Program

Special sessions

Special sessions allow members of the community to build focused programs around rapidly developing conference themes.

Conference program

AES 2027 special sessions

Focused sessions on emerging or rapidly developing topics form part of the AES 2027 programme.

SP1Light Engineering at the Nano-Scale: Insights from Plasmonics and Metamaterials SP2Dielectric Nanostructures for Enhanced Spectroscopy SP3Metasurfaces and Novel Materials for Advanced Wave Control SP4Near-Field Communications with Wavefront Engineering SP5Advanced Electromagnetic and Photonic Structures for Energy Applications SP6Recent Advances in Terahertz Science and Technology: Sources, Detectors, Devices and Applications

SP1

Light Engineering at the Nano-Scale: Insights from Plasmonics and Metamaterials

This session addresses nanoscale control of light through plasmonic and metamaterial systems. It covers new designs, theoretical approaches, experimental techniques and applications in sensing, imaging and photonic devices, together with the associated material and fabrication challenges.

Organisers

Piotr PiotrowskiCentre of Excellence ENSEMBLE3 & University of Warsaw, Poland

Emilija PetronijevićSapienza University of Rome, Italy

Topics

Nano-optics and light–matter interactionPlasmonic and metamaterial designSensing and imaging applicationsExperimental techniques and theoretical approaches

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SP2

Dielectric Nanostructures for Enhanced Spectroscopy

This special session focuses on the enhancement of spectroscopic signals through dielectric resonators, metasurfaces and nanoantennas. It covers dielectric and hybrid dielectric-plasmonic structures, their design, modelling, fabrication and material platforms, and their use in chemical and biosensing.

Organisers

Maria KandylaNational Technical University of Athens, Greece

Thomas KraussUniversity of York, UK

Topics

Design and modelling of dielectric nanostructuresHybrid dielectric-plasmonic structuresNanofabrication and material platformsRaman, infrared, fluorescence and chiroptical enhancementChemical and biosensing applicationsEmerging dielectric spectroscopy platforms

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SP3

Metasurfaces and Novel Materials for Advanced Wave Control

This special session addresses recent progress in metasurfaces and engineered photonic structures for advanced wave control, including material platforms for enhanced functionality such as two-dimensional, nonlinear and tunable media. It welcomes theoretical and experimental contributions targeting fundamental physics and applications across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Organisers

Odysseas TsilipakosNational Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece

Constantinos ValagiannopoulosNational Technical University of Athens, Greece

Maria KafesakiFORTH-IESL, Greece

Topics

Tunable and reconfigurable metasurfacesArtificial and structured photonic media2D photonic materialsSpace/time-modulated systemsNonlinear and quantum phenomenaNon-Hermitian and non-reciprocal structures

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SP4

Near-Field Communications with Wavefront Engineering

Moving wireless communications from the GHz to the THz range, with large-aperture and extreme MIMO antenna arrays, places users and objects within the near field of the antennas. This special session explores near-field communications and wavefront engineering for 6G: beams with tailored, tunable shape and power density beyond the planar far-field form, together with the fundamentals, analytical framework, performance and algorithm design of near-field processing.

Organisers

Angeliki AlexiouUniversity of Piraeus, Greece

Emil BjörnsonKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Chong HanShanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Topics

Near-field processingLarge-aperture antenna arraysBeam engineeringBeam focusingBending beams

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SP5

Advanced Electromagnetic and Photonic Structures for Energy Applications

Photonics, metamaterials, metasurfaces and nanostructured materials offer new ways to manipulate electromagnetic energy from radio frequencies to the optical range. This special session addresses electromagnetic and photonic approaches for controlling energy absorption, emission, transport and conversion, with emphasis on energy harvesting, photovoltaics, radiative cooling and thermal energy management. It brings together fundamental physics, design, fabrication and experimental demonstration.

Organisers

Anna C. TasolamprouNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Maria KafesakiFORTH-IESL, Greece

Topics

Electromagnetic energy harvestingPhotovoltaics and solar energy conversionRadiative coolingThermal energy harvesting and controlMetamaterials and metasurfaces for energy applications

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SP6

Recent Advances in Terahertz Science and Technology: Sources, Detectors, Devices and Applications

This session covers recent progress in terahertz science and technology, from new generation and detection mechanisms to functional devices and system-level techniques. It brings together theoretical, numerical and experimental work on THz sources, detectors, metasurfaces and waveguiding components, and on their use in spectroscopy, imaging, sensing, security screening and communications.

Organisers

Dimitrios ZografopoulosAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Evangelos PapaioannouAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Topics

Novel THz sources and detectors (photoconductive, nonlinear, spintronic, electronic)THz metasurfaces, waveguides and quasi-optical componentsTime- and frequency-domain spectroscopy, imaging and near-field techniquesApplications in materials characterization, security, cultural heritage and communicationsUltrafast carrier and spin dynamics probed by THz (optical-pump/THz-probe)Tunable and reconfigurable THz devices (electro-optic, phase-change, 2D materials)Computational electromagnetics and inverse design for THz components

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