Photonics: fundamental aspects and practical applications (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 5 April 2017)

A scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), entitled “Photonics: fundamental aspects and practical applications,” was held on 5 April 2017 in the Red Hall of the new building of the RAS Presidium.

The meeting proceedings are available at the RAS Physical Sciences Division website www.gpad.ac.ru and include the following presentations:

(1) Opening address by I A Shcherbakov, Academician Secretary of the RAS Physical Sciences Division.

(2) Loshchenov V B (Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, RAS, Moscow) “New diagnostics and treatment approaches to diseases of social impact using laser spectroscopy hardware”;

(3) Kochiev D G (Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, RAS, Moscow) “Photonics techniques in endo-surgery”;

(4) Garnov S V (Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, RAS, Moscow) “Generating superbroadband terahertz and gigahertz electromagnetic pulses using laser-induced superluminous sources”;

(5) Kalachev A A (Kazan Physical-Technical Institute, Kazan Scientific Center, RAS, Kazan) “Optical quantum memory as a key element of quantum communication technology”;

(6) Shvartsburg A B, Pecherkin V Ya, Vasilyak L M, Vetchinin S P, Fortov V E (Joint Institute for High Temperatures, RAS, Moscow) “Dielectric resonant magnetic dipoles: paradoxes, prospects, and first experiments”;

(7) Shkurinov A P (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow) “Nearest application prospects for terahertz radiation systems”;

(8) Vasiliev V P (Scientific and Production Corporation “Precision Instrument-Making Systems”, Moscow) “Current state of high-accuracy laser ranging”;

(9) Ivanov V V (RAS Presidium) “Fundamental science as a basis for innovations.”

Papers based on talks 6 and 8 are presented in this issue