DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY Ultrashort Pulse Laser Materials Interaction Workshop 2005 22-23 September 2005 Boulder, Colorado The Ultrashort Pulse Laser Materials Interaction Workshop provides a forum for the presentation of the state-of-the-art ultrashort pulse laser technology, ultrashort pulse effects, ultrashort pulse Photo courtesy of Boulder Convention & Visitors Bureau laser diagnostics, and ultrafast, ultraprecise material diagnostics. A better understanding of the existing ultrashort pulse laser technology will determine their utility for military and industrial applications. Understanding the ultrashort pulse laser materials interaction provides a foundation for determining the applicability of ultrashort pulses for diagnostic, material fabrication, and inspection applications in civilian contexts as well. The third annual Ultrashort Pulse Laser Materials Interaction Workshop brought together government, industry, and academic leaders for discussions of basic and applied research and technology efforts and the future of ultrashort lasers for military and other applications. Technical presentations covered a diverse spectrum of interests including DOE and DoD laboratories, industry, and other scientific and engineering institutions. This workshop was held immediately after the 19-21 September 2005 Boulder Damage Symposium, an SPIE event. Primary Topics Topics explored during the conference covered experiments, modeling, programs, and applications in these technical areas: 1. Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Interactions and Effects in Aerospace Materials Metals, alloys, composite effects Sensors and optical materials effects Materials processing, microprocessing Material inspection and repair, non-destructive evaluation Other materials and applications, including laser eye protectors, laser safety 2. Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Interactions and Effects in the Atmosphere Filamentation Lightning Other effects 3. High Intensity Particle Generation/High Intensity EM Wave Generation Terawatt generation Terahertz generation Intense EMI/X-ray generation Materials inspection with high-energy particles Absorption/scatter and remote sensing - ISR, AW, HSI, MSI 4. Laser Materials Interaction Diagnostics Ultrafast, ultrafine materials diagnostics - real time measurements Ultrafast, ultraprecise laser beam diagnostics Hybrid diagnostic systems 5. Classified Session Applications concept development Remote sensing Remote effects generation Novel utilizations Program Agenda Thursday, 22 September 2005 Session 1 - Programs, Overviews, and Roadmaps 0810-0820 Welcome and Introduction Latham, AFRL/DE 0820-0900 Ultra-Short Pulse Technology Thrusts for Non-Lethal Applications Land, JNLWD 0900-0940 U.S. Army ARDEC Path Forward on Ultra Short Pulsed Lasers Lagasca, US Army 0940-1020 Femtosecond Laser Studies of Shocked Materials Glownia, LANL Session 2 - USL Device Developments 1030-1100 Coherent XUV generation using a passive optical cavity interacting with a femtosecond pulse train from a mode-locked laser Moll, Univ. of Colo, JILA 1100-1130 Passive Cavity Pulse Combining Implemented with Ultra Short Pulse Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Technology Delfyett, UCF 1130-1200 Cr4+:YAG Characterization for Chirped Pulse Amplification in the Eye-Safe Wavelength Region Mielke, Raydiance 1300-1330 The Texas Petawatt Laser Martinez, Univ. of Texas 1330-1400 Lockheed Missiles and Fire Control Femtosecond Laser Technology Vicker, LMCO 1400-1430 Passive Cavity Pulse Combining Implemented with Ultra Short Pulse Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Technology Bullington, Raydiance Session 3 - Materials Interaction 1440-1510 Modeling Ultrashort Pulse Laser Interaction with Materials Latham, AFRL/DE 1510-1540 Terahertz Spectroscopy of Strategic Materials Hilton, LANL 1540-1610 Damage Rings and Momentum Transfer from UPL/Materials Interactions Kremeyer, PM&AM 1610-1640 Effect of phase transition at the critical temperature on the dependence of drilling rate vs pulse energy for ultra-high intensity laser drilling Semak, PSU 1640-1710 Ultrashort Effects at the Jefferson Lab Shinn, JLAB 1800 Reception at Marriott   Friday, 23 September 2004 Session 4 - Non-Linear Interactions and Plasma Interactions 0800-0830 Interaction of Ultra-Short, Intense Laser Pulses with Dielectrics Penano, NRL 0830-0900 Self-trapping Injection into Laser Wake Fields Cary, Tech X 0900-0930 Nonlinear Optics with Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation: Investigating Acoustic Responses in Materials Tobey, Univ of Colo, GILA 0930-1000 Reverse Ion Acceleration via Laser-Matter Interaction Messmer, Tech X 1020-1050 Modeling of Ultra-Short Laser Pulses Propagating in Air through Obstacles Fisk, ITT 1050-1120 Intense Ultrashort Pulse Laser Underwater Propagation and Interaction Jones, NRL 1120-1150 Inclusion of Frequency Dependent and Nonlinear Dielectrics into Finite Difference Time Domain Computer Codes Zimmerman, ITT Tours 1300-1500 Lab Tour Session A Group A - NIST Time and Frequency Measurement Division Tour Group B - Univ. of Colo./JILA Lab Tour 1500-1700 Lab Tour Session B Group A - Univ. of Colo./JILA Lab Tour Group B - NIST Time and Frequency Measurement Division Tour Previous Workshops Information about prior Ultrashort Pulse Laser Materials Interactions Workshops is available here. Organizing Committee Chair: Dr. Pete Latham, platham@deps.org Registration: Ms. Cynnamon Spain, cynnamon@deps.org, 505 998-4910   Copyright 2005 Directed Energy Professional Society   DHTML/JavaScript Menus by OpenCube

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