2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 2011) Munich, Germany 22 - 26 May 2011 Pages 1-631 IEEE Catalog Number: CFPllECL-PRT 4 IEEE ISBN: 978-1-4577-0533-5 1/2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PLENARY TALKS Shining New Light on Old Questions in Quantum Mechanics (Plenary) 1 Ursula Keller Solid-State Lasers Advances and Prospects (Plenary) 2 Guenter Huber Quantum Simulations with Cold Atoms, Molecules and Ions (Plenary) 3 Peter Zoller SOLID-STATE LASERS First Demonstration of Rare-Earth-Doped Anisotropic Ceramic Laser 4 Jun Akiyama, Tahtnori Taira Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers History, Current State and Perspectives 5 Boris Zhdanov, Michael Shaffer, Randall Knize An HBr Oscillator-amplifier Pumped by a High-energy Ho YLF Laser System 6 M J Daniel Esser, Wayne Koen, Hencharl J Strauss, Cobus Jacobs, Lourens R Botha, Christoph Bollig Laser Operation and Spectroscopic Investigations of Tm LuSc03 7 Philipp Koopmann, Samir Lamrinl, Karslen Scholle, Peter Fuhrberg, Klaus Petermann, Giinler Huber Efficient Gd3t, Lu3t co-doped KY(W04)j:Tm$3+ Channel Waveguide Lasers 8 Koop Van Dalfsen, Shanmugam Aravazhi, Dimilri Gesfots, Kerstin Wdrhoff, Marhis Pollnau Efficient Laser Operation of Ho LU2O3 at Room Temperature 9 Samir Lamrini, Philipp Koopmann, Michael Schafer, Karslen Scholle, Peter Fuhrberg, Klaus Petermann, Giinler Huber Influence of Temperature on Emission Cross Section and Laser Operation for Nd YVO< Emitting Around 1064 nm 10 Xavier Delen, Francois Balembois, Patrick Georges 30W Nd GdV04 Oscillator Modelocked with Nonlinear Mirror 11 Gabrielle Thomas, Michael Damzen Temperature Resolved Measurements of Absorption and Emission Cross Sections for Various Yb3+-doped Gain Media from JOOk to Room Temperature 12 Jorg Kilmer, Joachim Heiit, Hartmut Liebclrau, Martin Kahle, Mathias Lenski, Markus Loser, Mathias Siebold Controllable Direction Switching of Vortex Output in a Nd YVO< Bounce Laser 13 Masahito Okida, Je-Yen Huang, Yung-Fit Chen, Takashige Qmatsu Numerical Simulation of Thermal Effects in Composite Nd YAG Slab Laser Active Medium with Collinear Zig¬ zag Pumping 14 Martynas Gabalis, Valdas Girdauskas, Aidas Aleknavicius, Andrejus Michaihvas High Average Power, Passively Q-switched Stigmatic Bounce Geometry Laser 15 Gabrielle Thomas, Michael Damzen Stimulated-brillouin-scartering Via Phase-conjugation-mirror for High-average-power Nd YAG Laser Systems 16 Hidetsugu Yoshida, Koji Tsubakimolo, Hisanori Fujita, Noriaki Miyanaga, Yulaka Nagata, Hiroo Kinoshita High-power Passively Mode-locked Nd GdV04 Laser Using Single-walled Carbon Nanotubcs as Saturable Absorber 17 Hou-Ren Chen, Young-Gang Wang, Kuei-Huei Lin, Wen-Feng Hsieh Intracavity Four Wave Mixing using Modulated Optical Feedback in a Diode-pumped Nd YVO4 Laser 18 Herve Gilles, Sylvain Girard, Mathieu Laroche, Eric Lacot Watt-level, Efficient and Radially Polarized Nd YAG Laser .-. 