Short Courses
Fees & Registration
Location & Accommodations
Security
Calls for Papers
The Advanced High-Power Lasers meeting consists of co-located technical sessions organized by four separate conferences, with joint technical and plenary sessions to encourage discussion outside narrow technical limits. This year's meeting will be co-located with the 2012 Beam Control Conference.
Registrants meeting the attendance criteria may attend any session of any conference for just one registration fee. An informational event flyer for this year's conference is available here in PDF format for download. Program Highlights
A complete agenda, including sessions, will be available here when known. Until then, this listing of submitted abstracts is available, providing insight into the technical program. This listing shows abstracts submitted to date for which the authors have granted permission to be included in this online list. More may be added, so check back later for a more complete list. Also, abstracts can be withdrawn, rejected, or change titles before the conference, so not every abstract listed here will become a presentation at the conference; however, most of them will.
Selected presentations from AHPL will be webcast; these will be offered only in real time in Broomfield, Colorado. The sessions in the table are currently scheduled to be webcast. Not all presentations in each session will be webcast, since only open, public release presentations can be webcast. Times in the schedule are Mountain Daylight Time. More sessions will be added at a future date. Online registration for Webcast portions of the conference is available here. Joint Session The Laser-Beam Control Interface or The Development of an Optically Efficient HEL Weapon System A Joint Session is planned for the AHPL and Beam Control Conference which addresses issues related to integrating an HEL weapon's optical train from the resonator to the exit aperture with a goal of maximizing far field irradiance. Our community has a tradition of separately developing lasers and beam control systems then attempting forced marriages. The results have frequently led to complications and inefficiency. By bridging this specification (and frequently contractor) interface with a mix of invited and solicited papers, the session's goal is to provide laser and beam control specialists with a bit of history, some lessons learned during prior systems integrations, and a few ideas to benefit future system integration plans. NIST Tour Tours are planned of the Sources and Detectors Group laboratory facilities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder. This group, a part of the NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory, conducts activities in fiber sources and applications, laser radiometry, and high speed measurements. Tours are scheduled for Thursday 14 June and Friday 15 June. Tour buses will leave the Omni at 1315 on Thursday, 14 June and at 0800 on Friday, 15 June. Buses will return to the hotel after about 2 ½ hours. Transportation by private automobile is not allowed for the tour. You must sign up before the tour; international attendees must sign up at least a week in advance. You may register here soon. Companions Companions are always a welcome addition to any DEPS meeting. To encourage them, we offer companion meal options at an additional cost. Our full meal option includes all meals that are provided for regular attendees including any evening and specialty functions that may be planned. For those companions who do not want to be tied to scheduled meal functions, we also offer an evening meal option. This option, which includes only the evening reception, allows companions access to the "fun" portions of our events. Companion meal tickets can be purchased as part of your event registration (below) or separately using this form. Upon arrival, those checking the "companion information needed" box on the registration will be provided a welcome packet with information on local points of interest. To assist companions in making plans for their stay, an onsite specialist will meet with interested parties on the first day of the meeting, providing access, individually or as a group, to local attractions and/or tours. Location and Accommodations AHPL technical sessions will be held at the Omni Interlocken Resort at 500 Interlocken Boulevard, Broomfield, Colorado, 80021 and at off-site locations. Directions to the hotel are available through its Web page. A block of rooms at government rates for all attendees has been reserved at the Omni. To take advantage of these rates, call the hotel at (303) 438-6600 and mention that you are attending this DEPS event. The Omni and the off-site location for the classified meetings are not within walking distance. A shuttle bus will be available for travel between venues. Private auto access to the off-site location is restricted. There is a shuttle service from Denver Airport that stops at the Omni as well. Participation in AHPL will not require that attendees rent a vehicle for local transportation. The hotel reserves the right to enforce its policies, procedures, and cancellation fees. DEPS is not responsible for any hotel cancellation charges, penalties, or billing discrepancies.
*Note: Full time students will be admitted at no fee provided they (1)
agree to work for two sessions operating computers for the presenters, or (2) are making a
presentation. If these conditions are not met, students will be required to pay the
full registration fee. Note however, that short courses are free for all full-time students.
However, if you are not a 'qualifying student' as defined here, you will need to use the independent
Short Course Registration Form to select your short courses
and receive this deal.
Registration fees include attendance at technical sessions, a copy of the proceedings,
breakfast, lunch, and break refreshments, and attendance at evening receptions. (Note that
some technical sessions will be restricted and attendance limited. See Security.)
One may join DEPS for $40 at the time of registration and qualify for members registration fees. Please note that memberships
purchased here will expire on 31 Dec 2012.
Short course registrations include participation in the classroom activities, student
materials, refreshments, and Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits. Two half-day classes
can be selected for the price of a full-day class. Registration Please select from one of the following options.
