The program reflects the most recent advances in ultrafast optical science and technology. The conference topics include:
• Generation of ultrashort optical pulses from lasers
• Parametric oscillators and amplifiers of ultrashort pulses
• Ultrahigh peak-power laser systems and related technologies
• High average power ultrafast lasers
• High harmonic and attosecond pulse generation technology and science
• Novel methods for shaping and measuring ultrashort pulses
• Few-cycle pulses, carrier-envelope phase control
• Coherent beam combining and pulse synthesis
• Ultrashort x-ray pulses; generation, characterization, and synchronization of XFELs
• Ultrafast laser applications that drive technology advancements and innovation
Keynote Speakers
Gérard Mourou, École Polytechnique & University of Michigan
Ferenc Krausz, Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik
Alan Fry, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Short Courses
Ultrafast Coherent Mid-IR Pulses: Generation and Applications
Konstantin Vodopyanov, University of Central Florida (USA)
Imaging with Laser-generated Ultrashort X-ray Pulses
David Neely, STFC/RAL/CLF (United Kingdom)
Invited Speakers
Facility Invited Speakers
- Skirmantas Ališauskas, DESY (Germany)
- Damir Aumiler, Institute of Physics (Croatia)
- Igor Jovanovic, University of Michigan (USA)
- Csaba Toth, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA)
- Allen Weeks, ELI Delivery Consortium (Belgium)