Program

Monday, March 11, 2024

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13:00 - 14:00 Welcome  
14:00 - 14:15 Opening Ceremony  
14:15 - 15:00 The birth of fluoride glass & From solid state chemistry to glass science and optical fibers - J. Lucas & M. Poulain  
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break  
15:30 - 16:15 Optical interferometry and fibers, from Hippolyte Fizeau to the European Very Large Telescope - P. Léna (OBSPM)  
16:15 - 16:35 Microgravity Opportunities for Innovation: Unveiling the Unknown Possibilities, with a Focus on ZBLAN Done Right - I. Cozmuta (G-Space)  
16:35 - 16:55 ZBLAN fibre drawing in microgravity - H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem (University of Adelaide)  
17:00 - 19:00 Session Poster & Welcome Cocktail  

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

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08:50 - 09:35 Recent advances in fluoride fiber lasers - M. Bernier (COPL)  
09:35 - 09:55 Visible-wavelength fluoride-glass fiber lasers from continuous-wave to ultrashort-pulse operation - Z. Luo (University of Xiamen)  
09:55 - 10:15 Bichromatic laser emission in Nd3+-doped fluoride glasses - R. Balda (University of Bilbao)  
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee break  
10:45 - 11:30 Novel fiber photonics based on fluoride fiber - Y. Ohishi (Toyota Technological Institute)  
11:30 - 11:50 Fluoride glass technology : an answer to many XXIst century challenges - S. Poulain (Le Verre Fluoré)  
11:50 - 12:10 Fluoride fiber amplifiers for telecom/datacom applications - R. Goto (Fiberlabs)  
12:10 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 14:45 Fluoride Fiber Technology: The chalenges to Bring Exotic Technologies to the Market - M. Saad (MS Consulting)  
14:45 - 15:05 Use of Fluoride Glass Fiber Optic to re-invent minimal invasive medical procedures - S. Assa (ACCLARO)  
15:05 - 15:35 Coffee break  
15:35 - 15:55 Charting the Past and Future Frontiers of Mid-infrared Fibreoptics - A. Seddon (University of Nottingham)  
15:55 - 16:15 Fabrication of fluoride glass photonic crystal fibre and its application in deep-ultraviolet to mid-infrared supercontinuum generation - X. Jiang (R-Cals)  
16:15 - 16:35 A Comprehensive Solution for an Established Fluoride Product Line - R. Pafchek (Thorlabs)  
16:35 - 16:55 Laser cooling of Yb-doped fluoride fibers with anti-Stokes fluorescence - M. Digonnet (University of Stanford)  
17:00 - 19:00 Break  
19:00 - 23:00 Banquet  

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

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09:00 - 09:20 Fabrication of waveguiding structures in ZBLAN glass through extrusion and laser writing - H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem (The University of Adelaide)  
09:20 - 09:40 State of the art ZBLAN optical fiber couplers and their integration into laser cavities - M. Rochette (McGill University)  
09:40 - 10:00 Design of passive and active fluoride fiber devices for MId-IR application - F. Prudenzano (Politecnico di Bari)  
10:00 - 10:20 Femtosecond-laser inscription of waveguides and fiber Bragg gratings into fluoride glasses - A. Fuerbach (Macquarie University)  
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee break  
10:50 - 11:30 From stars to black holes, 30 years of interferometry with fluoride glass fibers - G. Perrin (OBSPM)  
11:30 - 11:50 ZBLAN glass optical components made by hot embossing technique - R. Buczynski (University of Warsaw)  
11:50 - 12:10 Laser-induced cooling in rare-earth doped fluoride glasses - J. Fernandez (University of Bilbao)  
12:10 - 12:30 Fluoride Structure in Oxide Glasses – an enabler of extended IR transparency - A. Jha (University of Leeds)  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 14:20 Fluoride fibers : from the lab to industrial supercontinuum laser - G. Huss (Leukos)  
14:20 - 14:40 Overview of Thorlabs Light Sources Based on Fluoride Fibers - R. Salem (Thorlabs)  
14:40 - 15:00 Fluoride glass fiber lasers: From the Lab to the Market - L-P. Pleau (LumIR)  
15:00 - 15:20 The bright future of visible fluoride-glass fiber lasers - T. Georges (OXXIUS)  
15:20 - 15:30 Closing ceremony  
  
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