32nd annual International Laser Physics Workshop
(São Carlos, July 3-9, 2024)

The thirty-second annual International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'24) was held from to in São Carlos, Brazil, at the São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, hosted by the University of São Paulo.

Throughout the pandemic, we had to adjust the LPHYS Workshop format. From 2021 to 2023, in-person conferences had to be cancelled in favour of online only. We are happy to announce that LPHYS'24 in Brazil will return to its usual in-person format. We look forward, once again, to seeing all participants enjoy meeting old friends and mingling with new participants at the traditional welcome and dinner parties.

LPHYS'24.  Chairpersons:

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    Vanderlei S. Bagnato


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
    Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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    Luiz Davidovich


    Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

LPHYS'24.    Scientific Seminars:

  • Seminar 1:   Modern Trends in Laser Physics

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    Our Seminar 1 is the only one in the frame of our workshop which is not focused on one particular research area but covers a broad range of modern trends in the field of light-matter interactions in accordance with its title, "Modern trends in laser physics".

    Seminar 1 Program & Participants

  • Seminar 2:   Strong Field & Attosecond Physics

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    Seminar 2 has mapped the development of strong-field physics from a small area of interest only to a handful of specialists to its current outstanding significance almost from the beginning. Contributions to theory as well as the numerous applications that have emerged are welcome, including also free-electron lasers, precision measurement, terahertz physics, etc.

  • Seminar 3:   Modern Trends in Biomedical Laser Applications

    Chair:

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      Igor Meglinski

      College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

    Seminar 3 stands apart from the others by offering a comprehensive exploration of modern trends in the field of light-matter interactions. It does not limit itself to a specific research area but rather provides a broad perspective in line with its title, 'Modern Trends in Biomedical Laser Applications'.

  • Seminar 4:   Physics and Applications of Nanolasers

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    Seminar 4 centers on the physics of micro- and nanolasers, semiconductor-based devices and novel 2D materials for lasing. Integrated Si-based platforms belong to its scope, as well as topological lasers, quantum effects at the micro-nanoscale, emergence of coherence and photon/polariton condensation, and novel applications such as laser-based neuromorphic computing.

  • Seminar 5:   Nonlinear Optics & Spectroscopy

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    Seminar 5 covers recent trends, novel applications, and theoretical and experimental developments in the fields of nonlinear optics and spectroscopy. Specific topics of interest include intense laser-matters interactions and associated phenomena, short-pulse laser filamentation and self-action effects, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), frequency-comb spectroscopy, chemometrics, laser-generated plasmas, and novel optical sources, nonlinear materials, structures, and interactions.

  • Seminar 6:   Physics of Cold Trapped Atoms

    Chair:

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      Vanderlei S. Bagnato

      University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
      Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    The topics of Seminar 6 are: Cooling and trapping of atoms, Bose-Einstein condensation, degenerate Fermi gas, Bose-Bose, Fermi-Fermi, and Bose-Fermi mixtures, optical lattices, dipolar and spinor atoms, quantum and thermal effects of trapped atoms, superfluid hydrodynamics, spin-orbit interaction, droplets in mixtures, quantum turbulence, vortex turbulence, granulation, wave turbulence, coherent topological modes, generation of nonequilibrium condensates, etc.

  • Seminar 7:   Quantum Information Science

    Co-chairs:

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      Marco Genovese

      L'Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica , Turin, Italy
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      Leong Chuan Kwek

      Center for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Seminar 7 concerns the application of quantum optics to develop quantum technologies, such as quantum information (including quantum communication and computation), quantum metrology, quantum imaging and quantum sensing. Contributions that deepen our fundamental understanding of foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information are also included.

    Seminar 7 Program & Participants

  • Seminar 8:   Fiber Optics

    Co-chairs:

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      Miguel Ángel Bello-Jiménez

      Instituto de Investigación en Comunicación Óptica, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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      Christian A. Cuadrado-Laborde

      Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET-UNR), Instituto de Física Rosario (IFIR), Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

    Research, development, and applications of fiber optics, including techniques and measurement; devices and sensors; and the design and engineering of fiber lasers.

