Program
Conference Program — Draft Version Current as of May 30, 2026. Subject to change. |
AES 2026
The 12th International Conference on Antennas and Electromagnetic Systems
5
Plenary talks
12
Keynote talks
212
Oral presentations
22
Poster presentations
55
Sessions
Legend:
P Plenary
K Keynote
I Invited
O Oral
P Poster
Dinner
1
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
| Time | Aula Magna | Aula 252 | Coro di Notte | Aula 254 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Opening Address Opening Address | |||
| 09:00 - 10:10 | Plenary Session Plenary Session I | |||
| 10:10 - 10:50 | Coffee Break Poster Session Poster Session I | |||
| 10:50 - 12:40 | SYM2 | SP12 | SYM1 | SYM1 |
| 12:40 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Antenna Theory and Design | SP12 | SYM2 | SYM1 |
| 14:35 - 15:20 | — | SP10 | — | — |
| 15:40 - 16:20 | Coffee Break | |||
| 16:20 - 18:35 | SP2 | SYM1 | SYM2 | SP8 |
| 17:20 - 18:15 | — | — | SP4 | — |
Opening Address08:45 - 09:00 · Aula Magna
Plenary Session I
Aula Magna
Chaired by:Stefano Maci
09:00Plenary
Intelligent Surface Wave Metasurfaces for Future Wireless Systems
University of Siena (Italy)
09:35Plenary
Advancements in Deep Learning-enabled Generative Design of Metalens Antenna and Frequency-selective-surface
National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Coffee Break10:10 - 10:50
Poster Session I
Corridoio dell’Orologio
P1
Probabilistic Risk Mapping for Low-Altitude UAV Communications: An Empirical Tail Approach to Multipath and Interference Modeling
Civil Aviation University (China)
P2
Flexible metasurface integrated planar rigid antenna for circular polarization in K band
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India)
P3
A Comparison of Dirichlet-Impulse Frequency Diverse Array and Phased Array Radars
Rehis Division Aselsan Inc. (Türkiye); Baskent University (Türkiye)
P4
A 2-D Leaky-Wave Antenna Array for joint sensing, communication and wireless power transfer
Universidad de Murcia (Spain); Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (Spain)
P5
Control of Mode Propagation and End-Fire Radiation in Rectangular Waveguides with Metasurface Boundaries
National Hellenic Research Foundation (Greece); Ames National Laboratory-Iowa State University (USA)
P6
Numerical Simulation of a Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Induction Sensor for Non-Contact Soil Electrical Conductivity Measurement
University of Manitoba (Canada); TerraWave Radar Solutions (Canada)
P7
Plasmonic switches based on the composite gold-vanadium dioxide material platform
Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic)
SYM2: Computational Electromagnetics for Radiating Structures
Aula Magna
Organized by:K. Kajikawa & J. TakaharaChaired by:Jérôme Plain
10:50Keynote
Optical Neural Networks based on photovoltaic elements
University of St Andrews (United Kingdom)
11:20Invited
Reduced-Order Framework for Layered Photonic Cavities
University of Warsaw (Poland)
11:40Invited
Leakage from Uniform and Periodically Loaded Line Waveguides
Sapienza University of Rome (Italy); Roma Tre University of Rome (Italy)
12:00Invited
Infrared Cavity Enhanced Vibrational Relaxation in Layered MoS2
Hokkaido University (Japan)
12:20Invited
Broadband Low-Reflectivity Design of Moth-Eye Structures Using RCWA and Bayesian Optimization
Institute of Science Tokyo (Japan)
SP12: From UV to Mid-IR: A Broad Spectrum for Innovative Applications
Aula 252
Organized by:Antonella Maria Loconsole and Francesco AnelliChaired by:Francesco Anelli and Antonella M. Loconsole
10:50Invited
Er3+ ions luminescence in nanoparticles-doped optical fibers
Fondazione LINKS (Italy); Université Côte d'Azur (France) +3
11:10Invited
Development and Integration of Fluoride-Based Fiber Gratings for Mid-IR Photonics
Lumoscribe LTD (Cyprus)
11:30Invited
Mid-IR Dispersion Spectroscopy for Liquid Sensing
TU Wien (Austria)
11:50Invited
Hybrid laser integration for sensing application
Munster Technological University (Ireland); University of Glasgow (United Kingdom) +3
12:10Invited
Development of Mid-Infrared Lasers in Fluoride Glasses with Positive Index Waveguides
Adelaide University (Australia)
12:30Invited
Fluoride all-Fibre Lasers: Opportunities and Challenges
Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technologies (Germany)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Coro di Notte
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Andrea Di Falco
10:50Invited
The role of resonances at dangling ligaments in the absorption of nanoporous gold
Hamburg University of Technology (Germany)
11:10Invited
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Using Plasmonic Si MEMS
The University of Electro-Communications (Japan); IMRA JAPAN CO., LTD. (Japan)
11:30Invited
Fluorescence-based chiral sensing with silicon metasurfaces
Ghent University (Belgium); Durham University (United Kingdom)
11:50Invited
Non-dichroic Chiral Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Université de Bordeaux (France); The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC (Hungary) +5
12:10Invited
Photoacoustic spectroscopy on plasmonic materials
La Sapienza (Italy)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Aula 254
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Takasumi Tanabe
10:50Invited