19 Xia Kegui, Li Jianlang Laser Performances and Spectroscopic Investigation of Yb LuAG Grown by uPD Technique 20 Agnest Antonio, Pirzio Federico, Reali Giancarlo, Yongzhuan Zhang, Veronesi Slcfano, Tonelli Mauro Lasing Properties of New Yb-doped Borate Compounds with Varying Gadolinium and Yttrium Concentration 21 Inka Manek-Hfinninger, Vtronique Jubera, Marie Chavoutier, Dominique Descatnps, Philippe Veber, Matias Velazquez, Alain Garcia, Lionel Canioni 22 Thermooptical Distortions in a Nd YAG Slab with a Zigzag Beam Propagation , Andrey Lyashedko, Galina Bufetova, Vladimir Seregin, Vladimir Tsvetkov, Ivan Shcherbakov Steady-state Operation of Pulsed Pumped Self Mode Locked Nd YVOj Laser using Electro-optical Feedback Control 23 Hristo Iliev, Sergey Gagarsky, Algis Stalnionis, Ivan Buchvarov 1.2-ps CPQ System using an Yb YAG Thin Disk Regenerative Amplifier 24 Martin Delaigue, Sandrme Ricaud, Clemens HSnninger, Eric Mottay High-efficiency Solar Nd YAG Disc Laser with Optical Fiber Pumping , 25 Bruno Do Couto, Dawei Liang Na,Nd co-doped Ca2MgSi207 Laser 26 Hiroaki Nakao, Akira Shirakawa, Ken-Ichi Veda, Ladislav Bohaty, Petra Becker, Alexander Kamlnskii Cavity Dumping of Single 19 ps Pulses from Passively Mode-locked Quasi-continuously Pumped Highly Doped Nd YAG Laser 27 Vaclav Kubecek, Michal Jelinek, Miroslav Cech. PetrHirsl Chaotic Mode-locking of Mid-IR Chirped-pulse Oscillator 28 Vladimir Kalashnikov, Evgeni Sorokin, li-ina Sorokina High Power, Diode Side Pumped Er YAG Lasers 29 Arnc Heinrich, Thomas Bragagna High Efficiency 2066-nm Laser Based on Tm Lu203 Ceramics 30 Oleg Anlipov, Nikita Zakhawv, Anion Novikov, Valeriy Sharkov Dynamics of Refractive Index Changes in Tm-dopcd Crystals Tm YAG and Tm YLF, and Ceramics Tm Lu203 31 Andre}' Zinoviev, Remi Soulard, Oleg Anlipov, Richard Moncorge, Eugeniy Ivakin Temporally Stretched Q-switched Pulses in the 2 um Spectral Range 32 Ingo Rohde, Dirk Theisen-Kunde, Ralf Brinkmann Numerical Optimization of a High-energy End-pumped Ho YLF Slab Amplifier 33 Oliver Collett, Chrisloph Bollig, Daniel Esser Spectroscopic, Luminescent And Laser Properties Of Tm3+-doped Mixed NaLaGd Tungstates and Molibdates 34 Fedor Bolschikov, Nikita Zakharov, Polina Ryabochkina, Denis Lis, Kirill Subbotin, Evgeny Zharikov, Oleg Anlipov High Energy Diode Pumped Er YSGG Laser at 3um Transition 35 Emma Arbabzadah, Simon Chard, Heinmel Amrania, Chris Phillips, Michael Damzen Delivery of 4.45 urn Fe ZnSe Laser Radiation by Hollow Waveguide 36 Helena Jelinkova, Uichal Nemec, Jan Sulc, Mitsunobu Miyagi, Katsumasa Iwai, Hiroyuki Takaku, Maxim Doroshenko, Tasoltan Basiev, Vitaly Komar, Andriy Gerasimenko Characterization of Delivered Resonantly Pumped 1645 nm Er YAG Laser Radiation by Hollow Glass Waveguide 37 Michal Nemec, Helena Jelinkova, Mitsunobu Miyagi, Katsumasa Iwai, Hiroyuki Takaku Automation of the Alignment Process of a Solid State Laser Resonator 38 Christian Brecher, Nicolas Pyschny, Vicente Paul Guerrero Lule Non-rcsonant Feedback to Enhance Conventional Lasing in Advanced Materials 39 Litis Cerdan, Angel Costela, Inmacttlada Garcia-Moreno, Virginia Martin, Maria Eugenia Perez-Ojeda High-Power, Single-Frequency Ti Sapphire Laser Pumped by a Continuous-Wave Fiber Laser Green Source 40 Suddapalli Chailanya Kumar, Goutam Kumar Samanta, Kavila Devi, Stefano Sanguinelti, Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh Microsecond Red Laser Pulses Via Overcouplcd Intracavity Second Harmonic