2010 International High-Powered Laser Ablation Conference 12-22 April

Monday, 19 April, 2010
Poster / Exhibitor Session Poster Titles & Presenters

The Electron-phonon Coupling Constant as a Characteristic Parameter for the Formation of Ripples in Ultra-short Regime	Mr. Jean-Philippe Colombier Laboratoire Hubert Curien
High Current Cathodes Fabricated by KrF Laser Ablation	Dr. Ronald Gilgenbach University of Michagan
Nanostructuring of Solid Surfaces by Femtosecond Laser Pulses	Prof. E. Golosov P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute
Investigation of Laser Propulsion for Transport in Water Environment	Ms. Bing Han Nanjing University of Science & Technology
O-sub2-(a1-cap Delta) Quenching in the O/O2/O3 System	Prof. Michael Heaven Emory University
High-Isp Mode of Pulsed Laser-Electromagnetic Hybrid Accelerator for Space Propulsion Applications	Prof. Hideyuki Horisawa Tokai University
Low-Power Laser-Metal Interaction for Space Propulsion Applications	Prof. Hideyuki Horisawa Tokai University
Gas-flow Slab RF Discharge as a Source of Singlet Delta Oxygen for Oxygen Iodine Laser	Prof. Andrey Ionin P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute
Production of Nanopowders with the Help of Fiber Laser	Dr. Maxim Ivanov Institute of Electrophysics of RAS
Use of Femtosecond Laser Filaments for Material Machining	Dr. Denis Kiselev University of Geneva
Growth of Polyhedral Graphite Particles and Carbon Nanotubes Filled with SiC Nanowires by Laser Ablation	Prof. Fumio Kokai Mie University
Slow Solitary Elastic Waves	Dr. Eugene Kudriavtsev P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of Russian Academy of Science
Femtosecond Laser Microstructuring of Transparent Materials and its Ophtalmological Applications	Dr. Sergey Kudryashov P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute
The Quartz Mechanoluminescence Modulation: Arising at its Mechanical or Laser Destruction	Dr. Alexander Lebedev Lebedev Physical Institute of the RAS
Laser-induced Magnesium Production from Magnesium Oxide for Renewable Magnesium Energy Cycle	Mr. Shi-Hua Liao Tokyo Institute of Technology
Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Induced Phase Transitions Studied by a Hybrid Continuum-atomistic Model	Dr. Axel Maeyens University of Antwerp
Silica Nano-ablation using Laser Plasma EUV Radiation	Dr. Tetsuya Makimura University of Tsukuba
Photorefractive Phase-shift of a Two Unidirectional Photorefractive Ring Oscillators Using Two Beam Coupling	Dr. Mahendra Maurya Banaras Hindu University
Transient Dynamics of Electronic Subsystem of Aluminum Target Irradiated with an Ultrashort XUV Laser Pulse	Mr. Nikita Medvedev Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Dynamic Pressure Recovery System for a Gas Laser	Dr. Carrie Noren Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate
Comparison of Resonant Plasmon Polaritons with Mie Scattering for Laser-induced Near-field Nano-patterning: Metallic Particle vs Dielectric Particle	Dr. Minoru Obara Keio University
An Analytical Model of Ablation in Gas Flow	Dr. Leonid Pekker Air Force Research Laboratory (ERC, Inc.)
Electronic Kinetics of Semiconductors under an Ultrashort VUV Laser Pulse Irradiation	Dr. Baerbel Rethfeld University of Kaiserslautern
Solar Pumped Laser Microthruster	Dr. Alexander Rubenchik Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Formation of Micro and Nano Structures Using VUV 157nm Laser Radiation	Dr. Chris Walton University of Hull

Tuesday, 20 April, 2010
Poster / Exhibitor Session Poster Titles & Presenters

High-Power Laser Ablation Plasma Dynamics: From Experiment to Fractal Hydrodynamic Model	Mr. Cristian Focsa Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules
Modification of Material Properties and Response of Nanostructures on Transparent Substrates by Ultrashort Laser Pulses	Dr. Vitaly Gruzdev University of Missouri
A Three Level Analytic Model for Alkali Vapor Lasers	Mr. Gordon Hager Air Force Institute of Technology
The Laser Damage Threshold for Materials and the Relation Between Solid-melt & Melt-vapor Interface Velocities	Mr. Osama Khalil A.D.F. Research Center
Simulation of Double Pulse Laser Ablation	Dr. Konstantin Khischenko Joint Institute for High Temperatures of RAS
Effects of Mode Matching and Radial Intensity Distributions in Pulsed, Optically Pumped Rubidium Laser	Mr. Woody Miller Air Force Institute of Technology
The Effect of Residence Time on the Production of Singlet Oxygen in Microwave and RF Discharges	Dr. Glen Perram Air Force Institute of Technology
Applying New Laser Interaction Models to the ORION Problem	Dr. Claude Phipps Photonic Associates LLC
Can Lasers Play a Role in Planetary Defense?	Dr. Claude Phipps Photonic Associates LLC
“Catcher’s Mitt” as an Alternative to Laser Space Debris Mitigation	Dr. Claude Phipps Photonic Associates LLC
Laser and Z-pinch Simulation of High Energy Density Planetary Interactions	Dr. John Remo Harvard University
Laser Driven Compression Wave Equations of State and Momentum Coupling Measurements in Thick Solid Metallic Targets at 0.1 - 10 TW/cm2	Dr. John Remo Harvard University
High Power Laser Propulsion	Dr. Yuri Rezunkov Research Institute for Complex Testing of Optic Electronic Devices (NIIKI OEP)
CO2 Laser Ablation Area Scaling with Flat Polyoxymethylene Targets	Dr. John Sinko Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Update on CO2 Laser Ablation of Polyoxymethylene	Dr. John Sinko Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Coherent Acoustic and Optical Phonons in Laser-excited Solids Studied by Ultrafast Time-resolved X-ray Diffraction	Dr. Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten University of Duisburg-Essen
Z-pinch Discharge in Laser Produced Plasma	Dr. Enrique Sterling Trinity College Dublin
Separation of Copper Isotopes in the Laser Plume	Mr. Timothy Suen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Study on Laser-induced Periodic Structures and Photovoltaic Application	Mr. Rémi Torres LP3
Ion Beams by Laser Plasma for Modification of Polymeric Surfaces	Prof. Luciano Velardi Laboratory of Applied Electronics, University of Lecce
Self-focusing of Laser Beams in Thermal Conduction Loss Predominated Plasmas	Mr. Keshav Walia National Institute of Technology
Innovative Drug Injection via Laser Induced Plasma	Prof. Jack Yoh eXtreme Energy Laboratory, Seoul National University
Laser Nanostructurization of the Metal and Alloy Surfaces	Dr. Irina Zavestovskaya P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of Russian Academy of Science
Pump-probe Exploration of Ultrafast Electron Processes in Metal Irradiated by a Femtosecond Laser Pulse	Dr. Vasily Zhakhovsky University of South Florida
Spallative Ablation of Metals and Dielectrics by Ultrashort X-ray Lasers	Dr. Vasily Zhakhovsky University of South Florida

2010 HPLA Poster Sessions