Transparent Ceramics and Luminescent Materials

Solid-state materials, including glass, ceramics, and single crystals, have a wide range of important and emerging applications in the fields of optoelectronics, optics, photonics, defense protection, telecommunication, bioengineering, healthcare, and sustainable energy. The aim of this symposium is to provide a forum to exchange research ideas about state-of-the-art optical and luminescent materials, and their perspectives or emerging applications, such as solid-state lasers, scintillators, windows and domes, armors, solid-state lighting, and emissive displays. The topics will be focused on the fundamental issues to advance our understanding and the utilization of optical and photonic materials and related devices for applications in the fields of sustainable environment, healthcare, and energy.

 Proposed sessions

ª Optical spectroscopy of crystalline and amorphous materials

ª Novel optical materials design and their properties

ª Advanced processing of optical materials and devices

ª Optoelectronic and magneto-optical materials

ª Crystalline and amorphous laser and scintillation materials

ª Optical and photonic fiber materials and applications

ª Modeling and theory computation of optical materials

ª Optical materials for the environment, healthcare, and energy

ª Future advanced optical and photonic materials

ª Luminescent materials for solid-state lighting 

organizers

- Yiquan Wu (Points of Contact), Alfred University, USA, wuy@alfred.edu

- Shiwei Wang (Points of Contact), Shanghai Institute for Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China,

   swwang51@mail.sic.ac.cn

- Akio Ikesue, World-lab Corp, Japan 

- Rongjun Xie, Xiamen University, China

- Jianrong Qiu, Zhejiang University, China

- Do Kyung Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea 

- Hao Wang, Wuhan University of Technology, China 

- Mathieu Allix, University of Orleans, France

- Dariusz Hreniak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

- Junichi Tatami, Yokohama National University, Japan

- Jianqi Qi, Sichuan University, China

Keynote Speakers

Akio Ikesue, World-Lab Co., Japan
Tentative Title: Invention of Polycrystalline Optical Ceramics Exceeding High Quality
                          Single Crystal
Brief Bio: . . . . . .                                                                                                                                    

Dr. Ikesue received his Dr. Eng. degrees from Nagaoka University of Technology. Now he is the president of World-Lab Co. (Nagoya, Japan). He also held the positions of executive scientist at SCHOTT AG, invited professor at Pierre Marie Curie University, Shanghai Institute etc. In 1995, he succeeded in fabricating Nd: YAG laser ceramic for the first time in the world. This resulted in an intensive research and development activities that culminated in new ceramic techniques and widespread applications for the materials that were produced using this advanced ceramic process. His achievements are listed in ACerS(Am. Ceram. Soc.) "Ceramic Innovations". He also developed other important optical ceramics such as sesquioxides lasers, scintillators, isolator and IR-windows etc.
He is the recipient of numerous awards including Fulrath Award and fellow from ACerS and Photonic and Quantum Electronics Award, Otto-Schott Research Award and Kato Memorial Award.

Setsuhisa Tanabe, Kyoto University, Japan
Tentative Title: Transparent Ceramic Phosphors for Lighting and Photo-storage
Brief Bio: . . . . . .                                                                                                                                    

Setsuhisa Tanabe is a Professor at Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University. He received his PhD at Department of Industrial Chemistry, Kyoto University in 1993. After working as an assistant professor, he became an associate professor in 2001 and was promoted to a full Professor in 2008 in Kyoto University. He is the author of >300 original papers, ~30 book chapters, and ~50 review papers on luminescent glass and ceramic materials for upconversion lasers, optical fiber amplifier, LED phosphors and persistent phosphors. He has served as a plenary, keynote or invited speaker at more than 140 international conferences. He was the Chair of Technical Committee on Photonic Glasses (TC20) of International Commission on Glass, ICG during 2003- 2011 and was a member of its Steering Committee during 2013~2020. He is a main Editor of Journal of Luminescence since 2020 after serving as an Associate Editor during 2014~2020. He is a Fellow of SPIE and ACerS.

Dingyuan Tang, Shenzhen Technology University, China
Tentative Title: Fabrication of Ho: Y₂O₃ Laser ceramics and Demonstration of Over
                          Two-hundred-watt Operation of a 2.1um Ceramic Laser
Brief Bio: . . . . . .                                                                                                                                    

D. Y. Tang is currently a Chair Professor at the Julong College, Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU), China. He received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Hanover University, Germany in 1993, and then worked as a scientific employee at the Physikalisch-Technische Budesanstalt (PTB), Germany, as a university Postdoctoral Research Fellow, an Australian Research Council (ARC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, at the University of Queensland, Australia, and as a Research Fellow in the Optical Fiber Technology Center (OFTC), the University of Sydney, Australia. From 2000 to 2019 he was an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and was promoted as a full Professor in 2019. He moved to SZTU in Oct. 2022. From 2017-2022 he was awarded as the world top 1% highly cited researcher in Physics.

