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Personal Instruction from Leading ExpertsWith 72 half- and full-day courses and workshops offered, you can find those that meet your specific needs and earn CEUs to fulfill ongoing professional education requirements. Courses are grouped into program tracks based on related technology topics.

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PROGRAM TRACKS:

MOEMS-MEMS in Photonics . . . 38

Tissue Optics, Laser-Tissue Interaction, and Tissue Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Biomedical Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and Imaging . . . . . .41

Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Nano/Biophotonics . . . . . . . . . . 44

Semiconductor Lasers and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Nanotechnologies in Photonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Displays and Holography . . . . . 47

Professional Development Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Industry-Sponsored Tutorials . 50

Laser Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Optical Materials and Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Optoelectronic Materials and Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Neurophotonics, Neurosurgery, and Optogenetics . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Nonlinear Optics and Beam Guiding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Optical Systems and Lens Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Photonic Integration . . . . . . . . . 28

Clinical Technologies and Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Micro/Nano Applications . . . . . 32

Optomechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Macro Applications . . . . . . . . . . 35

Metrology and Standards . . . . . 36


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Stay Competitive and Advance Your CareerLearn current approaches with training and professional development courses in lasers and applications, sensors, imaging, IR systems, optical and optomechanical engineering, and more. With 72 half- and full-day courses and workshops, you will find courses that meet your specific needs and earn CEUs to fulfill ongoing professional education requirements.

• 72 • COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

NEW AND FEATURED COURSES• Stray Light Analysis and Control• Volume Bragg Gratings—New Optical

Components Providing Unique Means• Fundamentals of Applied Pathophysiology

in Optical Diagnostics• Nanophotonics: Fluorescence and

Plasmon-Controlled Fluorescence• Thin Film Optical Coatings

• High-Power Laser Technologies• Methodology for Measuring Dynamic

Functional Connectivity in Neuroimaging Data Analysis

• The Very Least You Need to Know about Optics

• Fluorescence Sensing and Imaging Towards Portable Healthcare

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Biomedical Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and ImagingSC1072 Sat Statistics for Imaging and Sensor . . . 41

Data (Bajorski) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $595 / $705

SC1150 Mon Flow Cytometry Trends & Drivers . . . . 42 (Vacca) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC978 Mon Light Microscopy (Tkaczyk) . . . . . . . . . 43 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $335 / $390

SC1148 Wed Introduction to Quantitative Phase . . 41Imaging (QPI) (Popescu, Park) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

Clinical Technologies and SystemsSC312 Sun Principles and Applications of . . . . . . 30

Optical Coherence Tomography (Fujimoto) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC868 Mon Optical Design for Biomedical . . . . . . 30Imaging (Liang) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $380 / $435

SC981 Mon Biomedical Applications of . . . . . . . . . 31 Specialty Optical Fibers and Fiber Sensors (Mendez, McLaughlin) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $360 / $415

SC1205 Wed Fundamentals of Applied . . . . . . . . . . . 29Pathophysiology in Optical Diagnostics (Shadgan) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

Displays and HolographySC1096 Tue Head Mounted Displays for . . . . . . . . . 47

Augmented Reality Applications (Browne, Melzer) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $560 / $670

ImagingSC967 Mon High Dynamic Range Imaging: . . . . . . 43

Sensors and Architectures (Darmont) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $570 / $680

Laser SourcesSC1012 Sun Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources . . . . . 14

and Applications (Vodopyanov) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC748 Sun High-Power Fiber Sources . . . . . . . . . . 13(Nilsson) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

SC1174 Sun Improving Laser Reliability, . . . . . . . . 14an Introduction (Grossman, Asbury) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

SC752 Sun Solid State Laser Technology . . . . . . . 12(Hodgson) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

SC1020 Sun Splicing of Specialty Fibers and . . . . . 15Glass Processing of Fused Components for Fiber Laser and Medical Probe Applications (Wang) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC1181 Sun Ultrafast Lasers and Amplifiers . . . . . 16(Paschotta) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

SC972 Wed Basic Laser Technology (Sukuta) . . . . . 128:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC1207 Thu High Power Laser Technologies . . . . . 12(Paschotta) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

Macro ApplicationsSC1144 Tue Laser Systems Engineering . . . . . . . . . 35

(Kasunic) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $595 / $705

Metrology & StandardsSC212 Mon Modern Optical Testing (Wyant) . . . . 37

8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $335 / $390SC700 Mon Understanding Scratch and Dig . . . . . 37

Specifications (Aikens) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $400 / $455

SC1003 Mon Optical Scatter Metrology for . . . . . . . 36Industry (Stover) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $370 / $425

SC1017 Mon Optics Surface Inspection . . . . . . . . . . 37Workshop (Aikens) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $400 / $455

Micro/Nano ApplicationsSC743 Sun Micromachining with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Femtosecond Lasers (Nolte, Schaffer) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC689 Wed Precision Laser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Micromanufacturing (Schaeffer) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

MOEMS-MEMS in PhotonicsSC1125 Sun Design Techniques for . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Micro-optics (Kress) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

SC454 Tue Fabrication Technologies for . . . . . . . 39Micro- and Nano-Optics (Suleski) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC532 Wed Micro- and Nanofluidics - . . . . . . . . . .40Technology and Applications (Becker) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

Nano/BiophotonicsSC1206 Mon Nanophotonics: Fluorescence . . . . . .44

and Plasmon Controlled Fluorescence (Fixler) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC1186 Wed Fluorescence Sensing and . . . . . . . . . .44Imaging Towards Portable Healthcare (Levi) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

Nanotechnologies in PhotonicsSC608 Sun Photonic Crystals: A Crash . . . . . . . . . 46

Course, from Bandgaps to Fibers (Johnson) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $345 / $400

Neurophotonics, Neurosurgery,and OptogeneticsSC1184 Sun Methodology for Measuring . . . . . . . . 20

Dynamic Functional Connectivity in Neuroimaging Data Analysis (Lei) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC1126 Mon Neurophotonics (Levi, Dufour) . . . . . . 201:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

Course Index

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Nonlinear Optics and Beam GuidingSC047 Mon Introduction to Nonlinear . . . . . . . . . . 21

Optics (Fisher) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC746 Mon Introduction to Ultrafast Optics . . . . . 22(Trebino) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

Optical Materials and FabricationSC321 Mon Thin Film Optical Coatings . . . . . . . . . . .17

(Macleod) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

SC1178 Tue Fundamentals of Molded Optics . . . . 16(Symmons, Schaub) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $335 / $390

Optical Systems & Lens DesignSC690 Sun Optical System Design: Layout . . . . . . 25

