Presentation
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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP: "SOLID STATE LASERS. 50 YEARS AFTER"

Program

Friday 19/03/2010
15:00-15:45h
Invited lecture
Prof. Dr. Georges Boulon, University of Lyon, Claude Bernard/ Lyon1University, France
Fifty Years of Advances in Solid-State Laser Materials
15:45-16:30h
Invited lecture
Dr. Peter Moulton, VP/CEO of the Q-Peak, subsidiary of PSI (Physical Sciences, Inc.) Company, Andover, MA, USA
50 years of transition-metal lasers: from ruby to Ti:sapphire
16:30-17:00h
Coffee-break
17:00-17:45h
Invited lecture
Prof. Dr. Valentin Petrov, Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany
Parametric down-conversion devices: the coverage of the mid-infrared spectral range by solid-state laser sources
17:45-18:30h
Invited lecture
Prof. Dr. Gunter Huber, Institut f. Laser-Physik, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Diode pumped rare earth lasers in the visible spectral region
Saturday 20/03/2010
9:00-9:45h
Invited lecture
Prof. Dr. Takunori Taira, Institute for Molecular Science, Laser Research Center, Okazaki, Japan
The promise of giant micro photonics
9:45-10:30h
Invited lecture
Prof. Dr. Jens Biegert, ICREA Professor, ICFO - The Institute of Photonics Sciences, Attoscience and Ultrafast Optics, Barcelona, Spain
Ultrafast laser science - from few-cycle pulses to attoscience
10:30-11:00h
Coffee-break
11:00-11:45h
Invited lecture
Prof. Dr. Mark Dubinskii, US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland, USA
Solid-State Lasers: Power scaling - nuts and bolts
11:45-12:30h
Closing lecture
Prof. Dr. Irina T. Sorokina, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Mid-infrared vibronic lasers: the 50 years quest
12:30-13:15h
Discussion session
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Carlos Zaldo, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid CSIC, Spain
13:15-13:30h
Workshop closing
13:30h
Lunch