Volume 6100 Solid State Lasers XV: Technology and Devices

Chairs/Editors: Hanna J. Hoffman, Ramesh K. Shori

Conference Committee

Symposium Committee

COMPACT LASERS AND HARMONICS

Size-scaling of TEM00 mode optically pumped semiconductor lasers [6100-1]

L. Hunziker, C. Ihli, D. Steingrube, E. Reed, N. Hodgson

Optically pumped semiconductor lasers at 505 nm in the power range above 100 mW [6100-2]

W. Seelert, S. Kubasiak, J. Negendank, R. von Elm, J. Chilla, H. Zhou, E. Weiss

Continuous-wave visible laser by intracavity-doubled fiber laser [6100-3]

T. Shinozaki, Y. Kaneda, Y. Urata, S. Wada

MICROCHIP LASERS AND SYSTEMS

Ceramic Yb:YAG microchip laser [6100-4]

E. Ostby, R. Ackerman, J. Huie, R. Gentilman

Microchip laser operating at 1338 nm [6100-5]

J. Šulc, H. Jelínková, K. Nejezchleb, V. Škoda

Subnanosecond tunable dye laser pumped by a Nd:YAG microchip laser [6100-6]

A. Jones, O. Swenson

Highly efficient ultra-low threshold miniature cerium fluoride lasers generating sub-nanosecond pulsesat 287nm and 311nm [6100-7]

H. Liu, D. Spence, D. Coutts

Low-cost 7 mW CW 355-nm diode-pumped intracavity frequency-tripled microchip laser [6100-8]

N. Aubert, T. Georges, C. Chauzat, R. Le Bras, P. Féron

EYE-SAFE AND MID-INFRARED LASERS: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6102

High-power fiber-bulk hybrid lasers [6100-10]

W. Clarkson, D. Shen, J. Sahu

100-megawatt power Q-switched Er-glass laser [6100-11]

J. Taboada, J. M. Taboada, D. Stolarski, J. Zohner, L. Chavey, H. Hodnett, G. Noojin, R. Thomas, S. Kumru, C. Cain

Power scaling of 1617-nm Er:YAG laser operation using a narrow bandwidth output coupler [6100-76]

V. Leyva, K. Spariosu

Saturable absorbed Er:YAG Q-switched laser with short pulse [6100-77]

V. Leyva, K. Spariosu, R. Stultz

3.9-4.8µm gain-switched lasing of Fe:ZnSe at room temperature [6100-13]

J. Kernal, V. Fedorov, A. Gallian, S. Mirov, V. Badikov

Mid-infrared (3-5 µm) emission from rare earth dropped KPb2Br5 [6100-27]

U. Hömmerich, E. Nyein, P. Amedzake, S. Trivedi, J. Zavada

MODE LOCKED AND ULF LASERS

Future trends and applications of ultrafast laser technology [6100-14]

J. Eichenholz, M. Li, I. Read, S. Marzenell, P. Féru, R. Boggy, J. Kafka

High energy 40 fs compact diode-pumped femtosecond laser for nanostructuring applications [6100-15]

C. Hönninger, R. Bello Doua, E. Mottay, F. Salin

Generation of 47-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Yb3+

:CaGdAlO4 femtosecond laser [6100-16]

Y. Zaouter, J. Boudeile, F. Druon, P. Georges, J. Petit, P. Goldner, B. Viana

Generation of 13.5-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked prismless Cr:LiSGaF laser[6100-17]

P. Rußbüldt, D. Hoffmann, R. Poprawe

Cryogenically cooled Ti:sapphire amplifiers [6100-18]

A. Fry, S. Fournier, J. Heritier, R. Viselga, S. Edstrom, J. Mackay

Cryogenic Faraday isolator for high average power lasers [6100-59]

D. Zheleznov, A. Voitovich, I. Mukhin, O. Palashov, E. Khazanov

Acousto-optically Q-switched and mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser [6100-68]

J. Jabczy ski, W. Zendzian, J. Kwiatkowski, K. Kopczy ski

Optimization of a femtosecond Ti:Sapphire amplifier using an acousto-optic programmable dispersivefilter and a genetic algorithm [6100-75]

O. Korovyanko, R. Rey-de-Castro, C. Elles, R. Crowell, Y. Li

TUNABLE LASERS

High performance widely tunable Ti:sapphire laser with nanosecond pulses [6100-20]

B. Jungbluth, J. Wueppen, J. Geiger, B. Bach-Zelewski, N. Pirch, D. Hoffmann, P. Loosen, R. Poprawe

Power scaling and extended tunability of mode-locked titanium-doped sapphire lasers [6100-72]

S. Marzenell, R. Boggy, I. Read, D. Spence, J. Kafka

High-efficiency CW green-pumped alexandrite lasers [6100-21]

J. Kuper, D. Brown

Characterization of cobalt doped ZnSe and ZnS crystals as saturable absorbers for alexandrite lasers[6100-22]

R. Sims, J. Kernal, V. Fedorov, S. Mirov

Construction and characterization of a titanium:sapphire CW laser system with kHz linewidth [6100-23]

S. Hädrich, P. Jauernik, L. McCrumb

LASER MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS

Fluoride laser crystals: old and new [6100-24]

H. Jenssen, A. Cassanho

Modeling of time-dependent thermal effects in Cr2+

-doped zinc selenide thin disks [6100-25]

P. Berry, K. Schepler

Middle-infrared electroluminescence of n-type Cr-doped ZnSe crystals [6100-26]

L. Luke, V. Fedorov, I. Moskalev, A. Gallian, S. Mirov

Lasing properties of new Nd3+

-doped tungstate, molybdate, and fluoride materials under selectiveoptical pumping [6100-65]

J. Šulc, H. Jelínkova, T. Basiev, M. Doroschenko, L. Ivleva, V. Osiko, P. Zverev

Enhancement of blue thulium emission on Nd:Yb:Tm-doped YLF crystals [6100-67]

L. Courrol, I. Ranieri, R. Samad, S. Baldochi, L. Gomes, A. de Freitas, N. Vieira, Jr.

Spatial mapping of fluorescence and Raman spectra across grain boundaries in a transparent Nd-YAGceramic laser material [6100-28]

S. Lee, J. Stitt, W. White, G. Messing, V. Gopalan

Development of solid-state ceramic laser material using Nd:yttria [6100-29]

N. Prasad, S. Trivedi, S. Kutcher, C. Wang, G. Jagannathan, U. Hommerich, V. Shukla, R. Sadangi, B. Kear

Laser properties of mixed Nd:Y1-xGdx VO4 with different crystal compositions [6100-30]

Y. Tang, X. Wang, S. Tang, N. Fernelius

Compositional influence on spectroscopic properties of Yb3+

-doped tellurite glasses [6100-31]

M. Alencar, R. Souza, M. Vermelho, M. de Araújo, J. Hickmann, R. Kobayashi, L. Kassab, M. Bell

HIGH POWER LASERS

MOPA with kW average power and multi MW peak power: experimental results, theoretical modeling,and scaling limits [6100-33]

K. Nicklaus, M. Hoefer, D. Hoffmann, J. Luttmann, R. Wester, R. Poprawe

Improving the beam quality of a high-power Yb:YAG rod laser [6100-35]

F. Patel, D. Harris, C. Turner

HARMONIC POWER SCALING

High-power Q-switched TEM00 mode diode-pumped solid state lasers with > 30W output power at 355nm[6100-36]

C. Wang, G. Wang, A. Hicks, D. Dudley, H. Pang, N. Hodgson

Advances in high-power harmonic generation: Q-switched lasers with electronically adjustable pulse width[6100-38]

L. Eyres, J. Morehead, J. Gregg, D. Richard, W. Grossman

FREQUENCY CONVERTED LASERS: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6103

Generation of THz and IR radiation in DAST crystals [6100-39]

A. Schneider, M. Stillhart, P. Günter

200 Terawatt femtosecond laser based on optical parametric amplification in DKDP crystal [6100-40]

V. Lozhkarev, V. Ginzburg, G. Freidman, E. Katin, E. Khazanov, A. Kirsanov, G. Luchinin, A. Mal'shakov, M. Martyanov, O. Palashov, A. Poteomkin, A. Sergeev, A. Shaykin, I. Yakovlev

New wavelengths generated by BaWO4 or KGW intracavity Raman laser [6100-41]

H. Jelínkova, J. Šulc, M. N mec, J. Jabczynski, W. Zendzian

Characterization of RbTiOPO4 crystal for non-linear and electro-optic applications [6100-42]

H. Albrecht, C. Bonnin, Y. Gromfeld, M. Herrmann

Mode locked Nd:YVO4 laser with intracavity synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator [6100-69]

A. Zavadilová, V. Kube ek, M. ech, P. Hiršl, H. Jelínková, J. Diels

LASER SYSTEMS DESIGNS, MODELING, AND APPLICATIONS

High-power solid-state sodium guidestar laser for the Gemini North Observatory [6100-51]

A. Tracy, A. Hankla, C. Lopez, D. Sadighi, K. Groff, C. d'Orgeville, M. Sheehan, D. Bamford, S. Sharpe, D. Cook

Optical extraction from Nd:YAG lasers with ASE gain depumping losses [6100-52]

D. Copeland

Modeling a diode pumped Nd: YAG rod laser [6100-56]

H. Shu, Y. Chen, M. Bass, M. Acharekar

Comparative performance of passively Q-switched diode-pumped Yb:GGG, Yb:YAG, and Yb-dopedtungstates lasers using Cr

4+ -doped garnets [6100-53]

Y. Kalisky, O. Kalisky, U. Rachum, G. Boulon, A. Brenier

Side-pumped neodymium slab lasers Q-switched by V:YAG on 1.3µm [6100-64]

J. Jabczy ski, W. endzian, J. Kwiatkowski, J. Šulc, M. N mec, H. Jelínková

High-power Q-switched rotary disk lasers [6100-54]

S. Basu, B. Norton

Tailoring the performance of Q-switched solid state lasers: why and how [6100-55]

S. Geiger

Diode-end-pumped actively and passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 lasers at 1.34 µm [6100-60]

C. Du, S. Ruan, H. Zhang, Y. Yu

Novel laser range finding algorithms [6100-61]

J. Chen, M. Yeh

Extractable energy from ytterbium-doped high-energy pulsed fiber amplifiers and lasers [6100-78]

Y. Sintov, O. Katz, Y. Glick, S. Acco, Y. Nafcha, A. Englander, R. Lavi

SPECIAL SESSION: SPACE QUALIFIED LASER COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS

Review of solid-state lasers for space applications (Tutorial) [6100-43]

R. Afzal

Qualification and issues with space flight laser systems and components [6100-70]

M. Ott, D. Coyle, J. Canham, H. Leidecker

Space qualification issues in acousto optic tunable filter (AOTF) based spectrometers [6100-45]

S. Trivedi, J. Rosemeier, F. Jin, S. Kutcher, R. Chen, N. Prasad

Qualification of the laser transmitter for the CALIPSO aerosol lidar mission [6100-46]

F. Hovis

Overview of qualification protocol of fiber lasers for space applications [6100-73]

S. Hendow, S. Falvey, B. Nelson, L. Thienel, T. Drape

Performance of the GLAS laser transmitter [6100-49]

R. Afzal

High efficiency passively Q-switched Nd:YAG MOPA for spaceborne laser-altimetry [6100-71]

D. Kracht, S. Hahn, R. Huß, J. Neumann, R. Wilhelm, M. Frede, P. Peuser

Volume 6101 Laser Beam Control and Applications

Chairs/Editors: Alexis V. Kudryashov, Alan H. Paxton, Vladimir S. Ilchenko, Adolf Giesen, Detlef Nickel, Steven J. Davis, Michael C. Heaven, J. Thomas Schriempf

Conference Committee

Symposium Committee

Introduction to Part B

Part A Laser Resonators and Beam Control IX

OPENING SESSION

Spinning disk solid-state lasers, computer simulation [6101-10]

A. Paxton, H. Miller

Spectral properties of three-mirror laser resonators [6101-14]

Z. Yang, J. Leger

About some new possibilities of increasing the intrinsic output of the photon beam, for definitelaser active media [6101-4]

C. Isarie, A. Voineag, I. Isarie, C. Oprean, D. Nastase

LASER DESIGN AND BEAM IMPROVEMENT

Progress on the National Ignition Facility [6101-79]

