Programme

The scope of the First Laser Ceramic Symposium includes methods of the fabrication and properties of ceramics prepared from nanopowders. Currently, the ceramics fabricated from nanopowders are extensively investigated and proposed to be used in the field of optoelectronics and modern quantum electronics as novel lasing and scintillating materials. Particularly, ceramics prepared from rare-earth and transition ions doped oxides are the most promising materials for high power laser devices. The aim of this Symposium is to present and discuss the recent advances in development and research on nanocrystalline ceramics characterized by high optical quality. The topics will include both fabrication of sinterable nanopowders and ceramics, and their laser, optical and other physical properties. Also other emerging applications of such ceramics will be covered by the Symposium, like scintillators, LEDs etc.

The Workshop will take place on 5th and 6th September.

Information about fee and deadlines: look at the conference web site :

http://www.e-mrs.org/meetings/fall2005/index.html#deadlines

Invited speakers (in alphabetical order):

  • Akio Ikesue (Poly-Techno Co., Ltd, JAPAN), Ceramic lasers of normal and composite type
  • Alexander A. Kaminskii (Institute of Crystallography, RUSSIA), Nonlinear properties of crystalline laser ceramics based on cubic oxides
  • Michel Mortier (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de chimie de Paris, FRANCE), Glass-ceramics and ceramics: new opportunities for laser materials
  • Wieslaw Strek (Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, POLAND), Optical investigations of RE-doped YAG nanoceramics
  • Takunori Taira (Institute for Molecular Science National Institutes of Natural Sciences, JAPAN)
  • Kazunori Takaichi (Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, JAPAN), Yb-doped laser ceramics and the laser oscillations
  • Ken-ichi Ueda (Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, JAPAN), Current status of laser ceramic research: technology, characterization and apllication, Key-note speaker

Organizing Committee

Organisers

Alexander A. Kaminskii (co-chair), Wiesław Stręk (co-chair), Ken-ichi Ueda (co-chair), Witold Łojkowski, Małgorzata Chmielecka, Dariusz Hreniak, Piotr Mazur, Robert Pązik

Programme Chairs

Prof. Dr. Alexander A. Kaminskii (Institute of Crystallography, RAS, Moscow)

Prof. Dr. Wiesław Stręk (Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAS, Wrocław)

Proceedings

After peer-review procedure and the final acceptance submitted papers will be published in a special issue of Optical Materials.

Sponsors

The Symposium will be supported by the International Network on Nano and Microtechnology NAMIC, and by the Center of Excellence PRENaBIO at the Institute of High Pressure Physics.

Contact

Prof. Wieslaw Strek (co-chair)

Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research
Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Okolna 2, 50-422 Wroclaw, Poland
Tel. (+48 71) 343 5021 ext. 177, 344 3206 ext. 177
Fax: (+48 71) 344 1029
e-mail: [email protected]

Secretariat of Laser Ceramic Symposium

Dr. Dariusz Hreniak
Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research
Polish Academy of Sciences
e-mail: [email protected]