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PSP ACTIVITIES IN 2009-2012

Photonics Letters of Poland (ISSN: 2080-2242)

  • 16 issues with 247 papers published in the years: 2009-2012
  • 7/10 points on the Journals B List of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (1798 journals listed)
  • 27.07.2010 PLP included in the Directory of Open Access Journals, www.doaj.org
  • 13.01.2011 PLP accepted to Scopus www.scopus.com/home/
  • 13.02.2011 PLP accepted to Chemical Abstracts Service www.cas.org/
  • Photonics Letters of Poland in numbers:

year 

number of
submitted papers 

accepted 

rejection
level

  average time
from submission
to publication

  registered users 

2009

74

64

13,5%

28 days

99

2010

77

66

14,3%

33 days

338

2011

80

62

22,5%

56 days

895

 2012

71

 55

 22,5%

 36 days

 2952

 TOTAL:

 302

247 

 18,2%

   

2009-2012 PSP Conferences (co-organized and co-sponsored):

  1. II Photonics Society of Poland Symposium (c/o OPTON 2012), 15-16 May 2012 Katowice http://photonics.pl/index.php/Opton_2012_Invitation (17 lectures, 15 posters)
  2. OPTON 2010,2012 International Trade Fairs for Optoelectronics and Photonics, (2010, 2012 Katowice) http://www.opton.fairexpo.pl
  3. IOS 2009-2013 (IV-VII) Integrated Optics: Sensors, Sensing Structures and Methods (Korbielów, Szczyrk), http://ios.polsl.pl/
  4. TAL 2009, 2011, 2012 - Światłowody i ich zastosowanie (Krasnobród, Białowieża, Nałęczów www.opticalfibers.umcs.lublin.pl www.we.pb.edu.pl/swiatlowody/
  5. WILGA Symposium (2009-2013) Photonics and Web Engineering: http://wilga.ise.pw.edu.pl/
  6. NOA 2009, 2011 - International Workshop on Nonlinear Optics Applications, (Zakopane, Toruń) http://www.if.pw.edu.pl/~noa
  7. CLC 2009, 2011 - Conference on Liquid Crystals: Chemistry, Physics and Applications (Augustów, Międzyzdroje), http://www.clc2011.wat.edu.pl/
  8. IT 2010 2nd International Conference on Information Technology (28-30.06.2010, Gdańsk) http://www.it2010.gda.pl/
  9. ILCC 2010 23rd International Liquid Crystal Conference (11-16.07.2010, Kraków), http://www.ilcc2010.uj.edu.pl/
  10. SCPOC/CPSOC (2010,2012) Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference: Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics (Slovakia, Czech Rep.)
  11. COE 2010, 2012 - XI,XII Conferences on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors, (Nałęczów, Karpacz))
  12. STL 2009, 2012 - IX, X Krajowe Sympozjum Techniki Laserowej, Świnoujście

Professor Maksymilian Pluta Awards

  1. 2012, Małgorzata Kujawińska (za wieloletnie promowanie polskiej fotoniki w świecie, a w szczególności za cykl publikacji w Proc. SPIE oraz Photonics Letters of Poland w dziedzinie metrologii optycznej)
  2. 2010, George I. Stegeman : for “his great scientific achievements in nonlinear photonics and valuable editorial skills in particular related to Photonics Letters of Poland vol. 1, no 4, 2009”
  3. 2009, Ryszard Romaniuk (za wieloletnie promowanie fotoniki w Polsce, a w szczególności za opublikowanie w 2008 r. Proc. SPIE vol. 7120 oraz vol. 7124 wydanych pod patronatem Polskiego Stowarzyszenia Fotonicznego)

Events and activities

  1. Polish Platform for Photonics Technologies - March 2013
  2. PHOENIX - Photonics Optoelectronics Network:- cooperation with Berlin: Fraunhofer Institut für Nachrichtentechnik “Heinrich-Hertz-Institut“ ,TSB Innovationsagentur Berlin GmbH, OpTecBB e.V. kick-off Sept. 2012.
  3. Laser-Berlin (March 2012): cooperation between photonics clusters Berlin-Warsaw
  4. Cooperation Agreement with Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology - Polska Izba Gospodarcza Zaawansowanych Technologii (10.11.2011)
  5. Photonics in National Research Program, a letter to Prof. Barbara Kudrycka, the Minister of Science and Higher Education (27.06.2011).
  6. MOU between PSP and SPIE for the years 2011-2013, Brussels (24.02.2011)
  7. MOU between PSP and SPIE for joint edition of PLP (2009-2013)
  8. PSP awards for best students presentations at the PSP-sponsored conferences: Wilga, ILCC, CLC, TAL

Invited Lectures

  1. Professor Vladimir Chigrinov, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (18-27.06.2012) - 4 lectures (SPIE grant):
       • Liquid crystals: physics and applications
       • Liquid crystal photoalignment: application in Displays and Photonics
       • Modeling and optimization of Liquid Crystal Displays and Photonics devices -
       • Fast switchable liquid crystal cells for Displays and Photonics applications
  2. Professor Perry Ping Shum, Nanyang Technological University, (Singapore);: "Novel Fiber-based Devices for Sensing Applications" (15.09.2011 - SPIE grant):
  3. Professor George I. Stegeman, University of Central Florida & Center for Research and Education in Optics and Laser, Orlando (USA) 2 lectures:
       • New era of discreteness and periodicity in optics (18.01.2010)
       • What are Solitons, why are they interesting & how do they occur in Optics (30.11.2009)
  4. Professor Orazio Svelto, Physics Department, Polytechnic School of Milano (Italy): „Ultrafast Science: from Picosecond to Attosecond Laser Pulses” (26.10.2009)

274 PSP members as of 28th February 2013 (incl. 19 SPIE members and 12 SPIE Fellows), 6 Students Chapters of SPIE (Warszawa, Toruń, Wrocław, Lublin, Gliwice, Gdańsk)

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