The European Semiconductor Laser Workshop (ESLW) 2026 will take place at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) (Madrid, Spain) from Friday, September 25, to Saturday, September 26, 2026, following the ECOC conference in Málaga, Spain (September 20 – 24, 2026).
The workshop will take place at the facilities of the ETSI Telecomunicación (Telecommunication Engineering School), very close to Madrid center and with easy public transportation.
As always, the workshop will cover all aspects of semiconductor laser research, offering an excellent platform to exchange ideas and explore the latest advancements in the field. More details will be shared soon. The call for contributions will be at the beginning of July with a deadline in mid August.
Previous editions of the workshop
2025 - Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
2024 - University of Kassel, Germany
2023 - Glasgow University, United Kingdom
2022 - EPFL - CSEM Neuchatel, Switzerland
2021 - Télécom Paris and Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France (on-line)
2020 - Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands (on-line)
2019 - University College Cork, Ireland
2018 - Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
2017 - Technical University of Denmark DTU, Denmark
2016 - Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
2015 - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
2014 - Laboratory for Photonics and Nanostructures CNRS, Paris, France
2013 - University of Bristol, United Kingdom
2012 - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
2011 - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
2010 - University of Pavia, Italy
2009 - Technical University Vienna, Austria
2008 - Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2007 - Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, HHI, Berlin, Germany
2006 - LPMC, Nice, France
2005 - University of Glasgow, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2004 - Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003 - Polytecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
2002 - Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 - Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2000- Berlin, Germany
1999 - Paris, France
1998 - El Escorial, Spain
1997 - Pitlochry, United Kingdom
1996 - Lillehammer, Norway
1995 - Veldhoven, The Netherlands
1994 - Torino, Italy
1993 - Rigi, Switzerland
1992 - Potsdam, Germany
1991 - Chantilly, France
1990 - Bruges, Belgium
1989 - Stockholm, Sweden
1988 - Stevenage, United Kingdom
1987 - Tampere, Finland
1986 - Madrid, Spain
1985 - Belgirate, Italy
1984 - Schliersee, Germany
1983 - Joigny, Switzerland
1982 - Saclay, France (named 5th European Workshop on Injection Lasers)
1981 - Stockholm, Sweden
1980 - Harlow, United Kingdom
1979 - Eindhoven(?), The Netherlands
1978 - Reisensburg, Germany
List of workshops from before 2000 kindly provided by prof. Wolfgang Elsaesser - Technische Universität Darmstadt
Page maintained by dr Erwin Bente - Eindhoven University of Technology - Photonic Integration group