Name: Extreme Optics Workshop (ExOp)
Start: 2026-06-15T07:30:00+03:00
End: 2026-06-17T17:40:00+03:00
Location: No location set

Extreme Optics Workshop (ExOp)

from Monday, 15 June 2026 (07:30) to Wednesday, 17 June 2026 (17:40)

Monday, 15 June 2026

07:30 Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
07:30 - 08:15

08:15 Registration
Registration
08:15 - 09:00

09:00 Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
09:00 - 09:20
09:20 Session 1 - PW to EW optics. sub-10 fs optics
09:20 - 11:50
Contributions

09:20 Development of Extreme Optics - Mikami Takuya

09:45 Beyond 100 petawatt laser and related technology developments - Zhaoyang Li

10:10 SG-II-UP Petawatt Laser System: Performance Evaluation and Integration of Critical Optical Components - Youen Jiang

10:35 Dispersive Optics a key element for femtosecond lasers - Vladimir Pervak

11:00 Sub 10 fs optics characterisation for post-compression experiments - Gabriel Bleotu

11:25 How Dispersive Optics Distort, and Sometimes Destroy, Your Laser Pulse - Rosa Romero
11:50 Lunch
Lunch
11:50 - 12:50
12:50 Session 2 - Fusion Optics
12:50 - 14:50
Contributions

12:50 ELI Beamlines optics developments - Daniel Kramer

13:15 High LIDT Coatings for Large Optics - James Oliver

13:35 Manufacturing and characterization of large optics for laser-based fusion - Henrik Ehlers

14:00 Lrge area optics: influence of defects on damage and loses - Joshua McCauley

14:25 Very large ion beam sputtering coatings for high intensity lasers - Kai Starke
14:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:10
15:15 Session 3 - LIDT/High LIDT Optics: Session 3 - LIDT/High LIDT Optics
Session 3 - LIDT/High LIDT Optics
15:15 - 17:45
Contributions

15:15 Multilayer dielectric coatings for high energy laser fusion drivers and their challenges to achieve long term operation without damage - Carmen Menoni

15:40 Laser Damage Testing for Long-Term Reliability Assessment of High-Quality Optics under High-Energy and High-Average-Power Laser Operation - Hitoki Yoneda

16:05 Laser Damage Characteristics of microstructured optical components - Jinlong Zhang

16:30 Current challenges in high-power laser interactions with optical materials: fundamental mechanisms of damage and possible ways to maximize LIDT - Nadezhda Bulgakova

16:55 Pushing the limits – Ion Beam Figuring - David Schäfer

17:20 Ultrafast Laser Coatings for High-Power Laser Systems - Hongfei Jiao
18:00 Transport from ELI-NP to Hotel
Transport from ELI-NP to Hotel
18:00 - 18:40
Tuesday, 16 June 2026

08:00 Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Session 4 - Plasma Optics / Isolation: Session 4 - Plasma Optics / Isolation
Session 4 - Plasma Optics / Isolation
09:00 - 11:05
Contributions

09:00 High throughput, renewable plasma mirrors and plasma mirror “fuses” based on ultrathin films of liquid crystal - Douglass Schumacher

09:25 Operation of a double-plasma mirror telescope with the 10-PW HPLS at ELI-NP - Katinka von Grafenstein

09:50 Gas optics for high power and high energy laser applications - Yurina Michine

10:15 Plasma Transmission Gratings for High-Power Pulse Compression - Matthew Edwards

10:40 High LIDT conductive coatings (ITO) - Marco Jupe
11:05 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:05 - 11:30
11:30 Session 5 - Theoretical and Computational framework for laser damage: Session 5 - Theoretical and Computational framework for laser damage
Session 5 - Theoretical and Computational framework for laser damage
11:30 - 12:45
Contributions

11:30 Towards Renewed ISO 21254 Standards for Laser-Induced Damage Threshold Testing - Andrius Melninkaitis

11:55 Ultrafast laser damage to Optics: A comprehensive computational approach - Enam Chowdhury

12:20 Atomistic simulations of optoelectronic properties of Si-TM-oxide materials for optical coatings - Alexandru Nemnes
12:45 Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 13:15
13:15 Session 6 - Gratings: Session 6 - Gratings
Session 6 - Gratings
13:15 - 14:40
Contributions

13:15 MLD Gratings for Extreme Lasers: Status and Trends - Turan Erdogan

13:45 Progress in the latest pulse compressions gratings - Yunxia Jin

14:15 Investigation of Multilayer Coating Design Related to Laser Damage Resistance of Chirped Mirrors for the Mid‑Infrared Region - Muneo Sugiura
14:40 Poster Session + coffee break
Poster Session + coffee break
14:40 - 17:25

17:30 Transport from ELI-NP to Dinner
Transport from ELI-NP to Dinner
17:30 - 18:00

18:00 Festive Dinner
Festive Dinner
18:00 - 22:30

22:30 Transport from Dinner to Hotels
Transport from Dinner to Hotels
22:30 - 23:00
Wednesday, 17 June 2026

08:00 Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Session 7 - Metrology and optics development in ELI and other facilities: Session 7 - Metrology and optics development in ELI and other facilities
Session 7 - Metrology and optics development in ELI and other facilities
09:00 - 11:30
Contributions

09:00 High Power Optics Center at ELI-NP, Romania - Ioan Dancus

09:25 Contamination problem of high power and high energy lasers - Jitsuno Takahisa

09:50 Exploring Laser-Induced Damage Threshold in High-Intensity Optical Coatings - Adrien Chauvain

10:15 Exploring Laser Induced Damage Threshold by electrical characterization of mirrors. Contamination effects and perspective for real-time monitoring - Stefan Irimiciuc

10:40 Optimizing Performance of Focusing Parabolas - Flemming Tinker

11:05 Development of laser interferometer for laser optics measurement - Shijie Liu
11:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 Session 8 - Nanolaminates: Session 8 - Nanolaminates
Session 8 - Nanolaminates
11:50 - 13:30
Contributions

11:50 Dielectric quantized nanolaminates for high power laser optics - Thomas Willemsen

12:15 Magnetron sputtered quantized nanolaminates and their application in laser optical coatings - Stephan Waldner

12:40 Optical challenges in laser fusion drivers - Gaia Barbierio

13:05 IBS metamaterials for high-LIDT fusion optics: materials, design concepts and performance overview - Tobias Kruse
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:15
14:15 ELI-NP presentation - Ioan Dancus
ELI-NP presentation
- Ioan Dancus
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 Closing ceremony. Disscusions. Poster competition awards
Closing ceremony. Disscusions. Poster competition awards
14:30 - 15:20

15:20 Facility visit
Facility visit
15:20 - 17:30

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