Principles and Practice (Greivenkamp) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $560 / $670

SC011 Sun Design of Efficient Illumination . . . . . 24Systems (Cassarly) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC003 Mon Practical Optical System Design . . . . 23(Youngworth) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $630 / $740

SC1170 Mon The Very Least You Need To . . . . . . . . 27Know About Optics (Diehl) 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, $100 / $100

SC609 Mon Basic Optics for Non-Optics . . . . . . . . 27Personnel (Harding) 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm, $150 / $150

SC1123 Mon The Building Blocks of IR . . . . . . . . . . . 25Instrument Design (Grant) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC1177 Tue Practical Guide to Spectral . . . . . . . . . 22Measurements (Kaltenbacher) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC1199 Tue Stray Light Analysis and Control . . . . 23(Fest) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $570 / $680

SC720 Tue Cost-Conscious Tolerancing of . . . . . 26Optical Systems (Youngworth) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC935 Wed Introduction to Lens Design . . . . . . . . 26(Bentley) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $560 / $670

Optoelectronic Materials and DevicesSC747 Sun Semiconductor Photonic Device . . . . 18

Fundamentals (Linden)8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

SC1091 Mon Fundamentals of Reliability . . . . . . . . .17Engineering for Optoelectronic Devices (Leisher) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC822 Tue GaN Optoelectronics: Material . . . . . . 18Properties and Device Principles (Piprek) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

OptomechanicsSC014 Sun- Introduction to Optomechanical . . . . 33 Mon Design (Vukobratovich)8:30 am to

5:30 pm, $1,000 / $1,255SC015 Mon Fastening Optical Elements with . . . . 34

Adhesives (Daly) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC1147 Mon Vibration Control for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Optomechanical Systems (Ryaboy) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

SC010 Tue Introduction to Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Alignment Techniques (Castle) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

SC1085 Thu Optomechanical Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 34Engineering (Kasunic) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $595 / $705

Photonic IntegrationSC1071 Sun Understanding Diffractive . . . . . . . . . 28

Optics (Soskind) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $560 / $670

SC1204 Sun Volume Bragg Gratings—New . . . . . . . 28Optical Components Providing Unique Means (Glebov) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC817 Wed Silicon Photonics (Michel, Saini) . . . . . 298:30 am to 12:30 pm, $300 / $355

Photonic Therapeutics and DiagnosticsSC702 Tue Optics and Optical Quality of . . . . . . . 19

the Human Eye (Roorda) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC1175 Tue Optics in the Hospital - . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Endoscope Specification and Design (Leiner) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $325 / $380

Semiconductor Lasers and LEDSSC052 Sun Light-Emitting Diodes (Schubert) . . . 45

8:30 am to 12:30 pm, $375 / $430SC1146 Tue Laser Diode Beam Basics, . . . . . . . . . . 45

Characteristics and Manipulation (Sun) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

SC386 Thu Advanced Thermal Management . . . . 46Materials for Optoelectronic, Microelectronic and MEMS Packaging (Zweben) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, $525 / $635

Tissue Optics, Laser-Tissue Interaction, and Tissue EngineeringSC029 Sun Tissue Optics (Jacques) . . . . . . . . . . . .40

1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, $300 / $355

Course Index


Professional Development WorkshopsWS667 Mon The Craft of Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Presentations: A Workshop on Technical Presentations (Haas) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm,

WS668 Mon The Craft of Scientific Writing: . . . . . 49A Workshop on Technical Writing (Haas) 1:30 to 5:30 pm

WS1208 Mon The Seven Habits of Highly . . . . . . . . . 48Effective Project Managers (Warner) 1:30 to 5:30 pm

WS1058 Tue Critical Skills for Compelling . . . . . . . . 49 Research Proposals (Diehl) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

WS1059 Tue Resumes to Interviews: Strategies . . . . 50for a Successful Job Search (Krinsky, Welch) 1:30 to 5:30 pm

INDUSTRY-SPONSORED TutorialsWS9000 Wed Hamamatsu Tutorial: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Single-Photon Detection: SiPMs versus PMTs (Piatek) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

WS9001 Wed Crosslight Software Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Product Tutorial Introduction to Optoelectronic Device Simulation and VCSEL Design (Piprek) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

WS9002 Wed Zemax Product Tutorial: . . . . . . . . . . . 51Optical Design Revolution – Bridging the Gap between Optical and Optomechanical Design (Elento) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

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Daily Course Schedule by Track

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Biomedical Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and ImagingSC1072 Statistics for Imaging and Sensor Data (Bajorski) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 41

SC1150 Flow Cytometry Trends & Drivers (Vacca) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 42

SC1148 Intro-duction to Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) (Popescu, Park) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 41

SC978 Light Microscopy (Tkaczyk) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 43

Clinical Technologies and SystemsSC312 Prin-ciples and Applications of Optical Coher-ence Tomogra-phy (Fujimoto) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 30

SC868 Optical Design for Biomedical Imaging (Liang) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 30

SC1205 Fun-damentals of Applied Pathophysiol-ogy in Optical Diagnostics (Shadgan) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 29

SC981 Biomedi-cal Applications of Specialty Optical Fibers and Fiber Sen-sors (Mendez, McLaughlin) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 31

Displays and HolographySC1096 Head Mounted Displays for Augment-ed Reality Applications (Browne, Mel-zer) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 47

ImagingSC967 High Dynamic Range Imaging: Sensors and Architectures (Darmont) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 43

Laser SourcesSC1012 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications (Vodopyanov) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 14

SC972 Basic Laser Technol-ogy (Sukuta) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 12

SC1207 High Power Laser Technologies (Paschotta) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 12

SC748 High-Power Fiber Sources (Nilsson) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 13



Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday ThursdaySC1174 Im-proving Laser Reliability, an Introduction (Grossman, Asbury) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 14SC752 Solid State Laser Technology (Hodgson) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 12SC1020 Splic-ing of Specialty Fibers and Glass Process-ing of Fused Components for Fiber Laser and Medical Probe Applica-tions (Wang) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 15SC1181 Ultrafast Lasers and Amplifiers (Paschotta) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 12

Macro ApplicationsSC1144 Laser Systems Engineering (Kasunic) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 35

Metrology & StandardsSC212 Modern Optical Testing (Wyant) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 37SC700 Un-derstanding Scratch and Dig Specifications (Aikens) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 37SC1003 Optical Scatter Metrol-ogy for Industry (Stover) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 36SC1017 Optics Surface Inspec-tion Workshop (Aikens) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 37

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Micro/Nano ApplicationsSC743 Micro-machining with Femtosecond Lasers (Nolte, Schaffer) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 32

