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Invited Speakers

Optica Laser Congress and Exhibition

Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference
Applications of Lasers for Sensing and Free Space Communications
Laser Applications Conference

Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference

  • Jose Antonio-Lopez, University of Central Florida, CREOLUnited States
    Hollow Core Fibers for HP Applications  
  • Maria Chernysheva, Leibniz-Institut für Photonische TechGermany
    Instability-driven Mode-locking Mechanisms in Tm-doped Fibre Lasers  
  • Michael Chini, University of Central FloridaUnited States
    Attosecond Laser & Science  
  • Goëry Genty, Tampereen Teknillinen YliopistoFinland
    Celebrating Solitons in Fiber Optics  
  • Cesar Jauregui, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität JenaGermany
    Mode Instabilites in High-power Fiber Amplifiers  
  • Tobias Kippenberg, École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland
    Integrated Nonlinear Photonics  
  • Susumu Noda, Kyoto UniversityJapan
    Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Laser (PSCEL)  
  • Daniel Rytz, 2Electro-Optics Technology GmbH
    Non Linear Crystals  
  • Clara Saraceno, Ruhr Universitat BochumGermany
    High-power Ultrafast Laser Technology for Terahertz Light Generation  
  • John Travers, Heriot-Watt UniversityUnited Kingdom
    High-Brightness Deep and Vacuum Ultraviolet Laser Sources  
  • Nathalie Vermeulen, Vrije Universiteit BrusselBelgium
    Best Practices in Cataloging Nonlinear Materials  

Applications of Lasers for Sensing and Free Space Communications

  • Rodrigo Amezcua Correa, University of Central Florida, CREOLUnited States
    Photonic Lanterns  for Lidar and Remote Sensing  
  • Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, US Naval AcademyUnited States
    Comprehensive Study of the Optical Turbulence Experimentally Generated by Rayleigh–Bénard Natural Convection  
  • Matthew Berg, Kansas State UniversityUnited States
    Digital Holography of Aerosol Particles  
  • Abhijit Biswas, Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUnited States
    Deep Space Optical Communication Technology Demonstration  
  • Romain Ceolato, Office Natl d'Etudes Rech AerospatialesFrance
    Light-scattering and Lidar  
  • Mitchell Cox, University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa
    Bridging South Africa's Digital Divide Using Low-cost free-space Optical Communication  
  • Justin Crepp, University of Notre DameUnited States
    Recovering Telescope Downtime when Using Adaptive Optics Systems in Strong Turbulence Environments  
  • Nathan Dostart, NASA Langley Research CenterUnited States
    Photonic Integrated Circuits for Optical Navigation and Communication in Space  
  • Aram Gragossian, NASA Langley Research CenterUnited States
    A New Concept for Global wind Measurements from Space and Its Impact on Weather Prediction  
  • Samantha Gregory, Radiance Technologies Inc.United States
    Laguerre-Gaussian Laser Beam Propagation Through Heat and Wind-induced Optical Turbulence  
  • Yoshitaka Jin, National Inst for Environmental StudiesJapan
    Lidar and Interferometry  
  • Eric Johnson, Clemson UniversityUnited States
    Structuring Light with Higher Order Bessel Beams Integrated in Time (HOBBIT) for Applications in Environmental Sensing and Communication  
  • Kentaro Kato, Tamagawa UniversityJapan
    Quantum Comunication  
  • Martin Lavery, University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom
    Fibre Ethernet Over FSO  
  • Julien Madeo, Okinawa Inst of Science & TechnologyJapan
    Visualizing excitons with Time-resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy  
  • Mikael Mazur, Nokia Bell LabsUnited States
    Long-Range Fiber Sensing over Deployed Sub-Sea Cables  
  • Aurelie Montmerle Bonnefois, Office Natl d'Etudes Rech AerospatialesFrance
    Challenges and Status of Ground to GEO Satellites Optical Feeder Links  
  • Boon Ooi, King Abdullah Univ of Sci & TechnologySaudi Arabia
    Distributed Fiber-optics sensing in the Oil and Gas Industry​​  
  • Helen Pask, Macquarie UniversityAustralia
    Raman LiDAR for Ocean Remote Sensing of Temperature and Salinity  
  • Takashi Sagawa, Amuse OneselfJapan
    The Green Laser System for Land and Shallow Water  
  • Atsushi Sato, Tohoku Institute of TechnologyJapan
    Development of Vivsible and Infrared Pulsed Solid-state Lasers for Lidar Applications  
  • Vasanthi Sivaprakasam, US Naval Research LaboratoryUnited States
    Light Scattering Experiments and Theoretical Work on Single Particles from Laser Beams with Orbital Angular Momentum  
  • Leda Sox, Georgia Tech Research InstituteUnited States
    Atmospheric LIDAR  
  • Morio Toyoshima, National Inst of Information & Comm TechJapan
    Recent Trends of Space Laser Communications for Beyond 5G/6G Era  
  • Luat Vuong, University of California RiversideUnited States
    Entropy Measures in Sensing through Turbulent Environments  
  • Kevin Webb, Purdue UniversityUnited States
    Super-Resolution Imaging with Relative Motion in a Structured Field  

