The 25-year history of the conference

Held since 2001, past conferences have been in

Lecce di Como (2022), Madison (2019), Egmond aan Zee (2017), Boulder (2015), Naples (2013), Kingston (2011), Leiden (2009), Greifswald (2007), Cork (2006), Oxford (2005), Eindhoven (2004), Düsseldorf (2003), Lille (2002), and Heeze (2001).

Topics

The optical resonators discussed at the CES conference typically include:

• Cavity-enhanced spectrometers

• Micro-cavities and whispering gallery mode resonators

• Ultra-stable cavities

• Micro-bubble and micro-droplet cavities

• Laser-cavity locking schemes

• Silicon-photonics resonators

Applications include:

• Cavity-enabled metrology

• Trace gas detection for atmospheric sensing, breath analysis, combustion processes

• Isotope ratio measurements

• Single particle sensing

• Precision atomic and molecular spectroscopy

• Tests of fundamental physics

• Quantum and nonlinear optics

• Thermal and mechanical sensing

• Applications in industry and manufacturing

• Applications in health and medicine

The CES2026 organizing committee

• Tao Lu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.

• Hans-Peter Loock, Dept.of Chemistry, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.

• Adam Fleisher, Optical Measurements Group, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.

• Harald Schwefel, Dept. of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.