E. Moses, R. Bonanno, C. Haynam, R. Kauffman, B. MacGowan, R. Patterson, Jr., R. Sawicki, B. Van Wonterghem

Adaptive systems for single pulse lasers [6101-80]

A. Kudryashov, A. Alexandrov, V. Samarkin

Assigning error to an M2 measurement [6101-6]

T. Ross

ADAPTIVE OPTICS AND BEAM CONTROL

Adaptive wavelets applied to distortion correction in laser diode arrays [6101-13]

K. Jones

Thermo-optically driven adaptive mirror [6101-7]

F. Reinert, W. Lüthy

Correction of the radiation of 1 kW CW diode-pumped glass laser [6101-81]

J. Sheldakova, V. Samarkin, A. Kudryashov

Intracavity self-frequency conversion in periodically poled active nonlinear Nd:Mg:LiNbO3 crystal [6101-11]

A. Novikov, G. Laptev, I. Shutov

CO2 LASERS

One-color operation of an RF excited CO2 laser [6101-2]

D. Wojaczek, E. Plinski, J. Witkowski

Laser Doppler velocimetry using the photoacoustic effect of RF-excited CO2 laser [6101-9]

J. Choi

FIBER LASERS AND GRATINGS

Bending insensitive, highly Yb-doped LMA triple-clad fiber for nearly diffraction-limited laser output[6101-82]

A. Croteau, C. Paré, H. Zheng, P. Laperle, Y. Taillon

Generation of white light laser radiation in tapered fibers [6101-83]

R. Zhang, J. Teipel, D. Türke, H. Giessen

Hybrid ECL/DBR wavelength and spectrum stabilized lasers demonstrate high power and narrowspectral linewidth [6101-3]

S. Rudder, J. Connolly, G. Steckman

Method of fabrication of 1D and 2D gratings [6101-84]

D. Stepanov, S. Surve, S. Balon

MICRO RESONATORS: PART I

Silicon microspheres [6101-67]

A. Serpengüzel

Whispering gallery mode excitation in borosilicate glass microspheres by K+ ion-exchanged channel

waveguide coupler [6101-64]

K. Grujic, J. Hole, O. Hellesø, J. Wilkinson

Laser resonators formed by two nanoparticles [6101-12]

X. Wu, W. Fang, A. Yamilov, A. Chabanov, H. Cao

Crystalline micro-resonators: status and applications [6101-70]

I. Grudinin, V. Ilchenko, A. Matsko, A. Savchenkov, L. Maleki

MICRO RESONATORS: PART II

Calligraphic poling for WGM resonators [6101-69]

M. Mohageg, D. Strekalov, A. Savchenkov, A. Matsko, V. Ilchenko, L. Maleki

Recent advances in organic electro-optic materials for ring micro-resonators and optical modulation[6101-72]

A. Akelaitis, P. Sullivan, J. Sinness, S. Hammond, Y. Liao, R. Lawson, J. Takayesu, B. Eichinger, H. Rommel, B. Robinson, L. Dalton

Silica polygonal micropillar resonators: fano line shapes tuning by using a Mach-Zehnderinterferometer [6101-65]

K. Hon, A. Poon

Quantum dot spontaneous emission lifetime modification in optical microcavities using oxide aperturedmicropillars [6101-68]

N. Stoltz, M. Rakher, S. Strauf, D. Bouwmeester, P. Petroff, L. Coldren

Geometric optics of whispering gallery modes [6101-71]

M. Gorodetsky, A. Fomin

POSTER SESSION

Modern laser technologies used for cutting textile materials [6101-15]

C. Isarie, A. Dragan, L. Isarie, D. Nastase

Noise reduction of violet laser diodes by selection of feedback light polarization [6101-16]

H. Konishi, H. Yashiro, K. Takegami, W. Sasaki, A. Ikeda, Y. Kamioka, K. Nagashima

Spatial structure of radiation at self-frequency conversion in active nonlinear crystals [6101-18]

A. Novikov, G. Laptev, A. Chirkin

An analysis of a non-Gaussian, Gaussian laser beam [6101-19]

T. Ross

Development of a lamp-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser operating at 20Hz for a terawatt CPA system [6101-20]

R. Samad, G. Nogueira, S. Baldochi, N. Vieira

Photorefractivity in WGM resonators [6101-74]

A. Matsko, A. Savchenkov, D. Strekalov, V. Ilchenko, L. Maleki

Part B 8th International Workshop on Laser Beam and Optics Characterization

BEAM CHARACTERIZATION

Measuring the chirp of an ultrashort laser pulse at the noise floor [6101-22]

D. Bender, M. Hasselbeck, M. Sheik-Bahae

Characterization of general astigmatic laser beams [6101-23]

A. Letsch, A. Giesen

Correlation between geometrical and intrinsic classification of general astigmatic laser beams [6101-24]

G. Nemes

Comparison of laser beams quality criteria [6101-25]

E. Perevezentsev, A. Poteomkin, E. Khazanov

Comparison of different beam diameter definitions to characterize thermal damage of the eye [6101-26]

K. Schulmeister, R. Gilber, F. Edthofer, B. Seiser, G. Vees

Characterization device for measuring beam parameter product and beam quality of collimated anduncollimated diode lasers [6101-27]

M. Roehner, K. Boucke, R. Poprawe

ETALONs for pure and composite transversal modes [6101-28]

M. Duparré, B. Lüdge, S. Schröter

On the characterization of the rotation of the irradiance profile of partially coherent beams [6101-37]

R. Martínez-Herrero, P. Mejías

Characterization of non-uniformly totally polarized beams [6101-38]

R. Martínez-Herrero, P. Mejías, G. Piquero

Spatial characterization of laser beams modified by interference [6101-39]

J. Serna

OPTICS CHARACTERIZATION

Scaling law investigations in spot sizes dependence in the ns regime [6101-29]

M. Jupé, L. Jensen, H. Mädebach, K. Starke, D. Ristau, Y. Lien, D. Wernham

Scattering analysis of optical components in the DUV [6101-30]

S. Schröder, S. Gliech, A. Duparré

Nonlinear lens mapping of optical substrates [6101-33]

S. Nersisyan, N. Tabiryan, L. Glebov, L. Glebova

Automated test station for laser-induced damage threshold measurements according to ISO 11254-2standard [6101-34]

A. Melninkaitis, D. Miksys, T. Balciunas, O. Balachninaite, T. Rakickas, R. Grigonis, V. Sirutkaitis

Absorptance and scattering losses measurements in IR range by high average power tunable radiationof optical parametric oscillator based on a periodically poled lithium niobate [6101-35]

O. Balachninaite, R. Eckardt, M. Maciulevicius, M. Sinkevicius, V. Sirutkaitis

Detection of laser optic defects using gradient direction matching [6101-36]

B. Chen, L. Kegelmeyer, J. Liebman, J. Salmon, J. Tzeng, D. Paglieroni

Part C High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications

ELECTRICALLY PUMPED LASER SYSTEMS

Electra: repetitively pulsed 700 J 100-ns electron beam pumped KrF laser [6101-40]

M. Wolford, M. Myers, J. Giuliani, J. Sethian, F. Hegeler

High power and short pulse RF-excited CO2 laser MOPA system for LLP EUV light source[6101-41]

T. Ariga, H. Hoshino, T. Miura, A. Endo

Super power avalanche discharge and its application for the excitation of gas lasers [6101-42]

V. Tarasenko, S. Yakovlenko

Efficient discharge-pumped non-chain HF and DF lasers [6101-43]

V. Tarasenko, A. Panchenko

SOLID STATE LASERS

Development of thermally controlled HALNA DPSSL for inertial fusion energy [6101-44]

O. Matsumoto, R. Yasuhara, T. Kurita, T. Ikegawa, T. Sekine, T. Kawashima, J. Kawanaka, T. Norimatsu, N. Miyanaga, Y. Izawa, M. Nakatsuka, M. Miyamoto, H. Kan, H. Furukawa, S. Motokoshi

A 100-kHz thin disk Yb:YAG regenerative amplifier [6101-46]

T. Miura, A. Endo

LASER APPLICATIONS

Multiple applications for the 10kW fiber laser at the Electro-Optics Center [6101-47]

D. Sames, T. Lehecka, J. Thomas

Concrete cutting using high-power fiber laser [6101-48]

K. Tei, N. Takeuchi, D. Sugimoto, T. Arisawa, K. Jyosui, N. Miyagawa, T. Fujioka

Laser-driven acoustic waves in back-irradiated thin solid foils [6101-49]

A. Zinovev, J. Moore, W. Calaway, M. Pellin, I. Veryovkin

Flow unsteadiness in chemical oxygen-iodine lasers and its influence [6101-88]

T. Madden

COIL, EOIL, AND OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS

The electric oxygen-iodine laser: chemical kinetics of O2 (a1

) production and I(2 P1/2) excitation in

microwave discharge systems [6101-51]

W. Rawlins, S. Lee, W. Kessler, D. Oakes, L. Piper, S. Davis

Singlet delta oxygen production in self-sustained and non-self-sustained slab discharges [6101-52]

A. Ionin, M. Frolov, V. Ochkin, Y. Podmar'kov, S. Savinov, L. Seleznev, D. Sinitsyn, N. Vagin, N. Yuryshev, I. Kochetov, A. Napartovich, O. Rulev

Quenching of I(2P1/2) by O3 and O(

3P) [6101-53]

V. Azyazov, I. Antonov, S. Ruffner, M. Heaven

COIL power extraction enhanced by reducing/eliminating iodine clusters in a high Mach numbernitrogen mixing nozzle [6101-54]

J. Marshall, K. Healey, B. Croker, K. Kendrick, T. Yang, Y. Hsia, R. Dickerson, L. Forman

The auto-decomposition of NCl3 as a source of NCl(a) [6101-55]

W. McDermott, B. Nizamov, T. Henshaw, Z. Lambert

Studies of an advanced iodine laser concept [6101-56]

A. Bauer, S. Lee, D. Vu, K. Galbally-Kinney, W. Kessler, W. Rawlins, S. Davis

Highly efficient cesium vapor laser [6101-57]

T. Ehrenreich, B. Zhdanov, R. Knize

Negative branch hybrid resonator for COIL [6101-60]

J. Handke, T. Hall, F. Duschek, K. Grünewald

Effects of mixing on post-discharge modeling of ElectricOIL experiments [6101-77]

A. Palla, D. Carroll, J. Verdeyen, W. Solomon

POSTER SESSION

Subpicosecond radiolysis by means of terawatt laser wakefield accelerator [6101-89]

D. Oulianov, O. Korovyanko, R. Crowell, D. Gosztola, I. Shkrob, R. Rey-de-Castro, C. Elles

Excavation of methane hydrate using COIL [6101-90]

K. Josui, N. Miyakawa, K. Tei, D. Sugimoto, T. Fujioka

Volume 6102 Fiber Lasers III: Technology, Systems, and Applications

Chairs/Editors: Andrew J. W. Brown, Johan Nilsson, Donald J. Harter, Andreas Tünnermann

Conference Committee

Symposium Committee

Introduction

Invited Tutorial [6102-45]

FIBER LASERS IN APPLICATIONS

Ultrashort pulse micromachining with the 10-µJ FCPA fiber laser [6102-01]

J. Bovatsek, A. Arai, F. Yoshino, Y. Uehara

Addressing challenging micro-processing applications and materials with fiber lasers [6102-2]

T. Hoult, S. Ingram, A. Jannssen

HIGH-POWER FIBER LASERS I

High power, narrow linewidth fiber lasers [6102-5]

D. Walton, S. Gray, J. Wang, M. Li, X. Chen, A. Ruffin, J. Demeritt, L. Zenteno

LASERS IN THE EYE-SAFE WINDOW: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6100

New developments in high power eye-safe LMA fibers [6102-6]

K. Tankala, B. Samson, A. Carter, J. Farroni, D. Machewirth, N. Jacobson, U. Manyam, A. Sanchez, M. Chen, A. Galvanauskas, W. Torruellas, Y. Chen

High-pulse energy extraction with high peak power from short-pulse eye safe all-fiber laser system

M. Savage-Leuchs, E. Eisenberg, A. Liu, J. Henrie, M. Bowers

MID-INFRARED LASERS AND NEW MATERIALS: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6100