Wed SC689 Precision Laser Microman-ufacturing (Schaeffer) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 32

MOEMS-MEMS in PhotonicsSC1125 Design Techniques for Micro-optics (Kress) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 38

SC454 Fabrication Technologies for Micro- and Nano-Optics (Suleski) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 39

SC532 Micro- and Nanoflu-idics - Tech-nology and Applications (Becker) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 40

Nano/BiophotonicsSC1206 Nano-photonics: Fluorescence and Plasmon Controlled Fluorescence (Fixler) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 44

SC1186 Fluores-cence Sensing and Imaging: Towards Porta-ble Healthcare (Levi) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 44

Nanotechnologies in PhotonicsSC608: Photon-ic Crystals: A Crash Course, from Bandgaps to Fibers (Johnson) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 46

Neurophotonics, Neurosurgery, and OptogeneticsSC1184 Method-ology for Mea-suring Dynamic Functional Connectivity in Neuroimaging Data Analysis (Lei) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 20

SC1126 Neuro-photonics (Levi, Dufour) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 20

Nonlinear Optics and Beam GuidingSC047 Intro-duction to Non-linear Optics (Fisher) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 21SC746 Intro-duction to Ultrafast Optics (Trebino) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 22




Optical Materials and FabricationSC321 Thin Film Optical Coat-ings (Macleod) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 17

SC1178 Fun-damentals of Molded Optics (Symmons, Schaub) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 16

Optical Systems & Lens DesignSC690 Optical System De-sign: Layout Principles and Practice (Greivenkamp) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 25

SC003 Practical Optical System Design (Young-worth) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 23

SC1177 Prac-tical Guide to Spectral Measurements (Kaltenbacher) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 22

SC935 Intro-duction to Lens Design (Bentley) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 26

SC011 Design of Efficient Illumi-nation Systems (Cassarly) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 24

Mon SC1170 The Very Least You Need To Know About Optics (Diehl) 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 27

SC1199 Stray Light Analysis and Control (Fest) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 23

SC609 Basic Optics for Non-Optics Personnel (Harding) 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm, p. 27

SC720 Cost-Con-scious Toler-ancing of Op-tical Systems (Youngworth) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 26

SC1123 The Building Blocks of IR Instru-ment Design (Grant) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 25

Optoelectronic Materials and DevicesSC747 Semi-conductor Pho-tonic Device Fundamentals (Linden) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 18

SC1091 Fun-damentals of Reliability Engineering for Optoelectronic Devices (Leish-er) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 17

SC822 GaN Optoelectron-ics: Material Properties and Device Princi-ples (Piprek) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 18

OptomechanicsSC014 Introduction to Optome-chanical Design (Vukobratovich) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 33

SC010 Intro-duction to Op-tical Alignment Techniques (Castle) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 33

SC1085 Optomechan-ical Systems Engineering (Kasunic) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 34

SC015 Fasten-ing Optical Elements with Adhesives (Daly) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 34SC1147 Vibra-tion Control for Optomechan-ical Systems (Ryaboy) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 35


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Daily Course Schedule by TrackSaturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Photonic IntegrationSC1071 Under-standing Dif-fractive Optics (Soskind) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 28

SC817 Silicon Photonics (Mi-chel, Saini) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 29

SC1204 Vol-ume Bragg Gratings--New Optical Com-ponents Pro-viding Unique Means (Glebov) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 28

Photonic Therapeutics and DiagnosticsSC702 Optics and Optical Quality of the Human Eye (Roorda) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 19SC1175 Optics in the Hospital - Endoscope Specification and Design (Leiner) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 19

Semiconductor Lasers and LEDSSC052 Light-Emit-ting Diodes (Schubert) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 45

SC1146 Laser Diode Beam Basics, Char-acteristics and Manipulation (Sun) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 45

SC386 Ad-vanced Thermal Management Materials for Optoelectronic, Microelectron-ic and MEMS Packaging (Zweben) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 46

Tissue Optics, Laser-Tissue Interaction, and Tissue Engineering

SC029 Tissue Optics (Jacques) 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, p. 40




Professional Development WorkshopsWS667: The Craft of Scien-tific Presenta-tions: A Workshop on Technical Presentations (Haas), 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 49

WS1058: Critical Skills for Compelling Research Proposals (Diehl) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 49

WS668: The Craft of Scien-tific Writing: A Workshop on Technical Writing (Haas) 1:30 to 5:30 pm, p. 49

WS1059: Resumes to Interviews: Strategies for a Successful Job Search (Krin-sky, Welch) 1:30 to 5:30 pm, p. 50

WS1208: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Project Managers (Warner) 1:30 to 5:30 pm, p. 48

INDUSTRY-SPONSORED: TutorialsWS9000: Hamamatsu Tutorial: Single-Photon Detection: SiPMs versus PMTs (Piatek) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 50WS9001: Crosslight Software Inc. Product Tutorial: Introduction to Optoelectronic Device Simulation and VCSEL Design (Piprek) 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, p. 51WS9002: Zemax Product Tutorial: Optical Design Revolution – Bridging the Gap Between Optical and Optomechan-ical Design (Elento) 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, p. 51

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Laser SourcesHigh Power Laser NEW TechnologiesSC1207 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4$300 Members • $355 Non-Members USDSPIE Student Members: $172Thursday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course starts with an overview on compet-ing technologies for high-power solid-state laser sources, including bulk lasers, amplified and fiber-based sources. The primary topic is the analysis of performance potentials of different technologies in situations with different boundary conditions, such as continuous-wave operation with no restrictions or with high beam quality and/or a limited emission bandwidth, and the gener-ation of intense laser pulses with nanosecond, picosecond or femtosecond durations. In this context, the concept of power scaling is given a meaningful basis, and scaling considerations are demonstrated in example cases.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• name different laser technologies for the

generation of high optical powers or pulse energies

• identify the basic physical performance limitations for different laser types

• describe a methodology for comparing performance potentials

• explain the principle of power scaling, and apply scaling considerations to concrete cases

INTENDED AUDIENCEScientists, engineers, technicians, or R&D man-agers who wish to learn more about high-power laser technologies and how to compare them. A basic familiarity with the technical foundations of laser technology is assumed.

INSTRUCTORRüdiger Paschotta is an expert in laser physics, nonlinear optics and fiber technology. He started a career as a researcher and later on founded his company RP Photonics Consulting GmbH, provid-ing technical consultancy and software primarily for companies building or using lasers and related devices. Details are available on the web page https://www.rp-photonics.com/paschotta.html.

