The purpose of the conference is to provide a discussion of novel approaches and advances connected with optical correlation techniques for measurements of random optical fields, and object diagnostics in diverse applications. This conference continues the chain of international conferences on Correlation Optics (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017;2019; 2021, 2023, 2025) SPIE Proc. Vols. 2108, 2647, 3317, 3904, 4607, 5477, 6254, 7008, 7388, 8338, 9066, 9809, 10612, 11369, 12126, 12938, 13813) respectively; see also the Applied Optics Feature Issues on Correlation Optics, Vol. 51, No 10 (2012), Vol. 53, No 10 (2014) and Vol. 55, No 12 (2016) in Chernivtsi.

Important novelty on Correlation Optics Conference is merging it with the International Conference on Singular Optics (Optical Vortices) that early, since 1997, was traditionally held in Crimea. Therefore, singular optics is established as important separate topic of the conference, and the session on singular optics achieves special status of ‘the conference into conference’.

List of topics:

• Singular Optics

• Nanooptics

• Informative content of statistical optical fields, including optical chaos, polarization optics and coherence

• Optical correlation devices based on diffractive optical elements, including optical and digital holography, fractal optics, optical sensors 

• Optical correlation diagnostics, interferometry and microscopy of rough surfaces and random media

• New applications of correlation optics in biology and medicine

• Methods and computer algorithms for intelligent data processing of correlation and singular optics

• Engineering, optical and biomedical devices and systems in tasks of correlation and singular optics

• Digital and information technology in modern research and educational processes in courses on optics, photonics, and measurement engineering

• Intelligent and digital technologies for transport and metrological support, monitoring, and technical diagnostics of modern optoelectronic and engineering systems

In progress

Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Poland, Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

• Yurij Fedkovich Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

• National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Department of Physics and Astronomy