Conference Program
2008 PhAST Symposia Schedule
Tuesday, May 6
Lasers and LED Displays I
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
| 10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. |
Prospects and Challenges for Lasers in Display Applications, Chris Chinnock; Insight Media, USA |
| 11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. |
The Missing Color—Recent Developments in Low-Power Green Lasers for Mobile Projection, Michael Kuhnelt; OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Germany |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
RGB Laser Sources for Display Applications, Greg Niven; Executive Vice President of Marketing, Arasor Corp., USA |
| 12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m. |
GaN Micro-Pixel LED Arrays: Novel Solid-State Micro-Projectors and Micro-Displays, Martin D. Dawson; Inst. of Photonics, Univ. of Strathclyde, UK |
Lasers and LED Displays II
2:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
| 2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m. |
Green Lasers for Micro-Projectors, James M. Grochocinski; Product Line Manager, Corning Inc., USA |
| 2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. |
Linear Light Modulator Arrays for Laser Projection Display Systems, David M. Bloom; ALCES Technology, Inc., USA |
| 3:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m. |
Recent Advances in Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers, Juan Chilla; R&D Manager, HOPS Business Unit, Coherent Inc., USA |
| 3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m. |
532 nm from Frequency-Doubled, Monolithic Master-Oscillator-Power-Amplifier Laser Diode, Paul Rudy; Senior Vice President–Sales and Marketing, QPC Lasers, Inc., USA |
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High-Power Semiconductor Lasers I
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
The advances in the efficiency, brightness and power of diode lasers in recent years have been nothing short of phenomenal. The range of wavelengths where tens of Watts are available in standard bar formats has increased to include the visible red out to 2-µm and beyond. Concomitant to those advances have been demands for ever longer lifetimes, in ever more strenuous operating environments and under ever more demanding operating conditions. The possibility of directly using diodes in applications historically outside the domain of diode lasers is becoming ever more real. This session will present some of the latest advances in the research, development and productization on the leading edge of high power diode laser development.
| 10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. |
Product and Technology Trends: Brighter, Better, Smaller, Jim Harrison; Spectra-Physics, USA |
| 11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. |
Reliability and Statistical Lifetime Data of High-Power Diode Lasers, Detlev Wolff, Petra Hennig, Jens Meusel; JENOPTIK Laserdiode GmbH, Germany |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Recent High-Power Diode Laser Development at the Coherent Semiconductor Division, Tom Hasenberg; Coherent Semiconductor Div., USA |
| 12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Laser Diode Arrays for Printing, Coding and Marking, Stewart McDougall; Intense Ltd., UK |
High-Power Semiconductor Lasers II
2:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
| 2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m. |
Advances in Diode Laser Technology and Future Trends, Steve Patterson; nLIGHT Photonics, USA |
| 2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. |
Wavelength-Stabilized and Linewidth-Narrowed High-Power and High-Efficiency 800-975 nm Diode Lasers, Manoj Kanskar; Alfalight, Inc., USA |
| 3:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m. |
Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Arrays for High-Power Pumping Applications, Jean-François Seurin, Chuni L. Ghosh, Viktor Khalfin, Aleksandr Miglo, Guoyang Xu, James D. Wynn, Prachi Pradhan, L. Arthur D’Asaro; Princeton Optronics, USA |
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Solid-State Lighting Using OLEDS
Presented by OIDA
Existing incandescent lighting generates only about 5% of its consumed energy as visible light. The rest is radiated as heat or in wavelengths that aren't useful for illumination. Fluorescent lighting provides improvements for some applications but at the expense of high voltage ballasts and mercury used in manufacture, not to mention the unappealing color. Compact fluorescent lights provide a more general purpose light bulb, with better color, but with reduced efficiency compared to standard fluorescent bulbs. Solid-state lighting uses the electronic transitions in semiconductor materials to emit photons in a nearly perfectly efficient process, limited today by light extraction efficiency, thermal, and materials issues. Organic LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are one class of solid-state material that offers many potential lighting advantages for general purpose illumination. We will explore the state of the art and the business and market context for OLED SSL in this session, leading to an update for the OIDA OLED SSL roadmap.
