Plenary Speakers

M. Dušek ⁽¹⁾, N. Lutkenhaus ⁽²⁾
⁽¹⁾ Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic; ⁽²⁾ University of Waterloo, Canada
Advances in Quantum Cryptography

J. Homola
Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors

K. Postava ⁽¹⁾, M. Foldyna ^{(1, 2)}, R. Ossikovski ⁽²⁾, T. Novikova ⁽²⁾, A. De Martino ⁽²⁾, J. Pistora ⁽¹⁾
⁽¹⁾ Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic; ⁽²⁾ École Polytechnique Palaiseau Cedex, France
Optics of Nanogratings

P. Zemánek ⁽¹⁾, T Čižmár ⁽¹⁾, M. Šiler ⁽¹⁾, V. Garcés-Chávez ⁽²⁾, K. Dholakia ⁽²⁾
⁽¹⁾ Institute of Scientific Instruments of Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic; ⁽²⁾ University of St. Andrews, UK
How to Use Laser Radiative and Evanescent Interference Fields to Control Movement of the Sub-micron Objects

M. Jasiorski
Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Active Sol-gel Materials

R. Jozwicki ⁽¹⁾, W. Jueptner ⁽²⁾
⁽¹⁾ Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; ⁽²⁾ Bremer Institute fűr Angewandte Strahltechnik, Germany
Applications of Digital Holography

W. Wasilewski ⁽¹⁾, P. Kolenderski ⁽¹⁾, A. Dragan ⁽²⁾, P. Wasylczyk ⁽²⁾, K. Banaszek ⁽¹⁾, A. Lvovsky ⁽³⁾, C. Radzewicz ⁽²⁾
⁽¹⁾ Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Poland; ⁽²⁾ Warsaw University, Poland; ⁽³⁾ University of Calgary, Canada
Quantum Information Processing with Down-conversion Sources

I. Glesk ^{(1, 2)}, P. R. Prucnal ⁽²⁾
⁽¹⁾ Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia, ⁽²⁾ Princeton University, USA
How Optics Has Been Changing Data Communications

P. Markoš ^{(1, 2, 3)}, C.M. Soukoulis ^{(1, 3)}
⁽¹⁾ Iowa State University Ames, US, ⁽²⁾ Institute of Physics of Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, ⁽³⁾ Research Centre of Crete Heraklion, Greece
Left-handed Materials

P. Veis ^{(1, 2)}, P. Macko ^{(1, 3)}
⁽¹⁾ Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia; ⁽²⁾ Université de Lille, France; ⁽³⁾ Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Cavity Ring Down and Vacuum UV Spectroscopy and their Applications for Radical Absolute Density Measurements in Plasma