Name: AOIM2013
Start: 2013-09-02T08:10:00+02:00
End: 2013-09-06T23:00:00+02:00
Location: STIAS Conference Centre

AOIM2013

from Monday, 2 September 2013 (08:10) to Friday, 6 September 2013 (23:00)

Monday, 2 September 2013
08:25 Welcome Remarks - Andrew Forbes (CSIR)
Welcome Remarks
- Andrew Forbes (CSIR)
08:25 - 08:30
08:30
08:30 - 10:45
Contributions

08:30 Basics of AOs and adaptive control - Alexis Kudryashov (Head of the Lab)

09:15 Basics of deformable mirrors - Ulrich Wittrock (University of Applied Sciences Muenster)

10:00 Basics of wavefront sensing - Sergio Restaino (Naval Research Laboratory, Remote Sensing Division)
10:45 Tea Break
Tea Break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15
11:15 - 13:30
Contributions

11:15 AOs in Vision - Pablo Artal (Universidad de Murcia)

12:00 Biomedical imaging with AOs - Gordon Love (Durham University)

12:45 AOs and microscopy - Booth Martin (University of Oxford)
13:30 LUNCH
LUNCH
13:30 - 14:15
14:15
14:15 - 16:30
Contributions

14:15 Turn key AO systems - paul bierden (boston micromahcines)

15:00 AOs in ultrafast and ultrahigh power lasers - JESUS LANCIS (Universitat Jaume I)

15:45 AOs in high precision materials - Booth Martin (University of Oxford)
17:00

17:00 - 20:00
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
08:10
08:10 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Recent advances in high-power fundamental mode thin-disk lasers using intra-cavity deformable mirrors - Stefan Piehler (Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart)

09:40 Achieving the highest intensity from the Orion Laser Facility - Nicholas Hopps (AWE plc)
10:30 TEA BREAK
TEA BREAK
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 ADAPTIVE OPTICS FROM MICROSCOPY TO NANOSCOPY - Booth Martin (University of Oxford)

11:40 Layer-oriented adaptive optics for extended objects - Aglae Kellerer (Durham University)

12:00 High resolution in-vivo imaging of the mouse retina using an adaptive optics system with MEMS segmented piston/tip/tilt deformable mirror. - Robert J. Zawadzki (UC Davis)

12:20 Modal deformable mirror optimization in sensorless Optical Coherence Tomography - Stefano Bonora (CNR-IFN)

12:40 Superpenetration Multiphoton Microscopy Enabled Through MEMS DM Technology - paul bierden (boston micromahcines)
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Impact of wavefront aberrations in ultrafast nonlinear optics - Rocío Borrego-Varillas (Universitat Jaume I, Universidad de Salamanca)

14:40 Modal decomposition for wavefront reconstruction - Christian Schulze (Institute of Applied Optics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany)
15:30 TEA BREAK
TEA BREAK
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 18:20
Contributions

16:00 Wavefront correction in large-scale glass laser LFEX - Takahisa JITSUNO (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, JAPAN)

16:40 Multi-conjugated adaptive optics for intense femtosecond lasers - Gilles Cheriaux (Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée)

17:00 Characterization and application of a deformable mirror for pulse shaping in the Mid-Infrared - Stefano Bonora (CNR-IFN, LUXOR, via Trasea 7, 35131, Padova, Italy)

17:20 Ultrafast time compensated monochromator with deformable diffraction gratings - Stefano Bonora (CNR-IFN)

17:40 High resolution wavefront control using a photocontrolled deformable mirror in closed loop - Stefano Bonora (CNR-IFN)

18:00 Real-time high speed adaptive optical system for imaging and laser beam control - Alexis Kudryashov (Head of the Lab)
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
08:10
08:10 - 10:30
Contributions

08:30 Adaptive Lenses for Displays & Vision - Gordon Love (Durham University)

09:10 Results on the high power testing of screen-printed deformable mirrors - Claudia Reinlein (Fraunhofer IOF, Jena)

09:30 Design optimization of an actuator pattern for a unimorph deformable mirror - Michael Appelfelder (Friedrich Schiller Univ. of Jena, Inst. of App. Physics)

09:50 Large Scale Deformable Mirror Based on Bimorph and Stack Actuators - Alexis Kudryashov (Active Optics NightN Ltd.) Vadim Samarkin (Active Optics NightN Ltd.)

