2nd Topical Workshop on Laser Technology and Optics Design

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

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
4 Nov 2013
5 Nov 2013
6 Nov 2013
AM
08:30 Welcome / Admin & Logistics - Prof. Reinhart Poprawe (RWTH, Aachen LLT, ILT)  
09:00 Introduction / LA³NET - Prof. Carsten Welsch (Cockcroft Institute)  
Slides
09:30 General optics design I - Prof. Peter Loosen (RWTH, Aachen TOS, ILT)  
Slides
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 General optics design II - Martin Traub (ILT)  
Slides
08:30 Beam characterisation - Dr Bernd Eppich (FBH Berlin)  
Slides
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 Optical component characterisation I (Thermomechanical Testing) - Erik Liermann (ILT) Michael Strotkamp (ILT)  
Slides
08:30 Realization of relativistic light intensities with ultrafast TW-lasers for particle acceleration View from the experimentalist - Dr Matthias Schnürer (Max Born in Berlin)  
Slides
09:30 Design of beam transfer lines / imaging optics - Dr Andreas Maier (CFEL)  
Slides
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
PM
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Differences between photon beams and charged particle beams - Prof. Allan Gillespie (Unversity of Dundee, Scotland, UK)  
Slides
16:00 --- Coffee Break ---
16:30 Overview of laser sources - Dieter Hoffmann (ILT)  
Slides
12:00 Optical component characterisation II (Absorption of Crystals and Substrates and Coatings) - Bastian Gronloh (ILT) Ansgar Meisner (ILT)  
Slides
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:30
Tour of Labs, ILT (until 16:00)
16:00 --- Coffee Break ---
16:30 A. High power enhancement cavities - Dr Ioachim Pupeza (MPQ, München)  
notes
16:30 B. Tunable lasers and frequency conversion - Dr Bernd Jungbluth (ILT)  
Slides
20:00 --- Workshop Meal ---
12:00
Discussion session on the state of the art and future requirements for funding -Prof. Allan Gillespie (Unversity of Dundee, Scotland, UK) (until 13:00)
13:00 --- Lunch ---