Top Level Agenda

Sunday
3 April 2016		 Monday
4 April 2016		 Tuesday
5 April 2016		 Wednesday
6 April 2016		 Thursday
7 April 2016
Fundamental Physics Microwave & Laser Power Beaming Ultrashort Pulse Lasers and Effects Fundamentals of Laser Ablation and Nanoparticle Formation in Liquids Theory & Simulation Nano engineering & Materials Processing New Results in High Power Lasers and Their Applications Laser Direct Writing Directed Energy Workshop (Restricted Attendance)
Research Facilities and Measurement Techniques
Break
Fundamental Physics Microwave & Laser Power Beaming Ultrafast Materials Processing Space Debris Removal and Beyond Theory & Simulation Nano engineering & Materials Processing New Results in High Power Lasers and Their Applications Laser Direct Writing Directed Energy Workshop (Restricted Attendance)
Lunch Break
New Mexico Hisory Museum Tour Fundamental Physics Advanced BEP Propulsion Concepts Ultrafast Materials Processing Laser Ablation Proplusion: Macro & Micro Promising New Laser and Optical Technologies MAPLE and Materials Processing Biological Applications Workshop to Create a Strategic Roadmap to Commercialize Directed Energy Systems for Low-Cost Space Launches Directed Energy Workshop (Restricted Attendance)
Advances in Microstructured Optical Fibers and Fiber Lasers
Break
Pre-Registration Fundamental Physics Advanced BEP Propulsion Concepts Poster & Exhibit Technical Interchange Poster & Exhibit Technical Interchange Phased Pulse Fiber Laser Array Applications in Space Workshop to Create a Strategic Roadmap to Commercialize Directed Energy Systems for Low-Cost Space Launches Directed Energy Workshop (Restricted Attendance)
Welcome Reception & Poster Kick-off Free Evening to Explore Santa Fe Poster Award Winner Announcements & Symposium Dinner with Entertainment Architectural & Ghost Walking Tour followed by Dinner on Canyon Road
                   

Detailed Agenda

To download a copy of the agenda, click here. 

Sunday, 3 April 2016
Time TBD New Mexico History Museum Tour
1500 - 1800 Early Registration
Monday, 4 April 2016
0700 - 0800 Light Continental Breakfast
0700 - 1700 Registration Open
1200 - 1630 Poster & Table-Top Exhibit Set-Up
1700 - 1830 Posters & Exhibits Open
Welcome Reception & Poster & Exhibit Technical Interchange
Welcome & Keynote
Lumpkins Ballroom North
0800 - 0815 Welcome & Administrative Announcements
Symposia Chair, Dr. Claude Phipps, Photonic Associates, LLC
0815 - 0820 Keynote Introduction
Dr. Leonid Zhigilei, University of Virginia
0820 - 0900 Keynote Presentation: Femtosecond X-Ray and Electron Studies of Materials under Extreme Strains
Prof. Aaron Lindenberg, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory [Invited]
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South
Fundamental Physics Microwave and Laser Power Beaming
0900 - 0905 Announcements & Session Introduction
Session Co-Chair: Dr. Leonid Zhigilei, University of Virginia		 0900 - 0905 Announcement & Session Introduction
Session Chair: Dr. Kevin Parkin, Parkin Research, LLC
0905 - 0930 Ultrafast Laser Produced Non-Equilibrium Warm Dense Gold
Dr. Ying Tsui, University of Alberta [Invited]		 0905 - 0930 Power Beaming Applications in the Real World
Dr. Jordin Kare, LaserMotive, Inc. [Invited]
0930 - 0955 To be Announced 0930 - 0955 The Simple Comparative Propellant Performance Model (SCPPM) Version 1.2
Dr. Kevin Parkin, Parkin Research, LLC [Invited]
