Name: 2nd Topical Workshop on Laser Technology and Optics Design
Start: 2013-11-04T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2013-11-06T14:30:00+01:00
Location: Fraunhofer ILT

2nd Topical Workshop on Laser Technology and Optics Design

from Monday, 4 November 2013 (08:30) to Wednesday, 6 November 2013 (14:30)

Monday, 4 November 2013
08:30 Welcome / Admin & Logistics - Reinhart Poprawe (RWTH, Aachen LLT, ILT)
Welcome / Admin & Logistics
- Reinhart Poprawe (RWTH, Aachen LLT, ILT)
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 Introduction / LA³NET - Carsten Welsch (Cockcroft Institute)
Introduction / LA³NET
- Carsten Welsch (Cockcroft Institute)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 General optics design I - Peter Loosen (RWTH, Aachen TOS, ILT)
General optics design I
- Peter Loosen (RWTH, Aachen TOS, ILT)
09:30 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 General optics design II - Martin Traub (ILT)
General optics design II
- Martin Traub (ILT)
11:00 - 13:00
Incl. corrective optics and characterisation
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Differences between photon beams and charged particle beams - Allan Gillespie (Unversity of Dundee, Scotland, UK)
Differences between photon beams and charged particle beams
- Allan Gillespie (Unversity of Dundee, Scotland, UK)
14:30 - 16:00
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Overview of laser sources - Dieter Hoffmann (ILT)
Overview of laser sources
- Dieter Hoffmann (ILT)
16:30 - 18:00
benefits, suitability to different applications, parameter range
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
08:30 Beam characterisation - Bernd Eppich (FBH Berlin)
Beam characterisation
- Bernd Eppich (FBH Berlin)
08:30 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Optical component characterisation I (Thermomechanical Testing) - Erik Liermann (ILT) Michael Strotkamp (ILT)
Optical component characterisation I (Thermomechanical Testing)
- Erik Liermann (ILT)
- Michael Strotkamp (ILT)
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 Optical component characterisation II (Absorption of Crystals and Substrates and Coatings) - Bastian Gronloh (ILT) Ansgar Meisner (ILT)
Optical component characterisation II (Absorption of Crystals and Substrates and Coatings)
- Bastian Gronloh (ILT)
- Ansgar Meisner (ILT)
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30

14:30 Tour of Labs, ILT

14:30 - 16:00

16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 A. High power enhancement cavities - Ioachim Pupeza (MPQ, München)
A. High power enhancement cavities
- Ioachim Pupeza (MPQ, München)
16:30 - 18:00
B. Tunable lasers and frequency conversion - Bernd Jungbluth (ILT)
B. Tunable lasers and frequency conversion
- Bernd Jungbluth (ILT)
16:30 - 18:00
20:00 Workshop Meal
Workshop Meal
20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
08:30 Realization of relativistic light intensities with ultrafast TW-lasers for particle acceleration View from the experimentalist - Matthias Schnürer (Max Born in Berlin)
Realization of relativistic light intensities with ultrafast TW-lasers for particle acceleration View from the experimentalist
- Matthias Schnürer (Max Born in Berlin)
08:30 - 09:30
09:30 Design of beam transfer lines / imaging optics - Andreas Maier (CFEL)
Design of beam transfer lines / imaging optics
- Andreas Maier (CFEL)
09:30 - 12:00
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

12:00 Discussion session on the state of the art and future requirements for funding

12:00 - 13:00

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30