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13501 Ingenuity Drive, Suite 128 Orlando, FL 32826 Phone: 407.380.1553 Fax: 407.380.5588 www.laserinstitute.org in this issue LIAThe Official Newslette TODAYr of the Laser Institute of America LIA TODAY is published bimonthly and strives to educate and inform laser professionals in laser safety and new trends related to laser technology. LIA members receive a free subscription to LIA TODAY and the Journal of Laser Applications® in addition to features discounts on all LIA products and services. ICALEO 2010 Celebrates All The editors of LIA TODAY welcome input from readers. Please submit news-related Things Laser 6 releases, articles of general interest and letters to the editor. Mail us at LIA TODAY, 13501 Ingenuity Drive, Suite 128, Orlando, FL 32826, fax 407.380.5588, or send Revised ANSI Z136.4 – 2010 material by e-mail to [email protected]. Recommended Practice Now Available 10 LIA’s Education Exposure 18 2010 LIA Officers President – Nathaniel Quick calendar of events AppliCote Associates, LLC departments Laser Safety Officer Training President-Elect – Stephen Capp Dec. 7-9, 2010 | Clearwater, FL Calendar of Events 2 Laserage Technology Corporation President’s Message 5 Laser Safety Officer with Hazard Analysis* Executive Director’s Message 5 Past President – Rajesh Patel Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, 2010 | Anaheim, CA Newport - Spectra Physics Corporate Member Profile 14 Nov. 1-5, 2010 | San Antonio, TX *Certified Laser Safety Officer exam offered BLS Update 16 Secretary – Klaus Löffler after the course. JLA Update 16 TRUMPF Laser & Systems GmbH Medical Laser Safety Officer Training* ASC Z136 Update 17 Treasurer – Yongfeng Lu Sept. 18-19, 2010 | Boston, MA Laser Safety Corner 18 University of Nebraska, Lincoln Oct. 23-24, 2010 | Atlanta, GA Laser Insights 19 Nov. 6-7, 2010 | San Diego, CA Welcome New Members 20 editorial staff *Certified Medical Laser Safety Officer exam offered after the course. Member Innovations 22 Editor-in-Chief – Peter Baker Advanced Medical LSO Training* LIA Announces 23 Managing Editor – Kris Stell Sept. 9-12, 2010 | Atlanta, GA Copy Editor – Barbara Sams *Certified Medical Laser Safety Officer exam offered after the course. advertisers business staff ICALEO® 2010 Sept 26-30, 2010 | Anaheim, CA ANSI Z136.4 4 Publisher – Jim Naugle ® CLAIM 21 Advertising Sales – David Evans ILSC 2011 Mar. 14-17, 2011 | San Jose, CA Coherent 12 Fabtech 2010 17 If you are interested in advertising space in this newsletter or a Fraunhofer IWS 13 Visit www.laserinstitute.org for subscription, contact David Evans at all course and event listings. Fraunhofer USA 23 407.380.1553/1.800.34.LASER or [email protected]. ICALEO® 2010 24 IPG 9 Industrial Laser Solutions 18 Kentek 3 about lia LAM Workshop 2011 11 Laser Institute of America (LIA) is the professional society for laser applications and safety. Our Lasag 10 mission is to foster lasers, laser applications and laser safety worldwide. Laser Focus World 20 We believe in the importance of sharing new ideas about lasers. In fact, laser pioneers such as LIA’s Focal Points 4 Dr. Arthur Schawlow and Dr. Theodore H. Maiman were among LIA’s original founders who Northrup Grumman 12 set the stage for our enduring mission to promote laser applications and their safe use through education, training and symposia. LIA was formed in 1968 by people who represented the heart Oz Optics 19 of the profession—a group of academic scientists, developers and engineers who were truly Photomachining 22 passionate about taking an emerging new laser technology and turning it into a viable industry. Photonics Spectra 16 Whether you are new to the world of lasers or an experienced laser professional, LIA is for you. Precitec 22 We offer a wide array of products, services, education and events to enhance your laser knowledge 2 SPI 8 and expertise. As an individual or corporate member, you will qualify for significant discounts on LIA materials, training courses and the industry’s most popular LIA conferences and workshops. Spectra Physics-Newport 15 We invite you to become part of the LIA experience – cultivating innovation, ingenuity and TRUMPF 8 inspiration. FOCUS: ICALEO 2010