Generation 41 Roman Ostrowski Strategies to Run an Ophthalmological CW Self-Raman Laser in Micro-second Pulsed Laser Regime 42 Alessandro Mota, Giuliano Rossi, Tiago Ortega, Glauco Costal, Yuri Fontes, Fatima Yasuoka, Mario Stefani, Jarbas Castiro, Maria Paiva Temperature Dependent Output Characteristics of Pr YAP Microchip Lasers at 747 nm and 662 nm Wavelengths 43 Martin Fibrlch, Helena Jelinkova, Jan Sulc, Karel Nejezchleb, Vaclav Skoda Auto modulations Observation in an Extended Cavity Ti Sapphire Oscillator - Period Doubling and Chaos 44 Tomaiz Kardas, Wojciech Gadomski, Bozena Ratqjska-Gadomska, Piotr Wasylczyk Frequency Stable Operation of a Pulsed Solid State Laser Oscillator Based on Gain Grating Holograms 45 Roland Ullmann, Robert Eisner, Axel Heuer, Ralf Menzel, Martin Oslermeyer Self-Optimization of Robot-based Resistance Soldering for the Assembly of Optical Elements in Solid-State Laser Systems 46 Alexander Gatej, Nicolas Pyschny, Valentin Morasch, Peter Loosen, Christian Brecher Rapidly Tunable Intra-cavity Cr3+ LiCAF-PPSLT Optical Parametric Oscillator Based on a Sclf-injection-locked Pump Wave 47 Haroldo J. MacsIre, Adrian J, Torregrosa, Juan Capmany High Performance Planar Waveguide Lasers for Applications from TV to Space (invited) 48 Yoshihito Hirano First Visible 639 nm SrF2 Pr3+ Ceramic Laser 49 Tasoltan Basiev, Vasilii Konyushkin, Dmitrii Konyushkin, Maxim Doroshenko, Gunter Huher, Fabian Relchert, Nils-Owe Hansen, Matthias Fechner Single-Frequency Continuous-wave Diode-pumped Pr3+BaY2F» Orange Laser 50 David Paboeuf, Oussama Mhibik, Fabien Bretenaker, Philippe Goldner, Daniela Parisi, Mauro Tonelli A Continuous-wave Laser with Wavelength-selectable Output Spanning Green-yellow-red 51 Andrew Lee, David Spence, James Piper, Helen Pask Eu3t KGd(WO.i)2 Laser Crystal Stimulated Emission at 703 nm 5D0->7F< Transition 52 Sergei Bagayev, Vladimir Dashkevich, Valentin Orlovich, Sergei Vatnik, Anatolii Pavlyuk, Alexander Yurkln Highly Efficient, Broadly Tunable 2-um Femtosecond Tm KYW Laser 53 Alexander Lagatsky, Tom Brown, Wilson Sibbett, Stephane Calvez, Manin Dawson, James Gupta Wide-bandwidth Ho YFL Multi-pass Amplifier Pumped by Tnv.Fiber Laser 54 Nicola Coluccelli, Gianluca Galzerano, Paolo Laporta, Alberto Di Lieto, Mauro Tonelli 2.08 um Ho KLu(WOj)2 Laser Resonantly Pumped by a Diode Laser 55 Venkatesan Jambunathan, Xavier Mateos, Maria Cinta Pujol, Joan Josep Carvajal, Magdalena Aguilo, Francesc Diaz, Uwe Griebner, Valentin Petrov High Energy 125mJ Ho YAG (2.09 um) MOPA Double Pass Laser System Pumped by cw Thulium Fiber Laser (1.9 um) 56 Karsten Schmidt, Chrisloph Reiter, Heike Voss, Frank Mafimann, Martin Oslermeyer Quasi-Threc-Lcvel Solid-State Lasers in the Near and Mid Infrared (Invited) 57 Marc Eichhorn The National Ignition Facility and the Goal of Near-term Laser Fusion Energy (Keynote) 58 Edward Moses Multi-Slab Architecture for kJ-Class DPSSL System 59 Paul Mason, Saumyabrala Banerjee, Klaus Erlel, Cristina Hernandez-Gomez, Jonathan Phillips, John Collier Hundred mJ Level, High Contrast OPCPA/Yb YAG Hybrid Laser System 60 Masayuki Suzuki, Hiromitsu Kiriyama, Izuru Daito, Hajime Okada, Paul Bolton, Akira Sugiyama, Kiminori