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Congress Joint Plenary Speakers
- Al Bovik, Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA
Image Quality Assessment: How Blind is Blind?
- Joseph Goodman, Stanford Univ., USA
Assessing a New Imaging Modality
- Bruce Guenther, NOAA-JPSS & University of Maryland of Baltimore County, USA
Survey of Applications for Ocean Color and Imagery from EOS-MODIS and early results from NPP-VIIRS
- Henry Helvajian, The Aerospace Corp., USA
Small Satellites: The Desire for a Mass Producible, Mass Customizable Nanosatellite
- OSA Corporate Associates: Executive Speaker Series presents Michael Silver, CEO, American Elements, USA
Optical Fabrication and Testing will bring together experts working in this field to discuss recent advances and to identify future trends. The meeting will cover all aspects of optics fabrication and testing ranging from micro-optics to large optics, and from high-value one-of-a-kind optics to mass-produced optics. The meeting will emphasize new ideas and concepts in fabrication and testing of micro-optics, the fabrication and testing of aspheric, conformal and freeform optics, fabrication of optics from novel materials, and finishing science.
1. Optical Materials
- New materials for new applications (plastics, crystals, glasses, lightweight materials, ceramics, carbides, UV optics materials)
- Material response to fabrication processes
- Metamaterials
- Thin films
2. Figuring and Finishing Science
- Grinding, precision grinding, diamond turning and milling, ultrasound assisted machining, vibration assisted polishing
- New ideas in traditional (pitch) polishing, MRF, ion beam figuring and polishing, jet polishing, novel finishing processes
- Glass and plastic molding
- Abrasives, novel abrasive formulations
3. Optical Testing
- Testing for sub-surface damage, homogeneity, form, finish, scratch/dig
- New ideas in interferometry
- Testing aspheric surfaces with and without null-optics
- Computer-generated holograms and spatial light modulators for testing
- Absolute tests for flats, spheres and aspheres
- New concepts in profilometry: optical and mechanical probes
- Testing of very large and very small optics
- White light interferometry, fringe projection metrology, deflectometry
- Testing in adverse environments: vibration, turbulence, vacuum, space, etc.
- In-process metrology
- Testing of freeform surfaces
4. Assembly, Alignment, Contamination Control, Cleaning, Packaging
- Adhesives and cementing
- Alignment of optical systems
- Alignment of systems containing aspheric elements
- Alignment of multi-element mirrors
- Mounting, control of deformation and stress birefringence
- Cleaning optics
- Clean rooms and contamination control
- Handling and packing of precision optics
5. Process Engineering
- Cost effective optics manufacturing processes
- Cost effective fabrication of aspheric surfaces
- Automation in optics fabrication
- Fabrication of large optics
- Fabrication of micro-optics
- Experiences from the shop floor
6. Fabrication and Testing of Next Generation Optical Systems
- Photolithography optics
- Telescopes
- Adaptive optics
- Integrated optics
7. Education and Training in Optics Metrology and Finishing Science
Chairs
Stephen Jacobs, Univ. of Rochester, USA
James (Ted) Mooney, ITT Geospatial Systems, USA
Jessica Nelson, Optimax Systems Inc., USA
Jannick Rolland, Univ. of Rochester, USA
Shai Shafrir, Corning, Inc., USA
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