Power scalable and efficient 790-nm pumped Tm3+

-doped fiber lasers [6102-8]

G. Frith, D. Lancaster

Non-silica microstructured optical fibers for mid-IR supercontinuum generation from 2 µm – 5 µm [6102-10]

J. Price, T. Monro, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, F. Poletti, V. Finazzi, J. Leong, P. Petropoulos, J. Flanagan, G. Brambilla, X. Feng, D. Richardson

MICROSTRUCTURED FIBER LASERS

High-power photonic crystal fibers [6102-11]

K. Hansen, J. Broeng, A. Petersson, M. Nielsen, P. Skovgaard, C. Jakobsen, H. Simonsen

Design and high power operation of a stress-induced single-polarization single-transverse mode LMAYb-doped photonic crystal fiber [6102-12]

T. Schreiber, H. Schultz, F. Röser, O. Schmidt, J. Limpert, R. Iliew, A. Petersson, C. Jacobsen, K. Hansen, J. Broeng, A. Tünnermann

Very large-core, single-mode, Yb-doped photonic crystal rod for multi-MW peak power generation [6102-13]

F. Di Teodoro, C. Brooks

Are hollow-core fibers attractive for high-power fiber lasers? [6102-14]

K. Hougaard, J. Laegsgaard, J. Broeng, A. Bjarklev

Amplification in hollow core photonic crystal fibers [6102-15]

P. Roberts, J. Broeng, A. Petersson, K. Hansen

Depressed clad hollow optical fiber with fundamental LP01 mode cut-off [6102-16]

J. Kim, P. Dupriez, D. Soh, C. Codemard, S. Yoo, Y. Jeong, J. Nilsson, J. Sahu

FIBER SOURCES IN METROLOGY AND IMAGING

Super continuum generation for real time ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography [6102-18]

N. Nishizawa, A. Aguirre, J. Fujimoto

HIGH PEAK POWER NANOSECOND FIBER SOURCES

MW peak-power, mJ pulse energy, multi-kHz repetition rate pulses from Yb-doped fiber amplifiers [6102-21]

F. Di Teodoro, C. Brooks

High-peak-power (>1.2 MW) pulsed fiber amplifier [6102-22]

R. Farrow, D. Kliner, P. Schrader, A. Hoops, S. Moore, G. Hadley, R. Schmitt

High peak power ytterbium doped fiber amplifiers [6102-24]

W. Torruellas, Y. Chen, B. McIntosh, J. Farroni, K. Tankala, S. Webster, D. Hagan, M. Soileau, M. Messerly, J. Dawson

HIGH ENERGY FIBER LASERS

10-mJ pulse energy and 200 W average power Yb–doped fiber laser [6102-25]

S. Maryashin, A. Unt, V. Gapontsev

High peak power high rep-rate pulsed fiber laser for marking applications [6102-27]

M. Zervas, M. Durkin, F. Ghiringhelli, K. Vysniauskas, L. Hickey, A. Gillooly, P. Turner, B. Kao

Evaluation of a high power Q-switched Tm3+

-doped silica fiber laser operating near 2µm [6102-66]

A. El-Sherif, T. King

BEAM COMBINATION I

258 W of spectrally beam combined power with near-diffraction limited beam quality [6102-28]

T. Loftus, A. Liu, P. Hoffman, A. Thomas, M. Norsen, C. Hamilton, E. Honea

Spectral combining of fiber lasers [6102-29]

F. Röser, S. Klingebiel, A. Liem, T. Schreiber, S. Höfer, J. Limpert, T. Peschel, R. Eberhardt, A. Tünnermann

Coherently coupled high-power fiber arrays [6102-30]

J. Anderegg, S. Brosnan, E. Cheung, P. Epp, D. Hammons, H. Komine, M. Weber, M. Wickham

Self-referenced locking of optical coherence by single-detector electronic-frequency tagging [6102-31]

T. Shay, V. Benham, J. Spring, B. Ward, F. Ghebremichael, M. Culpepper, A. Sanchez, J. Baker, D. Pilkington, R. Berdine

Multi-core photonic crystal fibers for high-power laser [6102-32]

L. Michaille, C. Bennett, D. Taylor, T. Shepherd

FIBER AMPLIFIERS FOR ULTRAFAST PULSES: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6108

Exploiting nonlinearity in femtosecond fiber amplifiers [6102-33]

A. Chong, L. Kuznetsova, S. Zhou, F. Wise

Ultrafast high energy amplifiers beyond the B-integral limit [6102-34]

L. Shah, Z. Liu, I. Hartl, G. Imeshev, G. Cho, M. Fermann

50 W, 50fs pulses from a fiber laser system using nonlinear fiber compression [6102-35]

F. Röser, J. Rothhardt, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, A. Tünnermann

Compact µJ-level all-polarization maintaining femtosecond fiber source [6102-36]

T. Schreiber, B. Orta, C. Nielsen, J. Limpert, A. Tünnermann

APPLICATIONS OF ULTRAFAST FIBER SOURCES: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6108

Intense ultra-short fiber laser systems and their applications [6102-38]

J. Limpert, T. Schreiber, F. Röser, A. Tünnermann

High energy short pulse fiber laser front end for kilo-Joule class CPA systems [6102-39]

J. Dawson, S. Mitchell, R. Beach, M. Messerly, C. Siders, H. Phan, C. Barty

ULTRAFAST FIBER LASERS: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6108

Self-similar low-noise femtosecond ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser [6102-40]

B. Ortac, A. Hideur, C. Chedot, M. Brunel, G. Martel, J. Limpert

Picosecond fiber laser oscillator at 1.5um with 2.3W average output power and 160 MHz repetition rate[6102-41]

P. Polynkin, A. Polynkin, D. Panasenko, M. Mansuripur, N. Peyghambarian, J. Moloney

Single pulse and bound state operation of a self-starting self-similar all-PM Yb-doped fiber laser [6102-42]

C. Nielsen, B. Ortac, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, R. Hohmuth, W. Richter, A. Tünnermann

Wide and fast wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser using dispersion tuning [6102-43]

M. Asano, S. Yamashita

Polarization-maintaining picosecond oscillator based on quantum dot SESAM [6102-44]

P. Crittenden, A. Starodumov, M. Reed

BEAM COMBINATION II

Coherent beam combining of fiber amplifier array output through spectral self-phase conjugation viaSBS [6102-46]

V. Kovalev, R. Harrison

Beam-phasing multiple fiber amplifiers using a fiber phase conjugate mirror [6102-47]

B. Grime, W. Roh, T. Alley

The effect of macro-bending on phasing in 6 and 7-core large mode area photonic crystal fibers [6102-48]

B. Ward

FIBER NONLINEARITIES AND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6103

Pulsed fiber laser with 30W output power at 532nm [6102-49]

A. Babushkin, D. Gapontsev, N. Platonov, V. Gapontsev

Multi-watt 589nm fiber laser source [6102-50]

J. Dawson, A. Drobshoff, R. Beach, M. Messerly, S. Payne, A. Brown, D. Pennington, D. Bamford, S. Sharpe, D. Cook

1 W average power at 589 nm from a frequency doubled pulsed Raman fiber MOPA system [6102-51]

P. Dupriez, C. Farrell, M. Ibsen, J. Sahu, J. Kim, C. Codemard, Y. Jeong, D. Richardson, J. Nilsson

FIBER-BASED NONLINEAR WAVELENGTH CONVERSION: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6103

Multiple-pump fiber parametric devices [6102-53]

S. Radic

Dispersion varying fibers for optical signal processing [6102-54]

A. Sysoliatin, V. Khopin

COMPONENTS AND BUILDING BLOCKS

Q-switching of Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser using micro-optical waveguide on micro-actuatingplatform modulator for marking applications [6102-55]

Y. Jeong, A. Liem, K. Mörl, S. Höfer, Y. Kim, A. Tünnermann, K. Oh

Progress in all-fiber components [6102-56]

D. DiGiovanni, A. Yablon, Y. Emori, C. Headley

Tapered fused bundle coupler package for reliable high optical power dissipation [6102-58]

F. Séguin, A. Wetter, L. Martineau, M. Faucher, C. Delisle, S. Caplette

Qualification of fiber lasers and fiber optic components for space applications [6102-59]

S. Hendow, S. Falvey, B. Nelson, L. Thienel, T. Drape

HIGH POWER FIBER LASERS II

Power scaling of high-power fiber lasers for micromachining and materials processing applications[6102-60]

S. Norman, M. Zervas, A. Appleyard, P. Skull, D. Walker, P. Turner, I. Crowe

Novel SBS suppression scheme for high power fiber amplifiers [6102-62]

A. Liu

Bent-waveguide modeling of large-mode-area double-clad fibers for high power lasers [6102-63]

G. Hadley, R. Farrow, A. Smith

High-order modes suppression in large mode area active fibers by controlling the radial distribution ofthe rare earth dopant [6102-64]

M. Hotoleanu, M. Söderlund, D. Kliner, J. Koplow, S. Tammela, V. Philipov

POSTER SESSION

A role of non-linearity in self-organization in fiber laser arrays [6102-70]

A. Napartovich, N. Elkin, V. Troshchieva, D. Vysotsky

Stimulated Raman scattering and broadband spectrum generation of nanosecond pulses from a directlymodulated DFB laser [6102-72]

J. Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, R. Rojas-Laguna, E. Kuzin, B. Ibarra-Escamilla, S. Mendoza-Vázquez, J. Estudillo-Ayala, J. Haus

Generation of 560 fs soliton at 10 GHz from optically cross-gain-modulation mode-locked SOA fiber laser[6102-73]

I. Chiu, G. Lin

Noise characteristics of an FM mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser stabilized with a semiconductoroptical amplifier in anomalous dispersion or normal dispersion region [6102-74]

Y. Kim, D. Kim

Wavelength switching in an actively mode-locked FPLD coupled with a high dispersive external cavity[6102-75]

Y. Kim, D. Kim

All-fiber supercontinuum generation based on a low noise femtosecond fiber laser and highlynonlinear dispersion shifted fiber [6102-76]

H. Song, Y. Kim, D. Kim

1 kW, 15µJ linearly polarized fiber laser operating at 977 nm [6102-77]

V. Khitrov, D. Machewirth, B. Samson, K. Tankala

Product design issues relating to rare-earth doped fiber ring lasers and superfluorescence sources[6102-78]

J. Sousa, M. Melo, L. Ferreira, J. Salcedo, M. Berendt

High-peak-power, linearly-polarized, diffraction-limited pulses from a large-core Yb-doped photoniccrystal fiber for harmonic generation [6102-79]

C. Brooks, F. Di Teodoro

High repetition rate high power femtosecond fiber laser [6102-80]

B. Ortac, A. Hideur, M. Brunel, G. Martel

Volume 6103 Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications V

Chair/Editor: Peter E. Powers

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NONLINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS AND CHARACTERIZATION

Periodically poled vapor transport equilibrated lithium niobate for visible light generation [6103-2]

R. Roussev, R. Route, J. Schaar, K. Urbanek, M. Fejer, D. Jundt, C. Kajiyama

Growth of new quaternary nonlinear optical crystals for 1-micron-pumped mid-IR generation [6103-3]

P. Schunemann

Laser-induced defect reactions governing damage performance in KDP and DKDP crystals [6103-5]

P. DeMange, R. Negres, H. Radousky, S. Demos

Large spatial self-phase modulation in castor oil enhanced by gold nanoparticles [6103-6]

M. Alencar, C. Nascimento, S. Chávez-Cerda, M. da Silva, M. Meneghetti, J. Hickmann

FREQUENCY CONVERTED LASERS

Frequency conversion concepts for the efficient generation of high power 935- to 942-nm laser radiation[6103-8]

H. Rhee, T. Riesbeck, F. Kallmeyer, S. Strohmaier, H. Eichler, R. Treichel, K. Petermann

High efficient difference frequency generation of tunable visible light in a self-controlled process [6103-9]

J. Wueppen, B. Jungbluth, M. Vierkoetter, D. Hoffmann, R. Poprawe

NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES I

Random frequency accessible broad tunable THz-wave source using phase-matched DAST crystal DFG[6103-10]