Basic Laser TechnologySC972 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Wednesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

If you are uncomfortable working with lasers as “black boxes” and would like to have a basic under-standing of their inner workings, this introductory

course will be of benefit to you. The workshop will cover the basic principles common to the operation of any laser/laser system. Next, we will discuss laser components and their functionality. Components covered will include laser pumps/energy sources, mirrors, active media, nonlinear crystals, and Q-switches. The properties of laser beams will be described in terms of some of their common performance specifications such as lon-gitudinal modes and monochromaticity, transverse electromagnetic (TEM) modes and focusability, continuous wave (CW) power, peak power and power stability. Laser slope and wall-plug effi-ciencies will also be discussed.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the overall inner workings of any

laser• describe the functionality of the key laser

components• know the difference between how acousto-

and electro-optic Q-switches work• explain how each key component in a laser

may contribute to laser performance• intelligently engage your clients or customers

using proper laser terminology• build stronger relationships with clients

and customers by demonstrating product knowledge

• obtain the technical knowledge and confidence to enhance your job performance and rise above the competition, inside and outside your company

INTENDED AUDIENCEManagers, engineers, technicians, assemblers, sales/marketing, customer service, and other support staff. This short course will help cultivate a common/standardized understanding of lasers across the company.

INSTRUCTORSydney Sukuta is currently a Laser Technology professor at San Jose City College. He also has in-dustry experience working for some of the world’s leading laser manufacturers in Silicon Valley where he saw first-hand the issues they encounter on a daily basis. In response, Dr. Sukuta developed prescriptive short courses to help absolve most of these issues.

Solid State Laser TechnologySC752 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Sunday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course provides an overview of the design, performance characteristics and the current state of the art of solid state lasers and devices. The course reviews the laser-relevant properties of key solid state materials, and discusses the design principles for flashlamp pumped and diode-pumped solid state lasers in cw, pulsed, Q-switched and modelocked operation. Solid state media emphasized include Nd and Yb-doped crystals but mid-IR materials such as Tm, Ho and

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Er-doped fluorides and oxides will be addressed as well. The course will cover the fundamental scaling laws for power, energy and beam quality for various geometries of the gain medium (rod, slab, disk, waveguide) and pumping arrangements (side and end-pumped) and provides an overview of the state-of-the art of solid state lasers. This includes a review of the design and performance of fiber lasers/amplifiers and their comparison to bulk solid state lasers. An overview of the state-of the art of optically pumped semiconductor lasers (OPSL) will also be given.

Important technical advances (such as diode pump developments) that allowed the technology to mature into diverse industrial and biomedical OEM devices as well as high power and scientific applications will be highlighted along with some remaining design and performance challenges. Topics also include nonlinear frequency conver-sion techniques, such as harmonic generation, Raman scattering and parametric processes, commonly used in solid state lasers to extend operation to alternative spectral regimes. The course includes an overview of currently available solid state laser products and their industrial and scientific applications.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the significant laser-relevant

properties of solid state laser materials• acquire an up-to-date overview of solid state

laser materials, components, resonators and applications

• assess how thermal properties limit power scaling and beam quality in practical laser systems

• acquire the design criteria for solid state lasers in cw and pulsed operation

• learn about the design methodology of Q-switched and modelocked lasers

• compare the properties, advantages and limitations of different high power solid state laser configurations including fiber lasers/amplifiers

• become familiar with design principles for solid state lasers with second and third harmonic generation

• develop an appreciation of the scope, depth and pace of technical progress of the state-of-the art of solid state lasers in the UV, visible, IR and mid-IR wavelengths range

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for graduate students, engineers, scientists, technicians and managers working in solid state laser research or product development.

INSTRUCTORNorman Hodgson is Vice President for Technol-ogy and Advanced R&D at Coherent, Inc.. He has more than 30 years experience in solid state laser design, optimization and product development. Previously held positions include Vice President of Engineering at Coherent (2003-2009), Director of Engineering at Spectra-Physics (1998-2003), Inc., Senior Laser Engineer and Program Manager at

Carl Zeiss, Inc. (1992-1996) and various university positions. He received his PhD in Physics from Technical University Berlin in 1990. He is co-author of the book “Optical Resonators “(Springer-Verlag 1996) which went into a second edition as “Laser Resonators and Beam Propagation” (Spring-er-Verlag 2005). Dr. Hodgson has authored over 90 publications and conference presentations and is co-inventor on more than 25 issued and pending patents.

High-Power Fiber SourcesSC748 • Course Level: Advanced • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Sunday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course describes the current state of the art, research directions, and principles of high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers. Recent advances have permitted output powers of these devices to reach well over a kilowatt, and underpinning fiber technology, pump lasers and pump coupling will be addressed. Rare-earth-doped fiber devices including those based on Yb-doped fibers at 1.0 - 1.1 µm and the more complicated Er:Yb codoped fibers at 1.5 - 1.6 µm and Tm-doped fibers at 2 µm will be described in detail. Operating regimes extend from continuous-wave single-frequency to short pulses. Key equations will be introduced to establish limits and identify critical parameters. For example, high pump brightness is critical for some devices but not others. Methods to mitigate limitations in different operating regimes will be discussed. A large core is a critical fiber design feature of high-power fiber lasers, and the potential and limits of this approach will be covered, e.g., as it comes to beam quality. Advanced options such as beam combining and electronic control for enhanced performance will be considered, as well, together with other topics of particular interest to attendees (insofar as time allows).

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the state of the art of high-power

fiber lasers and amplifiers• assess performance limitations and their

underlying physical reasons in different operating regimes

• design fiber devices to mitigate detrimental effects and reach required specifications

• describe possibilities, limitations, and implications of current technology regarding core size and rare earth concentration of doped fibers

• get a sense of areas in need of further research

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for scientists and engi-neers involved in the research and development of commercial and military high power fiber systems.

INSTRUCTORJohan Nilsson leads the high-power fiber laser group at the Optoelectronics Research Centre

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(ORC), University of Southampton, England. He received a doctorate in Engineering Science from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, for research on optical amplification, and has worked on optical amplifiers and amplification in lightwave systems, optical communications, and guided-wave lasers, for both Samsung and the ORC. His research has covered system, fab-rication, and materials aspects of guided-wave lasers and amplifiers, in particular device aspects of high power fiber lasers and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. He has published approximately 400 scientific articles and served on several program committees. He was the chair of the 2006 Fiber Laser Technology & Applications conference at Photonics West and is the program chair for EuroPhoton 2018. In 2009, he guest edited two issues on high power fiber lasers and applications in IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. In 2016 he was a GIAN lecturer at IIT Madras. He is a senior member of SPIE and a fellow of the OSA.

