids, Droplets and Polarons

17:00 – 20:00 Poster session (Metria lobby)

Wednesday, August 19th

09:00 – 10:30 FLORIN session

09:00 – 09:30 Marijonas Tutkus, Vilnius University, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, Single-molecule localisation microscopy augmented with tracking for live-cell carbonic anhydrase IX studies

09:30 – 10:00 Elias Sfeir, UTT L2n, France, Diamond Color Centers for Quantum Technologies

10:00 – 10:15 Elena Filonenko, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, pH-sensitive photoluminescence in diamond nanoneedles

10:15 – 10:30 Aurimas Kopustas, Vilnius University, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, Mechanistic insights into individual protein-DNA interactions of fundamentally different bacterial defense systems

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break (Metria lobby)

11:00 – 11:45 Fedor Jelezko, Ulm University, Germany, Quantum sensing at nanoscale enabled by diamond spin qubits

11:45 – 12:15 Filip Steiner, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Czech Republic, Surface engineering of nanodiamonds with NV centers for quantum sensing

12:15 – 12:30 Ayda Nasiri, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, New Hybrid Photonic Platform for Directional Enhancement of Upconversion Luminescence in Single-Molecule Detection

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (Futura building, 1st floor)

14:00 – 20:00 Cultural activity (Trip to Valamo Monastery, UEF Parking), conference photo.

Thursday, August 20th

09:00 – 10:30 PREIN session

09:00 – 09:30 Vyacheslav Shatokhin, University of Freiburg, Germany, High-dimensional optical communication in atmospheric turbulence

09:30 – 10:00 Antti J. Moilanen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Uncovering the Dynamics of Multimode Organic Polariton Lasing

10:00 – 10:15 Jency Justus, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Two-level strip-loaded waveguides for controlled absorption

10:15 – 10:30 Reuben Amedalor, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Spectroscopy with resolution beyond the encoder linewidth

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break (Metria lobby)

11:00 – 11:45 Dmitri Golberg, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, State-of-the-art in situ TEM techniques for physical property studies of nanomaterials

11:45 – 12:15 Shevchenko Andriy, Aalto University, Finland, Nanophotonic structures at higher-order resonances

12:15 – 12:30 Fida Ali, Aalto University, Finland, High-Sensitivity Optical Detectors for Ultra-Low-Light Detection and Imaging

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (Futura building, 1st floor)

14:00 – 14:30 Junji Yumoto, The University of Tokyo, Japan, Low-Loss and Compact 300 GHz-Band Hollow Waveguide Components and Devices Fabricated by 3D Printing and Electroless Metal Plating

14:30 – 15:00 Haruyuki Sakurai, The University of Tokyo, Japan, Quantification of fundamental laser-ablation phenomena for advancing laser processing technologies

15:00 – 15:15 Nikita Solonovich, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Time to space ghost imaging with partially coherent light

15:15 – 15:30 Vytautas Janonis, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), Lithuania, Coherent thermal radiation sources based on hybrid surface polaritons excitation in GaN

15:30 – 15:45 Nima Rafsanjani, Politecnico di Torino; University of Eastern Finland, Center for Photonics Sciences, Italy; Finland, Efficient TiO2/Polymer Vertical Nano-Waveguide Edge Coupler

15:45 – 16:00 Renata Karpicz, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, Methodological Advances in CARS Microscopy for Chemical Imaging of Micro and Nanostructures

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break (Metria lobby)

16:30 – 17:00 Shotaro Kawano, The University of Tokyo, Japan, Laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) on titanium thin films with femtosecond optical skyrmions

17:00 – 17:15 Roman Calpe, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Mode locking in plasmonic lattice lasers

18:00 Conference dinner (Local Bistro, Kauppakatu 32)

Friday, August 21st

09:00 – 09:30 Shengyu Shan, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Coherent light emission of WSe₂–WS₂ Interlayer Excitons in Photonic Crystal Cavities

09:30 – 10:00 Benedetta Bertoni, University of Pisa, Italy, FPGA Readout of Thermomechanical Bolometers Arrays for THz Imaging

10:00 – 10:15 Francesco Siconolfi, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy, Multifunctional Graphene Coatings for Advanced Electronic Packaging

10:15 – 10:30 Jann Eike Kruse, CommonsLab SCE, Greece, Evidence-Based Pathways from Research to Marketable Offers

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break (Metria lobby)

11:00 – 13:00 FLORIN session 2

11:00 – 11:45 Fiorenzo Vetrone, INRS, Université du Québec, Canada, From Photon Conversion to Biomedical Innovation: Rare Earth Nanoparticles at the Interface of Nano- and Bio-Photonics

