Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics will publish a special issue in connection with the 9th International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations, to be held in Besançon, France, on 2–6 May 2005.

In 2005, the physics community celebrates the 100th anniversary of the publication of Einstein's theories of relativity and quantum physics. To celebrate these great contributions to physics, the conference will include sessions on Einstein's influence on modern optics and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Conference participants, as well as other researchers working in the field, are invited to submit research papers to this special issue of the journal. The topics to be covered include:

• Superposition principle
• Squeezed states
• Uncertainty relations
• Quantum state generation and characterization
• Phase space and group representations in quantum physics
• Quantum transforms in signal analysis
• Information theory and quantum computing
• Quantum interference, decoherence and entanglement measure
• Quantum chaos and quantum control
• Bell inequalities
• Nonstationary Casimir effect
• Quantum-like and mesoscopic systems

Manuscripts should be submitted by 1 August 2005 as the special issue is scheduled for publication in March 2006. All papers will be peer reviewed and the normal refereeing standards of Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics will be maintained. The Editorial Division of IOP Publishing at the P N Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow will oversee editorial procedures in association with the IOP Publishing office in Bristol. There are no page charges for publication.

Submissions should preferably be in either standard LaTeX form or Microsoft Word. Advice on publishing your work in the journal, including specific information on figures, tables and references, may be found at www.iop.org/journals/authors.

Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail to the Guest Editors at IOPP@sci.lebedev.ru quoting the reference 'Special Issue/ST'. Authors are strongly encouraged to submit their work as soon as possible. Any subsequent change of address should be notified to the publishing office.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Claire Bedrock, Publisher (claire.bedrock@iop.org) or Margarita A Man'ko, Guest Editor (mmanko@sci.lebedev.ru).

For further information on the journal, please visit our Website at www.iop.org/journals/jopb.