24 – 27 April 2018, Yokohama, Japanwww.spie.org/pld18call

Call for Papers

Pacific Rim
Laser Damage
2018

High-power/high-energy lasers, materials and thin films, durability,
properties modeling, testing, and component fabrication.

Abstracts Due 14 December 2017

Call for Papers
24–27 APRIL 2017
Pacifico Yokohama
Yokohama, JapanOn behalf of the Conference Chairs and the International Program Committee, we invite you
to participate by submitting your abstract to the Pacific-Rim Laser Damage Symposium:
Optical Materials for High Power Lasers. We are organizing a leading international conference,like SPIE Laser Damage in Boulder, Colorado, for presenting novel and fundamental advancesin the fields of optical materials for high power lasers. We also intend to provide an excellent
opportunity for researchers to communicate efficiently and to exchange information on new
problems, solutions, and technologies in the field of laser damage as well as optical materials.
We hope that this conference will contribute to the enhancement of understanding between
attendees and facilitate closer collaborations among participating researchers.
We urge you to participate by submitting your abstracts, and to encourage yourcolleagues to do the same.
Conference Chairs:
Takahisa Jitsuno,
Osaka Univ.
(Japan)Jianda Shao,
Shanghai Instituteof Optics and Fine
Mechanics (China)

Wolfgang Rudolph,
The Univ. of New
Mexico (USA)The sixth Pacific Rim Laser Damage: Optical Materials for High PowerLasers Symposium will address the field of laser damage and opticalmaterials in the following areas:
Session 1:
LASER DAMAGE OF OPTICAL MATERIALS• High power laser damage, UV through IR• Ultrafast through CW laser irradiation effects• Laser ablation and laser machining• High laser damage resistant coatings• Defects, contamination, polishing, andsurface damage• Characterization techniques andmeasurement protocols• Mechanisms, modeling, and simulations.

Session 2:
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS• Nonlinear laser crystals• Laser ceramics• Optical glasses and fibers.

VENUE

REGISTRATIONPACIFICO Yokohama, which is located in thewaterfront area of the Minato Mirai 21 district,a new town in Yokohama, is one of the largest
convention complexes in the world. The beautiful
exterior, designed to bring to mind ocean waves,wind, and sunlight, has become the new symbol of
the historic and cosmopolitan city of Yokohama.

Conference preregistration will open in early 2018
and will be accessible on the OPIC website www.
opticon.jp

Yokohama city, the center of Kanagawa prefecture
is located south of Tokyo. Pacifico Yokohama isconveniently located about 40 min. by limousine
bus from Haneda Airport and 90 min. from Narita
Airport.

Sponsor

Organizers
Institute of Laser
Engineering, OsakaUniversity

The conference will include both oral and poster presentations. Well-known experts, scholars,and entrepreneurs from all over the world will give excellent invited talks. Take this opportunity topresent and publish your work with SPIE.
The proposed program for this symposium is scheduled for three days, enabling the participants
to have an open exchange of their ideas through active participation and contributions.

TRAVEL TO YOKOHAMAInternational Program Committee:
Efim A. Khazanov, Federal Research
Ctr., Institute of Applied Physics (RussianFederation)
Zhi M. Liao, Lawrence Livermore NationalLab.(USA)Zunqi Lin, Shanghai Institute of Optics
and Fine Mechanics (China)
Yongfeng Lu, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln(USA)
Jean-Yves Natoli, Institut Fresnel(France)
Valdas Sirutkaitis, Vilnius Univ.
(Lithuania)
MJ Soileau, Univ. of Central Florida (USA)
Christopher J. Stolz, Lawrence Livermore
National Lab. (USA)Koji Sugioka, RIKEN (Japan)
Takunori Taira, Institute for Molecular
Science (Japan)
Mauro Tonelli, Univ. di Pisa (Italy)
Zhouling Wu, ZC Optoelectronic
Technologies Ltd. (China)
Qiao Xu, China Academy of Engineering
Physics (China)
Jiping Zou, École Polytechnique (France)

VISA APPLICATION
If you need a travel visa, begin the visa application
process now. Strict security requirements maycause delays in visa processing. It is strongly
encouraged travelers apply for their visas as earlyas possible. Please visit the OPIC website for visa
information and links www.opticon.jp.

Cooperating Organizations
Institute for Laser
TechnologyLaser Society of Japan

Japan Laser
Processing Society

Submit Abstracts by14 December 2017www.spie.org/pld18call