  • Seminar 9:   Extreme Light Technologies, Science, and Applications

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    Our seminar aims at covering the theoretical and experimental advances related to high-field physics, the extreme existing multi-petawatt and prospected light facilities and associated applications. This includes topics like the study of extreme laser acceleration, quantum radiative reaction, pair production and spin dynamics, as well as laboratory astrophysics and the search for new physics with ultrastrong laser pulses and state-of-the-art high-energy leptons beams.

  • Seminar 10:   Quantum Engineering

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    Seminar 10 deals with applications of quantum information science. The specific focus is on quantum sensing and imaging for studies of complex biological systems.

  • Seminar 12:   Optical Computing and Neural Networks

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    Optical analogue computing methods, including optical neural networks for artificial intelligence and combinatorial optimization.

LPHYS'24.  Local Organizing Committee:

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    Kate Cristina Blanco


    University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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    Mônica Andrioli Caracanhas


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Patrícia Christina Marques Castilho


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Philippe Wilhelm Courteille


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Kilvia Mayre Farias


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Amilson Rogelso Fritsch


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Francisco Eduardo Gontijo Guimarães


    University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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    Emanuel Alves de Lima Henn


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Natália Mayumi Inada


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Cristina Kurachi


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Lucas Madeira


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Daniel Magalhães


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
     
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    Euclydes Marega Jr.


    University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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    Débora Marcondes Bastos Pereira Milori


    Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), São Carlos, Brazil
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    Lilian Tan Moriyama


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Arnol Daniel García Orozco


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Sebastião Pratavieira


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Raul Celistrino Teixeira


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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    Gustavo Deczka Telles


    University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil

LPHYS'24.    Plenary Speakers:

  1. Time Reversed Quantum Metrology

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  2. Random Lasers as platforms to study Universal Photonic Phase-Transitions

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      Cid B de Araújo


      Universidade Federal of Pernambuco, Physics Department, Recife, PE, Brazil
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  3. Levitated Solids in the Quantum Regime

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  4. Broadcasting single-qubit and multi-qubit-entangled states: authentication, cryptography, and distributed quantum computation

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      János A. Bergou


      Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
      Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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  5. High harmonic generation: the route towards bright sources in the soft X-ray spectral range

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  6. The Wonderful World of Random Lasers and Random Fiber Lasers

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  7. Quantum Simulation of Many-Body States of Matter with Ultracold Atoms

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  8. Quantum entanglement and beyond

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      Jian-Wei Pan


      University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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  9. Superfluid Quantum Gases on a Shell

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  10. Quantum Optics Meets Attosecond Science: Novel Regimes of Coherent X-ray Generation with Strong Electron Correlation Dynamics and Attosecond Rabi Oscillations

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      Tenio Popmintchev


      University of California San Diego, Physics Department, La Jolla, CA, USA
      Vienna University of Technology, Photonics Institute, Vienna, Austria
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  11. Quantum Light: Coherence, Photon Statistics and Phase Space

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      Luis L Sánchez-Soto


      Complutense University of Madrid, Department of Optics, Madrid, Spain
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  12. Landau-Zener transitions, Hawking radiation and number theory

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  13. Novel Phase Transitions in Disordered Quantum Systems

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  14. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Atom Tunneling & Photon Propagation but Were Afraid to Ask

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  15. Frequency Comb Spectroscopy from 1 THz to 1 PHz

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      Konstantin L Vodopyanov


      University of Central Florida, College of Optics & Photonics, Orlando, FL, USA
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  16. Observing the quantum topology of light

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      Da-Wei Wang


      Zhejiang University, School of Physics, Hangzhou, China
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  17. Embracing the Potential of Nonlinear Integrated Photonics Beyond Silicon: Advantages and Limitations

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      Gustavo Wiederhecker


      Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Department of Applied Physics, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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  18. Seeing Life in a New Light: from Simple Classical Physics to Quantum-Enhanced Imaging

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      Vladislav V Yakovlev


      Texas A&M University, Affiliated Faculty, Physics, College Station, TX, USA
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  19. Explore Exceptional Points in Optical Microresonators: Fundamentals and Applications

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      Lan Yang


      Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, St. Louis, MO, USA
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  20. Nonlinear optics of stochastic field waveforms

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LPHYS'24 General Schedule:

Please find below the general schedule for the conference. Due to the unusual schedule, please pay attention to when the regular conference days take place: Wednesday through Friday and Monday through Tuesday.

