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2nd International Applications of High-Power Semiconductor Lasers – Lasers
2008
Monday, October 6 – Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Doubletree Hotel San Diego – Mission Valley, San Diego, CA, US
pre-conference seminars
High-Power Laser Diodes: Technology and Application
Monday, October 6, 8:30am – 12:00pm
This seminar is designed to help attendees understand how high-power laser
diodes are designed and
tested. An introduction to typical applications addressing market segments such
as material processing,
printing, medical, defense, homeland security and telecommunication will be
featured. Attendees will
leave the seminar with a solid understanding of the day-to-day challenges in
high-power laser
manufacturing and quality control.
Those who should attend:
• Product developers
• Design and application engineers
• Application lab managers
• Equipment designers
• Laser manufacturers
• Anyone interested in understanding how high power laser diodes are designed
and tested.
Your seminar leader:
Dr Berthold Schmidt, Vice President, Global Product and Market Development
INTENSE LTD, Switzerland
Dr Berthold Schmidt is currently Vice President for Global Product and Market
Development at Intense Ltd. Before joining Intense he was promoting the
Industrial High
Power Laser group of Bookham. During his time as R&D Manager at JDS Uniphase and
later Nortel he was responsible for the development, qualification and
implementation
of 980nm pump laser diodes for telecom applications with their rigid reliability
expectations. Dr Schmidt
graduated from the Julius-Maximilians Universität at Würzburg, Germany. He
received his MSc from SUNY
University at Albany and his PhD degree from the Technical University at Munich,
Germany. He holds
various patents on the design of high power laser diodes and has (co)authored
about 60 papers,
conference papers and book chapters. Berthold Schmidt is member of the SPIE,
SSOM and IEEE.
A Laser Safety Overview for High-Power Lasers in Manufacturing
Monday, October 6, 1:30 – 5:00pm
Don’t miss this year’s new seminar with Thomas Lieb from Rockwell Laser
Industries. This session offers a
comprehensive overview of lasers and laser safety with a basic overview of laser
characteristics.
Topics to be discussed include:
• Biological effects of lasers
• Laser accident report analysis
• Laser safety regulations and standards (ANSI, CDRH, OSHA, and IEC standards)
• Laser classification
• Laser hazard analysis (OD, MPE, NHZ)
• Available control measures
This seminar is targeted to laser users as well as manufacturers of lasers and
laser systems, including but
not limited to laser operators, engineers, management and maintenance personnel.
Your seminar leader:
Thomas Lieb, Consultant/Lecturer/Designer
ROCKWELL LASER INDUSTRIES, US
Thomas Lieb serves Rockwell Laser Industries as an Independent Consultant. He
holds
a BS/BA from the University of Redlands, with graduate studies in optical
physics and
mathematics. Working initially in telecommunications, he was involved in the
first
application of optical communication systems for commercial use and improved the
optical design performance of several laser products for the rugged construction
industry. He has managed
comprehensive R&D projects, managed design on complete turn-key laser cutting
systems, guided integration
of laser optical systems, developed management and laser safety training
programs and taught
undergraduate engineering courses in Introduction to Laser Technology. Mr Lieb
is a BLS Certified Laser
Safety Officer, a Laser Safety Consultant and a senior member of SME, LIA and a
delegate of various
committees. He has also authored a variety of articles on industrial lasers and
lasers for use in the EC,
including trade publications Photonics Spectra and The Fabricator. He is the
2008 recipient of the
International Electrotechnical Commission’s “1906 Award”.
Monday, October 6 – Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Doubletree Hotel San Diego – Mission Valley, San Diego, CA, US
12:10 Roundtable luncheon
1:30 Lifetime of diode lasers at very high power levels
• Reduction of price per watt
• Increasing lifetime requirements
• Tailoring technology choices to meet price and lifetime
demands of different applications
• Lifetime measurements and consequences of continuously
rising output power
Dr Detlev Wolff, Manager, Sales and Marketing
JENOPTIK LASERDIODE, Germany
2:00 High-power, high-brightness, multi-purpose
laser-head module
• Basic concepts for high power and high brightness
• Modeling results
• Layout and design
• Characterization
• Summary and conclusions
Rajiv Pandey, Senior Product Manager
DILAS DIODE LASER, US
2:30 Lateral modes and slow axis divergence in broad
area semiconductor lasers
• Near and far field results for broad area semiconductor
lasers at 8xx nm
• Effects of filamentation, current and heat spreading
and polarization
• Effects of packaging stress
• Semi-empirical model for lateral modes in broad
area lasers
David Schleuning, Engineering Manager
Co-authors: J Morales, R Pathak, J Watson, T Hasenberg
COHERENT, US
3:00 Efficiency or power? Both!