Improving Laser Reliability, an IntroductionSC1174 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Sunday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

From science to so-called secret sauces, we will share some of the tricks, techniques, and good practices that go into designing and manufactur-ing reliable lasers and systems. Lasers are often expensive. Eliminating laser failures, even one laser failure, is a big win. This course examines both optical and non-optical issues that affect reliability. We will emphasize solid-state lasers, frequency-converted lasers, aspects of fiber la-sers, and systems that use lasers. We will cover semiconductor lasers, mainly from the perspective of using them as components. Our goal is to help you make more reliable lasers and more reliable laser systems. Together, we will discuss many examples illustrating key failure modes and how to avoid failures.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• identify and mitigate risks to reliability for each

phase of the laser product life cycle• utilize best-practices in your design and

manufacturing to increase laser reliability• design tests for qualification and screening of

lasers• estimate laser lifetime• troubleshoot problems for each phase of the

laser product life cycle

INTENDED AUDIENCEIncludes designers and builders of lasers or of systems that use lasers. We welcome laser engi-neers, laser scientists, manufacturing engineers, reliability engineers, quality engineers, optical engineers, laser technicians, optical technicians, project leaders, program leaders, and managers. A general understanding of lasers and optics is a prerequisite for this class, but you need not be an expert.

INSTRUCTORSWilliam Grossman pioneered making reliable diode-pumped solid-state infrared and ultraviolet lasers. Will and his team designed and refined the Q-series line of ultraviolet lasers, made by Lightwave Electronics Corporation and then by JDS Uniphase (now Lumentum LLC). These have been among the best selling diode-pumped lasers ever built. Will has authored a broad range of publications and patents on lasers including work on: solid-state laser design, laser reliability, fiber lasers, laser applications, laser materials, nonlinear optics, and free-electron lasers. Will was Vice President of Engineering at Lightwave, Director of Lasers at JDSU, and Director of Lasers and Optics at Electro Scientific Industries. Currently Will is an independent consultant, and is hands-on active in experimental laser work. Will earned a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Caltech.

Cheryl Asbury has over 15 years of experience de-veloping laser systems for space applications that require high optical power output and high reliability over mission lifetimes of 10+ years. She currently serves as the Photonics Specialist in the Compo-nent Engineering and Assurance Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA. Cheryl came to JPL after 5 years at Lightwave Electronics Corporation, where she managed the development and delivery of 6 space-qualified di-ode-pumped solid-state lasers to the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Instrument on NASA’s Aura spacecraft, which continues to collect data on the Earth’s atmosphere 12 years after its launch in 2004. Cheryl earned a BS in Applied and Engineer-ing Physics from Cornell University and an MS in Applied Physics from the University of Michigan.

ATTENDEE TESTIMONIAL:Excellent - I’m glad I invested the time to take this course. The real-world-examples were extremely instructive and valuable.

Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and ApplicationsSC1012 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Sunday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course explains why the mid-IR spectral range is so important for molecular spectroscopy, standoff sensing, and trace molecular detection. We will regard different approaches for generating coherent light in the mid-IR including solid state lasers, fiber lasers, semiconductor (including quantum cascade) lasers, and laser sources based on nonlinear optical methods. The course will discuss several applications of mid-IR coherent light: spectral recognition of molecules, trace gas sensing, standoff detection, and frequency comb Fourier transform spectroscopy.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• define the “molecular fingerprint” region

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• identify existing direct laser sources of mid-IR coherent radiation, including solid state lasers, fiber lasers, semiconductor heterojunction and quantum cascade lasers

• identify laser sources based on nonlinear optical methods, including difference Frequency generators and optical parametric oscillators and generators

• describe the principles of trace gas sensing and standoff detection

• explain mid-IR frequency combs and how they can be used for advanced spectroscopic detection

INTENDED AUDIENCEStudents, academics, researchers and engineers in various disciplines who require a broad intro-duction to the subject and would like to learn more about the state-of-the-art and upcoming trends in mid-infrared coherent source development and applications. Undergraduate training in engineer-ing or science is assumed.

INSTRUCTORKonstantin Vodopyanov is a professor of optics and physics at the College of Optics & Photonics (CREOL) at the University of Central Florida. He is a world expert in mid-IR solid state lasers, nonlinear optics and laser spectroscopy and has 350 tech-nical publications in the field; he co-authored, with Irina Sorokina, the book ‘Solid-State Mid-Infrared Laser Sources’ (Springer, 2003). Dr. Vodopyanov is a Fellow of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, Optical Society of America (OSA), American Physical Society (APS), and UK Insti-tute of Physics (IOP). He is a member of program committees for several major laser conferences in-cluding CLEO (most recent, General Chair in 2010) and Photonics West (LA107 Conference Chair). His research interests include nonlinear optics, mid-IR and terahertz-wave generation, nano-IR spectroscopy, and ultra broadband frequency combs and their spectroscopic applications. Dr. Vodopyanov has delivered numerous invited talks and tutorials at scientific meetings on the subject of mid-IR technology.

Splicing of Specialty Fibers and Glass Processing of Fused Components for Fiber Laser and Medical Probe ApplicationsSC1020 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4$300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Sunday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course provides attendees with the funda-mentals of specialty fiber fusion splicing and fiber glass processing technologies with a focus on high power fiber laser and medical fiber probe appli-cations. It provides an introduction on specialty fibers, reviews the fiber processing approach, and compares different techniques, especially on different fiber fusion processes along with different fusion hardware. It describes fiber waveguide and

coupling optics associated with these processes and discusses practical fusion splicing methods for specialty fibers in order to achieve optimal optical coupling between dissimilar fibers. In addition, it illustrates fiber glass processing and fabrication techniques for producing fused fiber components, such as adiabatic taper, mode-field adaptor (MFA), fiber combiners and couplers, and other related fused fiber devices. The course also describes several practical application examples on fiber lasers and monolithic fiber-based probes for OCT medical imaging.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• become familiar with fiber processing

fundamentals and state-of-the-art fiber splicing and fusion processing tools and hardware

• learn specialty fiber basics and waveguide coupling optics between dissimilar fibers

• gain in-depth knowledge of the fiber fusion splicing process and fiber glass processing techniques

• learn practical fiber fusion and glass processing methods for the splicing of various specialty fibers (including LMA fibers, PCF fibers, and soft-glass fibers), and fabrication of adiabatic taper, MFA, combiner, and other fiber coupling devices

• apply these fiber fusion and glass processing technologies to fiber laser and fiber based medical probe applications

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for anyone who needs to handle and splice specialty fibers and wants to learn advanced fiber fusion splicing, tapering, and glassing processing technologies for fabricating high performance fiber-based devices. This course is valuable for those who want to develop or fabri-cate fiber-based devices or further improve their fiber system performance.