Monday
July 1		 Tuesday
July 2		 Wednesday
July 3		 Thursday
July 4		 Friday
July 5		 Saturday
July 6		 Sunday
July 7
Opening Session.
Plenary Session.
Seminar Sessions.
Welcome Party.		 Plenary Session.
Seminar Sessions.
Poster Session.		 Plenary Session.
Seminar Sessions.		 Various Activities.
Local see-sight tours.
Eco-tourism.
Oficial Conference Dinner.		 Various Activities.
Local see-sight tours.
Eco-tourism.
Monday
July 8		 Tuesday
July 9		 Wednesday
July 10		 Thursday
July 11		 Friday
July 12		 Saturday
July 13		 Sunday
July 14
Plenary Session.
Seminar Sessions.		 Plenary Session.
Seminar Sessions.

LPHYS'24.  Sponsors and Endorses:

9th Congress of the Brazilian Association of Laser in Dentistry and Health (ABLOS):

The LPHYS'24 Local Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the 9th Congress of the Brazilian Association of Laser in Dentistry and Health (ABLOS) will be held alongside the LPHYS'24 Workshop at the Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo from July 3 to July 5, 2024.

The ABLOS Congress, themed "Biophotonics as a Path to Integrative Health and Well-being - Present and Future," will explore the latest advancements in biophotonics and its applications in healthcare. This collaboration with LPHYS'24 will enable a rich exchange of knowledge, bringing together experts from diverse fields to discuss innovative research and practices.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from and network with leading scientists and clinicianss, engaging in stimulating sessions, workshops, panel discussions, and explore an exhibition showcasing cutting-edge technologies. This event is not just a congress, but a catalyst for personal and professional growth.

For more details on the event programme, speakers, and accommodation, please visit the ABLOS Congress page.

LPHYS'24.    Deadlines:

Event Deadline Days left
Online pre-registration (if you want to present a talk/poster) June 1, 2024 -
Online pre-registration (if you don't want to present a talk/poster) July 9, 2024 -
Submitting an abstract of your presentation June 1, 2024 -
Early Workshop Fee April 14, 2024 -
Regular Workshop Fee June 7, 2024 -
Full Workshop Fee July 3, 2024 -
Accommodation reservation (recommended) May 15, 2024 -
Organised transfer request June 19, 2024 -
Submitting a manuscript for conference proceedings publishing December 15, 2024 -

LPHYS'24.  Proceedings:

Proceedings of the 32nd annual International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'24, São Carlos, July 3-9, 2024) have been published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 3183 (2026). To read all contributed papers please visit https://iopscience.iop.org/issue/1742-6596/3183/1.

LPHYS'24.    Accommodation:

As a participant of the thirty-second annual International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'24) you have the opportunity to secure your hotel accommodation in São Carlos making your reservation at the following hotels at discounted rates:

  • The Hill Hotels Executive
  • Anacã São Carlos
  • Ibis São Carlos
  • Marklin Hotel & Suítes
  • Transamerica Fit São Carlos
  • Hotel Nacional Inn São Carlos
  • Hotel Dan Inn São Carlos

If you wish to book a room at any of these hotels at a discounted rate listed below, please refer to the instructions available on your Conference Participant Personal Page. The details on how to access these special rates and complete your booking are provided there. Please make sure to pre-register for the upcoming event before accessing the page.

  • The Hill Hotels Executive  ★ ★ ★ 

    The Hill Hotels Executive
    Rua Kenneth Gilbert Herrick, 101, São Carlos CEP 13565-090, Brazil
    Tel.: +55 16 3306‑3000

    Featuring an outdoor pool, The Hill Hotéis Executive is 5 km from São Carlos’ USP University and 2 km from UFSCAR University. WiFi is free and room service is provided.

    All Rates Include:

    • breakfast
    • free Wi-Fi

    Rooms and Rates*:

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