Hybrid 2D-plasmonic nanoantennas for photon emission and sensing
Università di Genova (Italy); CNR-IPCF (Italy) +1
11:10Invited
Field-enhancement in plasmonic tagged nanoplastics
CNR-IPCF (Italy); Università della Calabria (Italy)
11:30Invited
Textile-Embedded Metasurfaces for Enhancing Smart Devices Connectivity
Aalto University (Finland); Harbin Engineering University (China)
11:50Invited
Constructing High-order Exceptional Points and Perfect Absorber Based loss engineering
Institute of Physics-CAS (China)
12:10Invited
Near-field polarization photonics: controlling polarization of localized waves with metasurfaces
Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Germany)
Lunch Break12:40 - 14:00 · Chiostro di Levante
Antenna Theory and Design
Aula Magna
Chaired by:Changzhi Gu
14:00Keynote
Multibeam Antennas without Beam Forming Networks
University of Siena (Italy)
14:30Keynote
Long Slot Arrays: Advancing Next-Generation Communications Networks and Beyond
Michigan State University (USA)
15:00
Design and Optimization of a Multilayer Dielectric Radome for Ka-, Q-, and V-Band Applications
University of Catania (Italy)
15:15
868 MHz Yagi-Uda Antenna for Educational Purposes: Design and Measurement
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Portugal)
SP12: From UV to Mid-IR: A Broad Spectrum for Innovative Applications
Aula 252
Organized by:Antonella Maria Loconsole and Francesco AnelliChaired by:Francesco Anelli
14:00Invited
Hollow-Core Optical Fibers: Guiding Light from UV to Mid-IR and Beyond
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)
14:20
Germanate Glass as a Versatile Platform for Efficient 2 µm Laser Sources
Fondazione LINKS (Italy); Ben Gurion University (Israel) +4
SP10: Advanced Antenna Designs for Joint Communication and Sensing
Aula 252
Organized by:José Luis Gómez Tornero and Julien SarrazinChaired by:José Luis Gómez Tornero
14:35
Monopulse-Based Blind-Spot Correction using a Full-Azimuthal Leaky-Wave Antenna Array
Universidad de Murcia (Spain); Sorbonne University (France)
14:50
Phase-Based Ranging and Direction-of-Arrival Localization with a single-port Frequency-Scanned Antenna
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (Spain)
15:05
Acoustic leaky-wave antennas for localization of IoT devices
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) (Spain); Technical University of Chalmers (Sweden)
SYM2: Computational Electromagnetics for Radiating Structures
Coro di Notte
Organized by:K. Kajikawa & J. TakaharaChaired by:Junichi Takahara
14:00Invited
Advanced computational design of nonlinear and functional nanophotonics
University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
14:20Invited
Nanoparticles of nitride-based materials for plasmonics and lattice-mode resonances
University of Technology of Troyes (France); Université de Poitiers (France)
14:40Invited
Retrieving Electric and Magnetic Conductivities of Anisotropic Metasurfaces under Oblique Incidence
National Hellenic Research Foundation (Greece)
15:00Invited
Plasmonic lightning-rod effect and nanofocusing: Revisiting traditional design concepts for plasmonic antennas
Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic)
15:20Invited
Advancements in Electromagnetic FEM forParametric Studies, Frequency Sweeps and ShapeOptimization
Gdansk University of Technology (Poland)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Aula 254
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Erik Dujardin
14:00Invited
Solar-thermal conversion with titanium nitride metamaterials
Palacky University Olomouc (Czech Republic); Politecnico di Milano (Italy) +4
14:20Invited
Toward Robust SE-FSRS: Managing Nanoantenna-Induced Spectral Distortions via Excitation-Wavelength and Pulse-Energy Tuning
Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS (Poland)
14:40Invited
Tip-Enhanced Nanocavities: Advances for Linear and Nonlinear Vibrational Spectroscopy
CIC nanoGUNE (Spain); Donostia International Physics Center (Spain)
15:00Invited
Inverse Electromagnetic Design for THz Antennas, Resonators and Wave-Based Analog Computing
University of Birmingham (United Kingdom); Seoul National University (Korea) +2
15:20Invited
Plasmonic Metasurface Arrays for Universal Liquid Sensing
University of Glasgow (United Kingdom); Spraying Systems Co. (USA)
Coffee Break15:40 - 16:20
SP2: Light Engineering at the Nano-Scale: Plasmonics and Metamaterials
Aula Magna
Organized by:P. Piotrowski & E. PetronijevićChaired by:Piotr Piotrowski and Emilija Petronijević
16:20Invited
Real-Space Plasmon Imaging Reveals Modified Charge Dynamics of Gold at the Monolayer Limit
CIC nanoGUNE (Spain); Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) +5
16:40Invited
Whispering-Gallery Mode Microcavities & Microlasers: From Advanced Single Molecule Measurements to Applications in Biology
University of Exeter (United Kingdom)
17:00Invited
Polaritonic metasurfaces: extended hybridization and energy transfer
Institut Lumière Matière - Université Claude Bernard Lyon1 (France); Université de Lyon (France)
17:20Invited
Recursive analog computing with light
Harvard University (USA)
17:40Invited
Liquid-Crystalline Chiral Nanophotonics: From Plasmonic Circular Dichroism to Circularly Polarized Luminescence
University of Warsaw (Poland)
18:00Invited
