10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

June 8-13, 2025, in Boulder, CO, USA

Diamond Sponsors

Call for Abstracts

2025/02/15

Final Deadline for
Abstract Submissions

The Organizing Committee invites you to submit an abstract in the fields of ellipsometry, polarimetry, or other methods that use the polarization properties of light to be considered for oral or poster presentation at the 10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. The Conference will be held June 8-13, 2025, at the University Memorial Center of the University of Colorado at Boulder, CO 80309.

All abstracts, not to exceed 2 pages, are to be submitted using the Abstract Submission System.

Please Submit Your Abstract by the deadlines indicated above.

Conference Registration will be available on the ICSE-10 website soon. Reduced registration fees will be offered for student attendees. Limited Attendance Support co-funding costs for students and early career professionals will be available. Application instructions will be provided soon.

Presentations will be scheduled in oral or poster sessions with dates and times to be assigned. The presenting author must be identified. Presenters need to note their status as Undergraduate, Graduate, Early-Career Academic/Government, Academic, Government, Industry, or other professional upon abstract submission.

Abstracts will be reviewed on receipt, with acceptance notifications sent beginning in November. Please submit early. If necessary for visa applications, please contact the organizers with requests for early decisions. If the presenting author is unable to attend the conference, they should make arrangements for another individual to attend and present.

Abstracts will be included in an Abstract Booklet, which will be published on the conference website.

Abstracts should include work that was accomplished since ICSE-9. This may include recently published as well as new work. Abstracts should contain enough information to allow their content to be evaluated. Please include between 3-6 keywords to help place your abstract within the program. Indicate the presenting author, student author(s) if applicable, and corresponding author if different from the presenting author.

The Program Committee will decide on abstract acceptance as an oral or poster presentation. The Organizing Committee currently anticipates single-track oral sessions and late-afternoon poster sessions. Abstract submissions are currently not limited. But, depending on the number of abstracts received, ICSE-10 may partially move to dual-track sessions. The Program Committee will arrange session schedules to reflect the diverse range of submitting institutions, geographic areas, and scientific topics.

Abstract Preparation Instructions

Abstracts may be prepared and submitted either using LaTeX or Word format. Links to template downloads and instructions for formatting, content inclusion, as well as submission uploads, are provided on the Abstract Submission page.

All completed submissions received by the deadline indicated above will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Selection of abstracts for presentation at ICSE-10 will be based on scientific and technical merit.

Special-Topic Collection on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

Conference manuscripts for ICSE-10 can be submitted to Applied Physics Letters (APL), or Journal of Applied Physics (JAP), or AIP Advances (ADV). Accepted manuscripts will be collated in a joint Special-Topic Collection on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. Articles will undergo regular peer review and will be handled by regular Associate Editors at APL, JAP, and ADV. This Special-Topic Collection will open in June 2025 and close in November 2025.

Award Considerations

ICSE-10 is considering the awards described below. Find further information and nomination instructions on the Awards pages.

Paul Drude Award

The Paul Drude Award is traditionally the main recognition at ICSE conferences. This award is given to a young scientist for exceptional contributions to the development or application of spectroscopic ellipsometry.

Hans Mueller Memorial and Lecture Award

The Hans Mueller Memorial and Lecture Award will be established at ICSE-10 to honor pioneering, lifetime achievements in the field of ellipsometry.

Innovation and Creativity Award

The Innovation and Creativity Award will be given, also for the first time at ICSE-10, to recognize the work representing the best innovation and creativity in the field of ellipsometry.

Student Awards

Student Awards, newly featured at ICSE-10, will recognize the students who give the best oral and poster presentations. Students (undergraduate and graduate) must identify their status upon submission of their abstract(s) to participate in the Student Award competitions.

We look forward to welcoming you to Boulder, Colorado, June 8-13, 2025!
Please direct questions and inquiries to icse10@ellipsometry.us.

Organizing Committee

Schedule & Abstract Book

Manuscript Submission

Gold Sponsors

Important Dates

2025/05/01

Deadline for
Exhibitor Booth Registration
2025/05/22

Deadline for
Early Registration
2025/05/23

Deadline for
Campus Lodging
2025/04/01

Deadline for
Late Breaking Abstracts
2025/04/29

Deadline for
Hotel Discounts

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Latest Announcements

Ninth Announcement

May 7, 2025
With the countdown ticking down, only 30 days remain until the 10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE-10) will start on June 8, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. The international ellipsometry community will convene for an exciting week of Technical Sessions and Networking Events. We strongly encourage all participants to Register Now and to reserve low-cost accommodation in Campus Lodging.

Conference Registration
Conference Registration for ICSE-10 is open. Registration Fees are set at a rate of:
- $900 for Regular attendees,
- $500 for Student attendees, and
- $300 for Accompanying Guests for Social Events.
These Registration Fees include all activities of the Technical Program and Social Events at no extra costs to participants.
Please register on the ICSE-10 Online Registration website now!

Campus Lodging

Please make your arrangements for travel and accommodation. Low-cost accommodation in Campus Lodging is still available. Check-in is Sunday, June 8; Check-out is Friday, June 13.