Organic LED Technology for Lighting
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
| 10:30 a.m.–10:50 a.m. |
Materials Issues in Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells, Jian Li; Arizona State Univ., USA |
| 10:50 a.m.–11:10 a.m. |
Technological Progress and Challenges for OLED Lighting, Yuan-Sheng Tyan; Kodak, USA |
| 11:10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. |
Organic Semiconductor Interfaces and Devices, Andrew Evans; Aberystwyth Univ., UK |
| 11:30 a.m.–11:50 a.m. |
Hybrid Quantum Dots for Lighting, Andrew Wang; Ocean Nanotech, USA |
| 11:50 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Panel Session: What Are the Key Issues for OLED Acceptance for General Purpose Illumination? |
Business Growth for OLED Lighting
2:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
| 2:15 p.m.–2:35 p.m. |
Printed OLEDs for Lighting, Devin MacKenzie; Add-Vision, USA |
| 2:35 p.m.–2:55 p.m. |
Inkjet Printing Technology for OLED Manufacturing, Martin Schoeppler; FUJIFILM Dimatix, USA |
| 2:55 p.m.–3:15 p.m. |
Encapsulation Requirements, Robert Visser; Vitex Systems, USA |
| 3:15 p.m.–3:35 p.m. |
OLED Lighting Market Dynamics, Phil Wright; OIDA, USA |
| 3:35 p.m.–4:15 p.m. |
Panel Session: What Is the Roadmap for Market Penetration of OLEDs into GPL by Segment? |
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Wednesday, May 7
Lasers in Manufacturing I
1:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Over the last decade, high-power lasers have made their way out of the laboratories and specialist process floors and have radically transformed the entire field of manufacturing. They are now the tools of choice for a wide range of cutting, drilling and welding processes. Recent advances in technology have resulted in considerable improvements in efficiency, wavelength availability, output power, pulse characteristics, as well as the beam quality and laser control capabilities. A number of speakers from different industries and backgrounds will give in-depth presentations of established manufacturing processes, as well as their perspective on future applications and the remaining challenges. Topics will cover manufacturing applications of CW as well as pulsed lasers of different technologies, wavelengths and material processes.
| 1:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m. |
Laser Applications in Manufacturing at Daimler AG, Berthold Hopf; Daimler AG, Germany |
| 1:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m. |
Lasers Change the Transportation Industry, Holger Schlueter; TRUMPF Inc., USA |
| 2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m. |
Lasers Illuminate the Future of Heavy Industry, Ed Hansen; ESAB, USA |
| 2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. |
High-Brightness Laser Beam Delivery Systems, Roman Niedrig; HighYAG, USA |
| 3:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 3:45 p.m–5:00 p.m. |
Panel Session: Trends in High-Power Diode Lasers
Key members of the presenters will discuss all aspects of the directions for high power diode lasers to include power scaling, edge versus surface emission, cooling technologies, design for reliability and systems' constraints. |
Lasers in Manufacturing II
1:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
| 1:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m. |
Scaling Down of Stereolithography Processes—Bridging Several Orders of Magnitude, Andreas Ostendorf, Rainer Kling; Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Germany |
| 1:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m. |
A Review of New Laser Processes in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Edward J. Swenson, Jeffrey A. Albelo; Electro Scientific Industries, USA |
| 2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m. |
Extreme UV High Resolution Microscopy, Iain T. McKinnie; Kapteyn Mumane Labs, USA |
| 2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. |
Laser Processes Applied to High Volume Inkjet Manufacturing, Richard J. Oram; Hewlett-Packard, USA |
| 3:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 3:45 p.m–5:00 p.m. |
Panel Session: Trends in High-Power Diode Lasers
Key members of the presenters will discuss all aspects of the directions for high power diode lasers to include power scaling, edge versus surface emission, cooling technologies, design for reliability and systems' constraints. |
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Low Power Displays Using OLEDs
Presented by OIDA
Building on the previous day's development of OLEDs for lighting applications, we will focus on low energy displays using OLED technology. As our society has moved from a manufacturing-based to an information-based economy, the display of information whether in small hand-held units or large HD TV displays has become essential. These displays already consume the lion's share of energy devoted to information devices, and the current technology, LCD, is not inherently very efficient since it works by filtering and blocking the backlight. Incremental improvements in backlighting techniques can improve this performance, but emissive display technologies have an inherent energy advantage. Already becoming ubiquitous in certain handheld and small display applications, OLED displays may displace LCDs in the bulk of applications due to better energy consumption, higher display performance, and smaller physical profiles. We’ll examine the business context and update the OIDA OLED Display roadmap.
