Advanced Solid State Laser Congress
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Advanced Solid State Laser Congress
20 October - 24 October, 2024
Osaka, Japan
Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference (ASSL) highlights new sources, advanced technologies, components and system design to extend the operation and application of solid-state lasers.
From Optica Publishing Group: Feature Issue in JOSA B and Optics Express
Journal of the Optical Society of America B and Optics Express will publish a feature issue in conjunction with the Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference. Additional information on this feature issue will be available on the Optica Publishing Group website. Please also see our guidelines on expanded conference papers.
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Materials
Materials are the basis for the technology covered by ASSL, and the meeting encompasses advances in optics, materials science, condensed matter physics and chemistry relevant to the development, characterization and applications of new materials and components for any kind of coherent radiation sources and photonics. These include crystals, glasses and ceramics, as well as functionalized composite materials, from fibers and waveguides to engineered structures with pre-assigned optical properties. Materials used for fabrication of basic sources components are also a core part of the meeting.
- Materials as gain media for lasers and amplifiers
- Advances in crystal growth and fabrication of glasses and ceramics
- Glass and crystal fibers and waveguides
- Advanced semiconductors for sources and detectors
- Nonlinear materials for frequency conversion
- Electro-optical and magneto-optical materials
- Saturable absorbers
- Advances in mirrors, gratings and other selective components
- Novel approaches and materials for lasers — topological photonics, plasmonics, 2D materials
- Advanced coating technologies including surface micro-structuring
- Materials and components for thermal management and high damage threshold
- Modeling and characterization methods of optical properties
- Materials for lighting and laser displays
- Structured materials with lasers
Sources
Coherent and high brightness radiation sources include lasers as well as pump and nonlinear devices. Emphasis is on advances in science and technology for improved power, efficiency, brightness, stability, wavelength coverage, pulse width, cost, environmental impact or other application-specific attributes.
- Bulk solid-state lasers based on crystals, ceramics and glasses
- Fiber and waveguide lasers
- Optical sources based on nonlinear frequency conversion
- High power CW and pulsed lasers in the UV, visible and IR
- Laser-driven THz, IR, visible, UV, XUV and X-ray sources and drivers
- Laser beam combining and power scaling architectures
- Short-pulse lasers and ultrashort-pulse lasers
- Nonlinear pulse compression
- Frequency combs and frequency-stable lasers
- Tunable and new wavelength lasers
- Semiconductor lasers, edge emitters, VCSELs, VECSELs, arrays
- Spatial mode control in solid state lasers
- Application specific solid state laser architectures
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Chairs
Patrice Camy
CIMAP-ENSICAEN, France,
Chair
Yushi Kaneda
Univ of Arizona, Coll of Opt Sciences, United States,
Chair
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Materials
- Patricia Segonds, Neel Institute, France, Program Chair
- Christian Kraenkel, IKZ Berlin, Germany, Program Chair
- Denis Balitsky, Cristal Laser, France
- Lynda Busse, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
- Weidong Chen, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, China
- Thierry Georges, OXXIUS Company, France
- Mircea Guina, Tampereen Teknillinen Yliopisto, Finland
- Kentaro Miyata, RIKEN, Japan
- Ana Ono, RUB Bochum, Germany
- Diana Serrano, Chimie ParisTech, France
- Takunori Taira, RIKEN / IMS, Japan
- Charles Yu, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
- Valentin Petrov, MBI Berlin, Germany
- Maria Cinta Pujol, University Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Sources
- Tino Eidam, Active Fiber Systems GmbH, Germany, Program Chair
- Jonathan Evans, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA, Program Chair
- Martin Bernier, Université Laval, Canada
- Adam Börzsönyi, ELI-ALPS, Hungary
- Laura Corner, University of Liverpool, UK
- Christophe Dorrer, University of Rochester, USA
- Marc Eichhorn, KIT, Germany
- Juliet Gopinath, University of Colorado (Boulder), USA
- Arno Klenke, Jena University, Germany
- Thomas Metzger, Trumpf Scientifc Lasers, Germany
- Robbie Murray, Imperial College London, UK
- Andreas Vaupel, IPG Photonics, USA
- Anne-Laure Calendron, DESY, Germany
- Ryo Yasuhara, National Institute of Fusion Science, Japan
- Jennifer Hastie, Strathclyde University, UK
- Michelle Sander, Boston University, USA
- Mark Dubinskii, Army Research Laboratory, USA
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Special Events:
| Event name | Sunday, 20 October | Monday, 21 October | Tuesday, 22 October | Wednesday, 23 October | Thursday, 24 October | Friday, 25 October |
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| Welcome Reception | 17:00 - 18:30 | |||||
| Technology Showcase: 30 Years of Experience: Overview of Tunable Femtosecond OPAs | 10:00 - 10:20 | |||||
| Technology Showcase: Dispelling Myths Surrounding UV-Induced Optical Degradation | 10:30 - 10:50 | |||||
| Congress Banquet | 19:00 - 21:00 | |||||
| Farewell Toast | 16:00 - 17:00 | |||||
| Lab Tour: National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Welcome Reception
Sunday, 20 October 17:00 - 18:30
Rooftop Garden Pergola
Join fellow attendees as we begin a week of illuminating technical content and networking. The welcome reception is where leading minds gather to ignite ideas and forge connections.
Technology Showcase: 30 Years of Experience: Overview of Tunable Femtosecond OPAs
Monday, 21 October 10:00 - 10:20
Prince Ballroom A-D, Exhibit Hall
For over 30 years, Light Conversion has been a leading supplier of tunable femtosecond optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) for both Ti: Sapphire and Ytterbium-based laser systems. With over 8,000 systems delivered worldwide, we are uniquely positioned to compare these two pump technologies and their impact on customer experience.
Speaker
Ignas Abromavičius, Light Conversion, Lithuania
Technology Showcase: Dispelling Myths Surrounding UV-Induced Optical Degradation
Monday, 21 October 10:30 - 10:50
Prince Ballroom A-D, Exhibit Hall
In the world of UV laser optics, performance loss over time is an insidious and expensive problem. To address this issue, it is essential to understand the conditions under which UV degradation occurs. We detail some of Edmund Optics' efforts and conclusions to diagnose and mitigate UV-induced optical degradation.
Speaker
Bill Murray, Ultrafast Laser Optics Product Line Manager, Edmund Optics, USA;Pennsylvania
Congress Banquet
Wednesday, 23 October 19:00 - 21:00
Prince Ballroom A-B
Connect with fellow congress attendees at the week's premier networking event, and enjoy an evening filled with food, drinks and authentic Japanese entertainment. Please purchase a ticket when registering for the congress.
Farewell Toast
Thursday, 24 October 16:00 - 17:00
Grand Prince Hotel Osaka Bay
Please join us in a closing toast, and celebrate a week of knowledge-sharing, discourse and networking.
Lab Tour: National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
Friday, 25 October 10:00 - 17:00
National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
The National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) is Japan's premier research institution dedicated to advancing quantum science and technology. QST's research spans diverse fields, including quantum beam technology, quantum computing, quantum sensors and radiation medicine. The institution's mission is to foster innovation and translate these advancements into practical applications across industries such as healthcare and manufacturing. By bridging fundamental research with real-world implementation, QST is at the forefront of shaping the future of quantum technology. Sign up for the tour when registering for the congress.
