Please check back often as the information on this page is subject to change. Click on the
name of the session chair to contact them by email. Questions about the conference in general can be directed to
Dr. Sean Ross.
Note on session restrictions
"Public" means that the general public may attend. Guests are welcome.
"Open" means that all regular conference attendees (US Citizens and Green Card holders) may attend.
"FOUO" means that only US Government employees and US government contractors with a valid visit request may attend.
"FOUO/Export Controlled" means that only US government employees and US government contractors with a valid visit request who are US citizens may attend.
| Monday, 19 May |
| Time & Location |
Session / Activity |
Session Chair |
Presentations |
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Preconvention area |
Check-in |
Dr. Sean Ross |
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Tuesday, 20 May |
| Time & Location |
Session / Activity |
Session Chair |
Presentations |
6:45 - 8:00 am
Pre-convention area & Coronado Ballroom |
Check-in & Breakfast |
Dr. Sean Ross |
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8:00 - 11:20 am
Cancun Ballroom |
Welcome and Plenary Session (Open) |
Dr. Sean Ross |
Mr. Ed Duff (DEPS): Welcome and opening remarks
Mr. Quentin Saulter (JTO): Joint High Power Solid State Laser Projects
Mr. Mike Wardlaw (NSSC): Naval Solid State Laser Development Efforts and Approaches
Dr. Roy Hamil (AFRL/DEL): High Power Solid State Laser Development at AFRL
Dr. Steve Payne (LLNL): High Power Solid State Laser Research at LLNL
Dr. Randy Buff (SMDC): Army Applications Impact on Solid State Laser Development
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11:30 am - 1:10 pm
Yucatan Ballroom |
Lunch with the Experts (Open) |
Dr. Kenton Green |
Catered lunch provided.
Discussion Topic: A contractor perspective on high power laser development
Panel Members:
Mr. Michael Booen (Raytheon)
Dr. Tom Romesser (Northrop Grumman Space Technology)
Mr. Neil Kacena (Lockheed Martin)
Dr. Sammy Henderson(Coherent Technologies, Inc.)
Dr. Lee Gutheinz (Boeing SVS)
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1:30 - 4:40 pm
Cancun Ballroom |
Solid State Laser Systems (Open) |
Dr. Steve Bowman |
Dr. Steve Bowman (NRL): Characterization of a New Mid-IR Laser Material, Er:KPb2Cl5
Dr. Mark Rotter (LLNL): Recent Progress in Diode-Pumped, Solid-State Heat-Capacity Lasers
Dr. John Vetrovec (Boeing): Weight & Size Model for Solid-State High-Energy Laser
Dr. Mark Dubinskii (Army Research Lab): Modular laser power scaling approach based on coherent beam coupling via stimulated Brillouin scattering
Dr. Kevin J. Snell (BAE Systems): Efficient, High Power Side-Pumped Nd:YVO4 Laser
Mr. Shally Saraf (Stanford University): Power scaling of diffraction limited, single frequency lasers for LIGO
Dr. Heather Ralph (Aculight): High Power, Side-Pumped, Nd:YVO4 laser
Dr. Peter F. Moulton (Q-peak): High-power operation of Tm:YLF, Ho:YLF and Er:YLF lasers
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6:30 - 8:00 pm
Atrium |
Reception (Public) |
Dr. Sean Ross |
Sodas, juice, sandwiches and hors
d' oeuvres will be provided. A cash bar will be available. |
Wednesday, 21 May (Dual Session)
Mid Infrared Semiconductor Lasers is concurrent with High Power Solid State Laser Applications
Diode Pump Lasers is concurrent with the Beam Control Short Course
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| Time & Location |
Session / Activity |
Session Chair |
Presentations |
7:00 - 8:00 am
Pre-convention area & Coronado Ballroom |
Breakfast |
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8:30 - 10:30 am
Cozumel/Tampico Ballrooms |
Mid Infra-Red Semiconductor Lasers (Open) |
