Scope

A. High brightness lasers for ignitions

• - Micro solid-state photonics: advanced laser crystals, laser ceramics, and micro-domain controlled materials
• - Giant micro-photonics: mega-watt class giant pulse generation from micro photonics
• - High power and reliable diode lasers: high power VCSELs, DFB and VBG based diodes, etc.
• - High power and reliable fiber or fiber lasers, including pump delivery or giant pulse generation

B. Advanced ignition systems for stationary natural gas engines, vehicular and aerospace applications

• - Fundamental ignition studies.
• - Advanced ignition systems for stationary power generation: Lean-burn, High EGR, and dilute combustion regimes.
• - Advanced ignition systems for vehicular applications: Lean-burn, High EGR, dilute combustion.
• - Laser ignition in Aerospace applications: Low-density combustion, Hypersonics, etc.
• - Laser ignition of energetic materials: Ignition of solid propellants using lasers, Space / ballistic applications, etc.

C. Advanced applications of giant-pulse microchip laser systems

• - Nonlinear optics: higher harmonic wave generation, optical parametric generation, sum and differential wave generation for VUV to THz wave generation, etc.
• - Diagnostics: LIBS, mass spectroscopy, gas sensing, ranging, etc.
• - Materials process: laser drilling, laser peening, and the other advanced laser process, etc. (Joint session)
• - Laser damage: fundamental physics, practical systems (Joint session)