The Optical Society

Invited Speakers

Keynote

Availability of Rare Earths as Commodities in all Aspects of Technology, from Glass Polishing to Lighting to Permanent Magnets
Michael Silver, CEO, American Elements, USA

Invited Speakers

OF&T 1: Optical Materials

The Role of Ce3+ vs. Ce4+ during the Polishing of Silicon Dioxide and Silicon Nitride Films using Ceria Abrasives , S. V. Babu, Clarkson University, USA

Glass Ductility and Fracture at the 50 to 100 - nm Range , John Lambropoulos, Univ. of Rochester, USA

Engineering Glasses for Next Generation Optics , Kathleen Richardson, Clemson Univ., USA

Synthetic Fused Silica: Improved Properties and New Applications , Ralf Takke, Heraeus Quarzglas, Germany

OF&T 2: Figuring and Finishing Science

Abrasive Jet Polishing Approaches to the Manufacture of Micro-optics with Complex Shapes , Oliver Faehnle, Fisba Optik, Switzerland

Polishing with a Vortex , Erica Sohn^1,2, ¹Instituto de Astronomia, ²Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico

Diamond Micromachining of Freeform Infrared Optics , Thomas Suleski & Matthew Davies, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Polishing SiC Aspheres , Fleming Tinker, Aperture Optical Sciences, Inc., USA

New Approaches to Magnetorheological Finishing (MRF) , Andrew Kulawiec, William Kordonski & Sergei Gorodkin, QED Technologies, USA

OF&T 3: Optical Testing

Interferometric Measurements of Aspheres with No Axial Symmetry , Piotr Szwaykowski, Engineering Synthesis and Design, USA

Light Scattering & Complex Optical Components: Modelization and Characterization, Myriam Zerrad, Michel Lequime, Prof. Claude Amra, Institut Fresnel, Domaine Universitaire de St. Jerome, France

OF&T 4: Assembly, Alignment, Contamination Control, Cleaning, Packaging

New Joining Technologies for Highly Stable and Smart Optical Systems , Ramona Eberhardt, Fraunhofer IOF, Germany

Mass Production of the 100° Field of View Active Head Mounted Display , Paul Townley-Smith, Zygo Corp., USA

OF&T 5: Process Engineering

Application-oriented Testing of Coatings for Precision Glass Molding Tools , Kyriakos Georgiadis Fraunhofer IPT, Germany

X-ray Optics for Astronomy , Giovanni Pareschi, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy

Bending Large Glass Plates with Local Heat and Flexible Mold , Tobias Rist, Fraunhofer Inst. for Mechanics of Materials, Germany

Control of Mid-spatial Frequency Errors for Large, Steep Aspherical Surfaces , Dae Wook Kim, Univ. of Arizona Mirror Lab, USA

OF&T 6: Fabrication and Testing of Next Generation Optical Systems

Freeforms about to Lift Off - Standardization of Freeform Optics , Sven Kiontke, Asphericon GmbH, Germany

Lab-on-a-chip Applications Enabled by Acousto-opto-fluidics , Xiaole Mao, P & G Mason Business Center, USA

UK Developments Towards Rapid Process Chains for Metre Scale Optics , Paul Shore, Cranfield Univ., Bedford, UK

OF&T 7: Education and Training in Optics Metrology and Finishing Science

A Tribute to Norm Brown , Jessica Nelson & Robert Wiederhold, Optimax Systems, Inc., USA