Crystal growth of laser host and NLO crystals

Session Chairs: Pete Schunemann, BAE Systems, and Kathleen Schaffers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

This session will focus on issues surrounding the growth, properties, processing, and device performance of laser host and nonlinear optical materials. Topics include, but are not limited to, crystal growth methods, characterization and elimination of defects, enhancements in size, properties and performance, fabrication techniques, and new materials.

Invited Speakers:

Ikesue Akio, Poly Techno Company, Nagoya Laboratory, Advances in large transparent ceramic laser materials
David Bliss, Air Force Research Laboratory, Thick-layer Epitaxy of orientation-patterned GaAs (OPGaAs)
Yiting Fei, Crystal growth and morphology of large size YCOB and GdCOB crystals
Mark Randles, Northrup Grumman Synoptics, Growth of Large Crystals for High Power Lasers