DNA-Origami-Assembled Rhodium Nanoantennasfor Deep-UV Label-Free Single-Protein Detection
University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
18:20
Deterministic Strain Engineered Quantum Emitters in Two Dimensional Semiconductors
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Aula 252
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Alexander Petrov
16:20Invited
Chiral Nonlinear Polaritonics and Quantum Metaphotonics with Bound States in the Continuum
National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (Russia)
16:40Invited
Efficient Lasing Metasurfaces Enabled by Quasi-Dark Resonances: A Temporal Coupled Mode Theory Approach
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece); IOGS-Université de Bordeaux-CNRS (France) +2
17:00Invited
Microbridge-Array Based Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau (Germany)
17:20Invited
Microcomb-Enabled Low-Phase-Noise Terahertz Wireless Links for High-Order Modulation
Keio University (Japan)
SYM2: Computational Electromagnetics for Radiating Structures
Coro di Notte
Organized by:K. Kajikawa & J. TakaharaChaired by:Alessandro Alabastri
16:20Invited
Hybrid AI design of reconfigurable and compact plasmonic Arithmetic and Logic Units
Université Bourgogne Europe (France)
16:40Invited
Leaf-based Ground Planes for Sustainable Wireless Communication
Universitat Ramon LLull (Spain)
17:00Invited
Fully Programmable Reflect/Transmit sub-THz Surfaces with CMOS Ics
Princeton University (USA)
SP4: Advanced Techniques for Antennas, RF, and MW Components
Coro di Notte
Organized by:Giacomo Muntoni, Francesco Chietera and Alessio MostaccioChaired by:Giacomo Muntoni
17:20Invited
Investigation on Powder-Bed Fusion Laser-Based Process for the Manufacturing of D-band Feed Horns
CNR-IEIIT (Italy); DIGEP-POLITO (Italy) +1
17:40
Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Post-Fabrication Frequency Tuning of Printed Planar Antennas
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (Spain)
17:55Invited
A 3D-printed Convex Antenna for ARBW and Gain Enhancement
University of Cagliari (Italy)
SP8: Nano-Objects and Metasurfaces for Opto-Thermo-Mechanical Management
Aula 254
Organized by:Marco Gandolfi, Andrea Gerini and Olga SergaevaChaired by:Marco Gandolfi
16:20Invited
Modeling Terahertz Scattering from Plastic Contaminants for Inspection Applications
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy); Università Degli Studi di Brescia (Italy) +2
16:40Invited
Wiener--Hopf Modeling of a Parity Time Duality Waveguide Based on a Bed of Nails Metasurface
Universita di Siena (Italy); University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)
17:00Invited
Quantization Pressure and Commensurability in Morphogenetic Metasurface Design
University of Limoges - Xlim Research Institute (France); Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
17:20Invited
Ultrafast thermal exchanges around nano-objects probed by time-resolved optical spectroscopy
Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France); Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
17:40Invited
Controlling nonlinear THz generation via two-beam excitation of all-dielectric nanostructures
Politecnico di Milano (Italy); University of Brescia +1
18:00Invited
Supermode Theory for Broadband All-Dielectric Metasurfaces
University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
18:20Invited
Ultrafast modulation of semiconductor metasurfaces with photo-induced spatial inhomogeneities
Politecnico di Milano (Italy); ITMO University (Russia) +1
18:40
Mid-infrared Light Modulation with Silicon Membrane Metasurfaces
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); ITMO University (Russia) +1
2
Thursday, June 4, 2026
| Time | Aula Magna | Aula 252 | Coro di Notte | Aula 254 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:40 | Plenary Session Plenary Session II | |||
| 09:40 - 10:20 | Coffee Break Poster Session Poster Session II | |||
| 10:20 - 12:30 | SYM2 | SP9 | SYM1 | SP1 |
| 12:40 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Electromagnetic Theory: Analytical, Computational and Numerical Methods | SP9 | SYM1 | SP11 |
| 14:40 - 15:40 | — | SYM1 | — | — |
| 15:40 - 16:10 | Coffee Break | |||
| 16:10 - 17:15 | SP11 | SP7 | SYM1 | SYM2 |
| 20:00 - 23:00 | Conference Dinner Conference Dinner — Me Cumpari Turiddu | |||
Plenary Session II
Aula Magna
Chaired by:Zhi Ning Chen
08:30Plenary
Dielectric metasurfaces: a new platform for nonlinear optics
Université Paris Cité (France)
09:05Plenary
Overview of Gap Waveguide Technology for Satellite Antenna Systems
University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)
Coffee Break09:40 - 10:20
Poster Session II
Corridoio dell’Orologio
P1
Giant Magnetoimpedance effect at GHz frequencies in amorphous microwires
University of Basque Country (Spain); Cambridge University (United Kingdom)
P2
Diffraction Contribution by a Junction of Chiral Layers with PEC Backing
University of Salerno (Italy); I.R.E.A.-C.N.R (Italy)
P3
Effect of asymmetry and disorder on spontaneous emission in resonant gratings supporting quasi-bound states in the continuum
Université Jean Monnet - Saint Etienne (France); Universite Clermont Auvergne (France)
P4
Defect-Engineered ZnO/Ag Nano-heterostructures for Energy-Related Applications
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine)
P5