K. Suizu, A. Nawahara, T. Yamashita, H. Ito

High-efficiency high-energy wavelength-doubling optical parametric oscillator [6103-12]

D. Armstrong, A. Smith

High quality efficient intracavity UV, IR generation in image rotated KTP OPO [6103-13]

S. Palm, S. Wu

Optical performance monitoring using a poled lithium niobate (PP-LNO3) [6103-14]

M. Tayahi, S. Lanka, J. Wang, T. Enderlein, S. Franke, S. Sukanta

Polarization properties of nonlinear optical loop mirror with twisted fiber and birefringence bias in the loop[6103-15]

B. Ibarra-Escamilla, E. Kuzin, P. Zaca-Morán, R. Grajales-Coutiño, F. Méndez-Martínez, O. Pottiez, J. Haus,R. Rojas-Laguna

NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES II

Generation of tunable mid-infrared picosecond pulses by means of MHz-rate optical parametricamplification of white-light continuum in GaSe [6103-16]

G. Petrov, K. Vodopyanov, V. Yakovlev

Ultrafast parametric amplifier pumped by a fiber laser system [6103-17]

C. Aguergaray, T. Andersen, O. Schmidt, F. Röser, C. Bruchmann, J. Limpert, E. Cormier, A. Tünnermann

ENGINEERED NONLINEAR OPTICS

Measurement of the nonlinear coefficient profile of quasi-phase-matched gratings using iterative error-reduction algorithms [6103-21]

A. Ozcan, M. Digonnet, G. Kino

Low loss orientation-patterned AlGaAs waveguides for quasi phase matched second harmonicgeneration [6103-23]

X. Yu, L. Scaccabarozzi, A. Lin, J. Fu, P. Kuo, M. Fejer, J. Harris

Efficient broadband difference frequency generation in a direct-bonded periodically-poledLiNbO3 waveguide and the observation of CO isotopomer absorption from 2.3 to 2.45 µm [6103-24]

T. Yanagawa, O. Tadanaga, Y. Nishida, H. Miyazawa, K. Magari, M. Asobe, H. Suzuki

HIGHER ORDER NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS

Microresonator-enhanced four-wave mixing [6103-26]

K. Zheng, V. Govindan, S. Blair

Coherent Raman solitons in hollow-core photonic crystal fibers [6103-27]

F. Biancalana

Gain optimization of Raman-mediated fiber optical parametric amplifiers [6103-28]

H. Cheung, K. Wong, N. Wong, M. Marhic

FIBER-BASED NONLINEAR WAVELENGTH CONVERSION: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6102

Tunable fiber parametric wavelength converter with 900 mW of CW output power at 1665 nm [6103-32]

M. Marhic, G. Williams, L. Goldberg, J. Delavaux

Supercontinuum generation with femtosecond dual pumping [6103-33]

T. Andersen, T. Schreiber, D. Schimpf, J. Limpert, A. Tünnermann, Y. Qian, C. Thomsen

Wide-band supercontinuum generation for sub-micron-resolution OCT by using a laser-diode-seededamplified pulse source [6103-34]

S. Moon, D. Kim

POSTER SESSION

Sellmeier and thermo-optic dispersion formulas for AgGa(S1-xSex) 2 with application in mid-IR generation[6103-41]

S. Banerjee, N. Umemura, K. Kato

Light field transformation by intracavity four-wave mixing [6103-42]

O. Ormachea, O. Romanov, A. Tolstik, J. Arce-Diego, D. Pereda-Cubián, F. Fanjul-Vélez

Performance comparison of advanced optical modulation formats in wavelength division multiplexing(WDM) systems employing G.655 fibers [6103-44]

I. Neokosmidis, T. Kamalakis, A. Theocharidis, A. Bogris, T. Sphicopoulos

Experimental observation of diffraction of ultrashort laser pulses by a single slit [6103-45]

H. Zhang, J. Li, D. Alexander, D. Doerr, N. Rao Tadepalli

Volume 6104 High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications IV

Chair/Editor: Mark S. Zediker

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Introduction

HIGH POWER LASER MOUNTING AND COOLING

Noncorrosive microcoolers with matched CTE [6104-1]

T. Ebert, W. Meiners, M. Pajunk

Reliable high power diode lasers: thermo-mechanical fatigue aspects [6104-2]

G. Klumel, Y. Gridish, I. Szafranek, Y. Karni

Expansion-matched passively cooled heatsinks with low thermal resistance for high-power diode laserbars [6104-3]

M. Leers, C. Scholz, K. Boucke, R. Poprawe

Comparative performance studies of indium and gold-tin packaged diode laser bars [6104-5]

D. Lorenzen, M. Schröder, J. Meusel, P. Hennig, H. König, M. Philippens, J. Sebastian, R. Hülsewede

HIGH POWER LASER DIODE BAR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS I

Overview of progress in super high efficiency diodes for pumping high energy lasers [6104-6]

C. Stickley, M. Filipkowski, E. Parra, E. Hach

High-efficiency and high-reliability 9xx-nm bars and fiber-coupled devices at Coherent [6104-7]

H. Zhou, K. Kennedy, E. Weiss, J. Li, S. Anikitchev, P. Reichert, J. Du, D. Schleuning, D. Nabors, M. Reed, M. Toivonen, S. Lehkonen, J. Haapamaa

Highly reliable high-power broad area laser diodes [6104-8]

V. Rossin, M. Peters, E. Zucker, B. Acklin

High-power reliable 808-nm laser bars for QCW and CW applications [6104-9]

M. Mondry, M. Fouksman, H. Zhou, J. Li, J. Haapamaa

Diode laser efficiency increases enable >400-W peak power from 1-cm bars and show a clear path topeak powers in excess of 1-kW [6104-10]

P. Crump, J. Wang, S. Patterson, D. Wise, A. Basauri, M. DeFranza, S. Elim, W. Dong, S. Zhang, M. Bougher, J. Patterson, S. Das, M. Grimshaw, J. Farmer, M. DeVito, R. Martinsen

High-performance high-reliability 880-nm diode laser bars and fiber-array packages [6104-11]

M. Fouksman, S. Lehconen, J. Haapamaa, K. Kennedy, J. Li

Effect of compressive and tensile strain on the performance of 808-nm QW high power laser diodes[6104-12]

M. Levy, Y. Berk, Y. Karni

Successive phase change and stability of near-field patterns for broad-area laser diodes [6104-34]

T. Asatsuma, Y. Takiguchi, S. Frederico, A. Furukawa, S. Hirata

HIGH BRIGHTNESS DEVICES I

8-W high-efficiency high-brightness tapered diode lasers at 976 nm [6104-13]

M. Kelemen, J. Weber, G. Kaufel, R. Moritz, M. Mikulla, G. Weimann

High brightness laser diode bars [6104-14]

N. Lichtenstein, Y. Manz, J. Müller, J. Troger, S. Pawlik, A. Thies, S. Weiß, R. Baettig, C. Harder

Very high power operation of 980-nm single-mode InGaAs/AlGaAs pump lasers [6104-15]

M. Bettiati, C. Starck, F. Laruelle, V. Cargemel, P. Pagnod, P. Garabedian, D. Keller, G. Ughetto, J. Bertreux, L. Raymond, G. Gelly, R. Capella

Comparison between 50-W tapered laser arrays and tapered single emitters [6104-16]

C. Scholz, K. Boucke, R. Poprawe, M. Keleman, J. Weber, M. Mikulla, G. Weimann

Characteristics and reliability of high power multi-mode InGaAs strained quantum well single emitterswith CW output powers of over 5 W [6104-39]

Y. Sin, N. Presser, M. Mason, S. Moss

HIGH BRIGHTNESS DEVICES II

Advances in high brightness semiconductor lasers [6104-17]

R. Lammert, S. Oh, M. Osowski, C. Panja, P. Rudy, T. Stakelon, J. Ungar

9xx high power pump modules [6104-18]

S. Pawlik, B. Sverdlov, R. Bättig, B. Schmidt, H. Pfeiffer, S. Arlt, N. Lichtenstein, J. Müller, J. Troger, B. Valk, C. Harder

9xx-nm single emitter pumps for multi-kW systems [6104-19]

V. Gapontsev, I. Berishev, G. Ellis, A. Komissarov, N. Moshegov, A. Ovtchinnikov, O. Raisky, P. Trubenko, V. Ackermann, E. Shcherbakov

Monolithic integration of collimating Fresnel lens for beam quality enhancement in tapered high powerlaser diode [6104-20]

F. Lau, C. Tee, X. Zhao, K. Williams, R. Penty, I. White, M. Calligaro, M. Lecomte, O. Parillaud, N. Michel, M. Krakowski

HIGH POWER DIODE LASER SYSTEMS

Dense spatial multiplexing enables high brightness multi-kW diode laser systems [6104-21]

H. Schlüter, C. Tillkorn, U. Bonna, G. Charache, J. Hostetler, T. Li, C. Miester, R. Roff, T. Vethake, C. Schnitzler

Development of high power high brightness fiber coupled diode laser systems [6104-22]

N. Ostrom, M. Gall, B. Faircloth

Dense wavelength multiplexing for a high power diode laser [6104-23]

C. Wessling, M. Traub, D. Hoffmann, R. Poprawe

A compact high brilliance diode laser [6104-24]

F. Bammer, B. Holzinger

Homogenization of high power diode laser beams for pumping and direct applications [6104-25]

M. Traub, H. Hoffmann, H. Plum, K. Wieching, P. Loosen, R. Poprawe

Laser beam transformation technique for high-power laser diode linear arrays [6104-26]

P. Grenier, Y. Taillon, M. Wang, P. Topart, D. Asselin, A. Parent

Stable coherent coupling of laser diodes by a volume Bragg grating in PTR glass [6104-27]

G. Venus, A. Sevian, V. Smirnov, L. Glebov

In-line implant and RTP process monitoring using the carrier illumination technique for 65 nm and beyond[6104-35]

C. Li, H. Chuang, P. Chen, C. Liu, C. Chien, K. Huang, S. Tzou

Properties and reliability of improved large acceptance optical fibers [6104-36]

B. Skutnik, C. Smith, K. Moran, K. Bakhshpour

EXTERNAL CAVITY LASERS

Effect of the threshold reduction on a catastrophic optical mirror damage in broad-area semiconductorlasers with optical feedback [6104-29]

Y. Takiguchi, T. Asatsuma, S. Hirata

High-power high-brightness 3 W tapered lasers tunable from 940 nm to 980 nm [6104-30]

J. Weber, M. Kelemen, S. Moritz, M. Mikulla

Compact tunable diode laser with diffraction limited 1000 mW in Littman/Metcalf configuration for cavityring-down spectroscopy [6104-32]

S. Stry, J. Sacher, S. Thelen, D. Halmer, P. Hering, M. Mürtz

Wavelength tunable injection locking of high power super luminescent diode with 1.4-Watt diffraction-limited output [6104-33]

Y. Su, C. Tsai, C. Lin

Volume 6105 Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XVIII

Chair/Editor: G. Stephen Mecherle

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Introduction

INVITED PAPERS

Mars laser communication demonstration: what it would have been [6105-34]

A. Biswas, D. Boroson, B. Edwards

OICETS on-orbit laser communication experiments [6105-36]

T. Jono, Y. Takayama, N. Kura, K. Ohinata, Y. Koyama, K. Shiratama, Z. Sodnik, B. Demelenne, A. Bird, K. Arai

SYSTEM DESIGN

Optimal GEO lasercomm terminal field of view for LEO link support [6105-2]

C. Hindman, J. Hunt, B. Engberg, K. Walchko

Simplified lasercom system architecture using a disturbance-free platform [6105-3]

C. Chen, H. Hemmati, A. Biswas, G. Ortiz, W. Farr, N. Pedreiro

Development of optical antennas utilizing free form surface optics for the high speed lasercommunication systems [6105-5]

K. Takahashi, Y. Arimoto

Real-time combining of optical array signals [6105-6]

V. Vilnrotter, C. Lau, K. Andrews, P. Vo, M. Srinivasan, D. Lee

4-ary PAM signaling for increasing the capacity of metro light-wave systems [6105-7]

S. Lanka, M. Tayahi, J. Cartsens, L. Hofmann

142 km 5.625 Gbps free-space optical link based on homodyne BPSK modulation [6105-35]