10:10 Recent Advances in MEMS Deformable Mirror Technology - paul bierden (boston micromahcines)
10:30 TEA BREAK
TEA BREAK
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 Functional Imaging of Single Cells in the Living Eye - David Williams (Dean for Research in Arts, Science, and Engineering Director, Center for Visual Science William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics)

11:40 Dynamic plenoptic perception with adaptive mirror - Thiago D. O. Moura (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering - Federal University of Minas Gerais - Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)

12:00 The use of Zernike and Q-Polynomials combined for the Representation of Intraocular-Lens Topologies - Rodolfo Costa (Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering - Federal University of Minas Gerais)

12:20 Aberration correction with adaptive optics for lowering the threshold energy for femtosecond laser induced optical breakdown in a water based eye model - Anja Hansen (Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.)

12:40 Dynamic generation of scattering for high resolution adaptive optics in the eye - Enrique-Josua Fernandez (Universidad de Murcia)
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 A parametric study of the contributing factors influencing femtosecond pulse shape transfer via difference frequency mixing. - Nicolene Botha (NLC)
A parametric study of the contributing factors influencing femtosecond pulse shape transfer via difference frequency mixing. (Poster Presentation)
- Nicolene Botha (NLC)
14:00 - 16:00
Artificial model of human eye aberrations proceeded in real-time - Anna Lylova (Student)
Artificial model of human eye aberrations proceeded in real-time (Poster Presentation)
- Anna Lylova (Student)
14:00 - 16:00
Biomedical applications of optics - Patience Mthunzi (CSIR - NLC)
Biomedical applications of optics (Poster Presentation)
- Patience Mthunzi (CSIR - NLC)
14:00 - 16:00
Compensation of the two-stage phase-shifting algorithms with respect to detuning and harmonics - Daniel Malacara-Doblado (Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, A. C.)
Compensation of the two-stage phase-shifting algorithms with respect to detuning and harmonics (Poster Presentation)
- Daniel Malacara-Doblado (Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, A. C.)
14:00 - 16:00
Computational Testbench and Flow Chart for Wavefront Sensors - Davies W. de Lima Monteiro (Department of Electrical Engineering Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Brazil)
Computational Testbench and Flow Chart for Wavefront Sensors (Poster Presentation)
- Davies W. de Lima Monteiro (Department of Electrical Engineering Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Brazil)
14:00 - 16:00
Free-motion measurement of the beam propagation factor by means of a spatial light modulator. - Jesús Lancis (Universidad Jaume I)
Free-motion measurement of the beam propagation factor by means of a spatial light modulator. (Poster Presentation)
- Jesús Lancis (Universidad Jaume I)
14:00 - 16:00
Imaging of solid aerosols produced by optical catapulting - Mahmoud Mohamed (The National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science)
Imaging of solid aerosols produced by optical catapulting (Poster Presentation)
- Mahmoud Mohamed (The National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science)
14:00 - 16:00
Imaging the expression of Channelrhodopsin-2 as a directly light-gated cation-selective membrane channel in HEK 293 cells - Ahmed El-Hussein M.Kamel (The National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science, Cairo University)
Imaging the expression of Channelrhodopsin-2 as a directly light-gated cation-selective membrane channel in HEK 293 cells (Poster Presentation)
- Ahmed El-Hussein M.Kamel (The National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science, Cairo University)
14:00 - 16:00
Localization and image reconstruction of inclusions embedded in biological tissue (turbid media) by means of adaptive optical system - Ilya Galaktionov (Student)
Localization and image reconstruction of inclusions embedded in biological tissue (turbid media) by means of adaptive optical system (Poster Presentation)
- Ilya Galaktionov (Student)
14:00 - 16:00
Optical Design and Optimization of Adaptive Automobile Headlight with Liquid Optical Element and Freeform - YiChin Fang (Head of Department)
Optical Design and Optimization of Adaptive Automobile Headlight with Liquid Optical Element and Freeform (Poster Presentation)
- YiChin Fang (Head of Department)
14:00 - 16:00
Producing Kaleidoscope Modes using the Digital Laser
Producing Kaleidoscope Modes using the Digital Laser (Poster Presentation)
14:00 - 16:00
Propagating aberrated laser beams - Cosmas Mafusire (CSIR National Laser Centre)
Propagating aberrated laser beams (Poster Presentation)
- Cosmas Mafusire (CSIR National Laser Centre)
14:00 - 16:00
Utilizing speckle decorrelation for tomographic wavefront sensing (with one wavefront sensor) - Aglaé Kellerer (University of Durham)
Utilizing speckle decorrelation for tomographic wavefront sensing (with one wavefront sensor) (Poster Presentation)
- Aglaé Kellerer (University of Durham)
14:00 - 16:00
Wide field wavefront sensing on extended scenes and possible applications - Roberto Ragazzoni (INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova - Italy)
Wide field wavefront sensing on extended scenes and possible applications (Poster Presentation)
- Roberto Ragazzoni (INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova - Italy)
14:00 - 16:00
17:00