Ni-Co-Zn Composite Loaded Patch Antenna for MICS Band Biomedical Communications
IISER Bhopal (India)
P6
Metasurfaces for Light Harvesting in Perovskite Solar Cells
V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics of NAS (Ukraine); Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) +1
P7
Time-Modulated Metasurface-Based Corner Reflector for Radar Target Feature Manipulation
Zhejiang University (China); Hangzhou City University (China)
P8
Triple-doping in optical plasmonic glass nanocomposites
SYM2: Computational Electromagnetics for Radiating Structures
Aula Magna
Organized by:K. Kajikawa & J. TakaharaChaired by:Oscar Avalos-Ovando
10:20Keynote
Nanoplasmonic Cavities for Electromagnetic WaveControl: Quantum Dynamics in Open Resonators
The University of Dublin (Ireland)
10:50Invited
Formation of Electromagnetic Spin Skyrmionsby Sparse Antenna Arrays
George Washington University (USA)
11:10Invited
The Quasi-Normal Mode Method Applied to the Study of the Radiating Properties of Quasi-Bound States in the Continuum
Université Clermont Auvergne / Institut Pascal (France); Université de Lyon (France)
11:30Invited
Opto-thermal tunability in phase-change metasurfaces
Università degli Studi di Brescia (Italy); US Naval Research Laboratory (USA) +1
11:50Invited
Theoretical Modeling of Surface Electromagnetic Wave-Based Underwater Radio Communication
Saltenna Inc. (USA)
12:10Invited
Multi-order exceptional points and structured perturbations
IESL-FORTH and University of Crete (Greece)
SP9: Young Researchers in Antennas and Metasurfaces
Aula 252
Organized by:Edoardo Negri and Federico GiustiChaired by:Edoardo Negri and Federico Giusti
10:20Invited
In-Phase TE/TM Surface Wave Excitation on Self-Complementary Metasurfaces
Université de Rennes - IETR (France); University of Siena (Italy)
10:40Invited
Multifunctional Metasurfaces with Mutual Coupling Mitigation for Advanced Wireless Systems at Millimeter-Waves and Terahertz
Public University of Navarra (Spain)
11:00Invited
Low-Cost 3-D Printable Modulated Dielectric Leaky-Wave Antenna
Geeps-Sorbonne University (France)
11:20Invited
Low-Loss CLAF Waveguides and Slot Arrays for 77 GHz Automotive Radar Using Mirror-Stacked Glide-Symmetric Mushroom EBGs
Sorbonne Universite (France); IMST GmbH (Germany) +1
11:40Invited
Magnetically Tunable Graphene PlasmonicEmission for THz Amplification
Niccolò Cusano University (Italy); Marche Polytechnic University (Italy) +1
12:00Invited
Advanced Near-Field Beam Synthesis via Spatially Distributed Ray-Caustics
University of Catania (Italy)
12:20Invited
Interpolation of Periodic Method-of-Moments Impedance Matrices with a Physically Motivated Regularisation
Politecnico di Torino (Italy); UCLouvain (Belgium)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Coro di Notte
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Jamal Berakdar
10:20Invited
Polymeric dynamic nanoantennas and metasurfaces
Linkoping University (Sweden)
10:40Invited
Controlling Fisher Information Flow in Optical Metrology
University of Southampton (United Kingdom); TU Wien (Austria)
11:00Invited
Fluctuation-induced Hall-like forces in a chiral-gain environment
RIKEN (Japan); University of Lisbon (Portugal)
11:20Keynote
Metasurfaces for biomedical sensing
University of York (United Kingdom)
11:50Invited
Atomistic Electromagnetic Model for Realistic Nanoplasmonics
University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy)
12:10Invited
Time-Domain Modeling of Pulsed Dielectric Laser Accelerators
University of Catania (Italy); University of Brescia (Italy) +4
SP1: Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering Problems
Aula 254
Organized by:Martina Bevacqua, Maria Antonia Maisto and Rosa ScapaticciChaired by:Mario Del Prete and Martina Teresa Bevacqua
10:20Invited
Handheld millimeter-wave scanner enabled by freehand imaging: acquisition design
University of Oviedo (Spain)
10:40Invited
On the usage of 1D Dynamic Metasurface Antennas for 3D Computational Radar Imaging
University of Oviedo (Spain); Queen's University Belfast (United Kingdom)
11:00
Assessment of Anatomical Prior Information in the Inversion Kernel for Microwave Brain Imaging
Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
11:15Invited
Indirect Holography MIMO Imaging Exploiting Antenna Coupling
Universidad de Oviedo (Spain)
11:35
Point-Like Target Detection and Localization via Phase-Space Back-Projection
Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (Italy); University of Surrey (United Kingdom)
11:50Invited
Fast imaging methods for real-time electromagnetic tomography
University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy); Universita degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope (Italy)
12:10Invited
Averaged Steklov eigenvalues and applications toelectromagnetic imaging problems
INRIA Saclay (France); EDF R&D (France)
12:30Invited
A Three-Phase Quantitative Data-Assisted Microwave Imaging Method
DITEN - University of Genoa (Italy)
Lunch Break12:40 - 14:00 · Chiostro di Levante
Electromagnetic Theory: Analytical, Computational and Numerical Methods
Aula Magna
Chaired by:Emmanuel Centeno
14:00Keynote
Integral Equations Advanced Techniques for the Electromagnetic Analysis of Real-Life Multi-Scale Antenna Problems
Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
14:30
