FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
11th International Conference on Optics-photonics
Design & Fabrication“ODF '18, Hiroshima”
November 28th-30th, 2018
International Conference Center Hiroshima
Organized byOptics Design Group of The Optical Society of Japan
Co-sponsored by
JSAP (The Japan Society of Applied Physics)
In cooperation withICO (International Commission for Optics)・COS (ChineseOptical Society)・EOS (European Optical Society)・SPIE (TheInternational Society for Optics and Photonics) ・ Taiwan
Photonics Society・OSA (The Optical Society)・OSK (OpticalSociety of Korea)・OPSS (Optics and Photonics Society ofSingapore) ・ PIDA (Photonics Industry & Technology
Development Association)・ROS (Rozhdestvensky OpticalSociety)・TOOMA (Taiwan Optics/Optronics Manufacturers’Association)・DGaO (German Society of Applied Optics)・
The 179th Committee on Photonics Information Systems,JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)・AppliedOptics Meeting in Kansai・The Astronomical Society ofJapan・The Color Science Association of Japan・IEICE(The Institute of Electronics, Information and CommunicationEngineers)・IEIJ (The Illuminating Engineering Institute ofJapan)・IIEEJ (The Institute of Image Electronics Engineersof Japan)・JIEP (Japan Institute of Electronics Packaging)・
JOEM (Japan Optomechatronics Association)・JOMA (JapanOptical Measuring Instruments Manufacturer's Association)・
JPS (The Physical Society of Japan)・JSMBE (JapaneseSociety for Medical and Biological Engineering)・JSPE (TheJapan Society for Precision Engineering)・LSJ (The Laser
Society of Japan) ・ OITDA (Optoelectronics Industry andTechnology Development Association)・The SpectroscopicalSociety of Japan・SPIJ (The Society of Photography andImaging of Japan)(Some of above cooperative organizations are under negotiation.)

INTRODUCTION
The 11th International Conference on Optics-photonics
Design and Fabrication, “ODF'18, Hiroshima”, will beheld at International Conference Center Hiroshima,Hiroshima, Japan on November 28th-30th, 2018.
Optics-photonics design and fabrication will continue toplay a significantly important role in the future, achieving harmony between technology and the environmentand building bridges for real international cooperationworldwide. ODF'18 provides an international forum fororiginal paper presentations and discussions of
optics-photonics
designandfabrication-related
technological and scientific topics, including theory,design, fabrication, testing, applications and others.

SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

ODF'18 is an international forum for the engineers
and scientists in the field of Optics-photonics Designand Fabrication to exchange their ideas andachievements with the goal of future mutual progress.
The conference covers the following major topicalcategories;
Category 1. Optical Design / Simulation
Lens Design, Illumination Simulation, Non-imaging
Optics, Lens Design Theory, Fabrication and Testing,
Simulation Software, Freeform Optics
Category 2. Optical Components / Devices
Diffractive Optics and Holography, Thin Films, FiberOptics, Integrated Optoelectronics, Optical Waveguide,
Active Optical Components, Optical MEMS,
Illumination Optical Components, Polarization Optics,
Photonic Crystals, Lasers and Laser Optics, LEDs,Detectors
Category 3. Optical Systems
Illumination Optics, Information Optics, Optical DataStorage, Optical Lithography, Microscopy, Displays,Computational Imaging and Sensing, Automotive
Optics, Bio-Medical Optics, Optofluidics, Measurement
and Sensing, Cameras
Category 4. New Technologies
Nonlinear Optics, Ultrafast Optics, Metamaterials,Plasmonics, Near-field Optics, Quantum Optics, Nano
Structures, Cloaking, Other Future Science andTechnology available to Optics Design and Fabrication
Special Session:“Optics and Photonics for Intelligent Vehicles”

PREPARATION OF
AND MANUSCRIPTS

ABSTRACTS

A limited number of original contributed papers
covering unpublished work will be accepted forpresentation. Authors are required to submit papers
including 35-word abstracts and 2-page manuscripts inthe prescribed form. The form can be downloaded fromthe conference website. Papers must be submitted online.
Please see the ODF'18 website for details of thesubmission procedure. Authors are required to agree tocopyright transfer by including a completed form whensubmitting papers.