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The 29th International Congress Pillars of the World of on Applications of Lasers & Lasers Electro-Optics, ICALEO® 2010, scheduled for September 26-30, 2010, is rapidly As I was thinking about ICALEO® approaching and the excitement and the 50th anniversary of the is starting to escalate. Congress laser it occurred to me how lucky General Chair Xinbing Liu, we are at LIA. Without Charles LIA Executive Director Peter Townes, Arthur Schawlow and Baker and LIA Director of Theodore Maiman there would Conferences Gail Loiacono probably be no laser and no need FOCUS: ICALEO 2010 have structured an outstanding for a Laser Institute of America. conference for our celebration In fact, Theodore Maiman and of and contribution to the 50th Arthur Schawlow were among the anniversary of the invention of the laser. founding directors of LIA and Professor Schawlow, for whom our highest award is named, attended ICALEO on many occasions. ICALEO 2010 will be highlighted by the presentation of the 2010 LIA Lifetime Achievement Award to laser co-inventor This year, Professor Townes will attend ICALEO for the second Charles Townes, Ph.D., the 1964 Nobel Prize Laureate for time and the Schawlow award will be presented to U.S. Secretary physics. Be prepared not only for a technically informative of Energy and Nobel Laureate Steven Chu. We will be further presentation, but also one that will be very entertaining. honored this year by the presence of laser pioneers Robert Hall, LIA TODAY If the appearance of one preeminent Nobel Prize winner is inventor of the diode laser and Kumar Patel, inventor of the CO2 not enough, we will also be presenting the 2010 Arthur L. laser (and 1984 Schawlow awardee). They, together with laser Schawlow Award to Steven Chu, Ph.D., U. S. Secretary of luminaries David Sliney (2005 Schawlow awardee), Marshall Energy and winner of the Nobel Prize for physics in 1981. Jones (2007 Schawlow awardee) and William Lawson will be speakers at the closing plenary session where they will share

An excellent assortment of technical papers covering their visions on lasers, past, present and future together with their JULY / AUGUST 2010 laser materials processing, laser microprocessing and personal struggles and triumphs. nanomanufacturing will be compiled in a conference CD, while the business forum and panel discussion will assist all ICALEO 2010 will be a unique opportunity to be in the presence in strategic planning. of this pantheon of great men and to learn from them as they share their decades of wisdom and experience. I intend to be there, how The strength and continued success of ICALEO and LIA is about you? founded on the contributions and commitment of its board of directors and officers. So please review and vote for the nominees that will sustain the excellence and growth of your organization. We look forward to having many interactions with you at ICALEO 2010.

Peter Baker, Executive Director Laser Institute of America [email protected]

Nathaniel Quick President Laser Institute of America

5 6 FOCUS: ICALEO 2010 LIA TODAY JULY / AUGUST 2010 Chair XinbingLiu. ICALEO General laser applications.” emergingand traditional of areas in world the over all industries Program number of contributions from researchers from both academia and ICALEO the ago, years Committee has put 28 together yet another strong program began with a high that tradition the technical informationinthefield. of sourcepremier the as viewed is materialsprocessingandlaser lead. Fromitsinception,ICALEOhasbeendevotedtothefieldof willfuture the where predictmaterialsprocessinglaser and in art state-of-the the review to meet end-users and researchers where Electro-Optics (ICALEO the as Laser Solutions Short Courses, a well business forum and plenty of as Conference Microprocessing Nanomanufacturing the Laser and Conference the Conference, Processing Laser Materials the conferences, Anaheim, three in include will Marriott 2010 Anaheim ICALEO the Calif. at 2010 26-30, Sept. held potnte, otc Dv Eas t -0-4LSR or 1-800-34-LASER at e-mail [email protected]. vendor Evans or Dave sponsorship about contact more opportunities, learn to and register to Visit various sponsorship and vendor opportunities are still available. short courses offered during ICALEO. and reception and display tabletop vendor presentations, poster The Advance Program provides details for the technical sessions, AVAILABLE, REGISTATIONOPEN ICALEO ADVANCE P