Leaky-Wave Analysis of Circularly Polarized Bessel-Beam Launchers based on Anisotropic Modulated Metasurfaces
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy); University of Siena (Italy) +1
14:45
Improving the performance of Iterative Physical Optics algorithm with Div/Curl-conforming basicfunctions
Tel Aviv University (Israel)
15:00
Method of Moments for the Analysis of Arbitrarily Shaped Metasurfaces
University of Siena (Italy)
15:15
Inverse Design by Alternating Projections of Physically Realizable Modulated Metasurface Antennas
University of Siena (Italy); IETR (France)
SP9: Young Researchers in Antennas and Metasurfaces
Aula 252
Organized by:Edoardo Negri and Federico GiustiChaired by:Edoardo Negri and Federico Giusti
14:00Invited
Generalized Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis for Higher-Symmetric Dielectric Media
University of Zagreb (Croatia)
14:20Invited
Analysis of polarization purity in dual-polarized phased array antennas
Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Aula 252
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Alvaro Fernandez Vaquero
14:40Invited
Electrical Control of Light–Matter Interactions and Nonlinear Optics in Plasmonic Tunnel Junctions
Emory University (USA)
15:00Invited
Engineering Plasmonic Nanoantennas to Boost Quantum Emitter Performance in the Visible and NIR
University of the Basque Country (Spain); Materials Physics Center CSIC-EHU (Spain) +1
15:20Invited
Free Space Whispering Gallery Microlaser for Biosensing
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Coro di Notte
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Miguel Beruete
14:00Invited
Enhanced Light Absorption and Photoluminescence in monolayer WS2 on Si Huygens Metasurface
The University of Osaka (Japan)
14:20Invited
Quantum Corrections in Nanoplasmonics and Thermoelectric Phenomena with Graphene Plasmons
University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
14:40Keynote
Machine Learning-Enabled Design and Metrology of Integrated Optical Antennas
National Research Council Canada (Canada)
15:10Invited
Controlling Light confinement in metasurfaces: Gold Temporal Chirality and hBN Mie Resonators
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA); Argonne National Laboratory (USA) +3
SP11: Inverse Problems for EM Device Synthesis and Characterisation
Aula 254
Organized by:Roberta Palmeri and Giada Maria BattagliaChaired by:Roberta Palmeri and Giada Maria Battaglia
14:00Invited
MIMO Array Design for Near-Field Radar Imaging by a Warping Strategy
University of Campania (Italy)
14:20Invited
Numerical investigation of the internal scattering operator in a 2D geometry
Università della Campania (Italy); University of Campania (Italy)
14:40Invited
Ruling (e.m.) Wavefields through Primary Sources and Inverse Designed Scatterers: A Mediterranean Route
Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria (Italy)
15:00Invited
Robust phase retrieval using learned phase diversity
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India)
15:20Invited
Intensity-Only Linear Inverse Scattering via Phase-Space Formulation
Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (Italy)
Coffee Break15:40 - 16:10
SP11: Inverse Problems for EM Device Synthesis and Characterisation
Aula Magna
Organized by:Roberta Palmeri and Giada Maria BattagliaChaired by:Roberta Palmeri
16:10Keynote
A New Two-Step Framework for Effective Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering: From Contrast Source Retrieval to Linear Contrast Reconstruction
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
16:40Invited
Inverse Profiling of Plasma in Compact Reactor:Actual Challenges and Opportunities
Catania University (Italy); University della Campania ”L. Vanvitelli” (Italy) +2
17:00
Fault Detection in Antenna Arrays Through Inverse Approaches
DITEN - University of Genoa (Italy)
SP7: Time-Modulated Electromagnetic Systems
Aula 252
Organized by:Mario Junior Mencagli and Dimitrios SounasChaired by:Mario Junior Mencagli and Dimitrios Sounas
16:10Invited
Multimodal Space-Time Electromagnetic Structures
University of Michigan (USA)
16:30Invited
Sculpting waves in four dimensions: emulating time refraction and steering waves
Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
16:50Invited
Wave Control at Space-Time Interface in Dispersive Media
University of LAquila (Italy); University of Brescia (Italy) +2
17:10Invited
Temporal Modulation for Dispersion-Free Impedance Matching
University of Delaware (USA); Wayne State University (USA)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Coro di Notte
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:P. André Gonçalves
16:10Invited
Vibrations of single metal nanoparticles: morphology and environment effects
Light and Matter Institute (France); Université Paris-Saclay (France)
16:30Invited
Single-molecule Nanospectroscopy and Beyond with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
RIKEN (Japan)
16:50Invited
Frustrated Non-Hermitian Skin Effect and gauge-invariant ladder operators in a Floquet Photonic System
City University of New York (USA)
17:10Invited
Topological metasurface based on exceptional points
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (China)
SYM2: Computational Electromagnetics for Radiating Structures
Aula 254
