The FOC 2014 conference was held on October 20–24;
in Tongji University;
Shanghai;
China. The conference was organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China;
the Chinese Optical Society;
Zhejiang University;
and Tongji University. Generous financial contributions were provided by Tianjin Jinhang Institute of Technical Physics;
the Institute of Optics and Electronics;
Optorun Co;
Ltd;
Bühler Leybold Optics;
and Evatec.The co-chairs of the conference were Dr. Christopher Stolz;
Professor Norbert Kaiser;
Professor Hugh Angus Macleod;
Professor Claude Amra;
Professor Xu Liu and Professor Zhanshan Wang. They were supported by the program and organization committees;