Laser Applications Conference

  • Peter Abels, Fraunhofer-Institut für LasertechnikGermany
    Title to be Announced  
  • Patrizio Antici, INRS-EMTCanada
    Laser-Generated Protons for Material Science  
  • Antoine Courjaud, AmplitudeFrance
    Laser-driven X-ray Sources for Non Destructive Testing in Industry : Opportunities and Challenge  
  • Kai Drechsel, Karlsruher Institut für TechnologieGermany
    AI-Assisted Evaluation of the Feedstock Influence on the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process  
  • Kim Faernlund, NTT Data XAM Technologies CorporationJapan
    The Value of Professional Independent Experimentati  
  • Fabian Gast, Technische Universität DarmstadtGermany
    Frameworks for Sovereign Knowledge Exchange in Laser-Based Additive Process Chains  
  • Bryan Germann, Aerotech IncUnited States
    Kinematic Motion Transformations Applied to Laser Beam Steering Systems  
  • Jens Gottmann, Rheinish Westfalische Tech Hoch AachenGermany
    Microstructuring of Glass  
  • Masaki Hashida, Tokai University
    Recent Progress of Laser-induced Periodic Nanodot Structures on Solid Surfaces  
  • Yoshio Hayasaki, Utsunomiya UniversityJapan
    Holographic Optical Engine for Material Laser Processing and its Implementation in Industry  
  • Seita Iizuka, Blue Laser Fusion Inc.Japan
    Recent Progress in Commercializing Laser Fusion Based on a High Efficiency 10 MJ Laser and a High Gain, Solid Fuel Target  
  • Joe Ji, Coherent Corp.China
    Laser Market and Applications Trends in Brittle Materials Processing  
  • Jan Kaufman, HiLASECzech Republic
    Laser Peening in Tooling Industry  
  • Kurita Kenya, JAMPT CorporationJapan
    Practical AM Products by EOS Metal Printers  
  • Leily Kiani, Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUnited States
    Tm:YLF Lasers for Emerging Applications  
  • Steve Kidd, PowerPhotonic LtdUnited Kingdom
    From Laser Fusion to Micro-welding: Freeform Refractive Beam Shaping  
  • Marc Kirchhoff, TRUMPF IncUnited States
    Laser Surface Technology – An Overview with Examples from E-Mobility  
  • Yuji Kobayashi, Sintokogio, LTDJapan
    Outlook for the Contract Business using Laser Peening in Japan  
  • Markus Kogel-Hollacher, Precitec Optronik GmbHGermany
    Beam shaping, Process Monitoring and AI – Successful Teamwork to Improve E-mobility  
  • Xiaoxu Liu, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyJapan
    Title to be Announced  
  • Andreas Maier, Deutsches Elektronen SynchrotronGermany
    A Laser-Plasma Based Injector For DESYs Future PETRA IV Synchrotron  
  • Robert Martinsen, nLight CorporationUnited States
    Beam Shaping Freakonomics How Small Changes in Heat Flux Produce Order-of-magnitude Reductions in Part Cost  
  • Warren McKenzie , HB11 Energy Pty LtdAustralia
    Developments in Laser Driven Fast Ignition for Fusion Energy Production  
  • Hiroaki Minamide, RIKENJapan
    Backward Terahertz-wave Parametric Oscillator and Its Applications  
  • Michiaki Mori, National Inst. Quantum & Rad Sc & TechJapan
    Pointing Stable Low-Divergence 100 keV-class Electron Beam Generation from Microcapillary Target Under Sub-Relativistic Laser Intensity  
  • Keisuke Nagato, The University of Tokyo
    In-situ Surface Observation of L-PBF  
  • Aiko Narazaki, Natl Inst of Adv Industrial Sci & TechJapan
    Data-Driven Ultrashort Pulse Laser Processing, In-Process Monitoring and AI for Higher Precision and Throughput Micro-Processing of Brittle Materials  
  • Beat Neuenschwander, Bern University of Applied SciencesSwitzerland
    Laser Micromachining of Brittle Materials with Sub 100 fs Pulses and an Industrial Grade Laser System  
  • Beat Neuenschwander, Bern University of Applied SciencesSwitzerland
    Can Beam-shaping Pave the Way to the Use of kW Femtosecond Lasers?  
  • Chiko Otani, RIKENJapan
    THz Imaging and Applications  
  • Pablo Romero, AIMEN Technology Centre
    Systems and Methods for 3D Surface Laser Processing; Challenges in Dimensions, Precision and Productivity  
  • Jean Sauvage-Vincent, GLOPhotonicsFrance
    Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fiber: Guiding the Ultrafast Lasers  
  • Karen Schwarzkopf, Institute of Photonic Technologies (FAU)Germany
    Potentials of Coherent Beam Combining in Laser Material Processing  
  • Hitoshi Soyama, Tohoku UniversityJapan
    Laser Cavitation Peening Using a Nd:YAG Laser and a Fiber Laser  
  • Koji Sugioka, RIKENJapan
    GHz Burst Mode Femtosecond Laser Processing: Ablation, Surface Nanostructuring, TPP  
  • Yu Takiguchi, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Japan
    Holographic Laser Processing with Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator  
  • Keisuke Tanaka, Mitsubishi Electric CorporationJapan
    Development of Wire Laser Metal 3D Printer  
  • Shuntaro Tani, The University of TokyoJapan
    Title to be Announced  
  • Jeroen Van Tilborg, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States
    Demonstration of High-gain Operation of a Laser Plasma Accelerator Driven Free Electron Laser  
  • Niklaus Wetter, Centro de Lasers e Aplicações - IPEN/SPBrazil
    Fan-out, Fiber-coupled, Focal-plane Array of Detectors for Laser Ionization Diagnosis in the TCABR Tokamak and Validation of Plasma Density Models  
  • Setsu Yamamoto, Toshiba Co Gijutsu CtrJapan
    Nuclear Reactor Maintenance Using Pulsed Lasers and Applications of Laser Ultrasonic to Manufacturing Processes  
  • akifumi yogo, Institute of Laser Engineering,Osaka
    Challenges in THz Acceleration and Laser Acceleration  
  • Mitsuhiro Yoshida, KEK
    Challenges in THz Acceleration and Laser Acceleration  
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