Organized by:K. Kajikawa & J. TakaharaChaired by:Andrei Afanasev
16:10Invited
Multipolar THz field generation using spintronic elements
Martin-Luther University Halle (Germany)
16:30Invited
Ultraviolet to Near Infrared Spectroscopic Emitters Based on Broadband Rare Earth-free Phosphors
National Institute for Materials Science (Japan)
16:50Invited
Numerical Investigation of Hyperbolic Metamaterial Probes for Broadband Near-field Enhancement in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Institute of Science Tokyo (Japan)
17:10Invited
The Leaky-Wave Paradigm for Nondiffractive Beams
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy); Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)
Conference Dinner20:00 - 23:00 · Conference Dinner — Me Cumpari Turiddu
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Friday, June 5, 2026
| Time | Aula Magna | Aula 252 | Coro di Notte | Aula 254 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:05 | Plenary Session Plenary Session III | |||
| 09:05 - 09:20 | Break Transfer to Rooms | |||
| 09:20 - 10:35 | Novel Materials, Metamaterials, Metasurfaces, FSS and EBG | SYM2 | SYM1 | SYM1 |
| 10:45 - 11:25 | Coffee Break Poster Session Poster Session III | |||
| 11:25 - 12:45 | Novel Materials, Metamaterials, Metasurfaces, FSS and EBG | Terahertz, Nanophotonics and Quantum Optics | SYM1 | SYM1 |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | SYM1 | SP13 | SYM1 | SP3 |
| 15:40 - 16:10 | Coffee Break | |||
| 16:10 - 18:10 | SP5 | SYM1 | SYM1 | SP6 |
Plenary Session III
Aula Magna
Chaired by:Andrea Alu
08:30Plenary
Quantum Photonics and Space-Time Metamaterials
Purdue University (USA)
⏱ Transfer to Rooms09:05 - 09:20
Novel Materials, Metamaterials, Metasurfaces, FSS and EBG
Aula Magna
Chaired by:Dan-Xia Xu
09:20Keynote
Extreme Wave Control with Space-Time Metamaterials
City University of New York (USA)
09:50Keynote
Beamforming with Metasurfaces Connected to Reactive Loads or Networks
University of Michigan (USA); USA (Grbic)
10:20
A Wide-Angle Reconfigurable Metasurface Retroreflector with Enhanced Angular Stability
Zhejiang University (China)
SYM2: Computational Electromagnetics for Radiating Structures
Aula 252
Organized by:K. Kajikawa & J. TakaharaChaired by:Alessandro Galli
09:20Invited
Ultrafast Electron and Phonon Dynamics in Metasurface-Driven Photocatalysis
Rice University (USA)
09:40Invited
In-Situ Physical Adjoint Computing
Wesleyan University (USA); Virginia Tech (USA)
10:00Invited
Artificial fractal network of silicon nanowires for imaging and sensing
University of Catania (Italy); University of Messina (Italy) +1
10:20Invited
Atomic-scale Investigation of Energy Conversion in a Single Molecule
RIKEN (Japan)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Coro di Notte
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Frank Hegmann
09:20Invited
Aluminum optical nanoantennas
Universite de Technologie de Troyes (France)
09:40Invited
A nuclear clock accelerated by collective coherence
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Austria); Atominstitut TU Wien (Austria) +1
10:00Invited
Ultralow-power-operable monopixel reflective displays with thin-film photonics
KAIST (Korea)
10:20Invited
Thermoplasmonic Coupler for On-Chip Spatial Control of Heat Delivery
Politecnico di Bari (Italy); Université Paris-Saclay (France)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Aula 254
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Anthony Grbic
09:20Invited
Metasurfaces-Enabled Cold Atoms Array Generation
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) (Japan); NEC-AIST (Japan)
09:40Invited
Ultra-confined plasmonics for control of light-matter interactions at nanoscale
King's College London (United Kingdom); Zhejiang University (China)
10:00Invited
Quantum Non-Reciprocity in Photon-Pair Generation from Nonlinear Metasurfaces
Shenzhen University (China); Australian National University (Australia)
Coffee Break10:45 - 11:25
Poster Session III
Corridoio dell’Orologio
P1
Numerical Design of Field-of-View-Efficient Silicon Optical Phased Arrays
Paderborn University (Germany)
P2
Advanced Dielectric Transmit-array Antennas for RF and Microwave Applications
University of Oviedo (Spain)
P3
Investigation on Q-switching pulsed lasing in Mid-IR via Semiconductor Saturable-Absorber Mirrors
Politecnico di Bari (Italy)
P4
Lithium-Niobate-Enabled Tuning of Optical Absorbance in Single- and Double-Layer Metallic Circular-Hole Arrays
Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
P5
A Wideband Fast-response Energy Selective Surface
Zhejiang University (China)
P6
Wideband Design of a Breakdown-Safe WR-15 Multilayer Vacuum Window
University of Catania (Italy)
P7
A Preliminary Study on Multipath-Based Techniques for Radar Imaging
Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli" (Italy); Università di Catania (Italy)
Novel Materials, Metamaterials, Metasurfaces, FSS and EBG
Aula Magna
Chaired by:Tsampikos Kottos
11:25Keynote
Tailorable Quasi-2D Materials for Photonics
Purdue University (USA)
11:55
Performance Analysis of RIS-Assisted Secrecy Key Generation in Indoor Environments
Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy); Cybersecurity Lab. (Italy)
12:10
An Investigation of Aperiodic Array Design via Particle Swarm Optimization and Möbius-Transformed N × N Uniform Arrays
