DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY Ultrashort Pulse Laser Materials Interaction Workshop 28-29 September 2006 Boulder, Colorado The Ultrashort Pulse Laser Materials Interaction Workshop provides a forum for the presentation of state-of-the-art ultrashort pulse laser technology, ultrashort pulse effects, ultrashort pulse laser diagnostics, and ultrafast, ultraprecise material diagnostics. A better understanding of Boulder, Colorado the existing ultrashort pulse laser technology will determine its utility for military applications. Understanding the ultrashort pulse laser materials interaction provides a foundation for determining the applicability of ultrashort pulses for diagnostic, material fabrication, and inspection applications in industrial contexts as well. The fourth Ultrashort Pulse Laser Materials Interaction Workshop brought together government, industry, and academic leaders for discussions of basic and applied research and technology efforts and the future of ultrashort pulse lasers for military and other applications. Technical presentations covered a diverse spectrum of interests including DoE and DoD laboratories, industry, and other scientific and engineering institutions. Primary Topics Topics explored during the conference covered experiments, modeling, programs, and applications in these technical areas: A Review of Department of Defense Programs with Interest in Ultrashort Pulse Lasers DARPA, JNLWD, Air Force, Navy, Army Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Interactions and Effects in Aerospace Materials Metals, alloys, composite effects Sensors and optical materials effects Materials processing, microprocessing Material inspection and repair, non-destructive evaluation Other materials and applications, including laser eye protectors, laser safety Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Interactions and Effects in the Atmosphere Filamentation Lightning Other effects High Intensity Particle Generation/High Intensity EM Wave Generation Terawatt generation Terahertz generation Intense EMI/X-ray generation Materials inspection with high-energy particles Absorption/scatter and remote sensing - ISR, AW, HSI, MSI Laser Materials Interaction Diagnostics Ultrafast, ultrafine materials diagnostics - real time measurements Ultrafast, ultraprecise laser beam diagnostics Hybrid diagnostic systems Classified Session Applications concept development Atmospheric Propagation Effects Remote sensing Remote effects generation Novel utilizations Program Agenda Thursday, 28 September 2006 0800-1000 Classified Session - Status of Application Development of Ultrashort Lasers for Potential DoD Uses   NRL Asymmetric Threat Weapon Program   Ultrashort Filament Guided Discharges   Simulation and Optimization of Ion Generation for Laser-guided Discharges   Ultra Short Pulsed Laser Ablation of Semiconductor Materials at Long Range 1000-1020 Break - Change from Classified to FOUO 1020-1220 FOUO Session - Overviews of Government and University Efforts   Ultra-Short Pulse Technology Thrusts for Non-Lethal Applications Land, JNLWD   USL Projects in Sensing and Effects Richardson, UCF/CREOL   Short Pulse Laser Bioeffects Thomas, AFRL/HEDO   Ultrashort Pulse Laser Work at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Duree, RHIT 1220-1330 Lunch and Poster Session   Modeling the Dispersion Compensation of a Dual Prism Compressor for an Ultrashort Pulse Laser at a Ranged Target Jennings, RHIT   Effects of Ultra-Short Laser Pulses on Operating Electronic Components Jackson, RHIT 1330-1500 FOUO Session - Developments in Ultrashort Laser Devices I, Scaling to Higher Average Power   High Average Power Cryo-Cooled Ultrafast Lasers Sterling Backus, K & M Labs   High Average Power Transportable Fiber Laser Di Teodoro, Aculight   Desktop Ultra-Short Pulse Laser at 1552 nm Mielke, Raydiance 1500-1520 Break 1520-1720 FOUO Session - USL Materials Interaction Effects I, and Basic Physical Mechanisms   Effects of Ultrashort Laser Pulses on Optical Materials Ting, NRL   Influence of Band Structure of Solids on Electron Excitations Induced by a Single High-Intensity Laser Pulse Latham, AFRL with Gruzdev and Chen, MU   Generation of Terahertz Radiation from Optical Rectification of a Modulated Laser Pulse Fischer, NRL   Laser Optic Damage in the Near Infrared: Precursors and Their Measurement Canham, Swales 1800-1930 Reception at the Boulder Marriott   Friday, 29 September 2006 0800-1000 FOUO Session - USL Materials Interaction Effects II   A Study of the Dynamics of Metal Drilling with Ultrashort Pulse Lasers Campbell, PSU   Advances in Ultra Short Pulse Laser Micro Machining of Explosives: New Products and Processes Palmer, SNL   UPL Propulsion Applications Kremeyer, PM&AM, Res, LLC   Underwater Acoustic Generation by Ultrashort Pulse Laser Jones, NRL (given by Tony Ting) 1000-1030 Break 1030-1200 FOUO Session - Developments in Ultrashort Laser Devices II, Scaling to Higher Average Power   Progress in the Texas Petawatt Laser Facility Todd Ditmire, Univ. of Texas   Burst Mode Laser Miesak, LMCO   Yttrium Calcium Oxyborate for High Average Power Frequency Doubling and OPCPA Liao, LLNL 1200-1300 Lunch 1300-1500 FOUO Session - Modeling of Ultrashort Laser Induced Plasma Channels and Atmospheric Propagation   Full Vectorial, Ultrashort Unidirectional Pulse Propagator Dan Roske, Univ of Ariz (DEPS Scholarship recipient)   Simulations of Laser Induced Plasma Channels and Comparison with Experiments Gordon, NRL   Particle-in-Cell (PIC) Simulations of Coherent Transition Radiation (CTR) from Under Dense Laser-Plasma Experiments Bruhwiler, Tech X   A User Oriented Analysis Program for Parametric Studies of Ultra-Short Laser Pulses Propagating in Air Fisk, ITT (from Bill Page)   Mathematical Modeling of Femtosecond Pulse Filaments Using Licensed Software Durran, RHIT 1500 End of Workshop Previous Workshops Information about the previous Ultrashort Pulse Laser Materials Interactions Workshops is available here. Workshop Committee Chairman: Dr. Pete Latham, platham@deps.org Co-Chair: Dr. Gerald Manke, gerald.manke@navy.mil Registration: Cynnamon Spain, cynnamon@deps.org   Copyright 2006 Directed Energy Professional Society   DHTML/JavaScript Menus by OpenCube

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