17:00 - 20:00
Thursday, 5 September 2013
08:30
08:30 - 10:30
Contributions

08:30 Advances in adaptive optics nonlinear microscopy for applications in medical and life sciences - Juan M. Bueno (Universidad de Murcia)

09:10 Adaptive optics for multi-photon microscopy using direct and sensorless measurement - Tim van Werkhoven (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University)

09:30 Constrained optimisation for fast wavefront sensorless adaptive optics in microscopy - Jacopo Antonello (DCSC, Delft University of Technology)

09:50 Active spatial polarization control for microscope objectives - Frederik Schaal (Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Technische Optik, Germany)

10:10 Correction for distortions in holographic nanointerferometers - Vladimir Venediktov (St.-Petersburg State University)
10:30 TEA BREAK
TEA BREAK
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 Shaping ultrafast pulsed beams in space and time with programmable spatial light modulators - JESUS LANCIS (Universitat Jaume I)

11:40 All-digital holographic tool for real-time mode excitation and ~analysis in optical waveguides - Michael Duparré (Institute of Applied Optics, University Jena)

12:00 Phase generation in white light with a 6-Pi Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) device - Enrique Josua Fernandez (Lab Optica, IUI Optica y Nanofisica, U Murcia) Pablo Artal (Lab Optica, IUI Optica y Nanofisica, U Murcia) Pedro Prieto (Lab Optica, IUI Optica y Nanofisica, U Murcia)

12:20 A novel technique to generate and temporally shape multiple pulsed laser beams using 2D-SLMs - Dirk-Mathys Spangenberg (University of Stellenbosch)

12:40 Real-time dynamic control of laser modes - Sandile Ngcobo (CSIR)
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:20
Contributions

14:00 -Strehl ratio, divergence, M2 factor –What is good for describing the propagation of a diffracted laser beam? - Kamel AIT-AMEUR (CIMAP-ENSICAEN,Caen, France)

14:20 Adaptive Optics in Astronomy: deblurring the atmosphere - David Buckley (Southern African Large Telescope)

14:40 Overview and perspectives of Active and Adaptive Optics for Space Optical Applications - Pascal Hallibert (ESA-ESTEC)

15:00 Manufacturing and Testing of Unimorph Deformable Mirrors for Space Telescopes - Ulrich Wittrock (University of Applied Sciences Muenster)
15:20 TEA BREAK
TEA BREAK
15:20 - 15:50
15:50
15:50 - 17:30
Contributions

15:50 Quantum Communications along Optical Links with Strong Turbulence - Villoresi Paolo (Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova,)

16:30 Adaptive Optics for Horizontal Propagation Applications - Sergio Restaino (Naval Research Laboratory, Remote Sensing Division)

16:50 Free Space prop without the free space - Christian

17:10 Quantum communication with OAM entangled photons - Alpha Hamadou Ibrahim (CSIR, National Laser Center)
Friday, 6 September 2013

08:30

08:30 - 16:00

18:00

18:00 - 22:00