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L LMP Klaus Chair ö ffler. The Poster Presentation Gallery will also be a feature of the In Closing conference. The gallery will provide an opportunity for presenters Like every other laser-related conference this year, ICALEO to exhibit their research and share ideas with other professionals is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser. who have interest in laser materials processing. The Student Paper To mark 50 years of this truly paradigm changing scientific and Award Contest is LIA’s way of showing appreciation for student technological discipline, LIA is organizing a special closing plenary contributions to ICALEO. This award gives students a chance to session. Four laser industry veterans with distinguished careers and have their work recognized and evaluated by an international panel long association with ICALEO will be speaking at the session: Dr. of laser and photonics experts. Cash awards will be presented to Kumar Patel, inventor of carbon dioxide laser and winner of LIA’s first, second and third place winners in addition to having their ® Schawlow Award in 1984; Dr. David Sliney, a pioneer in laser papers submitted to LIA’s Journal of Laser Applications for peer safety and laser-human interactions and Schawlow Award recipient review and publication. in 2005; Dr. Marshall Jones, an early industrial laser applications developer and Schawlow award winner in 2007 and Bill Lawson, It’s Just Business a veteran entrepreneur in employing laser processing technology The ICALEO Business Forum & Panel Discussion provides in production. They will share their vision and outlook on the past, attendees with an exclusive opportunity to listen to and interact present and future of laser science, technology and industry. They with industry experts, business leaders and decision makers on will also share their personal stories – both triumphs and struggles significant issues facing the laser and photonics industry. In keeping – of working with the laser. This will be a rare opportunity to hear FOCUS: ICALEO 2010 with the theme of ICALEO 2010 celebrating the 50th anniversary about laser history directly from the people who made it. of the laser, this year’s panel discussion, organized by Neil Ball Whether you are a research scientist, an industrial engineer, and Sri Venkat, will look back at the key accomplishments of the a professional in the laser business, a student of laser physics and past 50 years of lasers and attempt to project what the future holds electro-optics or just someone who is intrigued by the frontiers for the laser industry. of laser technology and the future of alternative energy, you For the first time, the Laser Solutions Short Courses, chaired won’t want to miss this extraordinary gathering of some of the by Stefan Kairle, will be held within a full day session prior to top minds from all corners of the laser and photonics field. For the main conference so every participant has the chance to attend more information about ICALEO 2010, to view the full advance this event. This day offers delegates an opportunity for a technical program and to register, visit www.icaleo.org.

refresher or an insight into a new area of industrial photonics with LIA TODAY the chance to attend a number of “hot-topic” solutions courses. A series of short courses taught by industrial photonics experts will address fundamentals related to lasers, optics, material processing icaleo honors industry greats and applications. These short courses have been chosen to complement the other ICALEO activities and the LIA experience. LIA will present its first Lifetime Achievement Award to laser pioneer Dr. Charles Townes and the Schawlow Award to

JULY / AUGUST 2010 That’s Not All Dr. Steven Chu at the 29th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics Besides providing a wealth of technical information through its ® conferences, ICALEO 2010 offers plenty of networking and social (ICALEO 2010), which will be opportunities as well. Sunday night’s Welcome Celebration is a held in Anaheim, Calif. Sept. 26-30. fun and festive time featuring live entertainment. The next night’s Townes, 94, won the Nobel President’s Reception is hosted by LIA President Nathaniel Quick Prize for physics in 1964 “for and is where attendees can meet the LIA Executive Committee, fundamental work in the field of Board of Directors and ICALEO chairs. quantum electronics, which has led After completion of the technical sessions on Tuesday, enjoy to the construction of oscillators drinks and hors d’oeuvres while sharing product ideas with your and amplifiers based on the maser- colleagues and suppliers at the Laser Industry Vendor Reception laser principle,” according to & Tabletop Display. This event gives exhibitors and conference the Nobel committee. The then- attendees the opportunity to discuss equipment and applications in provost and professor of physics a relaxed setting. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shared the award with Nicolay Basov and Aleksandr Prokhorov of the USSR. Their work Dr. Charles Townes was among the critical early steps in the development of the laser, which is 50 years old this year. LIA will also present U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu with the 2010 Arthur L. Schawlow Award. Chu, co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in physics for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light, will receive the honor during a luncheon Sept. 29 and speak during the event. Laser pioneer Schawlow nominated Chu for the Nobel while the two were colleagues at Stanford 7 University. Dr. Steven Chu 8 FOCUS: ICALEO 2010 LIA TODAY JULY / AUGUST 2010 TruLaser-2010(ICALEO-LIA).indd 1 40W FiberLas design The perfomanc, medical pr ar w e ocesing constaly r edPOWER .spilaercom/TBY devics, to aplictons r met epatbily ndig ®

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High Rate Laser Drilling And Laser cutting of paper Texturing of Silicon, by Henrikki Pantsar, materials, by Heidi Piili Tim Lauterborn, Annerose Knorz, Hans Herfurth, S. Heinemann Laser technology has been applied to paper cutting since the 1970s. The greatest challenge for photovoltaic solar cells is to reduce the Mainly the application of laser technology are in paper slitting price per watt for terrestrial applications. In silicon panel production applications, even though paper materials can be laser cut with FOCUS: ICALEO 2010 this can be accomplished by economies of scale, developing high cutting speeds and good quality. The combination of laser automation, improving cell efficiency and reducing material costs and paper has been studied over 30 years, but implementation of either by using thinner wafers and/or lower-quality materials. laser technology in the paper industry has remained limited; this situation changed in the 1990s. High Power Rate Femtosecond Lasers and Novel Dynamics..., Ultra Short Pulses Align Nano- by Andreas Tünnermann Scale Components..., by Peter Bechtold There is a strong need for advanced micro machining tools due The trend in manufacturing today is to make everything smaller.

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