Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Session 1: Invited Talks W. Leemans, Workshop Welcome W. Sandner, Overview of high power lasers in Europe Session 2: Invited Talks R. Falcone, Laser needs for basic energy sciences Session 3: Invited Talks J. Collier, High energy, high power lasers, diode pumping Session 4: Next generation laser systems; high peak power, multi-KW average power Thursday, January 24, 2013 Session 5: Invited Talks Session 6: Fiber lasers, fiber combining Session 7: Optical materials, coatings and diodes J. Dawson, Introduction M. Kanskar, Perspective on breakthrough diode technology M. Kanskar, Perspective on fiber and pumps for fiber laser K. Ueda, Coating Session 8: Gas lasers M. Babzien, Gas laser session introduction M. Polyanskiy, Short pulse CO2 technology S. Tochitsky, Gas laser technology for advanced particle accelerator Friday, January 25, 2013 Session 9: Panel discussions on synergy between industry and government on developing new laser technologies S. Biedron and W. White, Synergy between industry, government on developing new laser technologies E. Allaria, FERMI wishes for future seed laser J. Kafka, IBS Technology R. O'Rourke, Potential navy shipboard lasers Session 10: Summary Discussions |