August 15-17, 2008

Participants of the 2008 MIIPS Workshop

For a high-resolution of the group photo, please click here.

Hands-on experience with Coherent’s Micra and Silhouette (oscillator and pulse shaper) operating with 12 fs pulse duration, an excellent combination for nonlinear optical microscopy.

Hands-on with shaped 12 fs pulses being used for two-photon microscopy, and using the MIIPS Microscope Detection Unit.

At the lab, during the hands-on sessions, Cheese!

Hands-on experience with 6 fs pulses generated using a hollow waveguide and compressed using custom MIIPS shaper for phase and polarization control with 640-pixel resolution. This system is ideal for CARS measurements.

Hands-on experience with 6 fs pulses generated using a hollow waveguide and compressed using custom MIIPS shaper for phase and polarization control with 640-pixel resolution. This system is ideal for CARS measurements.

Hands-on experience with 6 fs pulses generated using a hollow waveguide and compressed using custom MIIPS shaper for phase and polarization control with 640-pixel resolution. This system is ideal for CARS measurements.

Hands-on experience with amplified MIIPS-optimized 35 fs pulses, being used for micromachining.

Hands-on session, looking at the effect of pulse shaping on the output spectrum of the hollow waveguide.

Hands-on session, looking at the effect of pulse shaping on the output spectrum of the hollow waveguide.

Hands-on Session; here the compact MIIPS Box is used between the oscillator and the amplifier. The output shaped pulses are optimized without damage to the shaper and without loss of output power from the amplifier.