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St.Petersburg 2012 CONTENTS 15th International Conference on Laser Optics TechnicalProgram St.Petersburg 2012 CONTENTS General Information ....................................................................................................................................3-11 Program at-a-Glance ..................................................................................................................................12-13 TECHNICAL PROGRAM June 25, Monday Plenary session ................................................................................................................................................. 15 June 26, Tuesday Rl. Solid-State Lasers And Nonlinear Frequency Conversion .................................................................. 16 R2. High Power Gas Lasers ............................................................................................................................ 17 R3. Semiconductor Lasers, Materials And Applications ............................................................................ 19 R5. Super-Intense Light Fields And Ultra-Fast Processes .......................................................................... 21 R6. Nanophotonics And Biophotonics ........................................................................................................ 22 R8. Nonlinear Photonics: Fundamentals And Applications ...................................................................... 23 Poster Session ................................................................................................................................................... 25 June 27, Wednesday R3. Semiconductor Lasers, Materials And Applications ............................................................................ 27 R4. Laser Beam Control ................................................................................................................................. 28 R5. Super-Intense Light Fields And Ultra-Fast Processes .......................................................................... 30 R6. Nanophotonics And Biophotonics ........................................................................................................ 31 R7. Lasers In Environmental Monitoring .................................................................................................... 33 R8. Nonlinear Photonics: Fundamentals And Applications ...................................................................... 34 Poster Session ................................................................................................................................................... 36 June 28, Thursday Rl. Solid-State Lasers And Nonlinear Frequency Conversion .................................................................. 43 R4. Laser Beam Control ................................................................................................................................. 45 R5. Super-Intense Light Fields And Ultra-Fast Processes .......................................................................... 47 R6. Nanophotonics And Biophotonics ........................................................................................................ 50 R7. Lasers In Environmental Monitoring .................................................................................................... 52 Poster Session ................................................................................................................................................... 53 June 29, Friday Rl. Solid-State Lasers And Nonlinear Frequency Conversion .................................................................. 63 R8. Nonlinear Photonics: Fundamentals And Applications ...................................................................... 64 6th International Symposium on High-Power Fiber Lasers and Their Applications ............................. 65 2nd International Symposium on Light in Conservation of Artworks .................................................... 75 2nd International Symposium on Lasers in Medicine ............................................................................... 81 6th International Conference on Laser Optics for Young Scientists and Engineers .............................. 87 Side-Event Workshops .................................................................................................................................... 94 Exhibition ....................................................................................................................................................... 100 Author Index .................................................................................................................................................. 106 International Conference «Laser Optics 2012» ORGANIZED BY: Fund for Laser Physics Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation European Optical Society Ioffe Physical Technical Institute IPG Photonics Corporation JSC “SPC “Optical Systems and Technologies” Laser Association Lebedev Physical Institute Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Moscow State University Optical Society of America Prokhorov General Physics Institute Rozhdestvensky Optical Society (ROS) Russian Foundation for Basic Research Russian Technologies State Corporation SPIE St.Petersburg Government St.Petersburg National Research University of ITMO St.Petersburg State Electrotechnical University St.Petersburg State University Vavilov SOI Corporation CONFERENCE «LASER OPTICS 2012» 3 We wish to thank the following for their contribution to the: success of this conference Committee of Education and Science of the St.Petersburg Government Russian Foundation for Basic Research St.Petersburg National Research University of ITMO LOMO PLC IPG Photonics Corporation Research Institute for Complex Testing of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems OJC RPC “Precision Systems and Instruments” SPIE European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States Air Force Research Laboratory Ubifrance French agency for international business development JSC Export-Import Bank «RITM» Magazine «Photonika» Magazine 4 JUNE 25–29, ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE Vladimir N. Vassil’yev St.Petersburg National Research University of ITMO, Russia Sergey N. Bagayev Institute of Laser Physics, Russia Willy L. Bohn BohnLaser Consult, Germany Yuri V. Chugui Tecnological Design Institute of Scientifi c Instrument Engineering, Russia Sergey G. Garanin VNIIEF, Russia Tom Gavrielides EOARD, UK Guenter Huber Institut fuer Laser-Physik, Universität Hamburg, Germany Aleksandr A. Kaplyanskii Ioffe Phisical-Technical Institute, Russia Yuri S. Kivshar Australian National University, Australia Ivan B. Kovsh Laser Association, Russia Oleg N. Krokhin Lebedev Physical Institute of RAS, Russia Paul Mandel Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Gennadiy A. Mesyats Lebedev Physical Institute of RAS, Russia Valentin A. Orlovich Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research, Belarus Vladislav Ya. Panchenko Institute on Laser and Information Technologies, Russia Claude R. Phipps Photonics associates, NM, USA Nikolay S. Rakovich PA “Ural Optical & Mechanical Plant“ Ivan A. Shcherbakov Institute of General Physics of RAS, Russia Marat S. Soskin Institute of Physics of UAS, Ukraine CONFERENCE «LASER OPTICS 2012» 5 CONFERENCE HONORARY CHAIRS Zhores I. Alferov Russian Academy of Science, Russia Charles H. Townes University of California, Berkeley, USA CONFERENCE CHAIR Artur A. Mak Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia CONFERENCE VICE-CHAIRS Andrey A. Mak Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia Evgeny A. Viktorov Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia CONFERENCE DIRECTORS Oleg D. Gavrilov, Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia Olga V. Khapova Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Vladimir M. Arpishkin Rozhdestvensky Opticai Society, Russia Elizaveta M. Buyanovskaya St.Petersburg National Research University of ITMO, Russia Sergey A. Dimakov Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia Sergey А. Kozlov St.Petersburg National Research University of ITMO, Russia Victor V. Kozlov St. Petersburg State University, Russia Roman F. Kurunov Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia Sergey N. Leonov Dom Programm, Ltd. Russia Mikhail A. Lobin The Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg, Russia Eduard I. Makurov Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia Vadim A. Parfenov St.Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Russia Sergey G. Polyakov Foundation for the Assistance of Small Innovative Enterprises, Russia Sergey Popov IPG Photonics Corporation, USA Anatoly G. Purin Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia Anatoly D. Starikov Research Inst. for Complex Testing of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems, Russia Lyudmila K. Sukhareva Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia 6 JUNE 25–29, ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR Nikolay N. Rosanov Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia VICE-CHAIRS Alexander A. Andreev Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia Viktor T. Prokopenko St.Petersburg National Research University of ITMO, Russia Vladimir Yu. Venediktov Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia Evgeny A. Viktorov Institute for Laser Physics of Vavilov SOI Corporation, Russia SECRETARIES Ivan M. Kislyakov Institute
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