Dr. Andrew Ongstad |
Dr. Ramon U. Martinelli (Sarnoff Corporation): Type-I In(Al)GaAsSb/GaSb diode lasers with wavelength=2.8um
Dr. Manijeh Razeghi (Northwestern University): Very High Average Power Quantum Cascade Lasers by Gas MBE
Dr. Jerry R. Meyer (Naval Research Laboratory): Type-II Antimonide Laser Growth Optimization
Dr. Han Q. Le (University of Houston): Mid-IR Semiconductor Lasers and Amplifiers for Optical Sensing Applications
Dr. Michael Weimer (Texas A&M University): Cross-Sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Segregation and Interfacial Bonding at Type-II Heterojunctions
Dr. Douglas Bamford (Physical Sciences Inc.): Periodically-Poled, Damage Resistant Optical Materials
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8:00 - 10:40 am
Cancun Ballroom |
High Power Solid State Laser Applications (FOUO) |
Dr. Kenton Green |
Dr. Gerald Uyeno (Raytheon): High Power Diode Pumped Yb:YAG Solid State Track Illuminator Laser for the Airborne Laser Program
Dr. Marcy Valley (Northrop Grumman Space Technology): ABL Beacon Illuminator Laser
Mr. Tom Burris (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.): Military Utility of HEL Fighter
Mr. John McCarthy (BAE Systems): Diode Pumped 1 micron lasers for Tactical Military Applications
Dr. Richard Moyer (Cutting Edge Optronics): Multi-kilowatt Solid State Lasers for Extreme Ultraviolet Light Sources
Dr. John Vetrovec (Boeing): Progress in the Development of Solid-State Disk Laser
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10:50 am - 1:20 pm
Coronado/Cozumel/Tampico Ballrooms |
Poster Session and Lunch (Open) |
Dr. Sean Ross |
Mrs. Cynnamon Katapski: DEPS Booth
Mr. Mark Zediker : Nuvonyx Booth
Mr. Bill Decker : Brashear LP Booth
Mr. Merrill Apter : Coherent Inc. Booth
Mr. Jacques Bourgoin : JDS Uniphase Booth
Mr. Rick Davis: VISOTEK/Fraunhofer CLT Booth
Dr. Lew Goldberg: Keopsys Booth
Dr. Leonard Pomeranz (BAE Systems): Thulium laser pumped Mid-IR Source
Dr. E. F. Stephens (Cutting Edge Optronics): Comparisons of the performance characteristics between diamond and copper heat sinks in high powered laser diode arrays
Dr. Tom Matty (SAFT America): High power cell development
Dr. David P. Machewirth (Nufern): Polarization -maintaining double-clad optical fibers for coherent beam combining
Dr. C. T. Tsai (Florida Atlantic University): Thermal-Fluid and Stress Analysis of High Power Solid-State Diode Laser Assemblies
Mr. Arun Sridharan (Stanford University): High Pulse Energy Yg:YAG MOPA and Non-Linear Freqency Conversion Module of Remote Sensing Applications
Mr. Vince Benham (ITT Industries): The Air Force Compound Laser
Dr. Won B. Roh (AFIT/ENP): Phasing Properties of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Fiber Phase Conjugate Mirror
Dr. David Gallant (Boeing/LTS): Diode Array Reliability Experiment
Mr. David Westerfeld (SUNY StonyBrook): High Power 1.5um InGaAsP-InP diode laser arrays
Dr. Leonid B. Glebov (UCF/CREOL): Gradual Holographic Filters for High Power Lasers
Dr. Gerry King (PC Photonics): M2 measurements of Multicore Fiber laser Array
Dr. Gerry King (PC Photonics): Direct Injection Side Pumping Techniques
Dr. Rod Petr (Science Research Laboratory): Development of Compact and Reliable Laser Diode Drivers for HEL Applications
Dr. Peter A. Budni (BAE Systems): 20mJ, 3-5um ZnGeP2 Optical Parametric Oscillator Pumped by a 2.09um Ho:YAG laser
Dr. Jon Greene (Lambda Instruments, Inc.): High-power single polarization fiber lasers and amplifiers
Dr. Susan Wilson (Photodigm, Inc.): Lenslike Grating Surface Emitting Laser
Mr. Mark Culpepper (AFRL/DELO): Fiber Ring Laser Experiments
Dr. Sean Ross (AFRL/DELO): Nonresonant Recirculating Second-harmonic Generator
