Motivation

In 2018 it occurs the 40^th anniversary of the publication of the first Brillouin Light Scattering (BLS) results obtained by John R. Sandercock using the high-contrast Tandem Fabry-Pérot (TFP) interferometer. He applied for the patent in 1977 and he got it in 1980.

In 2018 we also celebrate 30 years of BLS activity of the GHOST laboratory at Perugia University, Italy.

Topics

The focus will be on the technical capabilities and developments of BLS (including recent advances in micro-focused scanning operation mode), but different topics will be addressed, including: Advances in the instrumentation for BLS; Spin waves, spintronic and magnonic devices; Spin-orbitronic effects and topological materials; Elastic and viscoelastic properties of films, multilayers and bulk materials; Phononic structures and acoustic resonators; Medical and Clinical Applications; Phenotyping and Novel Applications in the Life Sciences; Instrument Design and Data Analysis; Correlative and Comparative Methods; Outreach and Dissemination.

Important dates

- May 1^st 2018: Abstract submission opens

- June 24^th 2018: Deadline for abstract submission

- June 30^th 2018: Notification of abstract acceptance

- July 1^st 2018: Early registration and Hotel reservation open

- July 15^th 2018: Preliminary program

- August 6^th 2018: Deadline for early registration and Hotel reservation

Organization & Contacts

The Meeting is organized by the Group of High-resolution Optical Spectroscopy and related Techniques (GHOST) (a mixed unit that involves personnel from the Department of Physics and Geology of the University of Perugia and from the Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM) of the National Research Council), in collaboration with the Core Group of the BioBrillouin Cost Action.

For any further information, please write to: adv.bls.2018@gmail.com or contact Prof. Giovanni Carlotti giovanni.carlotti@unipg.it or Prof. Daniele Fioretto daniele.fioretto@unipg.it