Session #4, Lasers and Applications
Tuesday, March 17 2009, 15:00-18:30
Chair: Itzhak Schnitzer
S4T1 15:00-15:25 Eli Kapon, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (Invited)
Recent developments in long wavelength VCSELs for communication and sensing applications
S4T2 15:25-15:50 Daniel Majer, Optigo Systems Ltd. (Invited)
High power quantum cascade lasers: A versatile semiconductor source for mid-IR applications
S4T3 15:50-16:05 Yuri Berk, Semi-Conductor Devices
808nm diode QCW laser stacks operating billions pulse shots with space-charge reliability
S4T4 16:05-16:30 Adela ben-Yakar, University of Texas at Austin, USA (Invited)
Femtosecond laser microsurgery aiming at advancing both biological sciences and clinical practice
S4T5 17:00-17:25 Steven Jackel, Electro-Optics Division, Soreq (Invited)
Aberration-free amplification in high average-power rod-based lasers
S4T6 17:25-17:40 Moshe Levy, Semi-Conductor Devices
Development of high power 800-1000nm single emitters
S4T7 17:40-17:55 Moti Fridman, Weizmann Institute
Fiber lasers with radially and azimuthally polarized light
S4T8 17:55-18:10 Eitan Ronen, Weizmann Institute
Passive phase locking and beam combining using polarization elements
S4T9 18:10-18:25 Zachary S. Sacks, Elbit Systems El-Op
Advances in mid-IR generation at Elbit Systems El-Op