INSTRUCTORBaishi Wang is currently with Vytran Division of Thorlabs in Morganville, New Jersey. He received his Ph.D from SUNY at Stony Brook. His technical focus is on specialty fibers and fused fiber com-ponent, fiber lasers and amplifiers, fiber fusion process technologies and their applications to fiber lasers and fiber probes. Prior to joining Vytran in 2006, he was a technical staff member in Spe-cialty Fiber Division at Lucent Technologies and OFS in Somerset, New Jersey. He has published numerous papers in referred conferences and journals, provided invited talks regularly, served as a conference committee member, and been awarded several patents. He is a reviewer for leading photonics and fiber optics journals. He is a senior member of SPIE and member of OSA.

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Ultrafast Lasers and AmplifiersSC1181 • Course Level: Advanced • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Sunday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course gives detailed insight into the opera-tion principles and essential limitations of lasers and amplifiers for ultrashort pulse generation. Mode-locked lasers of different kinds, including both bulk lasers and fiber lasers, and the dif-ferent mode-locking mechanisms used in those are discussed in detail and often demonstrated with numerical simulations. Also, principles and limitations of pulse amplification in bulk and fiber devices are treated.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the principle of pulse generation with

mode locking• name several factors which can cause

instabilities in mode-locked lasers• describe the essential differences between

bulk laser and fiber laser technology• identify various limiting effects for the

performance of ultrafast lasers and amplifiers• know essential methods required for the

efficient development of ultrashort pulse sources

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for laser engineers and researchers being interested in the development of ultrafast lasers and amplifiers based on differ-ent technologies. They should already have some knowledge of optics and lasers.

INSTRUCTORRüdiger Paschotta is an expert in laser phys-ics, nonlinear optics and fiber technology, who previously was a researcher and is now working in his company RP Photonics Consulting GmbH, providing technical consultancy primarily for com-panies building or using lasers and related devices. Details are available on the web page https://www.rp-photonics.com/paschotta.html .

Optical Materials and FabricationFundamentals of Molded OpticsSC1178 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $335 Members • $390 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $186Tuesday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

This course provides attendees with an overview of the numerous optical molding technologies with an emphasis on the fundamentals of the more dominant fields of injection molded plastic optics and precision glass molding. A review of

glass molding, plastic molding and hybrid molding processes will be included. The attendee will gain an understanding of how and when molded optics can be effectively used in products and how to select the correct manufacturing method. Course topics include description of the manufacturing processes, tool design features, materials prop-erties, design methods unique to molded optical elements, manufacturing tolerances, coatings, test methods, and examples of applications that use optical elements.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• explore the advantages and limitations of

molded optics• identify the appropriate material and

manufacturing method for a product• design manufacturable optical systems using

molded components• avoid design problems that are unique to

molded optics• minimize the production cost and maximize

the performance of your products

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis is an introductory course intended for individ-uals that design or fabricate optical systems that may include molded optical components. It is also beneficial to technical management staff who need to understand the advantages and limitations of molded optical components.

INSTRUCTORAlan Symmons is the Executive Vice President of Operations at LightPath Technologies, a worldwide leader in precision glass molding. He previously held the titles of Vice President of Corporate Engi-neering and Director of Engineering. Prior to joining LightPath in 2006, he was Engineering Manager at Aurora Optical, a cell phone camera module man-ufacturer, and held various engineering positions in injection molded plastic optics at both Applied Image Group – Optics & Donnelly Optics. Alan has 20 years of experience in molded optics with over a dozen published papers in the field. He is a Senior Member of SPIE and OSA, a member of ASPE and active in the Florida Photonics Cluster. Alan has a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Eller School of Management at the University of Arizona.

Michael Schaub is a Senior Principal Optical En-gineer at Raytheon Missile Systems. In addition, he is the founder of Schaub Optical LLC, an optical design and engineering consulting firm. Prior to joining Raytheon, he worked at Donnelly Optics, where he designed and developed multiple high volume plastic optic designs.

Mike has over 20 years experience in plastic optics, with two books and several papers published. He is a member of SPIE and OSA. He has a BS in Optics from the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, a M.Sc. in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona.

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COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the Field Guide to Molded Optics (SPIE Press, 2016) by Alan Sym-mons and Michael Schaub.

Thin Film Optical CoatingsSC321 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Monday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

Virtually no modern optical system could operate without optical coatings. Much of any optical system consists of a series of coated and shaped surfaces. The shape determines the power of the surface but it is the coating that determines the specular properties, the amount of light trans-mitted or reflected, the phase change, the emit-tance, the color, the polarization, the retardation, including even the mechanical properties. Optical coatings consist of assemblies of thin films of materials where interference properties combine with the intrinsic properties of the materials to yield the desired optical performance. They act to reduce the reflectance losses of lenses, increase the reflectance of mirrors, reduce glare and electromagnetic emission from display systems, improve the thermal insulation of buildings, protect eyes from laser radiation, analyze gases, act as anticounterfeiting devices on banknotes, multiplex or demultiplex communication signals, separate or combine color channels in display projectors, and these are just a few of their roles. This course emphasizes understanding and takes students from fundamentals to techniques for design and manufacture.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• understand the basic principles of optical

interference coatings• perform many rapid design calculations and

assessments without needing a computer• speak knowledgeably about the parameters

that characterize optical coatings• design simple coatings given a suitably

equipped computer• know the advantages and disadvantages of

the basic processes for the production of these filters

• understand the influence of errors in monitoring and estimate tolerances in production

INTENDED AUDIENCEAnyone who is or wishes to become involved in the manufacture or use of optical coatings or who wants to know more about this rapidly growing and important field. The level is appropriate for some-one who has completed high school mathematics and/or science.

INSTRUCTORH. Angus Macleod is President of Thin Film Cen-ter, a software, training and consulting company in optical coatings, and is Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He has been deeply involved in optical coatings for over forty years.

Optoelectronic Materials and DevicesFundamentals of Reliability Engineering for Optoelectronic DevicesSC1091 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Monday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Component reliability impacts the bottom line of every supplier and customer in the optics industry. Nevertheless, a solid understanding of the funda-mental principles of reliability is often limited to a small team of engineers who are responsible for product reliability for an entire organization. There is tremendous value in expanding this knowledge base to others to ensure that all stakeholders (product engineers, managers, technicians, and even customers) speak a “common language” with respect to the topic of reliability.