Organic LEDs for Lower Power Displays
1:15 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
| 1:15 p.m.–1:35 p.m. |
Market Context for OLED Displays, Phil Wright; OIDA, USA |
| 1:35 p.m.–1:55 p.m. |
OLED Display Segments, Steve Y. G. Mo; Samsung, Republic of Korea |
| 1:55 p.m.–2:15 p.m. |
Solution-Based Processing of OLEDs, Daniel LeCloux; Dupont, USA |
| 2:15 p.m.–2:35 p.m. |
Low Cost AMOLED Backplanes, Arokia Nathan; Ignis, UK |
| 2:35 p.m.–2:55 p.m. |
Thin Film Solar I (CIGS), Louay Eldada; HelioVolt, USA |
| 2:55 p.m.–3:15 p.m. |
Panel Session: What Is the Roadmap for OLED Display Segments, Efficiencies, Winning Niches? |
Organic Solar Cells
3:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
| 3:45 p.m.–4:10 p.m. |
Understanding the Commercial and Technical Progress of Organic Photovoltaics, Craig Cruickshank; cintelliq Ltd., UK |
| 4:10 p.m.–4:35 p.m. |
Organic Solar Cells: Pathways to Market Adoption, Jim Dietz; Plextronics, USA |
| 4:35 p.m.–5:00 p.m. |
The Reality of Organic Solar Cells: Today and Tomorrow, David Ginley; Natl. Renewable Energy Lab, USA |
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Thursday, May 8
Laser Applications in the Photovoltaic Market
Photovoltaic energy conversion is currently one of the fastest growing markets with an incredible potential worldwide. To keep this emerging market constantly blossoming without the extensive support of government subsidies, an even quicker reduction of production costs is necessary. One of the strongest levers to do so is a more sophisticated technology base enabling higher efficiencies. Among the many options available, laser-based processes have shown a huge potential to increase efficiency and productivity and are irreplaceable in existing production lines already. The speakers will give an overview of current processing steps for thin films as well as crystalline silicon–based solar cell production and will identify upcoming process steps for the next generation of solar cells.