Dr. Yehuda Braiman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory): Synchronization of Arrays of High Power Lasers
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1:30 - 4:40 pm
Cancun Ballroom |
Diode Pump Lasers for Fibers (Open) |
Dr. Al Paxton |
Dr. Thomas Schriempf (Pennsylvania State University): Evaluating High Power Diode Arrays
Dr. Robin K. Huang (MIT/LL): 975-nm and 915-nm AlGaAs-InGaAs Slab-Coupled Optical Waveguide Lasers
Mr. Allen Priest (Nuvonyx): Development of High Brightness High Power Fiber Laser Pump Sources
Dr. Bodo Ehlers (Fraunhofer, USA): High brightness diode lasers and single-mode large-core fiber lasers open door for power scaling
Dr. Yehuda Braiman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory): Synchronization of Arrays of High Power Lasers
Dr. Jerome V. Moloney (University of Arizona): Microscopic Gain-Based Novel Designs for High Brightness VECSELs
Dr. Dennis Lowenthal (Aculight Corporation): Spectral Beam Combining of diode laser bars to achieve near diffraction limited output power
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1:30 - 5:00 pm
Cozumel/Tampico Ballroom |
Beam Control Short Course (FOUO/Export Controlled) |
Dr. Sean Ross |
Dr. Paul Merritt (Boeing SVS) will present a short course on beam control. Topics covered will include:
* System performance budgets
* Servo system basics
* Tracking algorithms
* Gimbals and alignments systems
* An atmospheric tracking limitation
* Adaptive Optics
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7:00pm - 8:30pm
Alvarado D Ballroom |
Banquet Dinner (Public) |
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Banquet & Entertainment
New Mexico's Own, World Class Master of the Spanish Classical Guitar, Hector Pimentel, "Mr. Guitar"
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Thursday, 22 May |
| Time & Location |
Session / Activity |
Session Chair |
Presentations |
7:00 - 8:00 am
Pre-convention area & Coronado Ballroom |
Breakfast |
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8:00 - 11:30 am
Cozumel Ballroom |
High Power Fiber Laser Systems (Open) |
Dr. Lew Goldberg |
Mr. John Koroshetz (Coherent Technologies): High Power Single-Frequency Yb Fiber Amplifiers
Dr. Steven Augst (MIT/LL) Coherent combining of two 10-W ytterbium fiber laser amplifiers
Dr. Roy Mead (Aculight Corporation): High-Power Spectral Beam Combining of Fiber Lasers
Dr. Leonid B. Glebov (UCF/CREOL): Spectral beam combining by PTR Bragg gratings
Dr. Paul McManamon (AFRL/SNJ): High Power Phased Array of Phased Arrays (HI-POP)
Dr. Erik Bochove (AFRL/DELO): Is a megawatt multicore phased fiber laser array achievable?
Mr. John D. Myers (Kigre): Phosphate Glass Fiber laser Materials and Architectures
Dr. Jerome V. Moloney (University of Arizona): Novel Designs for Double-Clad and Photonic Crystal Highly-doped Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers
Dr. Michael Wickham (Northrop Grumman Space Technologies): High Power Fiber Array Coherent Combination Demonstration
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1:10 - 3:40 pm
Cancun Ballroom |
Thermal Management of High Power Laser Systems (Open) |
Dr. Brian Donovan |
Dr. Jason Carter (Penn State University): Comprehensive Thermal Characterization of Laser Diode Arrays
Dr. Dan Rini (Rini Technologies Inc.): Lightweight Cooling Systems for Solid State Lasers
Dr. Lanchao Lin(UES, Inc.): Closed loop spray cooling of high power semiconductor lasers
Dr. Huai-Chaun Lee (Onyx Optics): Thermal Shock Results of Cr4+:GGG Clad Nd:GGG Composite Amplifier Slab for Heat Capacity Laser
Dr. Baxi B. Chandrakant (General Atomics): Evaluation of Cooling of Laser Gain Media of SSHCL
Dr. Fred C. Way (Decade Optical Systems): Cooling High Power CW Laser Diodes
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