This course provides a broad foundation in reliabil-ity engineering methods applied to lifetest design and data analysis. While the course focuses on the application of reliability engineering to opto-electronic devices, the underlying principles can be applied to any component.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• identify the primary goals of reliability testing• define a complete reliability specification• differentiate between parametric and non-

parametric reliability lifetests• list the models used to describe reliability and

select the best for a given population• define a FIT score and explain why it is not a

good measure of reliability• estimate reliability model parameters from real

data• analyze cases which include insufficient,

problematic, and/or uncertain data• compute confidence bounds and explain their

importance• differentiate between failure modes and root

causes• identify infant mortalities, random failures, and

wear-out in the data• compare competing failure modes• analyze cases in which slow degradation is

present• state the goal of accelerated lifetesting and

identify when it is (and is not) appropriate• list common stresses used in accelerated

lifetesting and explain how to treat these quantitatively

• differentiate between step-stress and multicell accelerated lifetesting

• use accelerated lifetest data to simultaneously extract acceleration parameters and population reliability

• relate component reliability to module/system reliability

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INTENDED AUDIENCEThe course targets a wide range of participants, including students, engineers, and managers and seeks to dispel common misconceptions which pervade the industry. A basic understanding of probability and statistics (high school level) may be helpful, but is not required.

INSTRUCTORPaul Leisher is an Associate Professor of Physics and Optical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Insti-tute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. Prior to joining Rose-Hulman, Dr. Leisher served as the Manager of Advanced Technology at nLight Corporation in Vancouver, Washington where his responsibilities included the design and analysis of accelerated lifetests for assessing the reliability of high power diode lasers.

Semiconductor Photonic Device FundamentalsSC747 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Sunday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course provides participants with a basic, in-depth description and explanation of the operation of the broad range of semiconductor photonic devices used for light generation, mod-ulation, manipulation, detection and application, covering the optical spectral region extending from UV, visible, IR, through terahertz (sub-mm). The course begins with a review of the basics of semiconductor materials, with primary emphasis on their electrical and photonic properties. The motion of electrons and holes is discussed, and photon absorption and generation mechanisms are reviewed. The course describes and exam-ines device structures such as p-n junctions and Schottky barriers, quantum wells and quantum dots, Bragg reflectors, quantum cascade lasers, VCSELs, distributed feedback lasers, avalanching, tunneling and various photonic device effects. Current research as well as commercially-available photonic devices and representative systems are discussed. The participants should walk away with an in-depth understanding of semiconductor photonic devices as well as their figures of merit, limitations and current applications.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• understand the basic operating principles of

semiconductor photonic devices• be able to explain the operation of laser

diodes, VCSELs, LEDs, quantum cascade lasers, light modulators, photodetectors

• understand the various device figures of merit and their limitations

• specify device characteristics required for your system applications

• understand the device manufacturer’s data sheet content relevant to your application

• know what questions to ask device manufacturers

INTENDED AUDIENCEAimed at managers, engineers, system designers, R&D personnel, and technicians working on com-ponents and sub-assemblies as well as systems. No formal mathematics or physics background is necessary.

INSTRUCTORKurt Linden received a PhD in Electrical Engineer-ing, with primary emphasis on semiconductor pho-tonics. With over 40 years of practical experience in the design, development, manufacture, testing, and application of a broad range of semiconductor photonic devices and systems, he is a pioneer in the development of visible, infrared, and far-in-frared devices and is currently involved with their incorporation into operational systems. Dr. Linden has taught courses at MIT, USPTO, and Northeast-ern University, presents in-house as well as annual conference tutorials on photonics, received “best instructor” citations, and has served as an expert witness on this subject. He is currently a senior scientist at N2 Biomedical LLC, where he applies the basic concepts of semiconductor photonics to new biomedical systems.

GaN Optoelectronics: Material Properties and Device PrinciplesSC822 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Tuesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

The course focuses on key material properties and essential physical principles of III-nitride semi-conductor devices such as light-emitting diodes, laser diodes, and photo detectors. Device design and internal physical mechanism are explained in detail. The impact of material properties and design variations on the device performance is demonstrated using advanced computer simu-lation. Practical simulation results provide deep insight into device physics, help to understand performance limitations, and enable the develop-ment of design optimization strategies.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• explain the basic principles of optoelectronic

devices• identify key nitride material properties and

parameters• design and analyze modern nitride devices• apply advanced material and device models

INTENDED AUDIENCEStudents, device engineers, and researchers who are interested in a deeper understanding of GaN-based optoelectronic devices.

INSTRUCTORJoachim Piprek has been conducting research on optoelectronic devices for more than 25 years,

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both in industry and academia, and he currently serves as president of the NUSOD Institute (www.nusod.org). He taught graduate courses at uni-versities in Germany, Sweden, and in the United States and (co-)chaired several SPIE conferences. Dr. Piprek recently published widely cited papers in the field of GaN-based optoelectronics as well as several books, including “Nitride Semiconductor Devices” (Wiley-VCH, 2007).

Photonic Therapeutics and DiagnosticsOptics in the Hospital - Endoscope Specification and DesignSC1175 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $325 Members • $380 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $182Tuesday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Minimally invasive and robotic surgery rely on endoscopes to provide the “eyes” of the surgeon. Endoscopes are perhaps the most complex of commercial optical systems and may contain 30 or more optical components. The design of these medical devices must be robust enough to withstand the rigors of thousands of cycles of pressurized steam sterilization, yet address the requirements needed for incredibly delicate clinical procedures.

This course teaches how to approach the use of miniature optics in your medical device design. We examine the optics from the physicians’ perspective; e.g. how the endoscope optics for abdominal surgery are different than those for knee surgery. Optical specifications are covered in detail, including ISO testing requirements and FDA requirements. The course finishes with the critical area of design for manufacturing.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• identify the types of medical procedures for

which endoscopes can be deployed.• classify the types of endoscope optics that

are used in the body.• explain the key specifications that define an

endoscope design.• describe the ISO specifications and FDA

regulations pertinent to each endoscope design.

• identify at least three types of rigid endoscopes and two types of flexible endoscopes.

• identify elements of a substandard endoscope design and explain what needs to be improved.

• engineer the optics of a simple endoscope given the required clinical parameters.

INTENDED AUDIENCEThe course is intended for optical engineers and engineering managers who are beginning or con-tinuing work with medical endoscopes or industrial borescopes. Familiarity with geometrical optics, and a minimum of a BS in Optics or equivalent work experience is assumed.

