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Pulsed Laser Metrology Workshop

Pulsed Laser Metrology Workshop

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is sponsoring a one-and-a-half-day workshop bringing together international experts from industry, academia, and government organizations to identify key optical metrology needs for extreme pulsed lasers (high peak power Terawatt to Petawatt class or high pulse energies).

Goals:

  • Develop a list of key optical measurements for these pulsed lasers including achievable measurement uncertainty.
  • Identify the roadblocks preventing researchers from being able to report trusted error bars for these measurements.
  • Outline next steps to improving these measurement capabilities.
  • Generate a publicly available report from the information gathered above.

Format: A series of invited talks on extreme pulsed laser metrology needs along with break-out groups to generate recommendations. All talks are “Invited” with an emphasis on discussion. In this true workshop format the attendees will be as important as the speakers. Attendance is limited to 30-50 participants.

Workshop program committee:

  • Luis Miaja-Avila (Co-chair, NIST)
  • Paul Williams (Co-chair, NIST)
  • David Garand (Sydor Technologies)
  • Bryan Holtsberry (U.S. Army)
  • Hiromitsu Kiriyama (QST)
  • Daniel Kramer (ELI Beamlines)
  • Mike Litos (University of Colorado)
  • Marco Lopez (PTB)
  • Daniel Short (U.S. Army)

AGENDA: Pulsed Laser Metrology workshop

6-7 August 2025

 

Wednesday, August 6

8:30-9:00        - Coffee/Snacks -

9:00-9:20        Welcome/Introduction

9:20-9:50        “Ensuring accuracy and consistency through SI-traceability”

                              Michelle Stephens, NIST

9:50-10:50      “Laser pulse metrology challenges at ELI-NP 2x10PW laser system”

                            Daniel Ursescu, ELI-NP

10:50-11:10    - Break -

11:10-11:40    “LaserNetUS: the collaborative network to advance high-power laser science and applications”

                            Mingsheng Wei, University of Rochester

11:40-12:10    “About a tenth of a kilojoule in about a fortieth of a picosecond: Seeing a zetawatt equivalent ultrashort pulse laser system”

                           John Nees, University of Michigan

12:10-12:40    “Petawatt-class and kilowatt average power ultrashort pulse lasers at Colorado State University: Development and Applications”

                            Jorge Rocca, Colorado State University

12:40-13:40    - Lunch -

13:40-14:10    “Intense laser damage to critical optics: a bottleneck for the development of high repetition rate petawatt class laser platforms”

                             Enam Chowdhury, Ohio State University

14:10-14:40    “'Laser pulseform, metrology, and development for plasma accelerators”

                            Cameron Geddes, LBNL/BELLA

14:40-15:10    “The development of high peak and average power laser drivers for applications”

                            Brendan Reagan, Colorado State University

15:10-15:30    - Break -

15:30-16:00    “Petawatt pulse diagnostics”

                            Erhard Gaul, Marvel Fusion

16:00-16:30    “Delivering laser performance conditions to enable fusion ignition and beyond at the National Ignition Facility”

                           Jean-Michel Di Nicola, LLNL

18:00-20:00    Dinner

 

Thursday, August 7

7:00-8:00am   OPTIONAL – Short hike in the foothills of Boulder

9:00-9:30        - Coffee/Snacks -

9:30-10:00      “Current capabilities and limitations of commercially available laser pulse energy measurement technologies”

                            Geoffrey-Axel Michaud-Ferland, Pierre-Rene Blouin, Gentec-EO

10:00-10:30    “Full-power, in-situ measurement of laser intensity in the terawatt and petawatt Regime”

                           Anthony Raymond, University of Rochester

10:30-11:00    “Spatio-temporal shaping and characterization of high-power ultrafast pulses”

                           Chip Durfee, Colorado School of Mines

11:00-11:20    - Break -

11:20-11:50    “Measuring to improve: Using third-order autocorrelation to push nonlinear pulse compression forward”

                           Simon Reiger, Ultrafast Innovations

11:50-12:20    “State-of-the-art diagnostics for ultra-short optical pulses”

                           Olaf Korth, APE America

12:20-13:20    - Lunch -

13:20-16:00    Workshop-guided discussion

16:00               Workshop Close

Boulder Courtyard by Marriott 
4710 Pearl E Cir, Boulder, CO 80301
Room Block for Pulse laser Metrology Workshop

Courtyard Boulder for 173.00 USD per night - Last Day to Book : Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Please use this link to book your room 

Link:
Book your group rate for NIST Pulsed Lase Metrology Wkshp

Note: for questions regarding your reservation please reach out to Jennifer Ford | jennifer.g.ford [at] marriott.com (jennifer[dot]g[dot]ford[at]marriott[dot]com)

 

 

Created April 8, 2025, Updated July 23, 2025
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