Optical Damage Short Course

This session is For Official Use Only.

Thursday, 9 June
Time & Location	Session / Activity	Session Chair	Presentations
8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Ballroom A	FOUO Session	Mr. Gerald Uyeno	Course Overview Gerald Uyeno (Raytheon) Historical Perspective Dan Nieuwsma (Raytheon) Theoretical Considerations Jon Arenberg (Northrop Grumman) Testing Joe Sawyer (Big Sky) Current issues in Bulk Solid State Lasers Bob Yamamoto (LLNL) Current issues in Non Linear Converters Chuck Miyake (Aculight) Current issues in Fiber Lasers Bryce Samson (Nufern)

This course is an introduction to Laser Damage. It includes a review of the historical perspective, theoretical considerations, testing methods for Laser Damage. It also presents current Laser Damage Issues for Bulk Solid State Lasers, Non-Linear Converters and Fiber Lasers. Basic Design Concepts and Architectures will be presented as well as limitations of the technology. At the end of this course, the student should have General Knowledge about Laser Damage and Understand Current Issues.

Topics that will be covered include:

1. Historical Perspective
2. Theoretical Considerations
3. Testing Methods
4. Current Issues for Bulk Solid State Lasers
5. Current Issues for Non-Linear Converters
6. Current Issues for Fiber Lasers

This course is aimed primarily at engineers and scientists who are already familiar with lasers/optics (undergraduate level), are familiar with laser terminology or have used lasers in applications, but who want to know how to build high peak power lasers. Anyone interested in the benefits or advantages of the technology compared with alternative lasers would also find the course of interest.

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Last updated: 13 May 2005