Optical System Design, Tolerancing and Manufacturing
Chairs
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Oliver Fähnle |
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Sven Schröder |
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Marco Hanft |
Synopsis
The topical meeting (TOM) on Optical System Design, Tolerancing and Manufacturing will highlight significant technology trends, emerging technologies and associated prospective developments in the field of optics design, tolerancing and fabrication. This TOM provides a forum for all aspects of optics design and fabrication, ranging from micro to large-scale optics and from high value one-off to mass-produced components including lessons learned papers on special design and manufacturing issues. One main goal of the meeting is to provide a better link between the design, the manufacturing, and the characterization of optical components and systems. Consequently, special attention will be paid to the collaboration between design and fabrication to generate cost-effective and manufacturable optical systems.
Topics
- Optical and optomechanical system design and tolerancing
- Optics Fabrication, from single piece to High-Volume Fab, sub-millimeter to meter optics
- Optical modeling and Design methods
- Fabrication friendly Optical Design and Tolerancing
- Modeling of optical fabrication, supply chains
- Digital comunicatin between optical design and supply chain: the Smart Optics Factory
- AI used in manufacturing and optical design
- Challenges of cost-effective manufacturability and testing methods based on tolerancing process and alignment strategies
- Holistic design considering polishing and coating effects on surface properties, optical performance, and losses
- Testing, Specification, and Characterization of Light Scattering
- Roughness, Shape, Defects, subsurface damage, mid-spatial frequencies
- Finishing methods, e.g. SPDT, MRF, IBF, SLE, ductile grinding, FJP, laser polishing, CCP and traditional polishing
- Optimization techniques in optics fabrication
- Lessons learned producing high level aspheres and freeform optics
- Optical coatings – challenges and solutions
- Cleaning issues and strategies
- Upcoming technologies enabling innovative optical designs for new applications
- Start-up companies presenting their technologies
- Optics for high-power laser applications
- Education in optics design and fabrication