Topics
The COLA conference has been held every 2 years since 1991. The first conference was held in Oak Ridge, TN, USA in 1991, the second in Knoxville, TN, USA in 1993, the third in Strasburg (France) in 1995, the fourth in Monterey, CA, USA in 1997, the fifth was in Gottingen (Germany) in 1999. The sixth Ibaraki (Japan) , the seventh took place in Hersonissos, Crete (Greece). This year we are pleased to be the host for the 8th International meeting in 2005, which will be held for the first time in Banff (Canada) COLA is an extremely interdisciplinary conference. The topics cover a wide range of scientific research that often times bridges the gap between basic science and various applications of laser ablation.
Papers will be solicited from the following topics:
Laser Desorption Experiments
Laser ablation mass analysis of highly radioactive samples
Laser Holographic Writing of Fiber Bragg Grating
Fundamentals of Laser - Material Interaction
- Modeling and Simulation
- Ultrafast Laser Processes
- Laser Surface Interactions
- High Field Physics
Nanoscience - Nanotechnology
- Clustering and Nanoparticle Formation
- Combinatorial PLD
- Nanoscale Processing by Near Field Technologies
- Laser Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
Pulse Laser Deposition
- Film Synthesis
- New Materials
- Diagnostics
Advanced Sources and Systems
- Ultrafast Lasers in Material Processing
- Laser Produced Particle Beams
- Complementary Techniques
- Novel Workstations
Laser Materials Processing
- Surface Modification Applications
- Laser Cleaning
Analytical Applications
- Diagnostics
- LIBS
- Mass Analysis
- MALDI
- Microprobes
Laser Ablation Applications
- Industry
- Biology and Medicine
- Art Conservation
- Micromachining
Microprocessing Applications
- Micromanipulation
- Direct Printing (MAPLE, LIFT)
- MEMS and MOEMS
- Laser Lithography
- 3D Structuring for Photonic Applications
- Rapid Prototyping
- Lab-on-a-Chip