Invited Speakers
Plenary Speakers
Banquet Speaker
Invited Speakers
Plenary
Tso Yee Fan, MIT, USA
Wavelength and Coherent Beam Combining for High Brightness Sources
Abstract: Beam combining of laser arrays with high efficiency and good beam quality for power and radiance scaling is a long-standing problem in laser technology. Recently, significant progress has been made using wavelength techniques and coherent techniques.
James Gord, Air Force Research Lab., USA
Development and Application of Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy for Combustion Sensing
Abstract: Optical measurement techniques are powerful tools for detailed study of combustion chemistry and physics. Ultrafast (picosecond- and femtosecond-pulsed) lasers are driving the enhancement of existing diagnostic techniques and enabling the development of new measurement approaches.
Philip Russell, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Pumping up the pressure: Gas-based nonlinear optics in hollow core photonic crystal fibre
Abstract: Single-mode hollow core PCF provides an ideal environment for studying pressure-controlled nonlinear interactions between laser light and gases. A recent success is the efficient generation of tunable deep-UV pulses from ~50fs, ~1uJ pulses at 800nm.
Jochen Speiser, Institute of Technical Physics, DLR, Germany
Frontiers of Disk Lasers
Abstract: Fifteen years after first commercialization, the Thin Disk Laser covers a broad spectrum of applications. Nevertheless, a lot of challenges remain, e.g. further scaling of power and pulse energy or the search for different suitable laser materials.
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.
Invited
Development and Application of Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy for Combustion Sensing, Dr. James R. Gord, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
Single-Beam CARS for Standoff Detection of Explosives and Development of Fiber Lasers Required for Practical Implementation, Prof. Marcus Dantus, Michigan State University, USA
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A Simple but Versatile Tool for Combustion Diagnostics, Prof. Johannes Kiefer, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Chemical Imaging Using External Cavity Quantum Cascade Lasers, Dr. Mark Phillips, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Chemometrics and Machine Learning for Spectral Analysis, Leslie Collins , Duke University, USA
Development and Application of CARS Spectroscopy for Reacting Flows, Prof. Per-Erik Bengtsson, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Simultaneous Time-Resolved Detection of Trace Species using High Repetition Rate LIF and cw-CRDS, Prof. Christa Fittschen, University of Lille, France
Development and Application of Optical Frequency Combs, Dr. Scott Diddams, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Plasmon-Enhanced Sensing and Photodetection, Prof. Naomi Halas, Rice University, USA
Application of LASER in Detection and Manipulation of Biomolecules in Lab-on-a-Chip Devices, Prof. Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University, USA
Latest Developments on Hybrid fs/ps CARS for Combustion Sensing, Dr. Joseph Miller, Iowa State University, USA
Spatial Offset Stand off Raman Scattering, Prof. Bernhard Lendl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Coherent Control Methods for Detection of Explosives, Dr. David S. Moore, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Demonstration of High Speed Imaging in Practical Propulsion Systems Using Hyperspectral Tomography, Prof. Lin Ma, Virginia Tech, USA
Recent Progress in Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers, Prof. Claire Gmachl, Princeton University, USA
Detection of Hazardous Chemical Substances with Broadly-Tunable Quantum Cascade Lasers, Prof. Frank Fuchs, Fraunhofer Institute Freiburg, Germany
Applications of QCLs in Studies of Chemical Dynamics, Prof. Grant Ritchie, Oxford University, United Kingdom
UV Fiber-Laser-Based Fluorescence and Blue Diode-Laser-Based Phosphorescence-Lifetime Methods, Prof. Frank Keutsch, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
New Developments in Forensic Applications of LIBS and LA-ICP-MS, Prof. Jose Almirall, Florida International University, USA
