First International School on Laser Applications

from Sunday, 14 October 2012 (18:00) to Friday, 19 October 2012 (14:00)
GANIL

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
14 Oct 2012
15 Oct 2012
16 Oct 2012
17 Oct 2012
18 Oct 2012
19 Oct 2012
AM
08:30 Welcome / Introduction - Dr Nathalie Lecesne (GANIL) Prof. Carsten Welsch (University of Liverpool) Dr Marek Lewitowicz (Deputy Director, GANIL)   ()
09:30 Introduction to Lasers I - Prof. Luis Roso (CLPU)   ()
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Introduction to Lasers II - Prof. Jonathan Billowes (Universtiy of Manchester)   ()
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08:30 Characterisation of the laser output - Dr David Walsh (University of Dundee)   ()
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09:30 Laser Ion Sources I - Mr Bruce Marsh (CERN)   ()
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Laser Ion Sources II - Mr Bruce Marsh (CERN)   ()
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08:30 Beam Diagnostics using lasers I - Dr Laura Corner (John Adams Institute - Oxford)   ()
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09:30 Beam Diagnostics using lasers II - Prof. Allan Gillespie (University of Dundee)   ()
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Seminar on X-ray FEL sources. - Dr Luc Patthey (PSI)   ()
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08:30 Laser optical clocks and accelerator timing systems - Dr Trina Thakker (STFC)   ()
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09:30 Optical laser requirements, developments and simulations at the European XFEL - Dr Max Lederer (European XFEL GmbH)   ()
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10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Ultrashort pulsed lasers - Dr Thomas Pfeiffer (MPIK, Heidelberg, Germany)   ()
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08:30
Supervisory Board Annual meeting (until 09:30) ()
09:30
Supervisory Board Annual meeting: introduction to ESRs (until 10:30) ()
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Industry I : What's in it and how do we get there - industrial applications of laser acceleration - Dr Arnd Baurichter (Danfysik)   ()
11:30 Cooperation between industry and research institutes - Mr Mark Plesko (Cosylab)   ()
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PM
18:00 --- Registration and Welcome of the Participants ---
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:00 Beam Shaping - Dr Martha Divall (PSI)   ()
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13:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:30 Introduction to accelerators - Prof. Carsten Welsch (University of Liverpool)   ()
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15:30 Application of electron accelerators – principles of free electron lasers - Prof. Allan Gillespie (University of Dundee)   ()
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16:30 --- Coffee Break ---
17:00
Questions & Answers (until 18:00) ()
18:30 --- Welcome Reception ---
12:00 Laser Acceleration I - Dr Arie Irman (HZDR)   ()
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13:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:30 Laser Acceleration II - Dr Arie Irman (HZDR)   ()
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15:30
Study Session (until 16:30) ()
16:30 --- Coffee Break ---
17:00 Non-linear optics techniques in laser-accelerator systems - Dr David Walsh (University of Dundee)   ()
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19:00 --- Dinner ---
12:00 Laser materials - Mr Hervé Gilles (CIMAP)   ()
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13:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:30
Visit Ganil (until 17:00) ()
19:00 --- Dinner ---
21:00
Explore Caen by night : 2h guided tour (until 23:00) ()
12:00
Study Session (until 13:00) ()
13:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:30
Poster Session and Industry Showcase (until 16:30) ()
15:30
Steering Committee Meeting (until 16:30) ()
16:30 --- Coffee Break ---
17:00 Seminar ELI installation: Taking European research to the next level - Prof. Ken Ledingham (Strathclyde University)   ()
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17:00
Steering Committee Meeting (until 18:00) ()
19:30 --- Banquet Dinner ---
12:00 Industry II : Solutions to the photonics industry: from a customer s idea to an off-the-shelf product - Dr Julien Vigroux (Thorlabs)   ()
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12:30 Challenges in Industry / School Conclusion - Dr Jonas Hellström   ()
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13:00 --- Lunch ---