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II-VI AND INFRARED MATERIALS WORKSHOP

ABOUT WORKSHOP

SAVE THE DATE
Sep. 14 - 17, 2026
Embassy Suites by Hilton
Monterey Bay Seaside
California
2026 US Workshop on II-VI and Infrared Materials

The 2026 Workshop is the number 45 in a series that began in 1981.

WORKSHOP CHAIRS

Fikri Aqariden
Leonardo DRS Electro-Optical Infrared Systems (EOIS)
Enrico Bellotti
Boston University

Workshop Committee

WORKSHOP COORDINATORS

Palisades Convention Management
729 7th Avenue, Suite 1402A
New York, NY 10019-6991
iiviworkshop@pcm411.com
Paola Caicedo
Special Issue Coordinator
Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc.
590 Territorial Drive, Unit H
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
pcaicedo@sivananthanlabs.us

WORKSHOP CALENDAR

2026 II-VI Workshop Abstract Due Date	May 22
2026 II-VI Workshop Accept/Reject Notification	July 10
2026 II-VI Workshop Late-News Abstract Deadline	June 26
2026 II-VI Workshop	Sep 14 - 17
JEM Paper Submission Deadline	Sep 18 - Nov 27, 2026

IMPORTANT UPDATES & LINKS

JEM Paper Submission Deadline
Sep. 30 - Nov. 28
JEM Submission Information

WORKSHOP VENUE

VENUE

Embassy Suites by Hilton Monterey Bay Seaside
Seaside, CA

Learn more: Link to hotel

The 2026 II-VI and Infrared Materials Workshop will be held September 14 to 17, 2026, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Monterey Bay Seaside.

The Embassy Suites by Hilton Monterey Bay Seaside is located at 1441 Canyon Del Rey, Seaside, California. The hotel is two blocks from the beach and minutes away from the Monterey Bay Aquarium and local shops and restaurants at Cannery Row.

The II-VI and Infrared Materials Workshop Committee urges all attendees to support the workshop by reserving their hotel rooms at the official workshop hotel, the Embassy Suites by Hilton Monterey Bay Seaside.

TUTORIAL

Monday, September 14, 2026
5 to 6 pm
Embassy Suites Embassy Suites Monterey Bay Seaside

On September 14, the II-VI and Infrared Materials Workshop will offer a special tutorial. Check back next year for author and topic.

Past Tutorials

Website sponsored by

EPIR Technologies

Best Student Paper Award

The 2025 Best Student Paper Award winner is Baptiste Gonon-Mathieu, CEA-LETI, for the paper, "EBIC Characterization of Vertical Transport of Minority Carriers in Gallium-Free Type-II Superlattices for Infrared Detectors."

Pictured in the photo above from left to right are 2026 Workshop Co-Chair Fikri Aqariden, 2025 Workshop Co-Chair Eric Piquette, student winner Baptiste Gonon-Mathieu, and 2025 Workshop Co-Chair Borzoyeh Shojaei. The award was presented at the workshop in Chicago.

Every year the Workshop Committee selects one of the student presentations to receive the William E. Spicer - Thomas N. Casselman award for the best student paper. Winners receive an honorarium and a plaque.

GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

Air Force Research Laboratory
Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory NASA Goddard
National Renewable Energy Laboratory US Army C5ISR Center
US Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)

Supported by Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc.

Endorsed by American Physical Society

Selected Focus Topics

Emerging Infrared Detector Technologies
Barrier Devices
Near-Room-Temperature IR Devices
Avalanche Photodiodes
Material Growth and Characterization
Substrates
Device and Materials Modeling
Doping Issues in HgCdTe
Radiation Detectors
Solar Cells
Integration of II-VI and III-V Materials
Plasmonics and Metamaterials

IR Detectors and Materials

II-VI and III-V Materials
UV
Gamma-Ray
X-Ray
Superlattices
Focal Plane Arrays
Photovoltaic
CdZnTe
HgCdTe
ZnO
ZnS
Substrates
History of IR Detectors

Special Sessions

Superlattices: II-VI and III-As/Sb
II-VI Based Solar Cells
Alternatives to CdZnTe Substrates
HgCdTe Avalanche Photodiodes
X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detectors
Surfaces and Interfaces
ZnO Materials and Devices
Defects and Doping
Surface Passivation

REQUESTING ALL PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS AND EXHIBITORS

Please contact

Danielle Rocco
646-226-7592
Drocco@pcm411.com

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