R. Lange, B. Smutny, B. Wandernoth, R. Czichy, D. Giggenbach

POINTING, ACQUISITION, AND TRACKING

Analysis of capacity and probability of outage for free-space optical channels with fading due to pointingand tracking error [6105-8]

R. Barron, D. Boroson

Performance of a laser communication system with acousto-optic tracking: an experimental study [6105-9]

V. Nikulin, R. Khandekar, J. Sofka

Star tracker based ATP system conceptual design and pointing accuracy estimation [6105-10]

G. Ortiz, S. Lee

Centroiding accuracy of infrared Earth images mitigating impact of blurring and Earth non-uniformity[6105-12]

Y. Chen, G. Ortiz, H. Hemmati, S. Lee

TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER TECHNOLOGIES

Daytime use of astronomical telescopes for deep-space optical links [6105-15]

W. Roberts, G. Ortiz, T. Boyd

A novel monolithic beam steering high power transmitter for low cost free space optical wireless links[6105-18]

F. Lau, X. Zhao, C. Tee, R. Penty, I. White, M. Calligaro, M. Lecomte, O. Parillaud, N. Michel, M. Krakowski

Non-polarization and non-absorbing beamsplitters for laser communications [6105-19]

K. Zhang, A. Smajkiewicz

Binary quantum receiver concept demonstration [6105-17]

C. Lau, V. Vilnrotter, S. Dolinar, J. Geremia, H. Mabuchi

Bit error rate optimization of an acousto-optic tracking system for free-space laser communications [6105-13]

J. Sofka, V. Nikulin

MITIGATION OF ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS I

Ultra-light weight telescope coupled with portable AO system for laser communications applications[6105-20]

S. Restaino, T. Martinez, J. Andrews, C. Wilcox, F. Santiago, R. Romeo, R. Martin

Mitigation of atmospheric effects on terrestrial FSO communication systems by using high-speedbeam tracking antenna [6105-21]

K. Kazaura, K. Omae, T. Suzuki, M. Matsumoto, T. Sato, K. Asatani, M. Hatori, T. Murakami, K. Takahashi, H. Matsumoto, K. Wakamori, Y. Arimoto

Telescope wavefront aberration compensation with a deformable mirror in an adaptive optics system[6105-22]

H. Hemmati, Y. Chen, I. Crossfield

Airborne laser communications and performance enhancement by equalization [6105-23]

S. Lee, B. Hamzeh, M. Kavehrad

Mitigation of dynamic wavefront distortions using a nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulator andsimplex optimization [6105-24]

R. Khandekar, V. Nikulin

MITIGATION OF ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS II

Coherent optical array receiver experiment: design, implementation, and BER Performance of amultichannel coherent optical receiver for PPM signals under atmospheric turbulence [6105-25]

M. Muñoz Fernández, V. Vilnrotter, R. Mukai, B. Hassibi

Atmospheric turbulence effects on a wavelength diversified ground-to-UAV FSO link [6105-26]

A. Harris, J. Sluss, H. Refai, P. LoPresti

The experimental determination of on-off keying laser communications probability models and acomparison with theory [6105-28]

W. Brown, B. Wallin, D. Lesniewski, D. Gooding, J. Martin

Control of the intensity fluctuations of random electromagnetic beams on propagation in weakatmospheric turbulence [6105-29]

O. Korotkova

Volume 6106 Photon Processing in Microelectronics and Photonics V

Chairs/Editors: Tatsuo Okada, Craig B. Arnold, Michel Meunier, Andrew S. Holmes, David B. Geohegan, Frank Träger, Jan J. Dubowski

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PART A Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing XI

INDUSTRIAL I

Review: 40 years of laser-marking industrial applications [6106-2]

B. Gu

Laser patterning of ITO in flat panel display manufacturing [6106-3]

S. Venkat, C. Dunsky

INDUSTRIAL II

Laser processing of advanced materials with high brightness solid-state lasers at 532 nm [6106-4]

T. Riesbeck, A. Binder, H. Eichler

High quality laser milling of ceramics, dielectrics and metals using nanosecond and picosecond lasers[6106-5]

D. Karnakis, G. Rutterford, M. Knowles, T. Dobrev, P. Petkov, S. Dimov

Production excimer drilling process for producing micron exit holes in polyimide [6106-7]

T. Lizotte, O. Ohar

High-power excimer laser micromachining [6106-8]

L. Herbst, R. Paetzel

INDUSTRIAL III

A neuro-fuzzy approach to failure detection and diagnosis of excimer laser ablation in microvia formation[6106-9]

R. Setia, G. May

The use of lasers for semiconductor scribing/singulation applications [6106-10]

S. Venkat, C. Dunsky

New advances and steam laser cleaning of opaque and transparent critical substrates: with IR-lasers tonew laser cleaning mechanism [6106-11]

S. Shukla, S. Kudryashov, K. Lyon, S. Allen

Laser annealing of LTPS [6106-12]

R. Paetzel, L. Herbst, F. Simon

A hybrid approach for obtaining orientation-controlled single-crystal Si regions on glass substrates [6106-13]

P. van der Wilt, B. Turk, A. Limanov, A. Chitu, J. Im

DIRECT WRITE

High-spatial coherence excimer laser for the production of fiber Bragg gratings [6106-14]

R. Delmdahl

Fabrication of multilayer passive electric components using inkjet printing and low temperature laserprocessing on polymer [6106-16]

S. Ko, J. Chung, H. Pan, C. Grigoropoulos, D. Poulikakos

Laser-induced oxidation of Zn and Zn alloy films for direct-write grayscale photomasks [6106-17]

J. Wang, M. Chang, Y. Tu, D. Poon, G. Chapman, C. Choo, J. Peng

Real-time optical characterization of laser oxidation process in bimetallic direct write gray scale photomasks[6106-18]

D. Poon, G. Chapman, C. Choo, M. Chang, J. Wang, Y. Tu

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6108

Tailored excitation sequences for optimized laser-induced modifications in bulk transparent materialsexposed to sub-ps irradiation [6106-20]

A. Mermillod-Blondin, R. Stoian, M. Boyle, A. Rosenfeld, I. Burakov, N. Bulgakova, E. Audouard, I. Hertel

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING: FUNDAMENTALS: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6108

Suited simulations for optimal ultrafast laser processing of metals [6106-23]

J. Colombier, P. Combis, H. Huot, H. Soder, E. Audouard

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING: PERIODIC AND INTERNAL STRUCTURING: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6108

Generation of new nanomaterials by interfering femtosecond laser processing and its applications[6106-24]

Y. Nakata

Fabrication of periodic arrays of top-gathering titania-organic hybrid pillars derived from multi-beamlaser interference [6106-25]

H. Segawa, H. Misawa, T. Yano, S. Shibata

FUNDAMENTALS AND DIAGNOSTICS

Laser-induced transient stress field studied by time-resolved photoelasticity technique [6106-31]

Y. Ito

PLD AND SURFACE MODIFICATION

The cross-beam pulsed laser deposition [6106-32]

A. Gorbunoff

Laser treatment of micro-components’ surface for improved tribological applications [6106-35]

K. Ye, Y. Goh, C. Cheng, C. Yeo, M. Hong

CW-laser induced modification in glasses by laser backside irradiation (LBI) [6106-36]

M. Yoshioka, H. Hidai, H. Tokura

Micro/nanoscale surface modification and structuring using lasers [6106-37]

Y. Lu

SURFACE MODIFICATION AND 3D STRUCTURING

Femtosecond laser lithography and applications [6106-40]

B. Chichkov, E. Fadeeva, J. Koch, A. Ostendorf, A. Ovsianikov, S. Passinger, C. Reinhardt

POSTER SESSION

In situ crystal growth imaging during explosive crystallization [6106-42]

M. Rogers, S. Ko, C. Grigoropoulos

Nitrogen-doped TiO2 thin films grown on various substrates [6106-43]

T. Sakano, T. Okato, M. Obara

Nucleation and growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes in the laser ablation products [6106-48]

A. Gorbunoff, O. Jost

Active control of the ablation plume for laser ablation atomic fluorescence spectroscopy [6106-49]

D. Nakamura, T. Takao, Y. Oki, M. Maeda

A study of angular dependence in the ablation rate of polymers by nanosecond pulses [6106-50]

J. Pedder, A. Holmes

Lateral melt expulsion and debris deposition during small-scale femtosecond laser ablation [6106-51]

S. Kudryashov

Surface microfabrication of silica glass by LIBWE using DPSS-UV laser [6106-53]

H. Niino, Y. Kawaguchi, T. Sato, A. Narazaki, R. Kurosaki

Inspection of defects and metallic contamination in SiGe:B CMOS using an in-line photoluminescencemonitor [6106-57]

C. Liao, A. Buczkowski, C. Chien, K. Huang, Z. Li, T. Walker, S. Hummel, S. Tzou

High repetition rate excimer laser [6106-58]

H. Esser, H. Schillinger

PART B Synthesis and Photonics of Nanoscale Materials IV

SESSION 1

Design, fabrication, and characterization of nanometer-scale ridged aperture optical antennae [6106-59]

X. Xu, E. Jin, L. Wang, S. Uppuluri

A study of binding biotinylated nano-beads to the surface of (001) GaAs [6106-61]

X. Ding, K. Moumanis, J. Dubowski, E. Frost

Second harmonic generation from centrosymmetric arrays of gold nanoparticles [6106-63]

M. McMahon, C. Bowie, R. Lopez, L. Feldman, R. Haglund

SESSION 2

Production of dichroitic 3D structures by fs laser irradiation in composite glass containing Agnanoparticles [6106-66]

G. Seifert, A. Podlipensky, A. Abdolvand, H. Graener

Sub-wavelength ripple formation on dielectric and metallic materials induced by tightly focused femto-second laser radiation [6106-74]

J. Gottmann, R. Wagner

Ferrocene-based monolayers: self-assembly via rigid bidentate anchor groups [6106-68]

T. Weidner, B. Krohn, M. Trojtza, C. Bruhn, D. Rother, U. Siemeling, F. Träger

SESSION 3

The effect of tip-enhancement in near-field Raman scattering of C-60 [6106-73]

P. Verma, K. Yamada, Y. Inouye, S. Kawata

SESSION 4

Micrometer sized immobilization of protein molecules onto quartz, silicium and gold. [6106-77]

S. Petersen, M. Neves-Petersen, S. Klitgaard, M. Duroux

Volume 6107 Laser-based Micropackaging

Chairs/Editors: Friedrich G. Bachmann, Willem Hoving, Yongfeng Lu, Kunihiko Washio

Conference Committee

Symposium Committee

BONDING AND WELDING

A new laser bonding method of anisotropic conductive films in flat panel display and in semiconductorpackaging [6107-1]

G. Nam, M. Seo, K. Ryu, N. Kwak

Laser joining of glass to silicon using adhesive for MEMS packaging applications [6107-2]

F. Bardin, S. Kloss, C. Wang, A. Moore, A. Jourdain, I. De Wolf, D. Hand

Laser micro welding of copper and aluminum [6107-3]

I. Mys, M. Schmidt

Diode laser welding for packaging of transparent micro-structured polymer chips [6107-4]

T. Klotzbuecher, M. Letschert, T. Braune, K. Drese, T. Doll

Laser patterning and welding of transparent polymers for microfluidic device fabrication [6107-5]

W. Pfleging, O. Baldus

Laser micro welding of polymeric components for dental prostheses [6107-6]

M. Hustedt, A. von Busse, M. Fargas, O. Meier, A. Ostendorf, H. Bißinger

SIMULATION AND MODELLING

Optimization of laser microsoldering and microwelding processes by modeling of joints kineticsformation [6107-7]

A. Allas, V. Novosadov, V. Veiko

Numerical prediction of drilling rates for ultra-high intensity laser pulses [6107-8]

V. Semak

Ultra-deep plasma-assisted drilling of solids by high-power nanosecond lasers: experimental studies[6107-9]

S. Paul, K. Lyon, S. Kudryashov, S. Allen

Investigation of CO2 gas breakdown using optical emission spectroscopy [6107-10]

H. Ling, X. Shen, Y. Han, Y. Lu

LASER-PATTERNING I: OPTICS AND PHOTONICS

Developments in laser processing for silica-based planar lightwave circuits [6107-11]

