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, June 15, 2026 (7:30 AM) to Wednesday, June 17, 2026 (5:40 PM)

Monday, June 15, 2026

7:30 AM Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM

8:15 AM Registration
Registration
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
9:20 AM Session 1 - PW to EW optics. sub-10 fs optics
9:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Contributions

9:20 AM Development of Extreme Optics - Mikami Takuya

9:45 AM Beyond 100 petawatt laser and related technology developments - Zhaoyang Li

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

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

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

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

12:50 PM ELI Beamlines optics developments - Daniel Kramer

1:15 PM High LIDT Coatings for Large Optics - James Oliver

1:35 PM Manufacturing and characterization of large optics for laser-based fusion - Henrik Ehlers

2:00 PM Lrge area optics: influence of defects on damage and loses - Joshua McCauley

2:25 PM Very large ion beam sputtering coatings for high intensity lasers - Kai Starke
2:50 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
3:15 PM Session 3 - LIDT/High LIDT Optics: Session 3 - LIDT/High LIDT Optics
Session 3 - LIDT/High LIDT Optics
3:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Contributions

3:15 PM Multilayer dielectric coatings for high energy laser fusion drivers and their challenges to achieve long term operation without damage - Carmen Menoni

3:40 PM Laser Damage Testing for Long-Term Reliability Assessment of High-Quality Optics under High-Energy and High-Average-Power Laser Operation - Hitoki Yoneda

4:05 PM Laser Damage Characteristics of microstructured optical components - Jinlong Zhang

4:30 PM Current challenges in high-power laser interactions with optical materials: fundamental mechanisms of damage and possible ways to maximize LIDT - Nadezhda Bulgakova

4:55 PM Pushing the limits – Ion Beam Figuring - David Schäfer

5:20 PM Ultrafast Laser Coatings for High-Power Laser Systems - Hongfei Jiao
6:00 PM Transport from ELI-NP to Hotel
Transport from ELI-NP to Hotel
6:00 PM - 6:40 PM
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

8:00 AM Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM Session 4 - Plasma Optics / Isolation: Session 4 - Plasma Optics / Isolation
Session 4 - Plasma Optics / Isolation
9:00 AM - 11:05 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM High throughput, renewable plasma mirrors and plasma mirror “fuses” based on ultrathin films of liquid crystal - Douglass Schumacher

9:25 AM Operation of a double-plasma mirror telescope with the 10-PW HPLS at ELI-NP - Katinka von Grafenstein

9:50 AM Gas optics for high power and high energy laser applications - Yurina Michine

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

10:40 AM High LIDT conductive coatings (ITO) - Marco Jupe
11:05 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:05 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM 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 AM - 12:45 PM
Contributions

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

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

12:20 PM Atomistic simulations of optoelectronic properties of Si-TM-oxide materials for optical coatings - Alexandru Nemnes
12:45 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM Session 6 - Gratings: Session 6 - Gratings
Session 6 - Gratings
1:15 PM - 2:40 PM
Contributions

1:15 PM MLD Gratings for Extreme Lasers: Status and Trends - Turan Erdogan

1:45 PM Progress in the latest pulse compressions gratings - Yunxia Jin

2:15 PM Investigation of Multilayer Coating Design Related to Laser Damage Resistance of Chirped Mirrors for the Mid‑Infrared Region - Muneo Sugiura
2:40 PM Poster Session + coffee break
Poster Session + coffee break
2:40 PM - 5:25 PM

5:30 PM Transport from ELI-NP to Dinner
Transport from ELI-NP to Dinner
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

6:00 PM Festive Dinner
Festive Dinner
6:00 PM - 10:30 PM

10:30 PM Transport from Dinner to Hotels
Transport from Dinner to Hotels
10:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

8:00 AM Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
Transport from Hotel to ELI-NP
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM 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
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM High Power Optics Center at ELI-NP, Romania - Ioan Dancus

9:25 AM Contamination problem of high power and high energy lasers - Jitsuno Takahisa

9:50 AM Exploring Laser-Induced Damage Threshold in High-Intensity Optical Coatings - Adrien Chauvain

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

10:40 AM Optimizing Performance of Focusing Parabolas - Flemming Tinker

11:05 AM Development of laser interferometer for laser optics measurement - Shijie Liu
11:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
11:50 AM Session 8 - Nanolaminates: Session 8 - Nanolaminates
Session 8 - Nanolaminates
11:50 AM - 1:30 PM
Contributions

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

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

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

1:05 PM IBS metamaterials for high-LIDT fusion optics: materials, design concepts and performance overview - Tobias Kruse
1:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM ELI-NP presentation - Ioan Dancus
ELI-NP presentation
- Ioan Dancus
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Closing ceremony. Disscusions. Poster competition awards
Closing ceremony. Disscusions. Poster competition awards
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM

3:20 PM Facility visit
Facility visit
3:20 PM - 5:30 PM