Some organizations have installed web filters that prevent on-line registration from inside their facilities. If this appears to be true for you, please try again off-site or use the registration option below. Adobe's free Acrobat Reader is required to view and print our registration forms, which are in PDF format. If you do not already have this product, click here to download this free software. Persons requesting cancellation through 14 May will receive a full refund. Cancellations after 14 May are subject to a $100 cancellation fee. There will be no refunds after 7 June. Additional Outings/Invitee Only Receptions
Advanced Thin Films Proceedings The AHPL meeting will publish combined proceedings, including both presentation materials and formal papers that have been properly released by a sponsoring government agency and have proper classification markings. Proceedings will be produced at both the public release and limited distribution levels. Once available, these proceedings will be provided to conference attendees free of charge; others will be able to purchase the proceedings through our Online Store. The AHPL and Beam Control Conference sessions will be held at the Public Release and Limited Distribution C and D levels which restricts participation to U.S. citizens who are employees of the U.S. Federal Government or its contractors (Limited Distribution C) or U.S. citizens who are employees of the Department of Defense or its contractors (Limited Distribution D). If you plan to attend sessions other than public release, you must submit a visit request. A picture ID will be required at check-in. Videotaping or audio recording of any session at all DEPS meetings is prohibited. The Tuesday plenary sessions and social events will be open to all attendees. The parallel technical sessions will be held at open and limited levels. Attendance at Open, Public Release Sessions All registrants may participate in open, public release sessions without further documentation. Attendance at Limited Participation Sessions The Advanced High Power Laser Conference will include two levels of Limited Participation sessions:
Persons wishing to participate in the limited participation sessions must submit a visit authorization request as described below. Visit Requests: All persons wishing to participate in the limited distribution must submit a visit request letter, to be received no later than 12 noon MDT on Friday, 1 June 2012. The request must (1) be on company letterhead, (2) be signed by your company FSO or your immediate supervisor, (3) identify you by name as a company employee, (4) state your citizenship, (5) include your social security number, (6) state that you have a valid need for access to the information to be presented at this meeting, (7) indicate to which limited levels this need gives you access. Please fax the visit request to Tiffany Bjelke at (505) 998-4917 or email a signed copy to tiffany@deps.org Confirmation at (505) 998-4910 Please contact Tiffany at (505) 998-4910 if you have any questions. *please note that you may not sign your own visit request. Call for Papers Each Conference is soliciting contributed abstracts and will publish an independent Call for Papers. As they become available, the individual conference's Call for Papers will be available through links below. Abstracts should be submitted following the instructions in the Submissions section below.
Selected presentations will be webcast. These presentations must be open, public release and must have the approval of their authors, as indicated on their release forms. The specific presentations to webcast will be selected after the technical program is determined. Preference will be given to presentations in sessions with a sequence of presentations that meet the webcast criteria. The SSDLTR requires papers, and all of the conferences encourage them. These should be written in the DEPS conference paper format. Papers are also of interest to the Journal of Directed Energy editors as manuscripts. Upon author approval, papers may be forwarded to the Journal for consideration. Joint Session The Laser-Beam Control Interface or The Development of an Optically Efficient HEL Weapon System A Joint Session is planned for the AHPL and Beam Control Conference which addresses issues related to integrating an HEL weapon's optical train from the resonator to the exit aperture with a goal of maximizing far field irradiance. Our community has a tradition of separately developing lasers and beam control systems then attempting forced marriages. The results have frequently led to complications and inefficiency. By bridging this specification (and frequently contractor) interface with a mix of invited and solicited papers, the session's goal is to provide laser and beam control specialists with a bit of history, some lessons learned during prior systems integrations, and a few ideas to benefit future system integration plans. Papers which address the above issues are solicited. Abstracts The deadline for submitting abstracts has passed. For questions regarding abstract submittal, please contact your conference chair below. Authors will be notified of acceptance of their paper for presentation and/or publication in accordance with the Important Dates table above. Additional instructions for submitting papers and presentations will be provided at that time. Note: While an automated email is sent confirming receipt of your abstract, it is known that many military domains (e.g., af.mil) block delivery of such an email. If you do not receive email confirmation, you may check this listing of submitted abstracts. This listing is dynamically generated based on abstracts received at the time the page is displayed and author permission (granted when submitted). If the title of your abstract is contained in this listing, it has been received by DEPS. Presentations and Papers Formatting Instructions Release Forms Presentation Release Form Paper Release Form Note that it is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for their abstract, presentation, and/or paper. DEPS Graphics Security Markings
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Advanced Thin Films and Precision Photonics Corporation will be holding an open house for invited guests at Advanced Thin Films at 5:30pm on Wednesday June 13, 2012. Together, ATFilms and PPC provide precision optics and high performance thin film coatings for your most demanding applications. Transportation and refreshments will be provided. For an invitation, please contact Tom Sangviriyakul at 303-815-1545,