Conferences, Workshops and Schools attended by the Adaptive Optics Group's members
The Adaptive Optics Group was the initiator and main organiser of the first
Workshop on Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine (Shatura, Russia, 1997).
The group is actively participating in the annual Photonics West SPIE Conferences
on Laser Resonators 1998-2001 (Conf. Chair Dr. Alexis Kudryashov) -
http://www.spie.com/, International Workshops on Adaptive Optics for
Industry and Medicine in Durham, UK July 1999 ( http://ao99.dur.ac.uk/) and
in Albuquerque, NM USA, July 23-27 2001 ( http://www.nmt.edu/~dwestpfa/);
CLEO/Europe, 10-15 Sept. 2000, Nice, France; Conf. Optical Performance
Engineering with AO, 29 July - 3 August 2001, San Diego, USA.
2004
(i) Photonics West 2004, 24-29 January 2004, San Jose, CA USA
(ii) Atmospheric and ocean optics. Atmospheric physics, 23-26 June, Tomsk, Russia
(iii) VI International conference "Laser and fiber-optical networks modeling", 6-9 September, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2003
(i) Photonics West 2003, 25-31 January 2003, San Jose, CA USA
(ii) Laser Optics 2003, 30 June - 4 July, St.Petersburg, Russia
(iii) CLEO/Europe 2003, 23-27 July, Munich, Germany
(vi) 4th International Workshop on Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine, 19-24 October 2003 Muenster, Germany
2002
(i) Photonics West 2002, 19 - 25 January 2002, San Jose, CA USA
(ii) IQEC/LAT 2002, 22-27 June, Moscow, Russia
(iii) IX Joint Int. Symp. on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics. Atmospheric Physics, 2-5 July 2002, Tomsk, Russia
(vi) Int. Symp. on Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 47th Annual Meeting, 7 - 11 July 2002 Seattle, WA USA
2001
(i) Conf. on Laser Resonators IV, Symp. on High-Power Lasers and Applications, Photonics West, 23-26 January 2001, San Jose, CA, USA
(ii) Beyond Conventional Adaptive Optics, 7-10 May 2001, Venice, Italy
(iii) VII International Conference ILLA-2001: Laser and Laser-Informational Technologies, 23-25 June 2001, Vladimir-Suzdal, Russia
(iv) VIII Joint Int. Symp. on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics. Atmospheric Physics, 25-29 June 2001, Irkutsk, Russia
(v) 3rd International Workshop Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine, 23-26 July 2001, Albuquerque, NM, USA http://www.nmt.edu/~dwestpfa/
(vi) SPIE's 46th Annual meeting, Int. Symp. Optical Science and Technologies, 29 July - 3 August 2001, San Diego, CA, USA
2000
(i) Conf. on Laser Resonators III, Symp. on High-Power Lasers and Applications, Photonics West, 26-28 January 2000, San Jose, CA, USA
(ii) Int. School of Quantum Electronics on Laser Beam and Optics Characterization 5, 20-25 March 2000, Sicily, Italy
(iii) SPIE's Int. Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2000, Conf. Adaptive Optics Systems Technology, 27-31 March 2000, Munich, Germany
(vi) Conf. On Confocal Microscopes, March 2000, Japan
(v) X Conf. on Laser Optics, 26-30 June 2000, St.Petersburg, Russia
(vi) BIOS Europe, 4-8 July 2000, Amsterdam
(vii) CLEO/Europe, 10-15 Sept. 2000, Nice, France
(viii) Int. Symp. On Gas Flow & Chem. Lasers and High power laser Conf. (GCL/HPL), 18-22 Sept. 2000, Florence, Italy
(ix) Russian Conf. on Problems of Development of the Laser Systems, 27-29 Sept. 2000, Vladimir, Russia
1999
(i) Photonics West, Laser Resonators, 22-29 Jan. 1999, San Jose, CA, USA
(ii) Optics of Atmosphere and Ocean, 23 - 25 June 1999, Tomsk, Russia
(iii) International Workshop on Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine, 12-16 July 1999, Collingwood College, Durham, England http://ao99.dur.ac.uk/
(vi) The International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 18-23 July 1999, Colorado Convention Center & Marriott City Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
(v) SPIE's 44th Annual Meeting, Conf. on Adaptive Systems and Technology, 21-22 July 1999, Denver, USA
(vi) 14th UK National Quantum Electronics and Photonics Conf., 6 - 9 Sept. 1999, Manchester, UK
1998
(i) Photonics West, Laser Resonators, San Jose, CA, USA
(ii) Seminar on Atmospheric Adaptive Optics, Paris, France
(iii) Laser Optics, St. Petersburg, Russia
(vi) ILLA'98, Shatura, Russia
(v) CLEO/Europe, Glasgow, UK
(vi) 5th Congress on Modern Optics, Budapest, Hungary
(vii) ICONO`98, Moscow, Russia
1997
(i) NATO ARW "Optical Resonators - Science and Engineering", Smolenice Castle, Slovak Republic
(ii) Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine, Shatura, Russia
(iii) Remote Sensing, London, UK
(iv) High Power Lasers and Applications, San Jose, CA, USA
1996
(i) Adaptive Optics, Maui, Hawaii, USA
(ii) Remote Sensing, Taormina, Italy
(iii) NATO ASI "High Angular Resolution in Astrophysics", Les Houches, France
(iv) CLEO/Europe, Gamburg, Germany
(v) 9th International School on Quantum Electronics; Lasers-Physics and Applications, Varna, Bulgaria
1995
(i) ICONO`95, St. Petersburg, Russia
(ii) Laser Optics`95, St. Petersburg, Russia
(iii) ILLA'95, Shatura, Russia
(iv) Adaptive Optics, Garching, Germany
1994
(i) High Power Lasers and Laser Applications V, Vienna, Austria
(ii) Interferometry'94, Warsaw, Polland
(iii) CLEO/Europe, Amsterdam, The Heitherlands
1993
(i) Industrial Lasers and Laser Applications`93 (ILLA`93), Shatura, Russia
(ii) ICO Congress, Budapest, Hungary
(iii) Laser Optics, St. Petersburg, Russia
1991
(i) NATO ASI School on Solid State Lasers, Elba, Italy
(ii) Industrial Applications of Lasers, Shatura, Russia
1989
(i) Optics, Varna, Bulgaria
