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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 MetamaterialsSP2Dielectric Nanostructures for Enhanced SpectroscopySP3Metasurfaces and Novel Materials for Advanced Wave Control

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 Piotrowski
Piotr PiotrowskiCentre of Excellence ENSEMBLE3 & University of Warsaw, Poland
Emilija Petronijević
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 Kandyla
Maria KandylaNational Technical University of Athens, Greece
Thomas Krauss
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 Tsilipakos
Odysseas TsilipakosNational Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece
Constantinos Valagiannopoulos
Constantinos ValagiannopoulosNational Technical University of Athens, Greece
Maria Kafesaki
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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