• Low attenuation coefficient and very long diode lasers
increase power and brightness
• Length and d/gamma scaling temper gain reduce
power density in most sensitive areas of diodes
• Higher power by simultaneous scaling of length and
d/gamma tempered by drop in extraction efficiency
• Record power values obtained out of 100 microns
aperture; 3 microns and 2 cm envisioned for future
Iulian B Petrescu-Prahova, Principal Laser Scientist HPL
Co-authors: P Modak, E Goutain, D Bambrick, D
Silan, J Riordan, T Moritz and J H Marsh
INTENSE, US
3:30 Afternoon refreshments and networking break
Session 3: Defense, aerospace and homeland
security applications
4:00 Opening remarks from the Session Chair
Wade Collins, Sales Manager
Military and Aerospace
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CUTTING EDGE OPTRONICS, US
4:30 Compact, portable external-cavity quantum cascade
lasers for molecular detection and imaging
• Importance of mid-infrared for molecular detection
and imaging
• Performance of commercially available devices
• Battery-operated illuminators and portable sensors
• Applications
Eric Takeuchi, Director of Business Development
DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS, US
5:00 Operation of laser diode arrays in harsh environments
• Overview
• Harsh operating conditions: What customers require
• Operating challenges
• Overcoming challenges
• Results and conclusions
Dr Ryan Feeler, Senior Engineer, Diode Lasers
Co-authors: Jeremy Junghans, Dr Ed Stephens
and Dr Stan Whiteley
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CUTTING EDGE OPTRONICS, US
5:30 Size, weight, efficiency and other challenges in
defense applications of semiconductor lasers
Dr Alex Rosiewicz, CTO
EM4, US
6:00 Networking reception
All speakers and delegates are invited to this relaxed
and informal reception to network and discuss the
day’s proceedings
7:30 Continental breakfast
Session 4: Display applications
8:30 Opening remarks from the Session Chair
Dr Kunihiko Washio, President
PARADIGM LASER RESEARCH, Japan
8:35 Laser projection displays and the market potential
• Potential markets
• Applications
• Requirements
• Future trends
Dr Robert Brown, Analyst
Co-authors: Matt Brennesholtz and Chris Chinnock
INSIGHT MEDIA, US
9:05 High-power red laser diode arrays and their
application for laser displays
• Development of high-power red laser diode arrays
• Application of high-power red lasers for projection displays
• Perspectives for further progress
Kazuya Wakabayashi, Super Laser Section,
Advanced Light Technology Department
SONY CORPORATION, Japan
9:35 Necsel lasers: Built for lighting displays
• Necsel laser technology update
• Key attributes lasers require for display applications
• Laser display market update
Greg Niven, Vice President, Marketing
ARASOR, US
10:05 Morning refreshments and networking break
10:35 R-G-B (red, green, blue) lasers for display applications
• Market and business opportunities
• Low cost, high brightness, highly efficient chip for LCOS,
DMD and micro-mirror display technologies
• Power scalability for projection display applications from
10 to 100,000 lumens
Dr Paul Rudy, VP, Marketing and Sales
QPC LASERS, US
11:05 R-G-B lasers for mobile projection applications
• Laser projection applications
• Markets and light source requirements
• Status of red, green and blue semiconductor based lasers
• Outlook and summary
Dr Ulrich Steegmueller, Senior Application
Engineering Manager
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS, US
11:35 Roundtable luncheon
Session 5: Medical and biomedical applications
1:00 Opening remarks from the Session Chair
Dr Paul Rudy, VP, Marketing and Sales
QPC LASERS, US
1:05 The medical laser market landscape
• Overall market for medical lasers in the US
• Trends affecting current and future utilization
of medical lasers
• Emerging market for cardiovascular applications
• Opportunities for emerging and niche device developers
Venkat Rajan, Industry Manager, Medical Devices
FROST & SULLIVAN, US
1:35 High-power diode lasers:
The ideal light source for hair removal
• Review of laser hair removal: History and size of market
• Opportunity presented by the emerging home hair
removal market
• The science of hair removal: Why diode lasers are the best
light source and how they could be better
• A wish list: How semiconductor manufacturers can help
exploit hair removal improved design of diode lasers
Dr Mark V Weckwerth, Co-founder
and Executive Vice President
SPECTRAGENICS, US
2:05 FDA and semiconductor lasers in medicine:
Differences of semiconductor
lasers/lights in medicine
• FDA involvement
• Medical specialty area: Does it matter?
• Future outlook
Neil R P Ogden, Chief, General Surgical Devices Branch
FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION, CENTER FOR
DEVICES & RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH, US
2:35 Afternoon refreshments and networking break
3:00 Light sources and delivery methods
for photodynamic therapy
• New applications of PDT
• Specialized light sources and delivery methods
for specific indications
• Treatment dosimetry and planning
• Competing light technologies
Dr Robert Weersink, Operations Director
LABORATORY FOR APPLIED BIOPHOTONICS
UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, Canada
3:30 Aesthetic use of lasers: A review
• Facial rejuvenation
• Skin tightening
• Fat and cellulite
• Ethical issues
Dr Christopher B Zachary, Professor & Chair,
Department of Dermatology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, US
4:00 Closing remarks
Olga Adamovich, Conference Director
INTERTECHPIRA, US
4:10 End of conference
Day two – Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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Venue
AHPSL 2008 will be held at the Doubletree Hotel San Diego – Mission Valley,
amidst world-class shopping, dining and entertainment, with easy access to San
Diego’s finest sightseeing and recreation. Downtown’s historic Gaslamp Quarter,
Petco Park, Qualcomm Stadium, Old Town, Tijuana, University of San Diego
and San Diego State University are just a trolley ride away. The hotel offers
complimentary airport pick-up, high-speed Internet access in all guestrooms,
wireless Internet access in public areas, an outdoor pool and whirlpool, a
24-hour fitness center, tennis courts, an indoor lap pool and sauna, a café
and a lounge serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Doubletree Hotel San Diego – Mission Valley
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San Diego, CA, US 92108
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Speakers and delegates are responsible for booking their own travel and
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Mission Valley at a special rate of $149 plus taxes. Speakers and delegates must
reserve their rooms no later than September 12, 2008 to take advantage of this
special rate. To book your accommodation, please contact the hotel directly at
+1 619 297 5466. (Please state that you’re attending the IntertechPira Lasers
conference to receive the preferential rate). Additional information will be
provided
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IntertechPira’s AHPSL 2008 offers a unique opportunity to showcase your
products and services all while accessing a high-level network of industry
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and applications. Depending on your goals and the level of sponsorship required,
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