Y. Nasu, M. Abe, M. Kohtoku

Micro-fabrication of advanced photonic devices by means of direct point-by-point femtosecondinscription in silica [6107-12]

V. Mezentsev, M. Dubov, A. Martinez, Y. Lai, T. Allsop, I. Khrushchev, D. Webb, F. Floreani, I. Bennion

Use of non-digitized diffractive optical elements for high-throughput and damage-free laser materialsprocessing [6107-13]

J. Amako, E. Fujii, Y. Yamazaki, T. Shimoda

Fabrication, characterization, and simulation of 3D inverse-opal photonic crystals using laser-assistedimprinting [6107-14]

H. Wang, Y. Lu, Z. Yang

LASER-PATTERNING II: NANO- AND MICRO-PATTERNING

Laser-nanostructure interactions and applications for parallel nanomanufacturing [6107-15]

A. Battula, D. Shao, Y. Lu, S. Chen

Excimer laser material processing: state-of-the-art and new approaches in microsystem technology[6107-16]

W. Pfleging, M. Przybylski, H. Brückner

Thermal damage of silicon wafer in thermal cleaving process with pulsed laser and CW laser [6107-17]

K. Yamada, T. Ueda, A. Hosokawa, Y. Yamane, K. Sekiya

Laser slotting of silicon for inkjet printer heads [6107-18]

T. Mai, D. Perrottet, M. Wiki, B. Richerzhagen

Applications of laser patterning to fabricate innovative thin-film silicon solar cells [6107-19]

W. Shinohara, M. Shima, S. Taira, K. Uchihashi, A. Terakawa

Rapid manufacturing of lattice structures with selective laser melting [6107-20]

O. Rehme, C. Emmelmann

THIN FILMS AND NANO-MATERIALS

Synthesis of carbon nanotubes by laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition [6107-22]

J. Shi, Y. Lu, X. Wang

Vaporization and deposition of an intact polyimide precursor by resonant infrared pulsed laser ablation[6107-23]

N. Dygert, K. Schriver, R. Haglund, Jr.

Two-dimensional surface characterization of laser-deposited carbon films using Raman scattering [6107-24]

K. Yi, Y. Lu, H. Ling

Laser-assisted synthesis of diamond-like carbon from cyclohexane liquid [6107-25]

Y. Han, H. Ling, Y. Lu, M. O'Keefe, T. McKindra

POSTER SESSION

Adaptive modeling of the femtosecond inscription in silica [6107-27]

V. Mezentsev, J. Petrovic, J. Dreher, R. Grauer

Pulsed selective laser removal of nano- and micro-particles [6107-28]

S. Shukla, S. Kudryashov, K. Lyon, S. Allen

Microstructures on graphite surfaces fabricated by intense single femtosecond laser pulses [6107-29]

S. Kudryashov

Volume 6108 Commercial and Biomedical Applications of Ultrafast Lasers VI

Chairs/Editors: Joseph Neev, Stefan Nolte, Alexander Heisterkamp, Christopher B. Schaffer

Conference Committee

Symposium Committee

IN VIVO MANIPULATION OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH FEMTOSECOND LASERS I

Femtosecond laser dissection in C. elegans neural circuits [6108-1]

A. Samuel, S. Chung, D. Clark, C. Gabel, C. Chang, V. Murthy, E. Mazur

Nanosurgery of sub-cellular organelles in living cells using a femtosecond laser oscillator [6108-4]

W. Watanabe, T. Shimada, S. Matsunaga, H. Ishii, T. Higashi, K. Fukui, K. Itoh

Non-destructive micro-patterning of protein crystals by focused femtosecond laser [6108-49]

Y. Hosokawa, T. Kaji, Y. Hiraki, H. Mori, H. Masuhara

IN VIVO MANIPULATION OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH FEMTOSECOND LASERS II

Simulation of ultrashort pulse induced plasma generation and interaction within the bulk of transparentKerr media [6108-7]

C. Arnold, W. Ertmer, H. Lubatschowski

Ultrafast third harmonic micro-spectroscopy reveals a two-photon resonance in human hemoglobin[6108-8]

O. Clay, C. Schaffer, J. Squier, D. Kleinfeld

ULTRASHORT PULSE CHARACTERIZATION: NEW METHODS AND DIRECTIONS I

An introduction to the characterization of ultrashort laser pulses [6108-9]

X. Gu, S. Akturk, P. Gabolde, Q. Cao, A. Shreenath, R. Trebino

Advances in commercial spectral phase measurement devices [6108-10]

C. Barnes, A. Carson

ULTRASHORT PULSE CHARACTERIZATION: NEW METHODS AND DIRECTIONS II

The MIIPS method for simultaneous phase measurement and compensation of femtosecond laserpulses and its role in two-photon microscopy and imaging [6108-11]

J. Gunn, B. Xu, J. Dela Cruz, V. Lozovoy, M. Dantus

Closed-loop control of a pulse shaper using real-time SHG FROG [6108-12]

D. Kane

The general theory of first-order spatio-temporal distortions of Gaussian pulses and beams [6108-13]

S. Akturk, X. Gu, P. Gabolde, R. Trebino

Using GRENOUILLE to measure spatio-temporal distortions in ultrafast laser beams [6108-14]

S. Akturk, X. Gu, Z. Wang, R. Trebino

APPLICATIONS OF ULTRASHORT PULSES IN MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION

Silicon flip-chip imaging with a resolution of 325-nm using solid-immersion lenses and the two-photonoptical-beam induced current method [6108-15]

E. Ramsay, N. Pleynet, D. Xiao, R. Warburton, D. Reid

Probing electrical signals in silicon CMOS devices using electric field induced second harmonic generation[6108-16]

D. Xiao, E. Ramsay, B. Offenbeck, N. Weber, D. Reid

Ultra-high resolution polarization sensitive transversal optical coherence tomography for structuralanalysis and strain mapping [6108-19]

K. Wiesauer, M. Pircher, E. Goetzinger, C. Hitzenberger, R. Engelke, G. Ahrens, K. Pfeiffer, U. Ostrzinski, G. Gruetzner, R. Oster, D. Stifter

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6106A

Investigation of femtosecond laser irradiation on fused silica [6108-21]

Y. Bellouard, T. Colomb, C. Depeursinge, A. Said, M. Dugan, P. Bado

Unified model of femtosecond laser ionization in bulk solid dielectrics [6108-22]

S. Kudryashov

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING: PERIODIC AND INTERNAL STRUCTURING: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6106A

Optimized precision micromachining using commercially available high-repetition rate microjoulefemtosecond fiber lasers [6108-25]

M. Stock, L. Shah, B. Liu, M. Yoshida, F. Yoshino, J. Bovatsek, A. Arai

Waveguide writing in bulk PMMA by femtosecond laser pulses [6108-26]

W. Watanabe, S. Sowa, K. Itoh

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING: FABRICATING PHOTONICS DEVICES: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6106A

Crossed beam irradiation for femtosecond laser micro and nanomachining with three-dimensionallyisotropic spatial resolution [6108-27]

K. Sugioka, K. Midorikawa

Laser-based fabrication of a displacement sensor with an integrated high-accuracy position sensor[6108-29]

P. Bado, A. Said, M. Dugan, Y. Bellouard

Discrete spatial soliton formation in a two-dimensional fs laser written waveguide array in fused silica[6108-30]

A. Szameit, J. Burghoff, T. Pertsch, S. Nolte, A. Tünnermann

3D photonic devices at telecom wavelengths fabricated by a femtosecond oscillator [6108-31]

V. Maselli, R. Osellame, N. Chiodo, G. Cerullo, P. Laporta, P. Ferraro, S. De Nicola, A. Finizio

NOVEL ULTRAFAST LASER SOURCES: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6106A

Pulse shortening utilizing acceptor dye as saturable absorber in energy transfer distributed feedbackdye laser [6108-32]

P. Palanisamy, M. Ahamed

Development of diode-pumped high average power continuous-wave and ultrashort pulse Yb:KGWlasers for nonlinear microscopy [6108-33]

A. Major, R. Cisek, V. Barzda

New compressed Ti:sapphire femtosecond amplifier layout [6108-34]

A. Carson, C. Barnes, S. Tenyakov

351-nm femtosecond laser with Nd:glass regenerative amplifier for thin films ablation [6108-35]

K. Mukaihara, M. Yoshioka, S. Ito, Y. Suzuki

Tunable ultrashort pulse energy transfer distributed feedback dye laser [6108-36]

M. Ahamed, P. Palanisamy

Generation of tailored picosecond-pulse-trains for micro-machining [6108-37]

A. Nebel, T. Herrmann, B. Henrich, R. Knappe

APPLICATIONS OF ULTRAFAST FIBER SOURCES: JOINT SESSION WITH CONF. 6102

Surface-emitted THz generation using a compact ultrashort pulse fiber amplifier at 1064 nm [6108-38]

G. Matthäus, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, S. Nolte, G. Torosyan, R. Beigang, S. Riehemann, G. Notni, A. Tünnermann

POSTER SESSION

Method for fiber Bragg grating control during the fabrication process [6108-39]

N. Berger, B. Levit, B. Fischer

Femtosecond laser processing of subwavelength-sized voids for compact optical devices [6108-40]

E. Toratani, M. Kamata, N. Nedyalkov, M. Obara

Ultrasimple alignment-free ultrashort pulse measurement devices [6108-43]

D. Lee, P. Bowlan, A. Shreenath, P. Gabolde, Q. Cao, S. Akturk, X. Gu, R. Trebino

Nonlinear frequency chirp measurement of frequency sweeping lasers for FD-OCT applications [6108-45]

T. Ahn, D. Kim

Multiphoton microscopy for cell surgery [6108-46]

J. Baumgart, A. Heisterkamp, A. Ngezahayo, W. Ertmer, H. Lubatschowski

Controlled nonlinearity in femtosecond laser written waveguides [6108-47]

A. Szameit, D. Blömer, J. Burghoff, T. Pertsch, S. Nolte, A. Tünnermann

Reality of superposition principle and autocorrelation function for short pulses [6108-50]

C. Roychoudhuri

[6100-17]

P. Rußbüldt, D. Hoffmann, R. Poprawe

Cryogenically cooled Ti:sapphire amplifiers [6100-18]

A. Fry, S. Fournier, J. Heritier, R. Viselga, S. Edstrom, J. Mackay

Cryogenic Faraday isolator for high average power lasers [6100-59]

D. Zheleznov, A. Voitovich, I. Mukhin, O. Palashov, E. Khazanov

Acousto-optically Q-switched and mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser [6100-68]

J. Jabczyński, W. Zendzian, J. Kwiatkowski, K. Kopczyński

Optimization of a femtosecond Ti:Sapphire amplifier using an acousto-optic programmable dispersivefilter and a genetic algorithm [6100-75]

O. Korovyanko, R. Rey-de-Castro, C. Elles, R. Crowell, Y. Li

TUNABLE LASERS

High performance widely tunable Ti:sapphire laser with nanosecond pulses [6100-20]

B. Jungbluth, J. Wueppen, J. Geiger, B. Bach-Zelewski, N. Pirch, D. Hoffmann, P. Loosen, R. Poprawe

Power scaling and extended tunability of mode-locked titanium-doped sapphire lasers [6100-72]

S. Marzenell, R. Boggy, I. Read, D. Spence, J. Kafka

High-efficiency CW green-pumped alexandrite lasers [6100-21]

J. Kuper, D. Brown

Characterization of cobalt-doped ZnSe and ZnS crystals as saturable absorbers for alexandrite lasers[6100-22]

R. Sims, J. Kernal, V. Fedorov, S. Mirov

Construction and characterization of a titanium:sapphire CW laser system with kHz linewidth [6100-23]

S. Hädrich, P. Jauernik, L. McCrumb

LASER MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS

Fluoride laser crystals: old and new [6100-24]

H. Jenssen, A. Cassanho

Modeling of time-dependent thermal effects in Cr2+

-doped zinc selenide thin disks [6100-

P. Berry, K. Schepler

Middle-infrared electroluminescence of n-type Cr-doped ZnSe crystals [6100-26]

L. Luke, V. Fedorov, I. Moskalev, A. Gallian, S. Mirov

Lasing properties of new Nd3+

-doped tungstate, molybdate, and fluoride materials under selectiveoptical pumping [6100-65]