Laser Applications in the Photovoltaic Market I
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
| 10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. |
The Role of Laser-Based Manufacturing Processes in Driving the Solar Industry Roadmap, Finlay Colville; Director of Marketing–Micro Material Processing, Coherent, Inc., USA |
| 11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. |
Leveraging IC and Flat Panel Display Technologies to Scale Photovoltaics, Peter Borden; Distinguished MTS, Solar Business Group, Applied Materials, USA |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Laser Concepts and Processes for Industrial Photovoltaic Production, Roland Meyerhofer, Michael Nardozzi, Claudia Finck, Ludger Muellers, Richard Hendel; Rofin Sinar Inc., USA |
| 12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Recent Advances in the Use of Lasers and Motion Systems for Manufacturing of Large Area Thin Film Photovoltaic Panels, Dave Clark; Senior Director–Strategic Marketing, Industrial and MicroElectronics Segments, Newport/Spectra-Physics, USA |
Laser Applications in the Photovoltaic Market II
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
| 2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. |
Laser Process for Manufacturing High-Efficiency Solar Cells at BP Solar, Carmen Morilla, Lian Zou; BP Solar, UK |
| 2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. |
Overview on Laser Processes for Solar Cell Production, Eric Schneiderlöchner, Frederik Bamberg, Holger Neuhaus; SolarWorld Industries, USA |
| 3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. |
Development of Laser Processes at UNSW for Innovative Photovoltaic Technology, Stuart Wenham, Budi Tjahjono, Ly Mai, S. Wang, Ziv Hameiri; Univ. of New South Wales, Australia |
| 3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. |
Laser Chemical Processing of Silicon Solar Cells, Daniel Kray; Fraunhofer ISE, Germany |
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Lasers in Manufacturing III
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
| 10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. |
KEYNOTE: Innovative Laser Fabrication—From Macro, Micro to Nano Scales, Li Lin ; Univ. of Manchester, UK |
| 11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. |
High-Power Multi kW Diode Lasers, Structure and Applications, Klaus Kleine; Laserline Inc., USA |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
New High-Power Diode Lasers and Their Use as Machine Tools, Nels Ostrom; Coherent, Inc., USA |
| 12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Using Lasers to Improve Security in Documents of Value, John Herslow; President, CompoSecure, USA |
Lasers in Manufacturing IV
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
| 2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. |
KEYNOTE: Applications of Yb Fiber Lasers in Microelectronics Fabrication, W. O’Neill, Kun Li; Cambridge Univ., UK |
| 2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. |
Benefits of Micro Processing with High Repetition Rate Pulsed Fiber Lasers, Jack Gabzdyl; SPI Lasers Ltd., UK |
| 3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. |
Ultrafast Fiber Lasers in Bio-Medical and Industrial Applications, John Clowes; Fianium Ltd., UK |
| 3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. |
High-Speed Laser Machining with a Femtosecond Fiber Laser, L. Shah; IMRA America, Inc., USA |
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Solar Energy for Grid-Tied Applications
Presented by OIDA
Photovoltaic-generated electricity is quickly becoming one of the main alternative energy sources that have zero carbon footprint. However, solar today is not yet economically attractive without incentives except in certain high electricity cost areas. This workshop will explore the various technologies and techniques, and examine the roadmap to determine the alternatives that have the best economic prospects for grid-tied applications, from solar farms to residential rooftop. We will also examine the energy policies (or lack thereof) that have assisted solar energy deployment in its earlier phases. The workshop will also update the OIDA solar roadmap.
Inorganic Solar Technology and Economics
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
| 10:30 a.m.–10:50 a.m. |
Overview of the DOE Solar America Initiative, Scott Stephens; US Dept. of Energy, USA |
| 10:50 a.m.–11:10 a.m. |
Si Solar Cells, Bobby Ram; SunPower Corp., USA |
| 11:10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. |
Market and Financial Trends in Thin-Film Solar, Kevin Cammack; U.S. Display Consortium, USA |
| 11:30 a.m.–11:50 a.m. |
Thin Film Solar II (CdTe), Benny Buller; First Solar Inc., USA |
| 11:50 a.m.–12:10 p.m. |
Utility Perspective of Different PV Technologies, Hal LaFlash; Pacific Gas and Electric Co., USA |
| 12:10 p.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Solar Value Chain and Markets, Eric Wesoff; Cleantech Group, USA |
New Solar Technologies for Grid Parity
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
| 2:00 p.m.–2:20 p.m. |
High Efficiency Solar Cells for Space Applications, John Merrill; AFRL, USA |
| 2:20 p.m.–2:40 p.m. |
Multijunction Solar Cells and their Applications, Nasser Karam; Spectrolab, USA |
| 2:40 p.m.–3:00 p.m. |
Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems and Their Economics, Vahan Garboushian; Amonix, USA |
| 3:00 p.m.–3:20 p.m. |
High Efficiency Hybrid Integrated Solar Cells, Allen Barnett, Chris Honsberg; Univ. of Delaware, USA |
| 3:20 p.m.–4:00 p.m. |
Panel Session: Solar Deployment Roadmap, Infrastructure and Energy Demands |
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