For nearly three decades this conference series has promoted state-of-the-art research and scientific exchange on laser-beams and interactions with particles and particle systems. The present edition follows the former Optical Particle Sizing (OPS) and Characterization (OPC) conferences held in Rouen 1987; Tempe, 1990; Yokohama, 1993; Nürnberg, 1995; Minneapolis, 1998; Brighton, 2001; Kyoto, 2004; Graz, 2007; and the renowned LIP conference series held in Rouen 2012 and Marseille, 2014.
Contributions, ranging from theory to practice, are invited with particular emphasis being placed on the following topics:
- Laser beam shape description
- Laser beam propagation
- Light scattering by particles and particle systems
- Multiple scattering in dense media
- Optical mechanical effects and other effects of light
- Optical particle sizing and characterization methods
- Laser measurement
Applications may range from multiphase flow characterization, to plasma and soft matter physics, nanosciences, aerosol science and atmospheric environment, biomedical optical engineering.
Note that although the conference is mainly intended to deal with electromagnetic beams, papers dealing with acoustical and quantum beams however presenting significant enough correlations with the main issues of the conference are welcome.