OIC - The world's premier meeting for the global technical interchange in the field of optical interference coatings.
This meeting serves as a focal point for global technical interchange in the field of optical interference coatings. It will include papers on the latest results in research, development and the application of optical coatings. The general areas to be reported on include technologies used in deposition and process control, advances in materials as well as the properties of the various materials used as substrates and as coatings,the latest techniques used for the characterization of optical coatings, advances in computer and analytical design techniques, and the application of optical coatings for solar energy, lighting, display, nano-structures, biological, decorative, laser, lithography, and astronomical applications to mention a few uses.
The conference, like its predecessors, meets every three years and represents an important forum in which the latest advancements in the broad area of optical coatings from research to applications are reported. The format of the meeting includes invited papers by leaders in the field, oral presentations and poster sessions with ample discussion periods. There are no parallel sessions.
1. Deposition Process Technologies
- Process control, monitoring, and automation
- Low and high energy deposition techniques
- Industrial sputtered metal and dielectric coatings
- Pulsed deposition processes
- Novel deposition methods
- Substrate cleaning, coating post-treatment techniques and contamination
2. Applications
- Coatings for solar utilization, environmental control, energy management
- Coatings for nanostructures and photonic crystals
- Coatings for Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MOEMS)
- Coatings for displays and lighting applications
- Coatings for biological and medical applications
- Coatings for astronomical, space, aerospace, and defence applications
- Coatings for short wavelengths EUV, XUV, UV
- Coatings for visible wavelengths
- Coatings for near and far IR spectral regions
- Coatings for polarization management
- Coatings for security and decorative applications
- Coatings for telecommunication components
- Coatings for ophthalmology
- Coatings on plastics and flexible substrates
- Coatings for automotive applications
- Coatings for extreme light and lasers
- Coatings for novel advanced applications
3. Coating and Substrate Materials
- Smart materials (nonlinear, electrochromic, electroluminescent, metamaterial, etc.)
- Organic coatings
- Metal coatings
- Transparent conductive coatings
- Composite material coatings
- Unusual coating and substrate materials, nanostructures
4. Characterization and Properties of Coatings
- Fundamentals and simulation of thin film growth
- Simulation of microstructures and properties
- Optical and diffractive properties
- Scattering, absorption, and birefringence
- Micro and nanostructure properties
- Mechanical and tribological properties
- Color and luminescence
- Stress, adhesion, and cohesion
- Thermal properties
- Environmental stability
- Laser induced damage
- Optical and non-optical thin film characterization techniques
- Postproduction characterization
5. Design of Coatings
- Computer and analytical design techniques
- Computational manufacturing
- Design of coatings for polarization control
- Multilayers and structured surfaces
- Structured and waveguide coatings
General Chair
Markus K. Tilsch, JDS Uniphase Co., USA
Program Chair
Detlev Ristau, Laser Zentrum Hannover eV, Germany
The Call for Papers will be available October 2012.
The 2010 meeting offered many exciting presentations including 7 short courses, 19 invited speakers and 144 oral presentations with corresponding poster presentations. Two memorial talks were presented in remembrance of the work and lives of David Cushing and Alfred Thelen. The popular design, manufacturing and measurement problem results were also presented.
View the 2010 OIC Meeting Archive containing the final program (PDF)
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