The National Institute of Telecommunications, former Department of Transmission and Optical Technologies in Warsaw, together with the University Politehnica Bucharest and the IEEE Photonics Society Poland Chapter are pleased to announce the 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2023 which will be kindly hosted at the Central Library of University Politehnica Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042, sector 6, Bucharest, Romania, July 2-6, 2023. Technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Photonics Society is foreseen.

Easily reachable by plane (Bucharest Henry Coanda International Airport, Bucuresti-Otopeni), Bucharest is waiting for its visitors to visit its emblematic attractions: Palace of Parliament (the second biggest building in the world), Romanian Atheneum, National Museum of the Art , the Arch of Triumph, National Vilage Museum, Cantacuzino Palace,and many more. Additionally there are many daily excursions to Dracula Castle, Peles Castle and may other places. Relaxation and wellness at terme Spa , a very big area of tropical climate with hundred thousand of trees is located at only 10 km of Bucharest

ICTON 2023 will be held as an in-person-only meeting.

The scope of the Conference and co-located events is focused on the applications of transparent and all-optical technologies in telecommunications, computing, sensing, and novel applications. Conference topics include:

Molecular photonics
Nonlinear optics
Nanophotonics
Digital all-optical networks
Ultra-dense wavelength-division multiplexing
Ultra-fast optical time domain multiplexing
Next generation networking
Optical switching and routing
Optical packet networks and services
Optical memories and data storage
Optical transparency and network scalability
Network reliability and availability
Wireless and optical networking
Free-space optical communications
Radio-over-Fibre transmission
Broadband metro and access networks
Market in telecommunications
Microwave photonics
Terahertz Photonics
Photonic band-gap structures
Photonic crystal fibres
Nonlinear and active PBG devices
Nanoscale and ultrafast photonics Quantum communications
VCSELs and other novel light sources
Fibre lasers
Microresonators and photonic molecules
Novel glasses and photonic materials
New transmission windows
Polarisation mode dispersion
Photonic component integration
Network planning and design tools
Big data analytics and network optimization
Non-conventional optical communications
Sub-wavelength photonic devices
Communication in transportation systems
Optical microscopy and nanoscopy techniques and applications
Optical inspection of transparent samples: quantitative phase imaging
3D optical imaging and display
Polarization-resolved optical microscopy
Image processing
Satellite communications
Label-free super-resolution and sensing
5G to 6G communications
Other relevant topics

Authors are cordially invited to submit their contributions (recommended length 4 pages in editable MS Word or LaTeX file accompanied by a PDF version) for Regular and Poster Sessions to icton@itl.waw.pl by March 31, 2023.

The authors will be notified on the acceptance by April 30, 2023. Post-deadline papers with hot results can be submitted till June 1, 2023.

Students, PhD students and young scientists are especially encouraged to contribute and/or participate.

We are looking forward to offer a warm welcome to all of you for the 23rd edition of the ICTON Conference, this time in the exciting city of Bucharest. Traditionally, an ambitious technical programme will be accompanied by an attractive set of social events!

For more information, please visit: https://www.gov.pl/web/instytut-lacznosci/icton-2023