0955 - 1020 Cold Ablation Regimes under Ultrafast Laser Irradiation of Dielectric Materials
Prof. Nadezhda Bulgakova, HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics AS CR [Invited]		 0955 - 1020 Super Narrow Beams of Infrared Radiation for Remote Power Supply
Dr. Vjacheslav Tugaenko, Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" [Invited]
1020 - 1050 Break
Introductions
Session Co-Chair: Dr. Nadezhda Bulgakova, HiLASE Centre of the Institute of Physics AS CR		 1050 - 1115 Thrust Performance Improvement of Microwave Rocket by Magnetic Field
Dr. Masayuki Takahashi, Tohoku University [Invited]
1050 - 1115 Ultrafast and Steady-State Laser Heating Effects on Hot Electron-Phonon Relaxation and Damage of Thin Metal Films
Prof. Patrick Hopkins, University of Virginia [Invited]
1115 - 1140 From Ripples to Spikes: A Hydro-Dynamical Physical Mechanism to Interpret Femtosecond Laser Induced Self-Assembled Structures
Dr. George Tsibidis, Inst. of Electronic Structure and Laser - FORTH [Invited]		 1115 - 1140 To be Announced
1140 - 1155

 Electron-Lattice Equilibration in Laser-Excited Thin Bismuth Films Studied by Ultrafast MeV Electron Diffraction
Dr. Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten, University of Duisburg‑Essen [Selected]		 1140 - 1155 Vaporization of Frozen Matter on Icy Moons using an Orbiting Laser
Mr. Martin Kossagk, Institute for Aerospace Engineering, TU Dresden [Selected]
1155 - 1210 Peta-Exawatt Laser Pulses for Environmentally Clean and Economic Solving the Energy Problem by Boron Fusion
Prof. Heinrich Hora, University of New South Wales [Selected]		 1155 - 1210 Mass Ratio Capabilities of Earth-Launch Microwave Propulsion
Dr. Donald Johansen, EMF Kinetics [Selected]
1155/1210 - 1330 Lunch Break - On Your Own
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South
Fundamental Physics, cont. Advanced BEP Propulsion Concepts
1330 - 1335 Announcements & Introductions
Session Co-Chair: Prof. Patrick Hopkins, University of Virginia		 1330 - 1335 Announcements & Session Introduction
Session Chair: Prof. Naofumi Ohnishi, Tohoku University
1335 - 1400 Phonons Properties of Two Temperature Metals
Dr. Vanina Recoules, CEA/DAM-DIF [Invited]		 1335 - 1400 High-Power Lasers versus Low-Power LEDs for Space Propulsion Applications
Prof. Hideyuki Horisawa, Tokai University [Invited]
1400 - 1425 Pressure, Ionization and Effective Ion-Ion Interaction in Electronically Excited Warm Dense Metals
Dr. Vladimir Stegailov, Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences [Invited]		 1400 - 1425 Prospects for Directed Energy Planetary Defense and Interstellar Probes
Prof. Philip Lubin, University of California, Santa Barbara [Invited]
1425 - 1450 Probing Temporal and Spatial Properties of Electronic Excitation in Dielectrics after Interaction with Temporally Shaped Femtosecond Laser Pulses
Mr. Thomas Winkler, University of Kassel - Institute for Physics and CINSaT [Invited]		 1425 - 1450 Demonstration of a mN-Class Photonic Laser Thruster
Dr. Young Bae, Y.K. Bae Corporation [Invited]
1450 - 1515 Shock Compression of Tantalum to Strain Rates of 109 S-1
Dr. Jonathan Crowhurst, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [Invited]		 1450 - 1515 Laser Propulsion Demonstration
Mr. Edward Montgomery IV, Retired NASA [Invited]
1515 - 1545 Break
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South
Fundamental Physics, cont. Advanced BEP Propulsion Concepts, cont.
