LASE, the industrial laser, laser source, and laser application conference

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SPIE LASE is the most important laser technologies conference in the field. Topics include laser manufacturing, laser materials processing, micro-nano packaging, fiber, diode, solid state lasers, laser resonators, ultrafast, semiconductor lasers and LEDs, and 3D fabrication technologies.

Registration and the Advance Program PDF will be available in October.

Author Notification
30 September 2019

Registration opens
October 2019

Manuscripts Due
8 January 2020

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2020 LASE technical tracks

Explore these technical areas to find the 2020 technical presentations.

• Laser Sources
• Nonlinear Optics and Beam Guiding
• Micro/Nano Applications
• Macro Applications
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LASE 2020 Symposium Chairs and Co-Chairs

Symposium Chair

Beat Neuenschwander
Berner Fachhochschule Technik und Informatik (Switzerland)

Symposium Chair

Xianfan Xu
Purdue Univ. (United States)

Symposium Co-Chair

Craig B. Arnold
Princeton Univ. (United States)

Symposium Co-Chair

Takunori Taira
Institute for Molecular Science (Japan)

LASE 2020 Program Track Chairs

Laser Sources
Kunihiko Washio, Paradigm Laser Research Ltd. (Japan)
John Ballato, Clemson Univ. (United States)


Nonlinear Optics and Beam Guiding
Vladimir Ilchenko, GM Cruise LLC (United States)
Paul O. Leisher, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (United States)


Micro/Nano Applications
Henry Helvajian, The Aerospace Corp. (United States)
Guido Hennig, Daetwyler Graphics AG (Switzerland)


Macro Applications
Bo Gu, Bos Photonics (United States)
Stefan Kaierle, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Germany)

Proceedings of SPIE

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