The 44th Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers 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 laser-induced damage mechanisms, materials and thin film preparation, durability, properties modeling, testing, and component fabrication. This symposium will include both poster and oral presentations with no parallel sessions, a round-robin damage testing exercise, and a kickoff roundtable discussion focused on Surface versus Bulk Damage.
Distinguished international researchers in the field of optics for high power/high energy lasers will present invited talks. Submissions are solicited for the four core technical sessions and the Mini Symposium.
Symposium Organizers
Conference Co-Chairs: Gregory J. Exarhos, Pacific Northwest National Lab. (USA); Vitaly E. Gruzdev, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia (USA); Joseph A. Menapace, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA); Detlev Ristau, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Germany); M. J. Soileau, Univ. of Central Florida (USA)
Mini-symposium Chair: Stavros Demo, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA)
International Program Committee: Detlev Ristau (Committee Chair), Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.(Germany); James E. Andrew, Atomic Weapons Establishment (United Kingdom); Jonathan W. Arenberg, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (USA); Herve Bercegol, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (France) Mireille Commandré, Institut Fresnel (France); Stavros G. Demos, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA); Leonid B. Glebov, CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida (USA); Takahisa Jitsuno, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Klaus Mann, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany); Carmen S. Menoni, Colorado State Univ. (USA); Masataka Murahara, Tokai Univ. (Japan); Jérôme Néauport, Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique (France); Semyon Papernov, Univ. of Rochester (USA); Amy L. Rigatti, Univ. of Rochester (USA); Jianda Shao, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (China); Michelle D. Shinn, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (USA); Christopher J. Stolz, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA)
Founding Organizers: Arthur H. Guenther and Alexander J. Glass
Organizer: SPIE
Co-Sponsors:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
Spica Technologies, Inc.
Cooperating Organizations:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
CREOL & FPCE, College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
Pacific Northwest National Lab.
University of Missouri, Columbia
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester
Office of Naval Research
Technical Sponsor: Kent Rochford, National Institute of Standards and Technology