Kasetsart University (Thailand)
12:25Invited
Advancements in Meta-Mirrors for High-Precision Optical Metrology
TU Braunschweig (Germany)
Terahertz, Nanophotonics and Quantum Optics
Aula 252
Chaired by:Kaveh Delfanazari
11:25
Tunable Subterahertz Reflectarrays based on Novel Highly Anisotropic Liquid Crystals
Maramako Ltd (Cyprus)
11:40Invited
Temporal Dispersion Effects in Optical Spectra of Exciton-Plasmon Systems at Strong Coupling
Jackson State University (USA)
12:00Invited
Ultra-small and ultra-efficient source of photon pairs
Paris-Saclay University (France); Thales Research and Technology (France)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Coro di Notte
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Andrei Lavrinenko
11:25Invited
Complex on-fiber micro-optical systems with high-resolution 3D-printing
KAUST (Saudia Arabia)
11:45Invited
Rice-Mele nanolaser
Université de Bordeaux (France); Laboratoire des technologies de la microelectronique-CNRS (France) +3
12:05Invited
Manipulating evanescent waves with non-Hermitian spectral singularities
Nankai University (China)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Aula 254
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Thu Le
11:25Invited
Laser photo-acoustic spectroscopy with microscope for hyperspectral imaging of absorption and chirality in nanomaterials
Sapienza University (Italy); University of Eloued (Algeria)
11:45Invited
Transition metal nitrides as potential alternative for noble metals for SERS sensing
University of Warsaw (Poland); Palacky University (Czech Republic)
12:05Invited
Plasmonic Metasurfaces for Enhanced Chiral Sensing
University of Calabria (Italy)
Lunch Break12:45 - 14:00 · Chiostro di Levante
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Aula Magna
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Carlo Liberale
14:00Keynote
Certain recent developments in photonics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
14:30Invited
Microwave stress monitoring using amorphous microwire assessed by free space measurements
University of Basque Country (Spain)
14:50Invited
Surface-protected electromagnetic nanoresonators for Raman analysis of surfaces
University of Warsaw (Poland)
15:10Invited
Bound States in the Continuum for Biosensing and Selective Raman Enhancement
National Research Council (Italy)
SP13: Nanomaterials and Complex Media for Sensing and Optoelectronics
Aula 252
Organized by:Maria Josè Lo Faro, Maria Caterina GiordanoChaired by:Maria Josè Lo Faro and Maria Caterina Giordano
14:00Invited
Nanoscale terahertz dynamics in materials
University of Alberta (Canada)
14:20Invited
Spacetime Imaging and Ultrafast Control of THz Surface Plasmon Polaritons of Graphene
University of Regensburg (Germany); CNR-IFN (Italy) +1
14:40Invited
Compact High-Q Photonic Crystal Cavities with Improved Robustness to Disorder
University of Florence (Italy); LENS (Italy) +2
15:00Invited
All-fibre-based MoS2 photodetector for wearable applications
University of Catania (Italy); Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
15:20Invited
Resonance Raman spectroscopy as a tool to assess the scattering channels in van der Waals materials for near-IR applications
Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Coro di Notte
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Andrea Marini
14:00Invited
Enabling Materials – Optical and Functional Composites
Centre of Excellence ENSEMBLE3 sp. z o. o. (Poland)
14:20Invited
Metasurfaces for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Systems
Public University of Navarre (Spain)
14:40Invited
GEGD: Efficient Quasi-Global Search Algorithm for Strictly Fabrication-Feasible Design of Freeform Devices
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Korea)
15:00Invited
Terahertz Quantum Communication with Chip-integrated Superconducting Circuits
University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)
15:20Invited
Graphene Nanosheet Gold Nanopatch Metasurfaces for Nonlinear Terahertz Response
FORTH-IESL (Greece); University of Eastern Finland (Finland) +3
SP3: Metasurface Modelling from Microwave to Optics
Aula 254
Organized by:Stefano Maci and Costantino De AngelisChaired by:Costantino De Angelis and Stefano Maci
14:00
Solving the Helmholtz equation with waveguide-based metatronic circuits
Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
14:15Invited
Local-Based Synthesis of Reconfigurable Huygens' Metasurfaces for Beam Steering
Niccolò Cusano University (Italy); Roma Tre University (Italy)
14:35Invited
Nonlinear Coupling between Nonlocal Resonances in a High-Contrast Grating Metasurface
University of Brescia (Italy); University of Palermo (Italy) +3
14:55Invited
Controlling Quantum Dot Emission and Enhancing Second Harmonic Generation with Dielectric Nanocylinders
University of Palermo (Italy)
15:15Invited
Metasurfaces for Extreme Wave Control
City University of New York (USA)
Coffee Break15:40 - 16:10
SP5: Nonlinear Metasurfaces and Flat-Optics
Aula Magna
Organized by:Paolo Franceschini and Andrea TognazziChaired by:Paolo Franceschini and Andrea Tognazzi
16:10Invited
Hot-carrier Mediated Modulation of Linear and Nonlinear Photonic Metastructures
Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
16:30Invited
Peculiarities of the nonlinear optical effects in ultrathin dielectric membranes
