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Conference Program

Welcome to the program page for OTST 2026. Here you will find the schedule of talks, poster sessions, and other events. The program is subject to change. Please check back regularly for updates.

Tutorial Talks

X.C. Zhang
X.C. Zhang The University of Rochester
Topic: THz liquid photonics
This tutorial will cover recent progress in THz liquid photonics—an extension of our previous research on THz air photonics. Investigating THz generation from liquids may complete the final piece of the matter-phase puzzle in THz photonics.
Andrea Markelz
Andrea Markelz The University at Buffalo
Topic: To be Announced
Abstract details for Professor Markelz's tutorial will be posted here shortly.
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Keynote Speakers

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Masayoshi Tonouchi
Okayama University, Japan (Topic: To be Announced)
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Clara Saraceno
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (Title: New directions in high average power, ultrafast laser-driven THz sources)
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Coskun Kocabas
The University of Manchester, UK (Topic: Far-field and Near-field Imaging Techniques)
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Aydogan Ozcan
University of California Los Angeles, USA (Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing)
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Daniel Mittleman
Brown University, USA (Title: Terahertz Sensing and Communications in the Near Field)
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Mengkun Liu
Stony Brook University, USA (Title: Recent Advances in THz near-field Nanoscopy)
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Richard Averitt
University of California San Diego, USA (Title: Nonlinear Dynamics in Terahertz Dirac Metamaterials)
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Zachary Taylor
Aalto University, Finland (Title: TBA)
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Peter Jepsen
Technical University Denmark, Denmark (Topic: Spectroscopy)
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David Burghoff
University of Texas at Austin, USA (Topic: Quantum Optics and Phenomena)
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Kaushik Sengupta
Princeton University, USA (Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing)

Invited Speakers

Benjamin Williams
University of California Los Angeles, USA (Title: Towards quantum-cascade VECSELs as THz spectroscopic sources)
Chiko Otani
RIKEN, Center for Advanced Photonics, Japan (Title: To be Announced)
Marco Rahm
University of Kaiserslautern, Germany (Title: To be Announced)
Aparajita Bandyopadhyay
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India (Title: Optical and THz sensing provide objective and senstive assessment of degradation in marble heritage structure)
Kosuke Murate
Nagoya University, Japan (Title: To be Announced)
Felix Hernandez
University of São Paulo, Brazil (Title: Magneto-Terahertz Spectroscopy of Correlated Magnetic Materials)
Tom Siday
University of Birmingham, UK (Title: Subcycle terahertz microscopy: how to reach the smallest spatial scales)
Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez
University of Utah, Salt-Lake City, USA (Title: TBA)

Conference Schedule Overview

Date Time Activity Location
Sunday, April 12, 2026 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Tutorials Duke Campus
Monday, April 13, 2026 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM Invited Talks JB Duke Hotel
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM Invited Talks JB Duke Hotel
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM Invited Talks JB Duke Hotel
Thursday, April 16, 2026 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM Invited Talks JB Duke Hotel
Friday, April 17, 2026 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM Invited Talks JB Duke Hotel

Poster Sessions

Details about poster session schedules, topics, and presentation guidelines will be available here. A list of accepted posters will also be provided.

Social Events

For any questions regarding the program, please contact the program chairs or the general conference organizers.