ASRP — Alpic School for Radiation Physics

OPTICS-15 · co-hosted with ASRP-BRIA 2026

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Yerevan, Armenia 4–8 May 2026

Overview

OPTICS-15

Mount Ararat and the Yerevan skyline

The 15th International Symposium and COST Workshop “Optics & its applications” (OPTICS-15) organized by

  • TETRA COST Action
  • Yerevan State University
  • Institute of Applied Problems of Physics
  • A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory
  • Institute for Physical Research
  • IPR Armenia Optica Student Chapter
  • Armenian TC of the ICO

The symposium highlights:

  • Invited plenary talks and sectional presentations
  • Poster presentations
  • Student presentations (prize for best talk)
  • Presentations of scientific organizations and societies
  • Lab tours
  • Social events

The goal of this symposium is to bring together experienced and young scientists from various countries working on optics and to provide a perfect setting for their discussions of the most recent developments in that area.

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Organizers & topics

Organizers

Directors

  • Lusine Aloyan (YSU, Armenia; AANL, Armenia)
  • David Blaschke (Uni. of Wroclaw, Poland; HZDR-CASUS, Germany)
  • Narine Gevorgyan (IAPP, Armenia; AANL, Armenia)
  • Tatjana Gric (Vilnius Tech, Lithuania)
  • Hayk Sarkisyan (IAPP, Armenia; YSU, Armenia)

International Advisory Board and Program Committee

  • Maria L. Calvo (Uni. Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
  • Sultan Dabagov (INFN, Italy)
  • Rafik Hakobyan (YSU, Armenia)
  • Hrant Khachatryan (IAPP, Armenia)
  • Vahan Kocharyan (IAPP, Armenia)
  • Igor Meglinski (Aston University, UK)
  • Tatiana Novikova (CNRS, École polytechnique, France)
  • Avinash Pandey (IUAC, New Delhi, India)
  • Aram Papoyan (IPR, Armenia)
  • Edik Rafailov (Aston University, UK)
  • Mane Sahakyan (INTiBS of PAN, Poland)
  • Wieslaw Strek (INTiBS of PAN, Poland)
  • Ruzan Sukiasyan (IAPP, Armenia)
  • Iuliana Urzica (INFLPR, Romania)

Local organizing committee

  • Gayane Margaryan (IAPP, Armenia) — Manager
  • Selena Hakobyan (YSU, Armenia)
  • Aram Nahapetyan (IAPP, Armenia)
  • Angelina Sahakyan (YSU, Armenia)
  • Lusine Tsarukyan (IPR, Armenia)
  • Oleksandr Vitiuk (Uni. of Wroclaw, Poland)
  • Liza Zeynalyan (YSU, Armenia)

Topics

  • Quantum optics
  • Quantum Information
  • Biophotonics
  • X-ray optics and applications
  • Beam optics
  • Strong field optics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Nonlinear & ultrafast optics
  • Fiber optics
  • Integrated photonics
  • Optical design
  • Optical sensing
  • 2D materials
  • Nanophotonics
  • Laser dynamics
  • Singular optics
  • Mathematical methods in optics

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