J. Šulc, H. Jelínkova, T. Basiev, M. Doroschenko, L. Ivleva, V. Osiko, P. Zverev

Enhancement of blue thulium emission on Nd:Yb:Tm-doped YLF crystals [6100-67]

L. Courrol, I. Ranieri, R. Samad, S. Baldochi, L. Gomes, A. de Freitas, N. Vieira Jr.

Spatial mapping of fluorescence and Raman spectra across grain boundaries in a transparent Nd-YAGceramic laser material [6100-28]

S. Lee, J. Stitt, W. White, G. Messing, V. Gopalan

Development of solid-state ceramic laser material using Nd:yttria [6100-29]

N. Prasad, S. Trivedi, S. Kutcher, C. Wang, G. Jagannathan, U. Hommerich, V. Shukla, R. Sadangi, B. Kear

Laser properties of mixed Nd:Y1-xGdx VO4 with different crystal compositions [6100-30]

Y. Tang, X. Wang, S. Tang, N. Fernelius

Compositional influence on spectroscopic properties of Yb3+

-doped tellurite glasses [6100-31]

M. Alencar, R. Souza, M. Vermelho, M. de Araújo, J. Hickmann, R. Kobayashi, L. Kassab, M. Bell

HIGH POWER LASERS

MOPA with kW average power and multi MW peak power: experimental results, theoretical modeling,and scaling limits [6100-33]

K. Nicklaus, M. Hoefer, D. Hoffmann, J. Luttmann, R. Wester, R. Poprawe

Improving the beam quality of a high-power Yb:YAG rod laser [6100-35]

F. Patel, D. Harris, C. Turner

HARMONIC POWER SCALING

High-power Q-switched TEM00 mode diode-pumped solid state lasers with > 30W output power at 355nm[6100-36]

C. Wang, G. Wang, A. Hicks, D. Dudley, H. Pang, N. Hodgson

Advances in high-power harmonic generation: Q-switched lasers with electronically adjustable pulse width[6100-38]

L. Eyres, J. Morehead, J. Gregg, D. Richard, W. Grossman

FREQUENCY CONVERTED LASERS (JOINT SESSION)

Generation of THz and IR radiation in DAST crystals [6100-39]

A. Schneider, M. Stillhart, P. Günter

200 Terawatt femtosecond laser based on optical parametric amplification in DKDP crystal [6100-40]

V. Lozhkarev, V. Ginzburg, G. Freidman, E. Katin, E. Khazanov, A. Kirsanov, G. Luchinin, A. Mal'shakov, M. Martyanov, O. Palashov, A. Poteomkin, A. Sergeev, A. Shaykin, I. Yakovlev

New wavelengths generated by BaWO4 or KGW intracavity Raman laser [6100-41]

H. Jelínkova, J. Šulc, M. Němec, J. Jabczynski, W. Zendzian

Characterization of RbTiOPO4 crystal for non-linear and electro-optic applications [6100-42]

H. Albrecht, C. Bonnin, Y. Gromfeld, M. Herrmann

Mode locked Nd:YVO4 laser with intracavity synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator [6100-69]

A. Zavadilova, V. Kubeček, M. Čech, P. Hiršl, H. Jelínkova, J. Diels

SPECIAL SESSION: SPACE QUALIFIED LASER COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS I

Review of solid-state lasers for space applications (Tutorial) [6100-43]

R. Afzal

Qualification and issues with space flight laser systems and components [6100-70]

M. Ott, D. Coyle, J. Canham, H. Leidecker

Space qualification issues in acousto optic tunable filter (AOTF) based spectrometers [6100-45]

S. Trivedi, J. Rosemeier, F. Jin, S. Kutcher, R. Chen, N. Prasad

Qualification of the laser transmitter for the CALIPSO aerosol lidar mission [6100-46]

F. Hovis

Overview of qualification protocol of fiber lasers for space applications [6100-73]

S. Hendow, S. Falvey, B. Nelson, L. Thienel, T. Drape

Performance of the GLAS laser transmitter [6100-49]

R. Afzal

High efficiency passively Q-switched Nd:YAG MOPA for spaceborne laser-altimetry [6100-71]

D. Kracht, S. Hahn, R. Huß, J. Neumann, R. Wilhelm, M. Frede, P. Peuser

LASER SYSTEMS DESIGNS, MODELING, AND APPLICATIONS

High-power solid-state sodium guidestar laser for the Gemini North Observatory [6100-51]

A. Tracy, A. Hankla, C. Lopez, D. Sadighi, K. Groff, C. d'Orgeville, M. Sheehan, D. Bamford, S. Sharpe, D. Cook

Optical extraction from Nd:YAG lasers with ASE gain depumping losses [6100-52]

D. Copeland

Modeling a diode pumped Nd: YAG rod laser [6100-56]

H. Shu, Y. Chen, M. Bass, M. Acharekar

Comparative performance of passively Q-switched diode-pumped Yb:GGG, Yb:YAG, and Yb-dopedtungstates lasers using Cr

4+ -doped garnets [6100-53]

Y. Kalisky, O. Kalisky, U. Rachum, G. Boulon, A. Brenier

Side-pumped neodymium slab lasers Q-switched by V:YAG on 1.3&

J. Jabczyński, W. Żendzian, J. Kwiatkowski, J. Šulc, M. Němec, H. Jelínkova

High-power Q-switched rotary disk lasers [6100-54]

S. Basu, B. Norton

Tailoring the performance of q-switched solid state lasers: why and how [6100-55]

S. Geiger

Diode-end-pumped actively and passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 lasers at 1.34 &

C. Du, S. Ruan, H. Zhang, Y. Yu

Novel laser range finding algorithms [6100-61]

J. Chen, M. Yeh

Extractable energy from ytterbium-doped high-energy pulsed fiber amplifiers and lasers [6100-78]

Y. Sintov, O. Katz, Y. Glick, S. Acco, Y. Nafcha, A. Englander, R. Lavi

Volume 6101 Laser Beam Control and Applications

OPENING SESSION

Spinning disk solid-state lasers, computer simulation [6101-10]

A. Paxton, H. Miller

Spectral properties of three-mirror laser resonators [6101-14]

Z. Yang, J. Leger

About some new possibilities of increasing the intrinsic output power of the photon beam: for definitelaser active media [6101-4]

C. Isarie, A. Voineag, I. Isarie, C. Oprean, D. Nastase

LASER DESIGN AND BEAM IMPROVEMENT

Progress on the national ignition facility [6101-79]

E. Moses, R. Bonanno, C. Haynam, R. Kauffman, B. MacGowan, R. Patterson Jr., R. Sawicki, B. Van Wonterghem

Adaptive systems for single pulse lasers [6101-80]

A. Kudryashov, A. Alexandrov, V. Samarkin

Assigning error to an M2 measurement [6101-6]

T. Ross

ADAPTIVE OPTICS AND BEAM CONTROL

Adaptive wavelets applied to distortion correction in laser diode arrays [6101-13]

K. Jones

Thermo-optically driven adaptive mirror [6101-7]

F. Reinert, W. Lüthy

Correction of the radiation of 1 kW CW diode-pumped glass laser [6101-81]

J. Sheldakova, V. Samarkin, A. Kudryashov

Intracavity self-frequency conversion in periodically poled active nonlinear Nd:Mg:LiNbO3 crystal [6101-11]

A. Novikov, G. Laptev, I. Shutov

CO2 LASERS

One-color operation of an RF excited CO2 laser [6101-2]

D. Wojaczek, E. Plinski, J. Witkowski

Laser Doppler velocimetry using the photoacoustic effect of RF-excited CO2 laser [6101-9]

J. Choi

FIBER LASERS AND GRATINGS

Bending insensitive, highly Yb-Doped LMA triple-clad fiber for nearly diffraction-limited laser output[6101-82]

A. Croteau, C. Paré, H. Zheng, P. Laperle, Y. Taillon

Generation of white light laser radiation in tapered fibers [6101-83]

R. Zhang, J. Teipel, D. Türke, H. Giessen

Hybrid ECL/DBR wavelength and spectrum stabilized lasers demonstrate high power and narrowspectral linewidth [6101-3]

S. Rudder, J. Connolly, G. Steckman

Method of fabrication of 1D and 2D gratings [6101-84]

D. Stepanov, S. Surve, S. Balon

MICRO RESONATORS: PART I

Silicon microspheres [6101-67]

A. Serpengüzel

Whispering gallery mode excitation in borosilicate glass microspheres by K+ ion-exfchanged channel

waveguide coupler [6101-64]

K. Grujic, J. Hole, O. Hellesø, J. Wilkinson

Laser resonators formed by two nanoparticles [6101-12]

X. Wu, W. Fang, A. Yamilov, A. Chabanov, H. Cao

Crystalline micro-resonators: status and applications [6101-70]

I. Grudinin, V. Ilchenko, A. Matsko, A. Savchenkov, L. Maleki

POSTER SESSION

Modern laser technologies used for cutting textile materials [6101-15]

C. Isarie, A. Dragan, L. Isarie, D. Nastase

Noise reduction of violet laser diodes by selection of feedback light polarization [6101-16]

H. Konishi, H. Yashiro, K. Takegami, W. Sasaki, A. Ikeda, Y. Kamioka, K. Nagashima

Spatial structure of radiation at self-frequency conversion in active nonlinear crystals [6101-18]

A. Novikov, G. Laptev, A. Chirkin

An analysis of a non-Gaussian, Gaussian laser beam [6101-19]

T. Ross

Development of a lamp-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser operating at 20Hz for a terawatt CPA system [6101-20]

R. Samad, G. Nogueira, S. Baldochi, N. Vieira

Photorefractivity in WGM resonators [6101-74]

A. Matsko, A. Savchenkov, D. Strekalov, V. Ilchenko, L. Maleki

BEAM CHARACTERIZATION

Measuring the chirp of an ultrashort laser pulse at the noise floor [6101-22]

D. Bender, M. Hasselbeck, M. Sheik-Bahae

Characterization of general astigmatic laser beams [6101-23]

A. Letsch, A. Giesen

Correlation between geometrical and intrinsic classification of general astigmatic laser beams [6101-24]

G. Nemes

Comparison of laser beams quality criteria [6101-25]

E. Perevezentsev, A. Poteomkin, E. Khazanov

Comparison of different beam diameter definitions to characterize thermal damage of the eye [6101-26]

K. Schulmeister, R. Gilber, F. Edthofer, B. Seiser, G. Vees

Characterization device for measuring beam parameter product and beam quality of collimated anduncollimated diode lasers [6101-27]

M. Roehner, K. Boucke, R. Poprawe

ETALONs for pure and composite transversal modes [6101-28]

M. Duparré, B. Lüdge, S. Schröter

On the characterization of the rotation of the irradiance profile of partially coherent beams [6101-37]

R. Martínez-Herrero, P. Mejías

Characterization of non-uniformly totally polarized beams [6101-38]

R. Martínez-Herrero, P. Mejías, G. Piquero

Spatial characterization of laser beams modified by interference [6101-39]

J. Serna

OPTICS CHARACTERIZATION

Scaling law investigations in spot sizes dependence in the ns regime [6101-29]

M. Jupé, L. Jensen, H. Mädebach, K. Starke, D. Ristau, Y. Lien, D. Wernham

Scattering analysis of optical components in the DUV [6101-30]

S. Schröder, S. Gliech, A. Duparré

Nonlinear lens mapping of optical substrates [6101-33]

S. Nersisyan, N. Tabiryan, L. Glebov, L. Glebova

Automated test station for laser-induced damage threshold measurements according to ISO 11254-2standard [6101-34]

A. Melninkaitis, D. Miksys, T. Balciunas, O. Balachninaite, T. Rakickas, R. Grigonis, V. Sirutkaitis

Absorptance and scattering losses measurements in IR range by high average power tunable radiationof optical parametric oscillator based on a periodically poled lithium niobate [6101-35]

O. Balachninaite, R. Eckardt, M. Maciulevicius, M. Sinkevicius, V. Sirutkaitis

Detection of laser optic defects using gradient direction matching [6101-36]

B. Chen, L. Kegelmeyer, J. Liebman, J. Salmon, J. Tzeng, D. Paglieroni

ELECTRICALLY-PUMPED LASER SYSTEMS

Electra: repetitively pulsed 700 J, 100 ns electron beam pumped KrF laser [6101-40]

