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SPIE Laser Damage 23 - 26 September 2012
NIST
Boulder, Colorado, USA

SPIE Laser Damage 2012 | Call for Papers | The leading forum on materials for high-power/ high-energy lasers.

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Call for Papers | SPIE Laser Damage, has grown to be a comprehensive resource for the exchange of information on materials for high-power/high energy lasers. Scientists and engineers continue research in these areas as well as materials and thin films, durability, properties modeling, testing, and component fabrication.

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Program Information:
• Call for Papers (PDF) coming soon


Laser-Induced Damage Issues:
 • Photonic bandgap materials
 • High-power fiber lasers
 • Fibers for high-power laser applications
 • High-power/ultrafast lasers
 • Multi-layer thin films
 • Nonlinear optical and laser host materials
Other Laser-Induced Damage Related Issues:
 • Measurement protocols
 • Materials characterization
 • Fundamental mechanisms
 • Contamination of optical components
 • Surface and bulk defects
 • Metamaterials
 • Thermal Management of High-Power Lasers
Mini-Symposia:
 • Laser induced plasma interaction
Additional Events:
 • Round Table Discussion: Surface versus Bulk Damage Mechanisms
 • Thin Film Damage Competition
2011 Past Program Information
 • 2011 Final Program (PDF)
 • 2011 Abstract Book (PDF)

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Sponsors and Cooperating Organizations


Organizer:
SPIE

Co-Sponsors:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
Spica Technologies, Inc.
Pacific Northwest National Lab.
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester
Office of Naval Research

Cooperating Organizations:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
CREOL & FPCE, College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida
University of Missouri, Columbia

Technical Sponsor:
Kent Rochford,
National Institute of Standards and Technology



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Important Author Dates

Abstracts Due
16 April 2012

Author Notification Date
11 June 2012

Proceedings Manusripts Due
22 October 2012


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