The purpose of the meeting is to bring together both the users and/or developers of ultrafast optical technology with the specific goal of discussing the technology itself, i.e., to report on the state of the art with respect to generation, amplification and measurement of ultrafast optical pulses.

The scope of the Ultrafast Optics 2013 conference includes:

Generation of atto-, femto- and picosecond optical pulses
from lasers
Parametric and quantum amplifiers of ultrashort pulses
Ultrahigh peak-power laser systems and related technologies
Novel methods for shaping and measuring ultrashort pulses
Advances in nonlinear frequency conversion techniques
Few-cycle pulses, carrier-envelope phase control
Ultrashort THz pulses
Current and prospective applications requiring novel or improved ultrafast sources and technologies