Program
The program for Advanced Solid-State Photonics topical meeting will be held 29 January through 1 February 2012. No events are scheduled for Sunday, 1 February 2012; however participants may register and pick up their materials on Sunday afternoon.
About ASSP and Topic Categories
Download Pages from the Program book
Invited Speakers
Special Events
Short Courses
Call for Papers
Schedule-at-a-Glance
Online Conference Program
About Advanced Solid-State Photonics (ASSP)
The Advanced Solid-State Photonics Topical meeting specializes in novel solid-state sources of coherent radiation operating in different spectral ranges. Now in its 27th year, this meeting remains the world's premier forum for discussing new developments in solid-state and fiber lasers, ultrashort light sources, amplifier design and power scaling, laser and nonlinear optical materials, and nonlinear frequency conversion devices. These light sources find an increasingly broad range of applications in spectroscopy, metrology, remote sensing, communications, material processing, astronomy, medicine, and life sciences.
A number of distinguished speakers have been invited to present at the meeting. This year's invited presentations focus on ultra-broadband fiber lasers, efficient solid-state waveguide lasers, carbon nanostructures for mode-locking, ultrafast thin disk lasers and amplifiers, multilayer coatings for dispersion control, vertical external cavity surface-emitting lasers for mid-IR emission, high power fiber lasers, and mid-IR frequency conversion using quasi-phase-matched GaAs. In addition, ASSP 2012 features a Summit session devoted to laser beam combining, covering both coherent and incoherent approaches toward increasing spatial brightness beyond the limits of any given source technology.
Papers are being considered in the following topic categories:
- Diode-Pumped Lasers
- Fiber Lasers
- Ceramic Lasers
- High-Power Lasers
- Laser beam combining
- Short-Pulse Lasers
- Frequency-Stable Lasers
- Microchip and Compact Lasers
- Tunable and New Wavelength Solid-State Lasers
- Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers
- High-Brightness Diodes
- Optical Sources Based on Nonlinear Frequency Conversion Schemes
- Coherent Sources Based on New Nonlinear Materials
- Coherent Sources Based on New Laser Gain Media
- Applications of Laser Sources in:
- Science
- Metrology, including optical frequency combs
- Astronomy, including gravity wave detection and laser guide star
- Medicine and Biology
- Remote Sensing
- Materials processing
- Laser display technology
View the 2011 Meeting Archive containing the final program (PDF).
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Special Events
Congress Plenary
Wednesday, 1 February
JW1A, 8:00 – 9:30
JW2A, 10:00 – 11:30
San Bernardo Ballroom, Rancho Bernardo
The 2011 Plenary Session will feature world-renowned speakers in the in the fields. See the invited speaker page for detailed descriptions of the speakers and their presentations.
Featured Plenary Speakers:
Tso Yee Fan, MIT, USA
James R. Gord, Air Force Research Lab., USA
Philip Russell, Max Planck Institute, Germany - ADD Speaker
Jochen Speiser, Institute of Technical Physics, DLR, Germany
OSA Corporate Associates Present: Executive Speaker Series
Interview and Reception
Wednesday, 1 February, 18:00 - 19:30
San Bernardo Ballroom, Rancho Bernardo
Interviewer: Robert L. Byer,
Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Featured Guest: John Ambroseo,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Coherent
Sit down for an entertaining and intimate conversation with Dr. John Ambroseo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Coherent, as he responds to questions about his career path, corporate observations and personal perspectives. During Dr. Ambroseo's 23-year career with Coherent, he has held positions in sales, marketing, U.S. and international operations and has been involved in multiple mergers and acquisitions. The program begins with a networking reception, followed by a one-on-one interview and concludes with audience questions.
This event is made possible through generous support from IPG Photonics
Conference Banquet
Wednesday, 1 February
19:30 – 21:00
Aragon II & III, Rancho Bernardo
This banquet brings together all of the four meetings, ASSP, AIOM, FILAS and LACSEA, within the congress for a fun evening of networking and dinner. This is open to all technical attendees.
Banquet Speaker: Peter Moulton, Q-peak, USA
Life with Solid State Lasers and Nonlinear Optics: Mining for Nuggets
Abstract: I recount nearly 40 years (where did all that time go?) of work in lasers and nonlinear optics, searching for solutions to problems, sometimes finding them, sometimes failing miserably, but managing to have a great time in the process.
Laser Beam Combining Summit
AW3A, 1 February
13:00 – 15:00
Aragon II
This year ASSP is offering this special session, the Summit features a selection of invited talks from top researchers reviewing progress across a wide variety of source technologies and combining approaches.
ASSP Poster Sessions
AM4A, Monday, 30 January, 15:00 – 16:30
AT4A, Tuesday, 31 January, 15:00 – 16:30
AW4A, Wednesday, 1 February, 15:00- 1630
Aragon I & Foyer, Rancho Bernardo
Poster sessions are an integral part of the technical program and offer a unique networking opportunity, where presenters can discuss their results one-to-one with interested parties. Each author is provided with a 4 ft. x 8 ft. (1.22 m x 2.44 m) board on which to display the summary and results of his or her paper. For poster sessions of the other meetings check the Schedule at a Glance.
Postdeadline Sessions
Time and Location: TBD
The purpose of postdeadline sessions is to give participants the opportunity to hear new and significant material in rapidly advancing areas. Only those papers judged to be truly excellent and compelling in their timeliness were accepted. More information, including the schedule and locations, will be posted in the weeks preceding the conference.
Call for Papers
View the Lasers, Sources, and Related Photonic Devices Congress Call for Papers PDF.