M. Wolford, M. Myers, J. Giuliani, J. Sethian, F. Hegeler

High power and short pulse RF-excited CO2 laser MOPA system for LLP EUV light source[6101-41]

T. Ariga, H. Hoshino, T. Miura, A. Endo

Super power avalanche discharge and its application for the excitation of gas lasers [6101-42]

V. Tarasenko, S. Yakovlenko

Efficient discharge-pumped non-chain HF and DF lasers [6101-43]

V. Tarasenko, A. Panchenko

SOLID STATE LASERS

Development of thermally controlled HALNA DPSSL for inertial fusion energy [6101-44]

O. Matsumoto, R. Yasuhara, T. Kurita, T. Ikegawa, T. Sekine, T. Kawashima, J. Kawanaka, T. Norimatsu, N. Miyanaga, Y. Izawa, M. Nakatsuka, M. Miyamoto, H. Kan, H. Furukawa, S. Motokoshi

A 100-kHz thin disk Yb:YAG regenerative amplifier [6101-46]

T. Miura, A. Endo

LASER APPLICATIONS

Multiple applications for the 10kW fiber laser at the Electro-Optics Center [6101-47]

D. Sames, T. Lehecka, J. Thomas

Concrete cutting using high-power fiber laser [6101-48]

K. Tei, N. Takeuchi, D. Sugimoto, T. Arisawa, K. Jyosui, N. Miyagawa, T. Fujioka

Laser-driven acoustic waves in back-irradiated thin solid foils [6101-49]

A. Zinovev, J. Moore, W. Calaway, M. Pellin, I. Veryovkin

Flow unsteadiness in chemical oxygen-iodine lasers and its influence [6101-88]

T. Madden

COIL, EOIL, AND OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS

The electric oxygen-iodine laser: chemical kinetics of O2 (a1&

W. Rawlins, S. Lee, W. Kessler, D. Oakes, L. Piper, S. Davis

Singlet delta oxygen production in self-sustained and non-self-sustained slab discharges [6101-52]

A. Ionin, M. Frolov, V. Ochkin, Y. Podmar'kov, S. Savinov, L. Seleznev, D. Sinitsyn, N. Vagin, N. Yuryshev, I. Kochetov, A. Napartovich, O. Rulev

Quenching of I(2P1/2) by O3 and O(

3P) [6101-53]

V. Azyazov, I. Antonov, S. Ruffner, M. Heaven

COIL power extraction enhanced by reducing/eliminating iodine clusters in a high Mach numbernitrogen mixing nozzle [6101-54]

J. Marshall, K. Healey, B. Croker, K. Kendrick, T. Yang, Y. Hsia, R. Dickerson, L. Forman

The auto-decomposition of NCl3 as a source of NCl(a) [6101-55]

W. McDermott, B. Nizamov, T. Henshaw, Z. Lambert

Studies of an advanced iodine laser concept [6101-56]

A. Bauer, S. Lee, D. Vu, K. Galbally-Kinney, W. Kessler, W. Rawlins, S. Davis

Highly efficient cesium vapor laser [6101-57]

T. Ehrenreich, B. Zhdanov, R. Knize

Negative branch hybrid resonator for COIL [6101-60]

J. Handke, T. Hall, F. Duschek, K. Grünewald

Effects of mixing on post-discharge modeling of ElectricOIL experiments [6101-77]

A. Palla, D. Carroll, J. Verdeyen, W. Solomon

POSTER SESSION

Subpicosecond radiolysis by means of terawatt laser wakefield accelerator [6101-89]

D. Oulianov, O. Korovyanko, R. Crowell, D. Gosztola, I. Shkrob, R. Rey-de-Castro, C. Elles

Excavation of methane hydrate using COIL [6101-90]

K. Josui, N. Miyakawa, K. Tei, D. Sugimoto, T. Fujioka

MICRO RESONATORS: PART II

Calligraphic poling for WGM resonators [6101-69]

M. Mohageg, D. Strekalov, A. Savchenkov, A. Matsko, V. Ilchenko, L. Maleki

Recent advances in organic electro-optic materials for ring micro-resonators and optical modulation[6101-72]

A. Akelaitis, P. Sullivan, J. Sinness, S. Hammond, Y. Liao, R. Lawson, J. Takayesu, B. Eichinger, H. Rommel, B. Robinson, L. Dalton

Silica polygonal micropillar resonators: fano line shapes tuning by using a Mach-Zehnderinterferometer [6101-65]

K. Hon, A. Poon

Quantum dot spontaneous emission lifetime modification in optical microcavities using oxide aperturedmicropillars [6101-68]

N. Stoltz, M. Rakher, S. Strauf, D. Bouwmeester, P. Petroff, L. Coldren

Geometric optics of whispering gallery modes [6101-71]

M. Gorodetsky, A. Fomin

Volume 6102 Fiber Lasers III: Technology, Systems, and Applications

FIBER LASERS IN APPLICATIONS

Ultrashort pulse micromachining with the 10-&

J. Bovatsek, A. Arai, F. Yoshino, Y. Uehara

Addressing challenging micro-processing applications and materials with fiber lasers [6102-2]

T. Hoult, S. Ingram, A. Jannssen

HIGH-POWER FIBER LASERS I

High power, narrow linewidth fiber lasers [6102-5]

D. Walton, S. Gray, J. Wang, M. Li, X. Chen, A. Ruffin, J. Demeritt, L. Zenteno

LASERS IN THE EYE-SAFE WINDOW

New developments in high power eye-safe LMA fibers [6102-6]

K. Tankala, B. Samson, A. Carter, J. Farroni, D. Machewirth, N. Jacobson, U. Manyam, A. Sanchez, M. Chen, A. Galvanauskas, W. Torruellas, Y. Chen

High-pulse energy extraction with high peak power from short-pulse eye safe all-fiber laser system

M. Savage-Leuchs, E. Eisenberg, A. Liu, J. Henrie, M. Bowers

MID-INFRARED LASERS AND NEW MATERIALS

Power scalable and efficient 790-nm pumped Tm3+-doped fiber lasers [6102-8]

G. Frith, D. Lancaster

Non-silica microstructured optical fibers for mid-IR supercontinuum generation from 2 µm – 5 µm [6102-10]

J. Price, T. Monro, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, F. Poletti, V. Finazzi, J. Leong, P. Petropoulos, J. Flanagan, G. Brambilla, X. Feng, D. Richardson

MICROSTRUCTURED FIBER LASERS

High-power photonic crystal fibers [6102-11]

K. Hansen, J. Broeng, A. Petersson, M. Nielsen, P. Skovgaard, C. Jakobsen, H. Simonsen

Design and high power operation of a stress-induced single-polarization single-transverse mode LMAYb-doped photonic crystal fiber [6102-12]

T. Schreiber, H. Schultz, F. Röser, O. Schmidt, J. Limpert, R. Iliew, A. Petersson, C. Jacobsen, K. Hansen, J. Broeng, A. Tünnermann

Very large-core, single-mode, Yb-doped photonic crystal rod for multi-MW peak power generation[6102-13]

F. Di Teodoro, C. Brooks

Are hollow-core fibers attractive for high-power fiber lasers? [6102-14]

K. Hougaard, J. Laegsgaard, J. Broeng, A. Bjarklev

Amplification in hollow core photonic crystal fibers [6102-15]

P. Roberts, J. Broeng, A. Petersson, K. Hansen

Depressed clad hollow optical fiber with fundamental LP01 mode cut-off [6102-16]

J. Kim, P. Dupriez, D. Soh, C. Codemard, S. Yoo, Y. Jeong, J. Nilsson, J. Sahu

FIBER SOURCES IN METROLOGY AND IMAGING

Super continuum generation for real time ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography [6102-18]

N. Nishizawa, A. Aguirre, J. Fujimoto

HIGH PEAK POWER NANOSECOND FIBER SOURCES

MW peak-power, mJ pulse energy, multi-kHz repetition rate pulses from Yb-doped fiber amplifiers [6102-21]

F. Di Teodoro, C. Brooks

High-peak-power (>1.2 MW) pulsed fiber amplifier [6102-22]

R. Farrow, D. Kliner, P. Schrader, A. Hoops, S. Moore, G. Hadley, R. Schmitt

High peak power ytterbium doped fiber amplifiers [6102-24]

W. Torruellas, Y. Chen, B. McIntosh, J. Farroni, K. Tankala, S. Webster, D. Hagan, M. Soileau, M. Messerly, J. Dawson

HIGH ENERGY FIBER LASERS

10 mJ pulse energy and 200 W average power Yb–doped fiber laser [6102-25]

S. Maryashin, A. Unt, V. Gapontsev

High peak power high rep-rate pulsed fiber laser for marking applications [6102-27]

M. Zervas, M. Durkin, F. Ghiringhelli, K. Vysniauskas, L. Hickey, A. Gillooly, P. Turner, B. Kao

Evaluation of a high power Q-switched Tm3+

-doped silica fiber laser operating near 2&

A. El-Sherif, T. King

BEAM COMBINATION I

258 W of spectrally beam combined power with near-diffraction limited beam quality [6102-28]

T. Loftus, A. Liu, P. Hoffman, A. Thomas, M. Norsen, C. Hamilton, E. Honea

Spectral combining of fiber lasers [6102-29]

F. Röser, S. Klingebiel, A. Liem, T. Schreiber, S. Höfer, J. Limpert, T. Peschel, R. Eberhardt, A. Tünnermann

Coherently coupled high-power fiber arrays [6102-30]

J. Anderegg, S. Brosnan, E. Cheung, P. Epp, D. Hammons, H. Komine, M. Weber, M. Wickham

Self-referenced locking of optical coherence by single-detector electronic-frequency tagging [6102-31]

T. Shay, V. Benham, J. Spring, B. Ward, F. Ghebremichael, M. Culpepper, A. Sanchez, J. Baker, D. Pilkington, R. Berdine

Multi-core photonic crystal fibers for high-power laser [6102-32]

L. Michaille, C. Bennett, D. Taylor, T. Shepherd

FIBER AMPLIFIERS FOR ULTRAFAST PULSES

Exploiting nonlinearity in femtosecond fiber amplifiers [6102-33]

A. Chong, L. Kuznetsova, S. Zhou, F. Wise

Ultrafast high energy amplifiers beyond the B-integral limit [6102-34]

L. Shah, Z. Liu, I. Hartl, G. Imeshev, G. Cho, M. Fermann

50 W, 50 fs pulses from a fiber laser system using nonlinear fiber compression [6102-35]

F. Röser, J. Rothhardt, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, A. Tünnermann

Compact µJ-level all-polarization maintaining femtosecond fiber source [6102-36]

T. Schreiber, B. Orta, C. Nielsen, J. Limpert, A. Tünnermann

APPLICATIONS OF ULTRAFAST FIBER SOURCES

Intense ultra-short fiber laser systems and their applications [6102-38]

J. Limpert, T. Schreiber, F. Röser, A. Tünnermann

High energy short pulse fiber laser front end for kilo-Joule class CPA systems [6102-39]

J. Dawson, S. Mitchell, R. Beach, M. Messerly, C. Siders, H. Phan, C. Barty

ULTRAFAST FIBER LASERS

Self-similar low-noise femtosecond ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser [6102-40]

B. Ortac, A. Hideur, C. Chedot, M. Brunel, G. Martel, J. Limpert

Picosecond fiber laser oscillator at 1.5um with 2.3W average output power and 160 MHz repetition rate[6102-41]

P. Polynkin, A. Polynkin, D. Panasenko, M. Mansuripur, N. Peyghambarian, J. Moloney

Single pulse and bound state operation of a self-starting self-similar all-PM Yb-doped fiber laser [6102-42]

C. Nielsen, B. Ortac, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, R. Hohmuth, W. Richter, A. Tünnermann

Wide and fast wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser using dispersion tuning [6102-43]

M. Asano, S. Yamashita

Polarization-maintaining picosecond oscillator based on quantum dot SESAM [6102-44]

P. Crittenden, A. Starodumov, M. Reed

BEAM COMBINATION II

Coherent beam combining of fiber amplifier array output through spectral self-phase conjugation viaSBS [6102-46]

V. Kovalev, R. Harrison

Beam-phasing multiple-fiber amplifiers using a fiber phas