Schedule
28 July - 01 August 2025
Yerevan State University
Yerevan, Armenia
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Arrival Day |
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07:30 – 09:00 |
Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
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Programming |
Lecture Hall |
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09:00 – 09:15
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School Opening Program Chairs: Tatevik Chalyan Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium Heidi Ottevaere Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium Mushegh Rafayelyan Yerevan State University, Armenia Optica President: Jim Kafka Spectra-Physics / MKS, Emeritus Fellow, USA
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09:15 – 10:15
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Nanosecond, Picosecond and Femtosecond Lasers and Industrial Applications Jim Kafka Spectra-Physics / MKS, Emeritus Fellow, USA |
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 – 11:15 |
Photonics Technologies for the Development of a Sustainable Eco-System in Outer Space Henry Helvajian The Aerospace Corporation, USA |
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 – 12:15 |
Nonlinear Optical Materials and their Characterization Eric Van Stryland CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, USA |
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12:15 - 14:00 |
Lunch and Small Group Lab Tours |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Nonlinear Optical Materials and their Characterization Eric Van Stryland CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, USA |
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Break |
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15:00 – 15:45 |
How to Choose the Right Optics for your Application Ulrike Fuchs asphericon, Germany |
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15:45 – 16:00 |
Break |
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16:00 – 16:45 |
Laser Beam Shaping Ulrike Fuchs asphericon, Germany |
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16:45 – 18:00 |
Poster Session I |
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18:00 – 20:00 |
Opening Reception & Dinner |
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07:30 - 09:00 |
Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
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Programming |
Lecture Hall |
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09:00 - 09:15 |
School Opening |
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09:15 – 10:15 |
Quantum Cascade Lasers: 30 Years of Light-matter Quantum Engineering
Carlo Sirtori École Normale Supérieure - PSL, France
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 – 11:15 |
Third Order Nonlinear Optics
Martijn de Sterke University of Sydney, Australia
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 – 12:15 |
Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics: Basic Concepts
Cristian Manzoni Polytechnic University of Milan/National Research Council, Italy
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12:15 – 14:00 |
Lunch and Small Group Lab Tours |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Reconfigurable Integrated Photonic-Electronic Circuits
Mher Ghulinyan Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Break |
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15:00 – 15:45
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Introduction to On-chip Laser Integration
Kasper Van Gasse University of Ghent, Belgium
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15:45 – 16:00 |
Break |
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16:00 – 16:45 |
Solitons
Martijn de Sterke University of Sydney, Australia
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16:45 – 18:00 |
Poster Session II |
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18:00 – 19:30 |
Dinner |
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07:30 - 09:00 |
Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
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Programming |
Lecture Hall |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
School Opening |
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09:15 – 10:15
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Lasers in Metrology and Materials Processing to Support the Changing Eco-System of Outer Space
Henry Helvajian The Aerospace Corporation, USA
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 – 11:15 |
Temporal Contrast of Multi-Petawatt CPA Laser Systems
Ioan Dancus Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics Center (ELI-NP), Romania
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 – 12:15 |
Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics: Few-optical Cycle Pulses from Near-IR to UV
Cristian Manzoni Polytechnic University of Milan/National Research Council, Italy
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12:15 – 14:00 |
Group Photo, Lunch and Small Group Lab Tours |
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14:00 – 20:00 |
Social Activity & Dinner |
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07:30 - 09:00 |
Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
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Programming |
Lecture Hall |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
School Opening |
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9:15 – 10:15 |
Ultrafast dynamics of high energy density matter Ravindra Kumar Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 – 11:15 |
Fundamentals of Femtosecond Laser Microfabrication
Shane Eaton CNR - Institute of Photonics and of Nanotechnologies, Italy
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 – 12:15 |
Femtosecond Laser Inscription of Fiber Bragg Gratings
Tigran Baghdasaryan Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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12:15 – 14:00 |
Lunch and Small Group Lab Tours |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Titanium-Sapphire Lasers on Chip
Kasper Van Gasse University of Ghent, Belgium
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Break |
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15:00 – 15:45
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On-chip Frequency Comb Sources and Multi-color Lasers
Pablo Marin-Palomo Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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15:45 – 16:00 |
Break |
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16:00 – 16:45 |
Widely Tunable Lasers on Indium Phosphide Generic Integration Platform
Stefano Tondini Technology University Eindhoven, Netherlands
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16:45 – 17:00 |
Break |
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17:00 – 17:45
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Laser Power Stabilization for Gravitational Wave Detection
Marina Trad-Nery VIRGO, Côte d'Azur Observatory, France
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17:45 – 18:30 |
Photonics Outreach
Astghik Chalyan Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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18:30 – 20:00 |
Dinner |
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07:30 - 09:00 |
Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
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Programming |
Lecture Hall |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
School Opening |
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09:15 – 10:15 |
High Average Power Lasers and Nonlinear Down Conversion to the THz
Clara Saraceno Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 – 11:15 |
Applications of Ultrafast Lasers for the Generation of Electron Sources and Precision Microfabrication
Arsham Yeremyan CANDLE SRI, Armenia
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 – 12:15 |
Fluoride is the New Silica: Unlocking the Mid-IR Frontier in Fiber Lasers
Maria Chernysheva Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany
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12:15 – 14:00 |
Lunch and Small Group Lab Tours |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Spectral and Temporal Versatility of Fiber Based Laser Sources
Maria Chernysheva Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Break |
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15:00 – 15:45
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Femtosecond Laser Microfabrication of Quantum Technologies
Shane Eaton CNR - Institute of Photonics and of Nanotechnologies, Italy
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15:45 – 16:00 |
Break |
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16:00 – 16:45 |
Ultrafast Lasers for Multi-photon Microscopy
Jim Kafka Spectra-Physics / MKS, USA
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16:45 – 17:00 |
Break |
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17:00 – 17:45
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Writing Grant Applications
Tatevik Chalyan Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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17:45 – 18:30 |
Closing Remarks |
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18:30 – 20:00 |
Dinner |
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07:30 - 09:00 |
Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
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09:00 - 12:00 |
Hotel Check-out and Departure |
