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. This symposium will include both poster and oral presentations with no parallel sessions. Distinguished international researchers in the field of optics for high power/high energy lasers will present invited talks. Submissions are being accepted for the following Boulder Damage Symposium sessions and the Mini Symposium.
Symposium Organizers
Conference Co-Chairs: Gregory J. Exarhos, Pacific Northwest National Lab.; Detlev Ristau, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Germany),M. J. Soileau, College of Optics & Photonics/Univ. of Central Florida; Christopher J. Stolz, Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
International Program Committee: Detlev Ristau, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Germany), Committee Chair
International Program Committee: James E. Andrew, AWE plc (United Kingdom); Hervé Bercegol, CEA Cesta (France); Mireille Commandré , Institut Fresnel (France); Michael D. Feit, Lawrence Livermore National Lab.; Jerry B. Franck, U.S. Army Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate; Leonid B. Glebov, College of Optics & Photonics/Univ. of Central Florida; Vitaly E. Gruzdev, Univ. of Missouri/Columbia; Klaus Mann, Laser-Lab. Göttingen e.V. (Germany); Masataka Murahara, Tokai Univ. (Japan); Semyon Papernov, Amy L. Rigatti, Univ. of Rochester; Jianda Shao, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (China); Alan F. Stewart, The Boeing Co.; Kunio Yoshida, Osaka Institute of Technology (Japan)
Founding Organizers: Arthur H. Guenther and Alexander J. Glass
Technical Contact: Kent Rochford, National Institute of Standards and Technology