(ii) Industrial Applications of Lasers, Shatura, Russia
1988
(i) Lasers and Their Applications, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(ii) Laser Optics, St. Petersburg, USSR
Collaboration
Moscow Lomonosov State University,
Physics Dept., Chairs of Wave Processes and Medical Physics, groups of
Prof.V.I.Shmalhauzen and Ass. Prof.S.S.Chesnokov - in the field of Adaptive Optics
Russian Ministry of Science and Technical Policy - supporting the activity of our team
in Adaptive Optics
Imperial College, London, UK, Applied Optics Group of Prof.J.C.Dainty -
in the field of design of the new types of bimorph correctors
QinetiQ, Malvern, UK, Dr. Andrew Scott - in the field of the novel active
mirrors construction and their applications for industrial laser beam control
Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany, Prof.K.J.Witte -
in the field of correcting the wavefront distortions occurring in the TiS
laser facility ATLAS
Kestrel Corporation, Albuquerque, NM, USA, Dr. L.John Otten - in the field of
adaptive optics for Medical Retinal Imaging
Photonics Institute, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Vienna, Austria,
Prof. Dr. Ferenc Krausz - correcting the wave front distortions in the ultra-short
pulse TiS lasers
Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan,
Prof. Ken-ichi Ueda - in the field of adaptive optics for high-power solid state lasers
University of Bern, Institute of Applied Physics, Prof. H.P.Weber, Dr. T.Graf -
in the field of adaptive optics for laser beam control
Max-Born Institute, Berlin, Dr. P.V.Nickles - in the field of correcting the
wavefront distortions in powerful TiS laser beam
Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses (LULI), Ecole Polytechnique, Dr. J.Fuchs -
in the field of wavefront correction for laser-plasma interaction physics
GSI Darmstadt, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas U. Kuehl - PHELIX Project -
Petawatt High-Energy Laser for Heavy-Ion EXperiments
Key Laboratory of Hight Intensity Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Ruxin Li - in the field of wavefront correction of TiS laser beam
National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), University of Quebec, Varennes, Canada,
Prof. Jean-Claude Kieffer - in the field of correcting the wavefront distortions in
ultra-short pulse TiS lasers
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Acad. Jie Zhang -
in the field of adaptive optics for high-power solid state lasers
Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP),
Mianyang, Prof. Feng Jing, Prof. H. Peng - in the field of adaptive optics for high-power
solid-state and femto lasers
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Dept of Physics&Coherent X-ray
Research Center, Prof. Chang Hee NAM - adaptive optics for femto-lasers
University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Dr. A.Tarasevitch - correction of TiS laser beam
Advanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI),
Kansai Science City, Kyoto, Japan, Dr. Koichi Yamakava - correction of 100 TW TiS laser beam
PULSTEC INDUSTIAL CO.,LTD., Japan, Mr. Kenji Fukui - in the field of wavefront sensor design
NEC, Japan, Mr. Tsuyoshi Nagano - in the field of high-power laser beam correction
The group is involved in the work on two projects supported under NATO Science for Peace
Programme: Adaptive Optics for Industrial Applications (SfP 974116) and
Adaptive Optics, Imager and Analytic Software for Medical Retinal Imaging (SfP 974292).
The first project is prepared together with Dr. Andrew Scott (QinetiQ, Malvern, UK)
and the second one - with Dr. John Otten III (Kestrel Corp., Albuquerque, NM).
The duration of the work is 3 years.
Projects
NATO Science for Peace Programme
Objectives
The prime objective of this research project is to transfer the technology of adaptive
optics to industrial lasers and industrial laser materials-processing applications.
To achieve this overall objective the following sub-objectives provide a route-map:
Experimental verification of theoretical predictions of the modal control of a
laser resonator through implementation of adaptively controlled wavefront modulations
within the resonator cavity. In particular, to achieve an understanding of any measured
discrepancies between predicted and experimentally optimised deformations.
Design, manufacture and validation of a low-cost method for measurement and characterisation
of the laser beam amplitude and phase profile with unit cost below $4000 for one-off
manufacture.
Monitor and control the production method for bimorph deformable mirrors to ensure that
the yield is improved from the present 30% to at least 66%.
Theoretical investigation of the interaction of high-power laser beams from both
CO2- and Solid-State lasers, propagating through enclosed (tube) paths. Experimental
validation of the theory and comparison with waveguide laser-beam delivery systems.
(This is needed to ensure that good beam profiles are not only generated at the laser
but are delivered to the workpiece as high-quality beams).
Demonstration of quasi-Q-switch operation in a stable-unstable CO2-laser
resonator (AO is believed to be the only way to achieve this characteristically high-power,
pulsed operation).
Implementation of an AO system in Industrial Solid State or CO2-laser facilities.
Liaison with end-users to ensure that at least one end-user collaborator establishes
plans for the commercial production and sale of industrial laser systems including AO.