Technical University of Denmark (Denmark); University of Palermo (Italy) +1
16:50Invited
High-Harmonic Generation from Resonant Dielectric Metasurfaces
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Australian National University (Australia) +2
17:10Invited
Nonlinear metasurfaces for Advanced Terahertz Generation
University of Brescia (Italy); University of Palermo (Italy) +1
17:30Invited
Linear-Nonlinear: Polarization- and Orientation-Dependent Harmonic Response
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
17:50Invited
Nanoimprinted barium titanate sol-gel for electro-optic modulation
ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Aula 252
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Huanan Li
16:10Invited
Broadband EM wave analysis and manipulation based on time-frequency structured light processing
INRS-EMT (Canada)
16:30Invited
Electromagnetic Wave Localisation in Hyperuniform Disordered Photonic Structures
University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
16:50Invited
Brillouin scattering in integrated photonic circuits
The University of Sydney (Australia)
17:10Invited
Advanced photonics with liquid crystals in microcavities
University Clermont Auvergne (France); University of Warsaw (Poland) +6
17:30
Breakdown of Harmonic Conversion Scaling Laws in Nonlinear Nanocavities
Università degli Studi di Brescia (Italy)
SYM1: Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Coro di Notte
Organized by:Andrea Di FalcoChaired by:Dorota Pawlak
16:10Invited
Time-synthetic optical neural networks with stable programmable gain
Zhejiang University (China)
16:30Invited
Collision-driven out-of-equilibrium nonlinear optics in ultraviolet epsilon-near-zero materials
CNR-SPIN (Italy); University of L’Aquila (Italy)
16:50Invited
Active Control of Optical Diffraction Using Excitonic Gratings
University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
17:10Invited
Tautochrone and Squeezing in Nonuniform Lattices
University of Crete (Greece); University of Rostock (Germany)
17:30Invited
Applications of single photons for quantum technologies
University of Technology of Troyes (France)
SP6: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Scattering and Wave Engineering
Aula 254
Organized by:Stefano Vellucci , Alessio Monti and Mirko BarbutoChaired by:Stefano Vellucci
16:10Invited
Analytical Modeling of Anomalous Reflection viaPiecewise-Uniform Boundary Conditions
University of Siena (Italy)
16:30Invited
Scattering properties of a cylindrical scatterer with time-modulated permittivity
FORTH-IESL (Greece); Aalto University (Finland)
16:50Invited
Efficient Optimization of Metasurface for Near-fieldmmWave Communications
University of Oviedo (Spain); Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)
17:10Invited
Spatially-fed Metasurface Antenna with Active Feeder for Reconfigurable Beam Coverage
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain); Universidade de Vigo (Spain) +1
17:30
Polarization-Decoupled Programmable Metasurface for Integrated Beam Steering and Electromagnetic Illusion
Zhejiang University (China); National University of Defense Technology (China)
17:45Invited
Physically Consistent Modeling of RIS Scattering under Multipath Incidence
University of Surrey (United Kingdom)
18:05Invited
Gain-Enabled Spectral Singularities in Metasurface Cavities
Technical University of Denmark (Denmark); Lund University (Sweden)
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Saturday, June 6, 2026
| Time | Aula 252 | Aula 254 |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 10:05 | Antennas, Metasurfaces and Electromagnetic Devices | Optics, Photonics and Nanophotonics |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | End of Conference End of conference | |
Antennas, Metasurfaces and Electromagnetic Devices
Aula 252
Chaired by:Marco Gandolfi
09:00
Photonic space-time metamaterials: mimicking isotropic-to-anisotropic time interfaces
Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
09:15
Calculating the solution of partial differential equations using photonics analog processors
Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
09:30Invited
Plasmonic Nanoantenna Architectures for Solar-Driven Hydrogen Production and Biomass Upgrading
Palacky University Olomouc (Czech Republic); University of Turin (Italy)
09:50
Phase-Transparent Frequency Selective Metasurface Design via Kolmogorov-Arnold Network Based Generative Modeling
Zhejiang University (China)
Optics, Photonics and Nanophotonics
Aula 254
Chaired by:Luca Mascaretti
09:00
Bridging Simulation and Measurement: Complex Permittivity Estimate with Neural Network Based on Calibrated Data
University of L'Aquila (Italy)
09:15
Investigation of Co-Directional Coupling in Mid-Infrared Fiber Gratings Fabricated by the Pull-and-Heat Technique
Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy)
09:30
Convex Optimization for Deep-Null Synthesis inSKA-Low Station Beamforming
Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria (Italy); Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory (Italy) +1
09:45
Scalar Potentials of Solutions to the Vibrotransport Maxwell's Equations
Institute of Mechanics and Engineering named after U.A. Dzholdasbeko (Kazakhstan)
End of Conference10:20 - 11:00 · Aula Magna