OGC 2026 (the Optoelectronics Global Conference) is an academic conference held in Shenzhen, China on 2026-09-08. The paper submission deadline is 2026-06-15. Acceptance notifications are sent on 2026-07-15.
2026 IEEE the 11th Optoelectronics Global Conference (OGC) will cover all major areas in optoelectronics, optical communications and fundamental optics along with workshops in areas of current interest.Topics interested but not limited to:
S1. Laser Technology
Topics
Mid-infrared Lasers
Ultrafast Laser Science and Technology
Laser manufacturing
High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
Quantum Information and Measurement
Biomedical and Therapeutic Laser Applications
Laser Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Fiber Lasers and Applications
Waveguide Lasers
Semiconductor Lasers and LEDs
Plasma Technologies
S2. Optical Communication and Networks
Topics
Integration of Optical and Wireless Networking
Radio over Fiber Technologies
Visible Light and Free-space Optical Communication
Under Water Optical Communications
High-Capacity Coherent Optical Communication
High-Speed Optical Access Technologies
Short-Reach Optical Interconnect for Data Center Networks
Advanced Digital Signal Processing
Optical Modulation and Signal Processing
Lasers and Photonic Components
Space Division Multiplexing Technologies
New Optical Fiber Technologies
Optical Networks Performance Modeling
Emerging Network Architecture in 5G and Edge Computing
Design, Control and Management of Optical Networks
Secure Optical Communication
S3. Metamaterials and Photonic Crystals
Topics
Electromagnetic metamaterials
Optical metamaterials & Photonic crystals
Programmable metasurfaces
Nonlinear metamaterials
Micro- & Nanophotonics
Metalenses
Active metasurfaces
Spintronics
Plasmonics
AI for metamaterials
All-optical neural networks
Quantum metamaterials
Topological photonics
Non-Hermitian optics
S4. Quantum Optics and Information
Topics
Quantum communications
Quantum computing
Quantum metrology and quantum sensing
Quantum interactions of light with matter
Cold atoms and cold molecules
Single-photon sources and detectors
Entangled photons and other non-classical
Quantum measurement and control
Quantum algorithms and protocols
Quantum Internet and Quantum Networks
S5. Fiber-Based Technologies and Applications
Topics
Micro- and nano-structured fibers
Soft glass fibers
Crystal fibers
Fiber designs and theory
New processes for fiber manufacturing
New methods for fiber measurement
Active fibers for high power lasing
Fibers for ultrafast lasers/ supercontinuum generation
Fibers for high energy delivery
Fibers for sensing
Fibers for gyroscopes
Fiber for diagnostics and therapy
Fibers for wearable devices
Fibers/bundles for imaging
Fibers for optical communication
Fibers for optical signal processing
S6. Optoelectronic Devices and Applications
Topics
Millimeter, submillimeter, and far-infrared detectors and instrumentation
Ultra-violet, visible and infrared sensing and imaging technology
Combination of active and passive optical sensing
Cryogenic optics technology
Adaptive Optoelectronics
Optometry
Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging
Optical Instrumentation
Optics in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology
Photorefractive Effects, Materials and Devices
Optical Materials and Devices
Light-matter Interaction
Data center optics beyond 400G
Applied Industrial Optics
S7. Biophotonics and Optical Biomedicine
Topics
Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy
Optical coherence tomography: light sources, systems, and applications
Nonlinear microscopy, coherent Raman scattering microscopy, and high-resolution microscopy techniquesLasers, supercontinuum lasers, fiber lasers and their biomedical applications
Photoacoustic tomography or microscopy, acousto-optical imaging
Biomedical optical spectroscopy and imaging: systems and applications
Optical trapping and manipulation, and their applications in biophotonics
Lasers, supercontinuum lasers, fiber lasers and their biomedical applications
Clinical and Translational Biophotonics
Microscopy, Histopathology and Analytics
Cardiac Optogenetics
In-Vivo Label-Free Optical Spectroscopy
S8. Data Center Optical Interconnects and Networks
Topics
Technologies for DCI/DCN applications:
Optical transceiver
Transceiver architecture and modulation
Subsystem and digital signal processing
Forward error correction
Electronic devices and optoelectronic devices
Photonic integration
Advanced co-packaging and on-board optics
Network control and management
SDN and NFV
Modeling and monitoring
Digital twin
AI and ML
S9. Silicon Photonics
Topics
Silicon Photonics for optical communications
Silicon Photonics for data center networks
Silicon Photonics for LIDAR and optical sensors
Silicon Photonics for microwave photonics systems
Silicon Photonics for Bio-Sensing
Silicon Photonics for neural network and AI computation
Innovation of novel optoelectric devices based on other material on Silicon Photonics
Integration and co-package technologies based on Silicon Photonics
Design，modeling，manufacture for Silicon Photonics devices
S10. Computational Imaging
Topics
Inverse problem theory of computational imaging
Scattering imaging and non-line-of-sight imaging
Ultra-fast 3D imaging
Multiband imaging and computational imaging spectrometry
Micro-nano optics and computational imaging
Diffraction imaging technology with synchrotron radiation
Electron diffraction microscopy
Frontier issues in computational imaging