CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Prof. Jorge J. Rocca
Colorado State University, USA
High Average Power Cryogenic DPSSLs: development and applications
Jorge Rocca is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Physics at Colorado State University. His research interests are in the physics and development of high power lasers, X-ray lasers, and the study of ultra-intense laser-matter interactions. His group is known for contributions to the development of bright table-top soft X-ray lasers, including the demonstration of the first table-top soft X-ray laser, and their application in several fields including nanotechnology and nanoscience and the diagnostics of dense plasmas. His group has developed a multi-Hz repetition rate Petawatt-class laser, and kilowatt average power, high pulse energy picosecond solid state lasers. Recently his group showed that intense laser irradiation of ordered nanostructures creates an ultra-high energy density plasma regime leading to multi-Gigabar pressures, extreme degree of ionization, and record conversion efficiency into picosecond x-rays pulses, and micro-scale fusion. The results of this research are published in more than 280 peer review journal papers. He received the Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science from the American Physical Society and the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics. He was elected Fellow of American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He received an IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award. Early in his career he was a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Roman Antipenkov
ELI Beamlines, Czech Republic
Integration of high power laser systems at ELI-Beamlines
Oliver Lux
German Aerospace Center DLR, Germany
Solid-state lasers for earth observation by air- and satellite-borne lidar systems
Takunori Taira
RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Japan
Development and applications of super small sub-gigawatt lasers
Boris Barmashenko
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Advanced DPAL modeling
Dieter Schuoecker
Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Overview and numerical analysis of 3D printing of metals with lasers
Loic Meignien
École Polytechnique, France
Greg Anthony Pitz
Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
Overview of Gas Laser R&D at AFRL
Tony Hostutler
Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
Overview of laser source development at the Air Force Research Laboratory / Directed Energy Directorate / Laser Division
Martin Ferus
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Republic
Simulation of meteors and impact events using high power lasers
Paul Mason
Central Laser Facility, UK
Recent developments in high energy DPSSL amplifier technology at the CLF
Thomas Harrer
TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik, Germany
High-Brilliance & VIS Wavelength Laser - Perspective for Laser Welding and Laser Metal Fusion
Stéphane Sebban
Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
Recent advances on laser-plasma based soft x-ray lasers
Yicheng Wang
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
High-power 2 um lasers
Daniele Margarone
Queen’s University Belfast, UK & ELI Beamlines, Czech Republic
Ion acceleration with table-top laser systems at HiLASE
Masamori Endo
Tokai University, Japan
DPAL activities in Japan-update
Boris Zhdanov
US Air Force Academy, Laser and Optics Research Center, USA
Study of power limiting effects in DPALs
Radan Slavik
Optoelectronics Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, UK
Practical aspects of low-loss hollow core optical fibres
Hyung Taek Kim
Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Republic of Korea
Enhancement of laser wakefield acceleration and betatron radiation with multi-pw laser pulses
Ivan Divliansky
CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics, University of Central Florida
High-power applications of volume Bragg gratings
Jose L. Ocaña
Polytechnical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain
Improvement of mechanical and surface properties of additively manufactured metallic parts by laser shock post-processing