35-word Abstracts

35-word abstracts in an ASCII text file are strictly
required and the program committee may automaticallymodify the abstract that contains over 50 words. Pleaseconfirm the number of words using a word counting
tool. Also, please avoid the use of scientific andengineering symbols in the abstract. If your paper isaccepted, the abstract will appear in the Advanced
Program.

2-page Manuscripts

2-page camera-ready manuscripts including text,
figures, tables and references must be typed
single-spaced on A4 or letter size pages with the title
followed by the author’s name, affiliation, and address.
Accepted papers will be published in the Technical
Digest of the conference. For the layout of themanuscript, please see the guidelines on the ODF'18
website (to be opened this early November).

Abstracts&Manuscripts will be accepted:
February 1st-May 31st, 2018

For inquiries, please contact:
Secretariat for ODF'18
Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Proactive Inc.
1-6-10 Nihonbashi-Ningyo cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo103-0013, Japan
TEL: +81-3-3669-6161 FAX: +81-3-3669-6162
Office hours: 9:30–18:00 (weekdays only)

Paper Submission: February 1st–May 31st, 2018 http://www.odf.jp/

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株式会社 プロアクティブ〒103-0013 東京都中央区日本橋人形町 1-6-10
ユニコム人形町ビル 4F
電話:03-3669-6161 FAX:03-3669-6162
The presentation schedule will be determined after
the program committee has reviewed the papers.
Authors will be notified by August, 2018 whether theirpapers have been accepted. Notification will be sent tothe author listed first by e-mail or letter. Note that it willbe the author’s responsibility to obtain any necessary
and appropriate clearances from his/her affiliatedorganization.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Post-Deadline Papers

Detailed information will be announced in the Final
Call for Papers.

ODF'18 Special Issue of OPTICALREVIEW

The presented papers can be resubmitted andpublished in the ODF'18 special issue of OPTICALREVIEW after peer review. It is the English-language
journal of the Optical Society of Japan (OSJ).
Application forms for the special issue will be presented
on the website.
Collaboration and Competition make progress.
For more information please visit the website:

http://www.odf.jp/
Join us at ODF'18, Hiroshima, Japan!

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
General Chair :M. Shibuya (Tokyo Polytech. Univ. / Japan)
Advisory Board :Y. Arakawa (The Univ. of Tokyo / Japan)
K. Araki (Utsunomiya Univ. / Japan)
J. Braat (Delft Univ. of Technol. / Netherlands)
G. W. Forbes (QED / USA)
A. Friberg (KTH / Sweden)
D. Granciu (IOR / Romania)
S. Honkanen (East Finland Univ. / Finland)
Y. Ichioka (Osaka Univ. Prof. Emeritus / Japan)
B. Y. Kim (KAIST / Korea)
K. Kodate (Japan Women's Univ. Prof. Emeritus / Japan)
K. Kuroda (Utsunomiya Univ. / Japan)
B. Lee (Seoul National Univ. / Korea)
C. C. Lee (National Central Univ. / Taiwan)
S. Minami (ODG Advisory / Japan)
Y. Miyake (Chiba Univ. / Japan)
D. T. Moore (Univ. of Rochester / USA)
T. Ohki (Nikon / Japan)
K. Singh (IIT / India)
M. Takeda (Utsunomiya Univ. / Japan)
Y. Tanaka (Panasonic / Japan）
R. Y. Tsai (Caduceus Biotechnology Inc. / Taiwan)
T. Tsuruta (Nikon / Japan)
A. Tuennermann (Fraunhofer IOF / Germany)
W. Ulrich (Zeiss / Germany)
V. N. Vasilyev (ITMO Univ. / Russia)
D. Williamson (Nikon USA / USA)
S. Yamaguchi (Konica Minolta / Japan）
T. Yatagai (Utsunomiya Univ. / Japan)
B. Zhou (Tsinghua Univ. / China)