Introductions
Session Co-Chair: Dr. George Tsibidis, Inst. of Electronic Structure and Laser - FORTH		 Introductions
Session Chair: Prof. Naofumi Ohnishi, Tohoku University
1545 - 1600 Energy Relaxation of Non-Equilibrium Electrons in Laser-Excited Solids
Prof. Baerbel Rethfeld, Technical University Kaiserslautern [Selected]		 1545 - 1600 Structure Formation of Atmospheric Discharge by Undercritical Microwave Beam
Dr. Naofumi Ohnishi, Tohoku University [Selected]
1600 - 1615 Laser-Induced Photoionization: Atoms vs Solids
Dr. Vitaly Gruzdev, University of Missouri [Selected]		 1600 - 1615 Laser Intensity and LSD Wave Propagation Velocity in a Large Diameter Beam
Mr. Kohei Matsui, The University of Tokyo [Selected]
1615 - 1630 Ultrafast Laser Induced Transition Infused Silica from Solid to Plasma State
Dr. Guillaume Duchateau, CELIA [Selected]		 1615 - 1640 Use of Microwave Rocket for the First Stage of a Launch Vehicle
Mr. Masafumi Fukunari, The University of Tokyo [Invited]
1630 - 1645 Plasma Dynamics in Femtosecond Laser Ablation of Dielectrics
Mr. Weibo Cheng, University of Arizona [Selected]
1645 - 1700 Laser Space Debris Cleaning: Elimination of Detrimental Self-Focusing Effects
Dr. Alexander Rubenchik, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [Selected]		 1640 - 1705 Combined Supersonic Airbreathing Laser Propulsion
Dr. Yuri Rezunkov, Research Institute for Optic-Electronic Engineering [Invited]
1700/1705 - 1830 Welcome Reception & Poster & Exhibit Technical Interchange
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
0700 - 0800 Light Continental Breakfast
0700 - 1700 Registration Open
Welcome & Keynote
Lumpkins Ballroom North
0800 - 0805 Administrative Announcements, & Keynote Introduction
Dr. Thierry Sarnet, LP3 CNRS Aix Marseille University
0805 - 0845 Keynote: History of Ultra Intense Lasers
Prof. Gérard Mourou, IZEST, École Polytechnique [Invited]
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South
Ultrashort Pulse Lasers and Effects Fundamentals of Laser Ablation and Nanoparticle Formation in Liquids
0845 - 0850 Session Introduction
Session Chair: Dr. Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten, University of Duisberg-Essen		 0845 - 0850 Session Introduction
Session Chair: Dr. Bilal Goekce, University of Duisburg-Essen
0850 - 0915 Advances in High Repetition Rate Ultrafast Lasers - Novel Avenues in Science and Industry
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann, Fraunhofer IOF [Invited]		 0850 - 0915 High Power Ultrafast Laser Ablation in Liquids: Fundamentals and Applications
Dr. Bilal Goekce, University of Duisburg‑Essen [Invited]
0915 - 0940 Ultrashort-Pulse Laser Excitation of Dielectric Materials – Experiments and their Interpretation by Modeling
Dr. Peter Balling, Aarhus University [Invited]		 0915 - 0940 Cavitation Bubble Dynamics and Nanoparticle Size Distributions in Laser Ablation in Liquids
Prof. Danny Bubb, Rutgers University - Camden [Invited]
0940 - 1005 In Situ X-Ray Diffraction of Laser Shock-Driven Deformation and Phase Transition in Titanium
Dr. Cindy Bolme, Los Alamos National Laboratory [Invited]		 0940 - 0955 Laser Ablation in Liquids of Germanium in Externally Applied Electric Fields
Mr. Yilu Li, University of Missouri-Kansas City [Selected]
Research Facilities and Measurement Techniques
1005 - 1030 Ultrafast Laser-Induced Confined Microexplosion: Experimental Evidence of New Tetragonal Polymorphs of Silicon
Dr. Ludovic Rapp, FEMTO-ST Institute [Invited]		 0955 - 1000 Session Introduction
Session Chair: Dr. Hans-Albert Eckel, DLR
1000 - 1025 Measuring High Power Laser Output using Radiation Pressure: A New Paradigm
Dr. Brian Simonds, National Institute of Standards and Technology [Invited]
1030 - 1055 Pulse Length Dependence on Filament Guided Discharge in Air: Extension to 10 ps
Dr. Andreas Schmitt-Sody, Air Force Research Laboratory [Invited]		 1025 - 1040 Laser Plasma Generators Supply Systems Based on Special Media Properties
Dr. Egor Loktionov, Bauman Moscow State Technical University [Selected]
1040 - 1055 Microwave Probing of Laser Induced Plasmas and Shock Waves
Dr. Benjamin Rock, Naval Research Laboratory [Selected]
1055 - 1125 Break
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South
