Industrial
This conference focuses on recent advances in laser applications ranging from remote sensing and materials processing to communications and entertainment that have led to novel devices and systems. This meeting highlights experimental and numerical studies that demonstrate the feasibility of laser methods for general commercial processes with an eye toward industrial and consumer applications.
Postdeadline paper submissions are being accepted. Submit timely, innovative research by March 30, 2012 at 12:00 PM noon EDT (16:00 GMT).
Technical Program
Below, please find Technical Program information including Invited Speakers, Tutorials, Symposium, Plenary, Market Focus, Short Courses, and more. Check back for additional information.
Invited Speakers
Title to be Announced, Arnold Gilner; Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
Laser Plasmas for Spectrochemistry, Rick Russo; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA
Inline Coherent Imaging: Measuring and Controlling Depth in Industrial Laser Processes, Paul J. L. Webster; Queen's University, Canada
Title to be Announced, Alberto Salleo; Stanford University, USA
Plenary Session
CLEO: Applications & Technology
Steven Denbaars, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Presentation: Development of nonpolar and semipolar InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and Laser Diodes
Special Symposia
50th Anniversary of the Semiconductor Laser
Joint CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science/ CLEO: Science & Innovations/ CLEO: Applications & Technology
Space Optical Systems: Opportunities and Challenges
Joint CLEO: Science & Innovations/ CLEO: Applications & Technology
Singular Light: Applications of Vortices, Orbital Angular Momentum, Bessel and Airy Beams
Joint CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science/ CLEO: Science & Innovations/ CLEO: Applications & Technology
Advances in High-Power Lasers and their Applications
Joint CLEO: Applications & Technology/ CLEO: Science & Innovations
Market Focus
Industrial: Next Generation Materials Processing Applications in the Automobile, Machine Tool and Medical Marketplace
Moderator: Merrill M. Apter; Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Telesis Technologies, Inc., USA
Short Courses*
SC200 Laser Remote Sensing
Timothy Carrig and Philip Gatt; Lockheed Martin, USA
*Short Courses are an additional fee