Organizing Committee
Chair :
S. Hiura (Hiroshima city Univ. / Japan)
Members :K. Abe （Olympus / Japan）
Y. Awatsuji (Kyoto Inst. of Tech. / Japan)
F. Bociort (Delft Univ. Technology / Netherlands)
D. J. Brady (Duke Univ. / USA)
C. W. Chang (ITRI / Taiwan)
K. Fuechsel (Fraunhofer IOF / Germany)
K. Itoh (Osaka Univ. / Japan)
Y. L. Kolesnikov (ITMO Univ. / Russia)
T. Kurokawa (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Tech. / Japan)
Y. S. Liu (National Tsing Hua Univ. / Taiwan)
R. Magnusson (Univ. Texas - Arlington / USA)M. Mansuripur (Univ. of Arizona / USA)K. Maruyama（Consultant / Japan）
O. Matoba (Kobe Univ. / Japan)
T. Mori (Nikon / Japan)
J. Rolland (Univ. of Rochester / USA)M. Shiratsuchi (NuFlare Technology / Japan)
E. Simon (Varioptic / France)
S. K. Stafeev (ITMO Univ. / Russia)
J. Tanida (Osaka Univ. / Japan)
D.P.Tsai (National Taiwan Univ. / Taiwan)
H. Tsuchida (TeamOPT / Japan)

N. Tsumura (Chiba Univ. / Japan)
Y. Unno (Canon / Japan)
A. Veeraraghavan (Rice Univ. / USA)
A. Yabe (Consultant / Japan)
Program Committee
Chair :
K. Konno (Konica Minolta / Japan)
Members :D. Hasenauer (Synopsys, Inc. / USA)J. Heber (Fraunhofer / Germany)
B. Hendriks (Philips / Netherlands)
H. P. Herzig (EPFL / Switzerland)
C. K. Hwangbo (Inha Univ. / Korea)
R. Katayama (Fukuoka Inst. of Tech. / Japan)
N. Kerwien (Carl Zeiss AG / Germany)
H. Kikuta (Osaka Pref. Univ. / Japan)
T. Konishi (Osaka Univ. / Japan)
M. Kuwata (Mitsubishi Electric / Japan)
T. Lepine (IOGS / France)
C. W. Liang (National Central Univ. / Taiwan)
S. H. Lin (National Chiao Tung Univ. / Taiwan)
I. Livshits (ITMO Univ. / Russia)
K. Maru (Kagawa Univ. / Japan)
A. Nozaki (Konica Minolta / Japan)
E. Okada (Keio Univ. / Japan)
T. Otaki (Nikon / Japan)
A. Seifert (CIC nanoGUNE / Spain)
T. Shimura (The Univ. of Tokyo / Japan)
Y. Suzuki (Olympus / Japan)
K. Tajima (Hitachi / Japan)
Y. Takashima (Univ. of Arizona / USA)
S. Ura (Kyoto Inst. Tech. / Japan)
Y. Wang (Beijing Inst. of Tech. / China)
K. Watabe (Toshiba / Japan)
M. Yamagata (Panasonic / Japan)
T. Yamanashi (Theta Optical LLC / USA)R. N. Youngworth (Riyo LLC / USA)
Steering Committee
Chair :
H. Tatsuno (Ricoh / Japan)
Members :D. Arai (Nikon / Japan)
K. Irie (Mitsubishi Chemical / Japan)
H. Iwai (Cybernet Systems / Japan)
T. Iwasaki (Fujifilm / Japan)
S. Kajiya (Dexerials / Japan)
T. Kawasaki (Konica Minolta / Japan)
T. Kikuchi (Canon / Japan)
T. Kubota (Ricoh / Japan)
K. Minami (Panasonic / Japan)
M. Nakajima (Topcon / Japan)
Y. Ohno (NEC / Japan)
K. Osawa (Hitachi / Japan)
M. Suwa (Mitsubishi Electric / Japan)
S. Tajiri (Sony / Japan)
Y. Uchida (Olympus / Japan)
Y. Yamamoto (Toshiba / Japan)(Some of above committee members are under negotiation.)