Jianhua Hao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Tentative Title: Coupling Ferroelectrics and Piezoelectrics to Luminescent and
                          Optoelectronic Materials
Brief Bio: . . . . . .                                                                                                                                    

Jianhua Hao is a Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Devices in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He has published 360+ international journal papers. He has received "Natural Science Award by MoE", “TechConnect Global Innovation Award”, “Special Merit Award and Gold Medal of Geneva”, President’s Award in PolyU. He serves as an Associate Editor of InfoMat (IF~24.798) and InfoScience. He is conferred as Hong Kong RGC Senior Research Fellow, Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor. He is elected as Fellow of Optica (formerly known as OSA), FRSC, and FInstP. His research interests include metal-ion-doped luminescent materials and devices, functional thin-films and heterostructures (http://ap.polyu.edu.hk/apjhhao/).

Invited Speakers

Tohru Suzuki, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Tentative Title: Microstructure Control in Transparent Ceramics by Colloidal Processing

Maria Luisa Saladino, University of Palermo, Italy
Tentative Title: Luminescent Multi-component Formulations for Anti-counterfeiting Systems

Haneul Kim, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Korea
Tentative Title: Improved Optical Properties and Laser Performance of Nd:Y₂O₃Ceramics

Georges Humbert, CNRS, University of Limoges, France
Tentative Title: Glass-ceramic Optical Fibers Doped with Metal Transition Ions for unconventional Light
                          Emissions

Morita Koji, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Tentative Title: Fabrication of High Strength IR Transparent Ceramics Using Spark-plasma-sintering
                          (SPS) Technique

Jiang Li, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Tentative Title: Fabrication and Properties Optimization of Garnet Scintillation Ceramics

You-Fu Zhou, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
                        China
Tentative Title: YAG based Ceramics as Color Converter for High-power LEDs

Jianqiang Li, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
Tentative Title: Ce³⁺:Lu₃Al₅O₁₂-Al₂O₃ Optical Nanoceramic Scintillators Elaborated via a Low-temperature
                          Glass Crystallization Route

Ying Shi, Shanghai University, China
Tentative Title: Investigation of Micro-nano Mechanical Properties of AlON Transparent Ceramics

Wu Xiao, Fuzhou University, China
Tentative Title: Optical Multifunctional Properties of Potassium-sodium Niobate Bbased Transparent
                          Ceramics via Pressureless Sintering

Xiaodong Li, Northeastern University, China
Tentative Title: Understanding of some Phenomena in Vacuum-sintered ZrO₂-doped Lu₂O₃ Transparent
                          Ceramics

Yongcheng Zhang, Qingdao University, China
Tentative Title: Properties and Applications of Transparent Lead based Relaxor Ferroelectric Ceramics

Nobuaki Terakado, Tohoku University, Japan
Tentative Title: Structural Investigation and Stress Profile Evaluation in Chemically Strengthened Glass
                          using Raman Spectroscopy

Dariusz Hreniak, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences,
                             Poland
Tentative Title: Impact of Synthesis Parameters and Co-doping with Rare Earth Ions on the Microstructural
                          and Spectroscopic Properties of Polycrystalline Y₃Al₂Ga₃O₁₂ Garnets

Mathieu Allix, University of Orleans, France
Tentative Title: Highly Non Stoichiometric Garnet Materials with Modified Optical Properties

Hao Wang, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Tentative Title: Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Composition-dependent Structure and Properties
                          of AlON Transparent Ceramics

Jianqi Qi, Sichuan University, China
Tentative Title: RE₂M₂O₇ Transparent Ceramics: Properties and Applications

Shifeng Zhou, South China University of Technology, China
Tentative Title: Glass-ceramics for Detection Applications

Shuxing Li, Xiamen University, China
Tentative Title: New Insights into Discovery, Quenching Mechanism and Applications of Phosphors

Mikhail Brik, University of Tartu, Estonia
Tentative Title: Computational Materials Science and Optical Materials

Dengfeng Peng, Shenzhen University, China
Tentative Title: Mechanouminescent Properties and Applications of Novel Doped Semiconductor Matrixes