Schedule
28 July - 01 August 2025
Yerevan State University
Yerevan, Armenia
Arrival Day
| 15:00 – 18:00 | Hotel Check-In ibis Yerevan Center, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Dinner Caucasus Tavern |
| 07:30 – 09:00 | Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
| Programming | Lecture Hall |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | 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 |
| 09:15 – 10:15 | Nanosecond, Picosecond and Femtosecond Lasers and Industrial Applications Jim Kafka Spectra-Physics / MKS, Emeritus Fellow, USA |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Photonics Technologies for the Development of a Sustainable Eco-System in Outer Space Henry Helvajian The Aerospace Corporation, USA |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | Nonlinear Optical Materials and their Characterization Eric Van Stryland CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, USA |
| 12:15 - 14:00 | Lunch and Small Group Lab Tours |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Nonlinear Optical Materials and their Characterization Eric Van Stryland CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, USA |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Break |
| 15:00 – 15:45 | How to Choose the Right Optics for your Application Ulrike Fuchs asphericon, Germany |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 16:45 | Laser Beam Shaping Ulrike Fuchs asphericon, Germany |
| 16:45 – 18:00 | Poster Session I |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Opening Reception & Dinner |
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
| Programming | Lecture Hall |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | School Opening |
| 09:15 – 10:15 | Quantum Cascade Lasers Carlo Sirtori École Normale Supérieure - PSL, France |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Third Order Nonlinear Optics Martijn de Sterke University of Sydney, Australia |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics: Basic Concepts Cristian Manzoni Polytechnic University of Milan/National Research Council, Italy |
| 12:15 – 14:00 | Lunch and Small Group Lab Tours |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Reconfigurable Integrated Photonic-Electronic Circuits Mher Ghulinyan Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Break |
| 15:00 – 15:45 | Introduction to On-chip Laser Integration Kasper Van Gasse University of Ghent, Belgium |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 16:45 | Solitons Martijn de Sterke University of Sydney, Australia |
| 16:45 – 18:00 | Poster Session II |
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Dinner |
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
| Programming | Lecture Hall |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | School Opening |
| 09:15 – 10:15 | Lasers in Metrology and Materials Processing to Support the Changing Eco-System of Outer Space Henry Helvajian The Aerospace Corporation, USA |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Temporal Contrast of Multi-Petawatt CPA Laser Systems Ioan Dancus Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics Center (ELI-NP), Romania |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Break |
| 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 |
| 12:15 – 14:00 | Group Photo, Lunch and Small Group Lab Tours |
| 14:00 – 20:00 | Social Activity & Dinner |
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
| Programming | Lecture Hall |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | School Opening |
| 08:45 – 09:45 | Ultrafast dynamics of high energy density matter Ravindra Kumar Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Fundamentals of Femtosecond Laser Microfabrication Shane Eaton CNR - Institute of Photonics and of Nanotechnologies, Italy |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | Femtosecond Laser Inscription of Fiber Bragg Gratings Tigran Baghdasaryan Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
| 11:45 – 14:30 | Lunch and Tour of The Matenadaran |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Titanium-Sapphire Lasers on Chip Kasper Van Gasse University of Ghent, Belgium |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Break |
| 15:30 – 16:15 | On-chip Frequency Comb Sources and Multi-color Lasers Pablo Marin-Palomo Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Break |
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Widely Tunable Lasers on Indium Phosphide Generic Integration Platform Stefano Tondini Technology University Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Break |
| 17:30 – 18:15 | Laser Power Stabilization for Gravitational Wave Detection Marina Trad-Nery VIRGO, Côte d'Azur Observatory, France |
| 18:15 - 19:00 | Photonics Outreach Astghik Chalyan Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Dinner |
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
| Programming | Lecture Hall |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | School Opening |
| 09:15 – 10:15 | High Average Power Lasers and Nonlinear Down Conversion to the THz Clara Saraceno Ruhr University Bochum, Germany |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Applications of Ultrafast Lasers for the Generation of Electron Sources and Precision Microfabrication Arsham Yeremyan CANDLE SRI, Armenia |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Break |
| 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 |
| 12:15 – 14:00 | Lunch and Small Group Lab Tours |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Spectral and Temporal Versatility of Fiber Based Laser Sources Maria Chernysheva Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Break |
| 15:00 – 15:45 | Femtosecond Laser Microfabrication of Quantum Technologies Shane Eaton CNR - Institute of Photonics and of Nanotechnologies, Italy |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 16:45 | Ultrafast Lasers for Multi-photon Microscopy Jim Kafka Spectra-Physics / MKS, USA |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Break |
| 17:00 – 17:45 | Writing Grant Applications Tatevik Chalyan Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
| 17:45 – 18:30 | Closing Remarks |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner |
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast, ibis Yerevan Center |
| 09:00 - 12:00 | Hotel Check-out and Departure |