11:45 – 12:15 Patrizia Lamberti, University of Salerno, Italy, Numerical investigation of cell electroporation in presence of nanoparticles

12:15 – 12:30 Dmitry Semenov, Marginum Ltd / University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Data-Driven Tissue Recognition: Revolutionizing Precision and Safety in Neurological Oncology Surgery

12:30 – 13:00 Shuang Li, Aalto University, Finland, Optical Physical Reservoir Computing in an FGaT/WS₂ Valleytronic Heterostructure

13:00 – 13:15 Closing (Metria building, 1st floor, room M101)

13:15 – 14:00 Lunch (Futura building, 1st floor)

18:00 Sauna (Joensuun Jääkarhut, Mäntyniementie 1). Please register in advance by sending e-mail to [email protected]. Transfer from UEF staff parking at 17:45

Poster session (Tuesday evening)

P1. Deborah Adigun, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Phototoxic Effects of Nanostructured Carbon Nitrides on HeLa Cells and Red Blood Cells

P2. Chivintar Amenty, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, THz-FIR library for skin cancer diagnostics

P3. Ali Banijamali, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Design of plasmonic superlattices

P4. Andrius Biciunas, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, Optimizing MBE Growth of GaAsBi Quantum Wells for Biosensing Focused Laser Diodes

P5. Alex Bramwell, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Controlling morphology and optical properties of diamond needles

P6. Gaia Di Carlo, University of Pisa, Italy, Characterization of thermomechanical detectors in the 6-12 µm  (25-50 THz) range

P7. Pathum Ranawalage Don, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Design and Characterization of Chiral Plasmonic Lattices for Circurlarly Polarized Lasing

P8. Zhen Dong, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Coherence engineering of light beams carrying robust higher-order Poincaré polarization states

P9. Behnaz Fazlpour, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Electric and magnetic 3D polarization of a random

P10. Olena Gnatyuk, Institute of Physics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine, A FTIR spectroscopy and PLS-regression based prognostic model for human glioma age, gender and malignancy grading

P11. Olena Gnatyuk, Institute of Physics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine, Biophysical characteristics of quantum sensing systems based on nanodiamonds and model lipid mimetics

P12. Mikhail Gorbun, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Negative Optical Phase Accumulation in Ultrathin Conductive Films: Applications and Active Control

P13. Diya Govind, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Interferometric control of phase singularity splitting

P14. Ivan Halimski, Department of Physics, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland, Steady-State and Time-Resolved Fluorescence study of meso-Tetraphenylporphyrin and Hexagonal Boron Nitride van der Waals Complex

P15. Tanu Prava Mondal, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Local Laser Activation of Color Centers in Diamond Needles

P16. Ignas Nevinskas, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, Systematic investigation of stripline width and contact metal effects on terahertz photoconductive antenna performance

P17. Anna-Kaisa Rantaeskola, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Geometric phase of partially polarized classical light beams

P18. Aleksandr Saushin, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Ultrathin carbon metamaterial for control of THz polarization ellipticity

P19. Vyacheslav Shatokhin, University of Freiburg, Germany, Master equation approach to twisted photons’ propagation in the atmosphere

P20. Arya Soltaneshagh, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Cost-efficient black nickel substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

P21. Rizwan Sultan, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Characterization of Silicon-Vacancy Centers in Diamond Nanoneedles for Nanoscale Sensing

P22. Junji Yumoto, The University of Tokyo, Japan, LUCID and HandySPIM: A Simple and Cost-Effective Platform for Three-Dimensional Fluorescence Imaging

P23. Martynas Zalieckas, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania, Metal Ion Sensing Using Photoluminescent Carbon Nitride Quantum Dots

Instructions for presenters

Oral presentations:

  • Duration of the talks:
  • You can use your own laptop computer. Both Windows (HDMI, mini-HDMI, micro-HDMI connector) and Mac computers (DisplayPort and Mini DisplayPort) are allowed. Alternatively, you may bring your presentation in a USB memory stick (pdf format with fonts embedded, or latest Powerpoint pptx format) and use a Windows-based presentation computer of the session hall. If you use the stick, copy your presentation file to the session hall computer before the session starts.
  • Equipment in the session hall: Windows-based presentation computer, data projector, HDMI and DisplayPort adapters, laser pointer and handheld microphone.

Poster presentations:

  • Poster size is A0 (portrait).
  • Poster numbers will be displayed on the poster boards and pins will be provided by the organizers.