The printed conference schedule, reproduced below, was the intended agenda on 8 May 2002 but
varies in some details from the schedule of the conference as it was actually held.
| Sunday, 2 June |
| Time & Location |
Session / Activity |
Session Chair |
Presentations |
5:00pm - 7:00pm
East Atrium |
Check-in |
Dr. Sean Ross |
|
Monday, 3 June |
| Time & Location |
Session / Activity |
Session Chair |
Presentations |
6:45am - 8:00am
East Atrium |
Check-in & Breakfast |
Dr. Sean Ross |
|
8:00am - 9:50am
Alvarado E Ballroom |
Welcome and Keynote Speaker |
|
Dr. Samuel Blankenship (DEPS): Welcome & Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Major General Donald Lamberson (Ret): Keynote Speaker |
10:30 - 12:30 am
Alvarado E Ballroom |
Plenary Session |
Dr. Sean Ross |
Dr. Dennis Harris (Boeing): High Power Yb:YAG
Dr. Alexander Betin (Raytheon): High Power Yb:YAG PC MOPA
Dr. Mark Rotter (LLNL): High Average Power Solid State Heat Capacity Laser Laser Development
Dr. Jason Machen(TRW): 5kW Diode Pumped Solid State Laser
|
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Alvarado D Ballroom |
Lunch with the Experts |
Mr. Ed Pogue |
A selection of members from the High Energy
Laser Joint Technology Office will share their views on the future of High
Energy Solid State Lasers. Catered lunch provided.
Panel Members: Mr. Ed Pogue
HEL JTO members |
2:30pm-5:00pm
Alvarado E Ballroom |
High Energy Laser Applications |
LT CDR Lewis Desandre, USN |
Dr. Owen C. Hofer (SPARTA Inc.): Solid State Laser Applications for UXO and Landmines CLearance
Mr. Gerald Uyeno (Raytheon): High Power Diode Pumped Yb:YAG Solid State Track Illuminator Laser for the ABL
Dr. Marcy Valley (TRW): ABL Beacon Illuminator Laser
Mr. Fred Way (Decade Optical): High Power Laser Diode Arrays for the SMDC Heat Capacity Higher Energy Laser Program
Dr. Charles C. Boley (LLNL): Modeling of Material Removal by Solid State Heat Capacity Lasers
|
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Fireplace Room |
Reception |
Dr. Sean Ross |
Sodas, juice, sandwiches and hors
d' oeuvres will be provided. A cash bar will be available. |
Tuesday, 4 June |
| Time & Location |
Session / Activity |
Session Chair |
Presentations |
| 7:00am-8:00am |
Breakfast |
|
|
8:00am-11:20am
Alvarado E Ballroom |
Mid Infra-Red Semiconductor Lasers |
Dr. Andrew Ongstad |
Dr. George Turner(MIT/LL):Recent Progress in Optically-Pumped, Aluminum-Free Mid-IR Semiconductor Lasers Based on Integrated Absorber Designs
Dr. Anish Goyal (MIT/LL): Wavelength beam combining of aluminum-free, mid-IR semiconductor lasers
Dr. Ray Martinelli (Sarnoff Corp.): High-Power 2.5um InGaAsSb/AlGaAsSb Laser Diodes Emitting 980 mW Continuous-Wave at 20 deg C
Dr. Jerry Meyer (NRL): Photonic-Crystal Distributed Feedback Lasers for the Mid Infrared
Dr. Manijeh Razeghi (Northwestern Univ.): Further Advances in Quantum Cascade Laser Performance
Lt. Col. Michael Marciniak (AFIT): Time-reseolved Photoluminescence Spectra of Mid-infrared Quantum Well Lasers
Dr. Christopher Gittins (Physical Sciences Corp.) : Remote Sensing of Chemical Contamination Using Quantum Cascade Lasers
Dr. William P. Latham (AFRL/DELE) : High-Power Grating-Coupled Surface-Emitting Diode Lasers
|
1:30pm-4:40pm
Alvarado E Ballroom |
Laser Power Systems |
Dr. Jerry Beam |
Lt. Brent Cobb (AFRL/PRPG): Lightweight, Compact Superconducting Power Sources for Solid State High Energy Lasers
Dr. Michael Giesselmann (Texas Tech Univ.): Temperature Dependence of Laser Diode Performance
Dr. Charles Kessler (AFRL/PRPG): Low Duty Cycle Generator Development Activities
Mr. James Louviere (LM-Aero): Thermal Management for Laser Applications
Mr. Tom Matty (SAFT America): Advanced Lithium Ion Systems for Directed Energy Power Sources
Mr. Alberto Schroth (Raytheon): Liquid Multi-Jet Impingment Cooling of Large Area Heat Flux Surface
Mr. John Vetrovec (Boeing): Thermal Management System for High-Energy Solid-State Laser
Mr. Ken Winters (Integrated Defense Technologies): Pulse Forming Networks
|
| Evening |
Demos and tours |
Dr. Sean Ross |
Our customary Tuesday evening tours are cancelled this year due to increased security requirements. |
Wednesday, 5 June |
| Time & Location |
Session / Activity |
Session Chair |
Presentations |
| 7:00am-8:00am |
Breakfast |
|
|
8:00am-10:50am
Alvarado E Ballroom |
High Power Diode Laser Pumps |
Dr. Al Paxton |
Mr. Bodo Ehlers (Fraunhofer USA): Fiber-Coupled High-Power, High Brightness Diode Lasers
Dr. Michael Bass (CREOL School of Optics) A Novel Approach to High Power Diode Laser Arrays
Dr. Robin Huang (MIT/LL) Slab-Coupled Semiconductor Lasers with Single-Spatial, Large Diameter Mode
Mr. David E. Joslin (Spectrolab, Inc.): Manufacturing Implementation of Kilowatt Class Siicon Monolithic Microchannel Cooled Al-Free Laser Arrays
Mr. David Bernot (Electro-Optics Center): Evaluation of Pulse-Pumped High Power Diode Arrays I: Optical and Package Characterization
Mr. Jason A. Carter (Penn State Applied Research Lab): Evaluation of Pulse-Pumped High Power Diode Arrays II: Thermal Modeling and Characterization
Dr. Marcy Valley (TRW):LETS Diode Reliability Testing
|
11:00am-1:00pm
Alvarado F,G,H Ballrooms |
Lunch and Poster session |
Dr. Sean Ross |
Mrs. Cynnamon Katapski, (DEPS): Corporate Booth
Mr. William Decker (Brashear LP): Corporate Booth
Mr. Andrei Babushkin (IPGPhotonics Inc.): High Power Commercial Fiber Lasers (Booth)
Mr. James D. Larkin (DIODETEC Inc.): Silicon Monolithic Microchannel Cooled Laser Diode Array (Booth)
Dr. Tim Carrig (Coherent Technologies): Single Frequency Diode-Pumped Yb Lasers
Dr. Gerald T. Moore (AFRL/DELO): Binary Coherent Beam Combination Using Mirror Pairs
Mr. Mark M. Giza (Army Research Lab): Diode Laser Transmitter for Laser Radar
Dr. Thomas Shay (Univ. of New Mexico): A Novel Method for Suppression of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Optical Fibers
Dr. Louis Chow (Univ. of Central Florida):
Mr. Erik Bochove (AFRL/DELO): Additions to a model of spectral beam combining (SBC) of fiber lasers
Dr. Phillip Peterson (AFRL/DELO): Extraction Characteristics of a Dual Fiber Compound Cavity
Dr. C. B. Baxi (General Atommics): Evaluation Mist Flow for Cooling of Laser Amplifiers of SSHCL
Dr. Erik Bochove (AFRL/DELO): Simple model for multi-core fiber laser array mode formation through evanescent field interaction
Mr. Peter Schuneman (BAE Systems): Recent advances in Nonlinear Optical materials for High Average Power Mid-IR Laser Applications
Dr. Jerry Moloney (U. of Arizona): Femtosecond Atmospheric Light Strings: Supercontinuum/RF emission sources
Dr. Jerry Moloney (U. of Arizona): Design Principles for High Brightness Edge/Surface Emitting Diode Sources
Dr. David J. Gallant (Boeing): Reduction of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in High Power Fiber Lasers
Dr. C. T. Tsai (Florida Atlantic Univ.) : Thermal-Fluid Analysis and Simulation of High Power Solid-State Laser Diode Assemblies
Dr. Paul McDonald (Spectrolab Inc.): Manufacturing Implementation of Silicon Monolithic Microchannel Coolers and Al-Free Laser arrays: Near Term Design and Performance Requirements
Mr. John A. MacCannell (UNM): Full-Duplex Communication on a Single Laser Beam
Dr. Justin Mansell (Intellite Inc.): Demonstrations of High Reflectivity Coated MEMS Deformable Mirrors
Lt. Col Michael Marciniak (AFIT): Standardized High Energy Laser Modeling & Simulator Infrastructure
Mr. Chris Rose (Lambda Instruments Inc.): Yb-Doped PM Double-Cladding Fiber for Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers
|
1:30pm-4:30pm
Alvarado E Ballroom |
High Power Fiber Laser Technology |
Mr. Ralph Tate |
Dr. Ray Beach (LLNL): Ribbon Fiber Laser - Theory and Experiment
Dr. Christopher J. Corcoran (Corcoran Engineering): Compact Phase-Locked Laser Array
Dr. Steven Augst (MIT/LL): Wavelength Beam Combining of Ytterbium Fiber Lasers
Dr. Leonid B. Glebov (CREOL School of Optics): High-Power Incoherent Beam Combining with Bragg Grating in Photosensitive Glasses
Dr. Michael Wickham (TRW) : High Power Fiber Array Technology Issues
Dr. Corey Paye (Lambda Instruments, Inc) :Fiber Gratings for High-Power Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers
Dr. Almantas Galvanauskas (Univ. of Michigan): Multi-spatial-beam Cleaning Through Engineered Nonlinear Interactions
Mr. Luis Zenteno (Corning Inc.) : 1W Single Tranvserve-mode Yb-doped Double-clad Fiber laser at 978 nm
|
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Alvarado D Ballroom |
Banquet Dinner |
|
Banquet & Entertainment
We are pleased to have Mr. Jim Villanucci, radio personality and comedian, as our
banquest speaker. Guests are welcome attend this event. |
Thursday, 6 June |
| Time & Location |
Session / Activity |
Session Chair |
Presentations |
| 7:30am-8:30am |
Breakfast |
|
|
8:30am-11:00am
Alvarado E Ballroom |
High Energy Laser Beam Control |
Dr. Jim Riker |
Dr. Won Roh (AFIT): Laser brightness enhancement using fiber-based stimulated Raman scattering beam cleanup
Lt. Brian Lutz (AFRL/DEBS): Membrane mirrors for HEL beam control
Dr. Glenn Tyler (TOSC): Resolution of free-space propagation issues for relay mirror applications
Mr. Russell Butts (AFRL/DEBA): NOP Beam control efforts
Dr. Barry Hogge (AFRL/DEBA): Beam Control technologies for laser weapons
Mr. Todd Rose (Aerospace Corp): Mid-infrared wavelength lasers and beam control
|
1:00pm-3:50pm
Alvarado E Ballroom |
Solid State Laser Applications |
Lt Russell Stutz, USAF |
Dr. AnnMarie Oien (Coherent Technologies Inc.): Eyesafe, Diode-Pumped Nd: KGW Laser for Hard Target Imaging
Dr. Peter F. Moulton (Q-Peak Inc.): Side-pumped slab lasers with Tm,Er or Yb doping
Mr. Oliver Meissner (Onyx Optics, Inc.)YAG/Sapphire Single Crystal Composites as Lasing Components for High Energy Solid-State Lasers
Dr. Tim Carrig (Coherent Technologies, Inc.): Recent Progress in the Development of Practical Cr:ZnSe Lasers
Mr. John Vetrovec (Boeing): Short Pulse Solid State Laser
Dr. Steven R. Bowman (Naval Research Labs) : Design of a High Power Radiation Balanced Laser System
Dr. Luis Zapata (LLNL): Yb Thin-Disk Laser Results
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