Ultrafast Materials Processing Space Debris Removal and Beyond
1125 - 1130 Session Introduction
Session Chair: Prof. Richard Haglund, Vanderbilt University		 1125 - 1130 Session Introduction
Session Chair: Prof. Willy Bohn, Bohn LaserConsult
1130 - 1155 Kinetics of fs-Laser Induced Thermal Transients in the Volume of Technical Glasses
Dr. Alexandre Mermillod-Blondin, Max Born Institute [Invited]		 1130 - 1155 Space Environment Research Corporation - A New Initiative of Australian Space Tracking
Mr. Steven Gehly, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [Invited]
1155 - 1220 Fundamental Studies of Ultrafast Laser Interaction with Dielectrics for Efficient Micromachining
Dr. Marc Sentis, CNRS - AMU [Invited]		 1155 - 1220 Challenges Facing Long Distance Propagation of High Power Laser Beams
Prof. Martin Richardson, University of Central Florida [Invited]
1220 - 1245 Spot Size and Pulse Number Dependence of Femtosecond Laser Modification and Ablation Thresholds
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kautek, University of Vienna [Invited]		 1220 - 1245 Orbital Debris 101 for Laser Ablation Experts
Mr. Joseph Carroll, Tether Applications, Inc. [Invited]
1245 - 1300 Control of Stress and High Aspect Ratio Voids in Sapphire and Glass Using Femtosecond Bessel Beams
Dr. Francois Courvoisier, CNRS- FEMTO-ST Institute [Selected]		 1245 - 1300 Laser-Based Removal of Irregularly Shaped Space Debris
Dr. Stefan Scharring, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Physics [Selected]
1300 - 1430 Lunch Break - On Your Own
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South
Ultrafast Materials Processing, cont. Laser Ablation Propulsion: Macro & Micro
1430 - 1435 Announcements & Introductions
Session Chair: Prof. Richard Haglund, Vanderbilt University		 1430 - 1435 Announcements & Session Introduction
Session Chair: Dr. Yuri Rezunkov, Research Institute for Optic-Electronic Engineering
1435 - 1500 Ultrafast Laser Written 3D Integrated Photonics Components and Devices
Dr. Alexander Fuerbach, Macquarie University [Invited]		 1435 - 1500 Binary Asteroid Manipulation with Laser Ablation
Prof. Massimiliano Vasile, University of Strathclyde [Invited]
1500 - 1525 From Modeling-Based Understanding of Ultra-Short Laser Interaction with Glasses to Better Control Over Laser Nano- and Micro-Machining in Volume
Dr. Tatiana Itina, Hubert Curien Lab, UMR CNRS [Invited]		 1500 - 1525 Experimental Study on Propulsion Performance of Laser Ablated Gel Propellant
Mr. Nanlei Li, Equipment Academy [Invited]
1525 -1540 Below and Above Surface Growth Mechanisms of Multiscale Structures by Femtosecond Laser Surface Processing on Polycrystalline Ni60Nb40
Mr. Edwin Peng, University of Nebraska-Lincoln [Selected]		 1525 -1540 Thrust Noise Minimization in Long-Term Laser Ablation of Propellant Material in the Nanosecond and Picosecond Regime
Dr. Raoul-Amadues Lorbeer, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Physics [Selected]
Advances in Microstructured Optical Fibers and Fiber Lasers 1540 - 1555 Laser Ablation Impulse for Tumbling Control of Space Objects
Dr. Bin Wang, Nagoya University [Selected]
1540 - 1545 Session Introduction
Session Chair: Prof. Liang Dong, Clemson University
1545 - 1610 Light Filamentation and Free Space Metamaterials
Dr. Wiktor Walasik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York [Invited]		 1555 - 1610 One-Dimensional Particle Simulation on Laser-Supported Detonation Wave
Dr. Kohei Shimamura, University of Tsukuba [Selected]
1610 - 1635 Metamaterials for Advanced High Power Microwaves: From Sources to Beaming
Prof. Edl Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico [Invited]		 1610 - 1625 Characterization of the Dynamics of Plasma Produced by Projectile Impact and Laser Impact using Time
Mr. Dominic Heunoske, Fraunhofer EMI [Selected]
1635/1625 - 1730 Break & Poster & Exhibit Technical Interchange
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
0700 - 0800 Light Continental Breakfast
0700 - 1600 Registration Open
Welcome & Keynote
Lumpkins Ballroom North
0800 - 0805 Administrative Announcements, & Keynote Introduction
Dr. Baerbel Rethfeld, University of Kaiserslautern
0805 - 0845 Keynote: Fiber Laser Review
Dr. Fabio Di Teodoro, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems [Invited]
