22 - 24 September 2008 National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder,
Colorado,
USA
Overview
The Boulder Damage Symposium is the leading forum for the exchange of information on the physics/technology of materials for high-power/high-energy lasers.
The series of conference proceedings has grown to be a comprehensive source of information on optics for lasers and includes topics on materials and thin film preparation, durability, properties modeling, testing, and component fabrication.
Register and see the following sessions and the Mini-symposium:
Materials and Measurements
Surfaces, Mirrors, and Contamination
Thin Films
Fundamental Mechanisms
MINI-SYMPOSIUM: Damage to Fused Silica
Thin Film Damage Competition
This symposium includes both poster and oral presentations with no parallel sessions. Also, distinguished international researchers in the field of optics for high-power/high-energy lasers will present invited talks.
The Boulder Damage Symposium is the leading forum for the exchange of information on the physics/technology of materials for high-power/high-energy lasers. 
