Optical Fabrication and Testing (OF&T)
Topical Meeting and Tabletop Exhibit

Technical Conference: June 13–17, 2010
The Snow King Resort
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

Postdeadline Submission Deadline: June 2, 2010, 12:00 p.m. noon EDT (16.00 GMT)
Hotel Reservation Deadline: May 11, 2010
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Pre-Registration Deadline: May 17, 2010

Collocated with:

International Optical Design Conference (IODC)

See program details for the list of Invited Speakers

View the meeting archives for 2008 OF&T Highlights

2010 Meeting Chairs

Stephen Jacobs, Univ. of Rochester, USA
Jessica Nelson, Optimax Systems Inc., USA
Jannick Rolland, Univ. of Rochester, USA
Shai Shafrir, OptiPro Systems, Inc., USA

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About OF&T

The 2010 Topical Meeting on Optical Fabrication and Testing (OF&T) is an interdisciplinary meeting covering new concepts and ideas, emerging scientific trends, and novel technologies from all areas of optics fabrication and testing. The OF&T meeting provides a forum to present and discuss 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. Long-standing OF&T topics include the fabrication and testing of aspheric optics, optical materials and finishing science, and the fabrication and testing of micro-optics, nano-structured optics, and integrated optics. Submission of papers from other fields which can inspire new ideas in optical fabrication and testing is strongly encouraged, as is submission of papers on applied OF&T research and reports on process lessons learned from experiences in production and testing.

Topics to be Considered

• New materials for new applications (polymers, crystals, glasses, lightweight materials, ceramics, carbides, UV optics materials)
• Material response to fabrication processes, including subsurface damage

2. Fabrication, Figuring and Finishing Science

• Grinding, precision grinding, diamond turning and milling, ultrasound assisted machining, vibration assisted polishing, laser processing
• New ideas in traditional pitch and pad polishing, MRF, ion beam figuring and polishing, jet polishing, novel finishing processes
• New polishing pitch formulations, lapping surface media, bound abrasive media-belts, pads, pellets, balls, membranes
• Polishing slurries, characterization of slurries, slurry fluid chemistry, diamond polishing slurries, nonaqueous polishing slurries
• Acid etching in polishing
• Extensions of electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID)
• Friction and tribology in polishing
• Glass and polymer molding
• Abrasives, novel abrasive formulations
• Aspheric optics, diffractive optics and free-form optics
• Nano-structured optics
• Optronics

3. Optical Testing

• Testing for sub-surface damage, homogeneity, form, finish, scratch/dig
• New ideas in interferometry
• Asphere metrology with and without null-optics
• Computer-generated holograms and spatial light modulators for testing
• Stitching interferometry
• Testing of free-form optics and diffractive optics
• Calibration and 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
  In-process metrology

4. Alignment, Contamination Control, Cleaning and Packaging

• Adhesives, cementing, optical contacting, and direct bonding
• 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 packaging 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. Optical System Assembly

• Photolithography optics
• Telescopes
• Microscopes
• Adaptive optics
• Integrated optics
• Wavefront coded systems

Sponsors

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