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South
Theory and Simulation Nanoengineering & Materials Processing
0845 - 0850 Announcements & Session Introduction
Session Co-Chair: Dr. Baerbel Rethfeld, University of Kaiserslautern		 0845 - 0850 Announcements & Session Introduction
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kautek, University of Vienna
0850 - 0915 Self-Consistent Modeling of Photoionization and Nonlinear Optics in Dielectrics
Dr. Jeremy Gulley, Kennesaw State University [Invited]		 0850 - 0915 Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures of Thin, Complex Multi-Component Films
Prof. Dr. Juergen Reif, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg [Invited]
0915 - 0940 First-Principle Modeling of Overcritical Plasma Formation by Ultrashort Pulses and High-Intensity Nanoplasmonics
Dr. Anton Husakou, Max Born Institute [Invited]		 0915 - 0940 Surface Structuring in the Regime of High-Density Electronic Excitation
Dr. Andrei Kanaev, LSPM CNRS [Invited]
0940 - 1005 Non-Equilibrium Processes within X-Ray FEL Generated Plasmas
Prof. Dr. Beata Ziaja-Motyka, CFEL, DESY [Invited]		 0940 - 1005 Ultrafast Laser Direct Nano-Fabrication as 4D Optical Printing
Dr. Mangirdas Malinauskas, Vilnius University [Invited]
1005 - 1030 The Effect of Crystallographic Orientation on Laser-Induced Generation of Crystal Defects in Metals
Mr. Maxim Shugaev, University of Virginia [Invited]		 1005 - 1030 Study on Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation and Laser Annealing for Sulphur Hyperdoped Black Silicon
Dr. Thierry Sarnet, LP3 CNRS Aix Marseille University [Invited]
1030 - 1100 Break
Introductions
Session Co-Chair: Dr. Tatiana E. Itina, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, CNRS, Saint-Etienne		 1100 - 1125 Laser Direct Write at the Solid/Liquid Interface: Bridging Solution-Based Chemistry to Additive Manufacturing
Dr. Bryan Kaehr, Sandia National Laboratories [Invited]
1100 - 1125 Laser Ablation of Al-Ni Alloys and Al-Ni Layer Systems Simulated with Molecular Dynamics and the Two-Temperature Model
Dr. Johannes Roth, University of Stuttgart, Institute for Functional Materials and Quantum Technologies [Invited]
1125 - 1140 To be Announced 1125 - 1140 Simulations and Experiments on Microstructure Evolution in Nanosecond Laser Melting and Resolidification of Silicon
Mr. Miao He, University of Virginia [Selected]
1140 - 1155 Atomistic Simulations of Short Pulse Laser-Metal Interactions in Liquid Environment
Dr. Leonid Zhigilei, University of Virginia [Selected]		 1140 - 1155 Manufacturing Processes and Nanomaterials for High-Purity Laser Ceramics
Dr. Andrew Hunt, nGimat Co. [Selected]
1155 - 1210 Numerical Study of Laser Ablation on Pure Aluminum for Shock Waves Applications – Development of a Suitable Model by Comparison with Recent Experiments
Mr. Simon Bardy, CEA-DAM-DIF [Selected]		 1155 - 1210 Picosecond Laser Micromachining for Electronic Microscopy Sample Preparation
Dr. Aurélien Sikora, LP3 [Selected]
1210 - 1330 Lunch Break - On Your Own
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South
Promising New Laser and Optical Technologies MAPLE and Materials Processing
1330 - 1335 Session Introduction
Session Chair: Dr. Thierry Sarnet, LP3 CNRS Aix Marseille University		 1330 - 1335 Session Introduction
Session Chair: Prof. Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, Duke University
1335 - 1400 Investigation on the Optimal Pumping Parameters for DPAL and XPAL
Prof. Rongqing Tan, Chinese Academy of Sciences [Invited]		 1335 - 1400 MAPLE Deposition of Nano-Entities and Composite Nanomaterials
Dr. Enikö György, CSIC-ICMAB [Invited]
1400 - 1425 Optical Technologies: Interference Coatings for High Power Lasers Operating at Wavelengths in the 1-2 µm Range
Prof. Carmen Menoni, Colorado State University [Invited]		 1400 - 1425 Solar Cell Materials Deposited using Emulsion-Based, Resonant Infrared, Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser
Prof. Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, Duke University [Invited]
1425 - 1450 Evaluation of Temperature Distribution of a Diode-Pumped Alkali Vapor Cell
Prof. You Wang, Southwest Institute of Technical Physics [Invited]		 1425 - 1450 Status of Commercial Scale PLD and MAPLE Technology
