International Optical Design Conference (IODC)

Collocated with:
Optical Fabrication and Testing (OF&T)

Technical Conference: June 13-18, 2010
The Snow King Resort
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

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International Optical Design Conference (IODC)

Optical design remains a rapidly developing field due to the increased performance demands, improved software and computing platforms for modeling, better algorithms, and new fabrication technologies for better performance. The International Optical Conference (IODC), which occurs every four years, provides the most important meeting in optical design for engineers, scientists and designers to stay abreast of the changes in this field. Attendees from around the world in a breadth of optical design disciplines will be able to interact in both informal and formal settings.

2010 Meeting Chairs

Julie Bentley, Corning Tropel, USA
Anurag Gupta, Optical Res. Associates, USA
Richard Youngworth, Light Capture, Inc., USA

Co-Sponsoring Society

SPIE

Topics to be Covered

Topics and related areas to be presented include:

1. Lens Design

• Adaptive optics in optical systems
• Coherence detection modeling and optical system design
• Astronomical optics
• Asymmetric optics
• Conformal optics
• Diffractive and holographic optics
• Gradient index optics
• Lithographic optics
• Liquid optics
• New lens designs
• Micro-and nano-optics
• Zoom optics and multi-configuration optics
• Vision testing and enhancement optics
• Space-borne optics

2. Illumination Design

• Displays, including LCD, 3-D, backlit, laser and heads-up
• Freeform optics design, modeling, metrology and manufacture
• Illumination optics design, modeling, manufacture and metrology
• Non-imaging optics
• Solid-state lighting
• Source-coupling optics
• Source modeling
• Lighting design and engineering

3. System Design

• High-power laser system optics
• Instrument design
• IR systems
• Medical/bio-optics
• Ophthalmic optics and instruments
• Optical data storage systems
• Photonic and optical interconnect systems
• X-ray systems
• Telecommunications optics
• Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
• Beam shaping optics

4. Fabrication Design

• Fabrication and testing developments that expand the design horizon
• Integration of design, manufacturing, and metrology
• Materials (glass and other) and material characterization
• Testing and alignment of optical surfaces and systems
• Tolerance generation and application
• Plastic and molded optics
• Thin film coatings in optical designs

5. Software Design

• Advances in optical design software
• Optimization developments in local and global methods
• Theory and mathematical methods applied to optical design including new optical surface descriptions
• Visualization and virtual-reality optical systems
• Physical optics modeling and design methods
• Polarization aspects including optics, design, ray tracing, metrology and applications

6. Other

• Education in optics, optical design, and optical system modeling
• History of optics and optical design
• Mathematical methods
• Geometrical optics and aberration theory
• Theory for illumination design
• Radiometry Mathematical surface representation
• Theory of lighting Human factors in lighting design
• Simulation of lit and unlit environments