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.

Submit an Abstract - Participate in Boulder Damage 2008

Download the Call for Papers (PDF)

Preregistration is mandatory—register before 8 September for guaranteed security review

Submissions are being accepted for 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.