Dr. James Greer, PVD Products, Inc. [Invited]
1450 - 1515 High Power Lasers for Arctic New Applications for High Rep.rated High Energy P-P Lasers
Prof. Victor Apollonov, Prokhorov GPI RAS [Invited]		 1450 - 1515 Pulsed Laser Deposited Crystalline Optical Waveguides for Thin-Film Lasing Devices
Prof. Robert Eason, University of Southampton [Invited]
1515 - 1540 Lasing in the Sky
Prof. Andre Mysyrowicz, LOA ENSTA [Invited]		 1515 - 1540 Fundamentals of Laser Induced Functionalization of Nanomaterials through Reductive Sintering and Crystallization
Prof. Costas Grigoropoulos, University of California at Berkeley [Invited]
1540 - 1555 Plasmonic Organic Light-Emitting Diode: Toward Organic Laser Diode under Electrical Pumping
Prof. Azzedine Boudrioua, LPL CNRS [Selected]		 1540 - 1605 Why Quantitative Analysis of Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition Is Needed
Prof. Thomas Lippert, Paul Scherrer Institut [Invited]
1555/1605 - 1700 Break & Poster & Exhibit Technical Interchange
Final Poster Voting
1700 - 1830 Poster & Table-Top Tear-Down
1830 - 2130 Dinner with Entertainment
La Terraza Room
Poster Award Winner Announcements at 1840
Thursday, 7 April 2016
0700 - 0800 Light Continental Breakfast
0700 - 1600 Registration Open
Welcome & Keynote
Lumpkins Ballroom North
0800 - 0805 Administrative Announcements, & Keynote Introduction
Prof. Andrey Ionin , Lebedev Physical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
0805 - 0845 Keynote: Review of History and Current State of DPAL Research and Development
Dr. Boris Zhdanov, U.S. Air Force Academy [Invited]
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South		 Track Three
Santa Fe Room
New Results in High Power Lasers and Their Applications Laser Direct Writing Directed Energy Workshop
(Restricted Attendance)
0845 - 0850 Announcements & Session Introduction
Session Chair: Prof. Andrey Ionin, Lebedev Physical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences		 0845 - 0850 Announcements & Session Introduction
Session Chair: Dr. Alexandra Palla-Papavlu, National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics (INFLPR)		 0845 - 0850 Announcements & Session Introduction
Mr. Mark Neice, DEPS
0850 - 0915 The DiPOLE Laser - Efficiently Delivering High Energy Pulses at kW Average Powers
Dr. Ric Allott, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory [Invited]		 0850 - 0915 Toward 3D Printing of Pure Metals by Laser-Induced Forward Transfer
Dr. Claas Visser, University of Twente [Invited]		 0850 - 0930 Keynote: Directed Energy Professional Society Overview
Mr. Mark Neice, DEPS [Invited]
0915 - 0940 Intense Ion and Neutron Beams from High Contrast Short Pulse Lasers
Prof. Dr. Markus Roth, TU Darmstadt [Invited]		 0915 - 0940 LIFT and MAPLE Deposition Techniques for the Development of Micro-Electromechanical Sensors
Dr. Fabio Di Pietrantonio, Institute of Acoustics and Sensors - CNR [Invited]
0940 - 1005 Effective Volume Scribing of Sapphire Wafers by Dual-Wavelength Double-Pulse Picosecond Laser Irradiation
Dr. Mindaugas Gedvilas, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology		 0940 - 1005 Laser-Induced Forward Transfer of High Viscosity Inks
Dr. Anne Alloncle, CNRS - LP3 [Invited]		 0930 - 0955 Laser Diagnostics System for In-Situ, Real Time Measurement of Laser Power and Beam Profile on Airborne Targets
Dr. Siavosh Hamadani, Scientific Applications and Research Associates [Invited]
1005 - 1030 Laser Ignited Boron Fusion with Nonlinear Force Driven Ultrahigh Accelerated Plasma Blocks
Dr. George Miley, University of Illinois [Invited]		 1005 - 1030 Laser Direct Write of Carbon Structures onto Flexible Substrates
Dr. Alexandra Palla-Papavlu, National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics (INFLPR) [Invited]		 0955 - 1020 Breakdown of Reciprocity for High Peak Power Laser Pulses
Dr. John Palastro, Naval Research Laboratory [Invited]
1030/1020 - 1100 Break
1100 - 1125 Laser Shock Adhesion Test (LASAT) Applied to Piezochromic Paintings
Dr. Michel Boustie, CNRS [Invited]		 1100 - 1125 Laser Forward Transfer of Nanostructures: Towards Original Sensing Applications