Single Lodging/Dining Package: $594.81 incl. tax
Double Lodging/Dining Package: $362.41 incl. tax
including 5 nights (Sunday 6/8 – Thursday 6/12), 5 breakfasts (Monday 6/9 – Friday 6/13) served in student dining halls, 1 linen packet (incl. sheets, towels, pillow & pillowcase and blanket or bedspread; packet will be set on bed, and guests will need to make their own bed), and free use of facilities in recreation center on main campus.

Add-on night(s)
Participants can add on 1-2 nights on each side of their stay. No meals included.
Single per night: $95.50 incl. tax
Double per night: $49.02 incl. tax.

Please reserve and pay on the Campus Lodging Reservation website now!

Sponsorship Opportunities
From Monday, June 9, through Thursday, June 12, 2025, ICSE-10 will feature a simultaneous Industry Exhibition. The exhibition will be located in the Aspen Rooms next to the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the main conference venue.

Exhibitors may register at rates according to their choice of two different booth sizes offered:
- Large booths are 20 x 10 ft² and include two registration waivers at $5,000.
- Small booths are 10 x 10 ft² and include one registration waiver at $2,500.
Tables with table cloths, chairs, electric power, WiFi, and security will be provided.
Please contact Eva Schubert for booth reservations ASAP!

ICSE-10 organizers and attendees are grateful for a growing List of Sponsors that make this event possible.

Please refer to the Prospectus for detailed information about sponsorship opportunities.

The organizing Committees look forward to working with our sponsors and to seeing you in Boulder, Colorado, soon.
Eighth Announcement

April 22, 2025
Awards

On Friday, June 13, 2025, the Awards ceremony will recognize excellent achievements at different levels by honoring
- with the Hans Mueller Memorial Award and Lecture, sponsored by AIP Publishing and J.A. Woollam Co., Inc., respectively, shared in equal halves:
  Prof. Dr. John A. Woollam, Founder and CEO of J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Nebaska-Lincoln (USA), for having made pioneering, life-long contributions to the development, application, dissemination, and education in the field of spectroscopic ellipsometry; and
  Prof. Dr. David E. Aspnes, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Physics at North Carolina State University (USA), for development of fundamental theories of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of materials and thin films, and for pioneering the field of spectroscopic ellipsometry.
- with the Paul Drude Award, sponsored by AIP Publishing:
  Dr. Ufuk Kiliç, Research Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA), for the achievement of having demonstrated and determined unambiguous structural and optical relationships for chiral and achiral nanostructured metamaterials using computational engineering, nanostructure material preparation, and spectroscopic ellipsometry.
- with the Innovation and Creativity Award, sponsored by Cryogenic US LLC:
  Dr. Shirly Espinoza, Scientist at ELI Beamlines. The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC. Dolní Břežany (Czech Republic), for developing the first versatile UV-NIR femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopic ellipsometer and for training, educating, and leading a broad and diverse international user community.
- with Student Awards for the best oral presentation and for the best poster, sponsored by Semilab Inc. and Park Systems Corporation:
  Undergraduate and graduate students to be determined based on evaluations during the conference.
ICSE-11 Proposal Solicitation

The ICSE-10 organizers solicit proposals for the organization of ICSE-11. Please discuss with your colleagues and within your communities. ICSE meetings are corner stones in the history, presence, and future of the ellipsometry community. We seek strong teams for hosting ICSE-11 in 2028. Please send your short proposal to icse10@ellipsometry.us and /cc mschubert4@unl.edu. Please indicate the proposed main organizing team, location, and any further information you wish to provide.

If more than one proposal should reach us, we will hold a presentation review meeting during ICSE-10 in Boulder. In this case, we will provide further instruction for your team’s presentation. We aim to have a decision for ICSE-11 ready by the end of ICSE-10 to announce to our community before the closing remarks.

Conference Registration
Conference Registration for ICSE-10 is open. Registration Fees are set at a rate of:
- $900 for Regular attendees,
- $500 for Student attendees, and
- $300 for Accompanying Guests for Social Events.
These Registration Fees include all activities of the Technical Program and Social Events at no extra costs to participants.
Please register on the ICSE-10 Online Registration website before May 22, 2025!

Sponsorship Opportunities
From Monday, June 9, through Thursday, June 12, 2025, ICSE-10 will feature a simultaneous Industry Exhibition. The exhibition will be located in the Aspen Rooms next to the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the main conference venue.

Exhibitors may register at rates according to their choice of two different booth sizes offered:
- Large booths are 20 x 10 ft² and include two registration waivers at $5,000.
- Small booths are 10 x 10 ft² and include one registration waiver at $2,500.
Tables with table cloths, chairs, electric power, WiFi, and security will be provided.
Please contact Eva Schubert for booth reservations.

ICSE-10 organizers and attendees are grateful for a growing List of Sponsors that make this event possible.

Please refer to the Prospectus for detailed information about sponsorship opportunities.

The organizing Committees look forward to working with our sponsors and to seeing you in Boulder, Colorado, soon!

Friends of ICSE-10

10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry