San Francisco / January 25, 2025 - January 30, 2025
Photonics West 2025
Join the world’s largest photonics technologies event. Learn the most cutting-edge research in biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, MOEMS-MEMS, displays, quantum technologies, and more.
As part of the "German Pavilion" we are looking forward to meet you at our booth 4205-30 and during our talks.
10:45 a.m - 11:05 a.m (PST)
Session 2: Eye-Safe and Mid-IR Lasers II - Moscone South, Room 302 (Level 3)
»Single-frequency Ho:YAG nonplanar ring oscillator as a seed laser for next generation gravitational wave detectors«
Johannes Ebert, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
10:00 a.m - 11:20 a.m (PST)
Session 6: Novel Applications of Lasers and Light in Biomedicine I -Moscone South, Room 160 (Upper Mezz)
»Laser coagulation of blood vessels with 450nm laser light for neurosurgical interventions: Occlusion rates, process dynamics and thermal damage«
Christina Giesen, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
2:15 p.m - 2:35 p.m (PST)
Session 3: Two Micron Fiber Laser I - Moscone South, Room 156 (Upper Mezz)
»Power scaling of narrow-linewidth holmium-doped fiber amplifiers with low noise and linear polarization«
Dr. Patrick Baer, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
4:00 p.m - 4:30 p.m (PST)
Moscone South, Room 207/215 (Level 2)
»Plenary: Global advancements in laser fusion energy and their implications for the photonics market«
Prof. Dr. Constantin Häfner, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
10:45 a.m - 11:05 a.m (PST)
Session 5: UV/DUV Processing: Joint Session with 13350 and 13351 -Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»Highly efficient UV and DUV laser micro- and nanoprocessing for microelectronics applications«
Dr. Serhiy Danylyuk, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
4:35 p.m - 4:55 p.m (PST)
Session 7: Transparent Materials Processing III - Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»3D target shape retention within Selective Laser-induced Etching (SLE) via simulation of chemical etching«
Henry Axt, RWTH Aachen University – LLT, Aachen (D)
9:45 a.m - 10:00 a.m (PST)
Session 1: Status Updates - Moscone South, Room 303 (Level 3)
»Status Updates - Panel Q&A«
Prof. Dr. Constantin Häfner, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
11:25 a.m - 11:40 a.m (PST)
Session 5: Metal 3D Printing II - Moscone South, Room 201 (Level 2)
»Computation of spatial intensity distributions for laser powder bed fusion through the solution of an inverse heat conduction problem«
Thomas Bussek, RWTH Aachen University – TOS, Aachen (D)
1:30 p.m - 1:50 p.m (PST)
Session 8: HOE Applied in Laser Systems - Moscone West, Room 2006 (Level 2)
»Training techniques for robust laser beam shaping with diffractive neural networks«
Paul Buske, RWTH Aachen University – TOS, Aachen (D)
3:10 p.m - 3:30 p.m (PST)
Session 4: Laser Processing in Plant Science and Agriculture - Moscone South, Room 215 (Level 2)
»Deep drilling of structural timber using QCW lasers for straight guiding holes«
Lars Wenning, RWTH Aachen University – LLT, Aachen (D)
10:30 a.m - 10:50 a.m (PST)
Session 4: Process Monitoring and Control II - Moscone South, Room 212 (Level 2)
»Localization of a workpiece position and orientation by means of off-axis photodiodes«
Dr. Milena Zuric, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
12:10 p.m - 12:25 p.m (PST)
Session 13: Inverse Design for Photonics II - Moscone South, Room 202 (Level 2)
»Exploration of observation space extensions for reinforcement learning in automated optics design«
Dominik Onyszkiewicz ,RWTH Aachen University – TOS, Aachen (D)
3:10 p.m - 3:30 p.m (PST)
Session 15: AI and Machine Learning-based Processing - Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»Autonomous ultra short pulse ablation process design with Bayesian optimization«
Moritz Kröger, RWTH Aachen University – LLT, Aachen (D)
3:50 p.m - 4:10 p.m (PST)
Session 15: AI and Machine Learning-based Processing - Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»First-time-right production of complex metal microstructures by combining Bayesian optimization and advanced modeling«
Dr. Martin Adams, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)