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10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

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

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Call for Abstracts

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 deadline 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 will be collated in a joint Special-Topic Collection on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. Papers will be published in Applied Physics Letters or the Journal of Applied Physics. Articles will undergo regular peer review and will be handled by regular Associate Editors at APL and JAP. 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

Mathias Schubert

University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA) & Lund University (Sweden)

David E. Aspnes

North Carolina State University (USA)

Alain C. Diebold

CNSE, University at Albany, SUNY (USA)

Eva Franke-Schubert

University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)
Workforce and Sponsoring Chair

Markus Raschke

University of Colorado at Boulder (USA)
Local Chair
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  • Fifth Announcement

    The international community of ellipsometry enthusiasts is set to meet at the 10th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE-10), scheduled for June 8-13, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. This premier event serves as a platform for the

    • exchange of scientific and technological knowledge and recent advancements.
    • collaboration among professionals from academia, government, and industry.
    • development of an inclusive workforce for the future.

    ICSE-10 brings together a diverse group of experienced scientists and leaders, early career professionals, postdocs, plus graduate and undergraduate students—all in a breathtaking surrounding at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

    As Conference Registration is fast approaching, registration fees are currently anticipated at a rate of $900 for regular and $500 for student attendees, including all activities at no extra costs to participants. Please start preparing your arrangements for travel and accommodation. A block of reduced rates in Hotels is currently being negotiated. A budget of low-cost beds in Campus Lodging may subsidize selected early-career and student attendees.

    The comprehensive Technical Program will include a broad range of aspects in the field of ellipsometry and polarimetry, as well as related applications utilizing the polarization properties of light. Topics cover theory, instrumentation, and applications across physics, chemistry, material science, and life sciences, as well as engineering and metrology.

    Sunday, complimentary Tutorials will kick-off ICSE-10 with outstanding scientists teaching introductory and advanced aspects in emerging areas:

    Tatiana Novikova (Tutorial):
    Imaging Mueller Polarimetry: From Metrology to Biomedicine

    Mathias Schubert (Tutorial):
    The Eigenpolarization Model: A Physics Approach to Render the Susceptibility Tensors of Anisotropic Materials

    Nikolas Podraza (Tutorial):
    Data Analysis: Turning Bad Models into Good Results

    Erwin Kessels (Tutorial):
    In-Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry during Atomic Layer Deposition and Related Processes

    Frank Urban (Tutorial):
    Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Ellipsometry

    An Evening Reception will welcome our community from around the world in the warm atmosphere of the historic Chautauqua Dining Hall at the base of Boulder’s iconic Flatirons.

    Monday through Friday, Oral and Poster Sessions will take place in the Glenn Miller Ballroom, including an excellent lineup of Keynote & Invited Speakers:

    Steven M. George (Keynote):
    In-Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Studies of Selective Atomic Layer Deposition and Etch Processes

    Alain Diebold (Keynote):
    Mueller-Matrix Spectroscopic Ellipsometry based Scatterometry: Optical Dimensional and Shape Analysis

    Yu-Xiang Zheng (Keynote):
    Half a Century of Spectroscopic Ellipsometry in China

    Shiyuan Liu (Keynote):
    Advanced Mueller-Matrix Ellipsometry: Instrumentation and Emerging Applications

    Vanya Darakchieva (Keynote):
    THz Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Its Future

    Stefan Zollner (Keynote):
    Accurate Measurements of Optical Constants using Temperature-Dependent Ellipsometry and Comparison with k.p Theory

    David Aspnes (Invited):
    Removing Noise from Spectra: The Next 100 Years.

    Shirly Espinoza (Invited):
    Approaching Ultrafast Phenomena in Materials by Time-Resolved Ellipsometry

    Kurt Hingerl (Invited):
    Can Imaging Ellipsometry Beat the Diffraction Limit?

    Ufuk Kilic (Invited):
    Metamaterial Platforms: Harnessing Spectrally Controllable Strong Chiroptical Activity and Beyond

    Taeyong Jo (Invited):
    New Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Instrumentation for Application to the Semiconductor Industry

    Peter Petrik (Invited):
    Low-Dimensional, Combinatorial and Periodic Structures for Sensing Catalysis – Characterization of Interface Process by In-Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

    Angelo Pierangelo (Invited):
    Fast, High-Resolution Integrated Multispectral Mueller Ellipsometry for In-Vivo Biomedical Diagnostics

    Viktor Rindert (Invited):
    Exploring Paramagnetic Resonance through Mueller-Matrix Ellipsometry

    Chris Sturm (Invited):
    Electromagnetic Waves in Optically Anisotropic Media: Presence and Propagation of Singular States

    A special session will be dedicated to aspects of Workforce Development for early-career professionals and students alike:

    Andy Antonelli (Keynote):
    Have Polarizer – Will Travel: The Need for Ellipsometry Expertise in Industry

    Shari Liss (Keynote):
    Workforce Development for Semiconductor Industry

    Refreshments will be served during session breaks and during poster sessions. Lunch will be served Sunday through Thursday.

    Please remember to Submit Your Abstract by 11:59 PM Mountain Time on January 31, 2025.

    Wednesday, an Excursion to the Georgetown Loop Railroad will bring all attendees aboard an original 19th-century train steaming along old gold miners tracks and leaving fond memories for a lifetime. Afterwards, the Conference Dinner will offer an authentic American experience in the Byron R. White Club with spectacular views over Folsom Field, the home stadium of the Colorado Buffaloes football team.

    On Friday, the Awards ceremony will honor

    • a young scientist for exceptional contributions with the Paul Drude Award.
    • a senior community member for pioneering, lifetime achievements with the Hans Mueller Memorial Award and Lecture.
    • an individual, research group, company, or institution for outstanding innovation and creativity with the Innovation and Creativity Award.
    • students for the best oral presentation and the best poster with respective Student Awards.

    Please remember to Submit Award Nominations no later than February 1, 2025.

    ICSE-10 will also feature a simultaneous, week-long Industry Exhibition in the Aspen Rooms next to the main venue. The organizers and attendees are grateful for a growing List of Sponsors that make this event possible.

    Please refer to the Prospectus for sponsorship opportunities.

    The organizing Committees look forward to seeing you in Boulder, Colorado, soon!

  • Fourth Announcement

    Dear colleagues,

    The ICSE-10 official website is now online.

    Stay tuned for important updates about the abstract submission timeline, conference schedule, award nominations, and speaker invitations.

    At this time we anticipate ICSE-10 to be a fully in-person meeting.

    Please encourage your colleagues and collaborators interested in participating to subscribe to our website icse10.ellipsometry.us

    Please direct questions and inquiries to icse10@ellipsometry.us

    We look forward to welcoming you to Boulder, Colorado June 8-13 2025.

    The ICSE-10 organizers

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