Dr. Mihaela Filipescu, National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics (INFLPR) [Invited]		 1100 - 1125 High-Peak Power Laser Pulse Propagation in Distributed Turbulence
Dr. Michael Helle, Naval Research Laboratory [Invited]
1125 - 1150 Numerical Investigation of LSD Wave Characteristics using a 1-D Laser-Induced Discharge Model
Mr. Rei Kawashima, The University of Tokyo [Invited]		 1125 - 1150 High Laser Pulse Repetition Rate Ablation of the CIGS Thin-Film Solar Cells
Mr. Edgaras Markauskas, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology [Invited]		 1125 - 1150 Generation of High Power, Sub-Picosecond Mid-Infrared Pulses using Backwards Raman Amplification
Dr. Luke Johnson, Naval Research Laboratory [Invited]
1150 - 1205 Experimental and Computational Investigation of Pulsed Laser Induced Defects in Monocrystalline Silicon for Photovoltaic Applications
Mr. Zeming Sun, University of Virginia [Selected]		 1150 - 1215 Laser-Induced Ripple Formation on Stainless Steel Surface by Two-Colour Single- and Double-Pulsed Picosecond Irradiation
Dr. Gediminas Raciukaitis, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) [Invited]		 1150 - 1215 Presentation Title To Be Announced
Dr. Richard Fischer, Naval Research Laboratory [Invited]
1205 - 1220 Research and Development a High-Performance Copper-Vapour Pulsed Lasers with Radiation Power up to 100 W for Precise Micromachining
Prof. Mishik Kazaryan, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences [Selected]
1220/1215 - 1400 Lunch Break - On Your Own
Track One
Lumpkins Ballroom North		 Track Two
Lumpkins Ballroom South		 Track Three
Santa Fe Room
Biological Applications Workshop to Create a Strategic Roadmap to Commercialize Directed Energy Systems for Low-Cost Space Launches Directed Energy Workshop, cont.
(Restricted Attendance)
1400 - 1405 Announcements & Session Introduction
Session Chair: Prof. Jack Yoh, Seoul National University		 1400 - 1405 Announcements & Workshop Introduction
Workshop Chairs: Prof. Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University and Dr. Eric Davis, Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin		 1400 - 1405 Announcements & Introductions
Mr. Mark Neice, DEPS
1405 - 1430 Ultrafast Laser Nanofabrication for Biological Applications
Prof. Costas Grigoropoulos, University of California at Berkeley [Invited]		 1405 - 1520 Workshop to Create a Strategic Roadmap to Commercialize Directed Energy Systems for Low-Cost Space Launches Prof. Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University and Dr. Eric Davis, Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin 1405 - 1430 Nonlinear Guiding of High-Peak Power Laser Pulses in Atmospheric Turbulence
Dr. Richard Peñano, Naval Research Laboratory [Invited]
1430 - 1455 Multiscale Bone-Like Intelligent Interfaces Engineering using Laser Methods for Steering Mesenchymal Stem Cells Behaviour in vitro
Dr. Valentina Dinca, National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics (INFLPR) [Invited]		 1430 - 1455 High Power Picosecond Carbon Dioxide Laser based on Injection Seeded Unstable Resonator
Dr. Richard Peñano, Naval Research Laboratory [Invited]
1455 - 1520 Laser Tattoo: Making Faster and Narrower Microjet using a Compact Hand-Held Er:YAG Laser at Shorter Pulse Duration for a Painless Skin Tattooing
Prof. Jack Yoh, Seoul National University [Invited]		 1455 - 1520 Broadband Radiofrequency and Terahertz Emissions from Femtosecond Filaments in Air
Dr. Andreas Schmitt-Sody, Air Force Research Laboratory
1520 - 1550 Break
Phased Pulsed Fiber Laser Array Applications in Space 1550 - 1705 Workshop to Create a Strategic Roadmap to Commercialize Directed Energy Systems for Low-Cost Space Launches Prof. Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University and Dr. Eric Davis, Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin 1555 - 1620 Speaker to Be Announced
1550 - 1555 Session Introduction
Prof. Gérard Mourou , IZEST, École Polytechnique
1555 - 1620 Speaker to Be Announced
1620 - 1645 Speaker to Be Announced 1620 - 1645 Speaker to Be Announced
1645 - 1700 Speaker to Be Announced 1645 - 1700 Speaker to Be Announced
1700 Symposia Adjourn
1730 --> Architectural & Ghost Walking Tour, followed by Dinner on Canyon Road

 

 

 

 

©2014 Site created by: Blue52 Productions
Click here for more events