INSTRUCTORDennis Leiner is the president of Leiner Optics, an engineering company that assists startups and Fortune 500 companies who are incorporating visualization into their medical devices. Dr. Leiner received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Optics from the University of Rochester and his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He taught optics at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell until 1985 when he started Lighthouse Imaging Corporation, a leader in endoscope optics design and manu-facture. He holds multiple patents in endoscope design using gradient-index optics, infrared optics, fiberoptics, and injection-molded optics. He is a Director of the Optics and Electro Optics Stan-dards Council (OEOSC) and is Group Leader for Existing Endoscope Standards at ANSI.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the e-book Digital Endoscope Design (SPIE Press, 2016) by Dennis C. Leiner.

Optics and Optical Quality of the Human EyeSC702 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Tuesday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

The eye has a complex and exquisitely designed optical system yet, when compared with modern optical systems, its image quality is surprisingly poor. This course will discuss the optical proper-ties of the different components of the eye from the cornea to the retina, and how they impact visual quality. We will evaluate benefits and limitations of various techniques, such as adaptive optics and laser refractive surgery, which have been developed to overcome the eye’s optical limita-tions. Aberration limits will be presented so that designers of optical systems, where the eye often plays an intrinsic role, can estimate the degree of correction required for their products to produce high quality perceived imagery.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• name and describe the major optical

components of the eye and how they work together to form an image on the retina

• identify the limitations of the optical system of the eye and how they impact perceived image quality

• compare and contrast the optical system of the eye with other man-made optical instruments

• design an optical system that appreciates and considers the intrinsic role of the eye in that system as an optical component

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INTENDED AUDIENCEThe course is intended to impart practical knowl-edge to optical design engineers or clinicians (oph-thalmologists, refractive surgeons, optometrists), but it will also be of general interest to anyone who is interested in learning about the unique optical system of the eye.

INSTRUCTORAustin Roorda has a PhD in Vision Science and Physics and is a Professor of Vision Science and Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley. His research areas include adaptive optics, high resolution ophthalmoscopy, and optics of the human eye.

Neurophotonics, Neurosurgery, and OptogeneticsMethodology for NEW Measuring Dynamic Functional Connectivity in Neuroimaging Data AnalysisSC1184 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Sunday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

A dynamic version of neuroimaging data analysis not only emphasizes the functional specifications of brain regions, but also focuses on the massively parallel nature of distributed and interacting re-gions that are hypothesized to process the func-tional tasks under investigations. Studying brain interactions leads to an emerging field: Functional Connectivity.

Functional connectivity between two brain units (neuron columns, recording sites, regions) are generally defined as the temporal correlation among their time courses. Its objective is to cap-ture the dynamic, context-dependent processes that may lead to preferential recruitment of some units over others.

Based on the traditional Time Series theory, five classical measures - Coherence, Synchronization, Mutual Information, Nonlinear correlation coeffi-cient, and Phase-Locking value are developed to assess Functional connectivity. They are applied to different neuroimaging disciplines: functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Magneto-encephalography (MEG), and Electroencepha-lography (EEG).

To tackle problems inherent in classical measures – i.e., the assumption of stationarity of Time Series, the time-invariance of Functional connectivity, and the lack of directional information flow between brain units – a methodology for Dynamic Func-tional Connectivity and its real time measure have been developed.

Rigorous examinations from theoretical meth-odology perspective, statistical reasoning, and quantitative evaluations, to each measure, are presented. The relations between these measures that provide the basis for consistent assessment and interpretation on Functional connectivity are given. Examples from real neuroimaging data demonstrate that Functional connectivity can serve as biomarkers for brain functions.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• Interpret statistical properties of neuroimaging

data (fMRI, MEG, EEG)• Explain why measures originated from

distinctive fields of science can be used for Functional connectivity

• Explain the statistical reasoning and mathematical derivation of each classical measure

• Explain the limitations and conditions of each classical measure of Functional connectivity

• Explain the hidden assumptions in developing classical measures of Functional connectivity

• Illustrate how Dynamic Functional connectivity can be measured

• Discuss why Phase-Locking value under new methodology can achieve a real time measure for MEG

• Design experiments for measuring Functional connectivity in resting status and with repeated stimulus

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for medical imaging researcher, physicists, scientists, engineers, ra-diologists, as well as students who are in the field of medical imaging, neuroimaging data analysis and brain study.

INSTRUCTORTianhu Lei received his Ph.D. in System Engineer-ing from the University of Pennsylvania. Since then, he has been with University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadel-phia, and University of Pittsburgh. He has more than 25 years of experience in medical imaging research. He is the author of the book Statistics of Medical Imaging, CRC Press, 2012 which was awarded 2013 Ziegel Prize from Technometrics.

NeurophotonicsSC1126 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Monday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

The brain is the most widely studied body organ, and yet our understanding of its operation and the connection between changes to the physiology and the progression of disease is quite limited. Modern imaging tools, including optical imaging techniques, have enabled the study of many neu-ral diseases and conditions and have assisted in evaluating the effect of drugs in model animal pre-clinical studies and in medical diagnosis.

This course will review the principles and major optical techniques used for optical brain imaging.

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We will review the main cellular types in the brain and the organization of the anatomical regions into functional units. We will compare the major optical techniques used in brain imaging and discuss the contrast mechanisms that are used in each technique.

We will review the use of external markers (mainly fluorescent markers), compare them to optical im-aging techniques that use intrinsic contrast mech-anisms (scattering, absorption, coherence, au-to-fluorescence), and give examples in functional imaging of blood flow, oxygen levels, and neuronal activity. New methods using genetic introduction of proteins to control brain activity (Optogenetics) and selectively label cells will be described. Finally, we will discuss, with the help of examples, the rel-evance of these optical techniques in pre-clinical studies and clinical diagnosis.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• be familiar with the major cellular components

and functional areas of the brain• compare optical imaging to other common

techniques for brain imaging applications• learn about the most common optical

techniques used for anatomical and functional evaluation of the brain, and to identify major attributes of each technique including the contrast mechanism, use of external markers (dyes), temporal and lateral resolution, and penetration depth into the tissue

• explain how intrinsic optical techniques (OCT, Raman, Speckle contrast, IOSI) work and evaluate their use in optical brain imaging

• describe the use of these optical imaging techniques in evaluating functional brain information including blood flow, oxygen consumption, and neural activity

• summarize the use of proteins as fluorescent markers and for Optogenetic optical brain stimulation

• list common applications of optical techniques in pre-clinical animal studies and clinical applications

INTENDED AUDIENCEScientists, engineers, technicians, or managers who wish to learn more about optical imaging techniques and how to apply them to image biolog-ical cells and tissues in the brain. Undergraduate training in engineering or science is assumed.

INSTRUCTORSOfer Levi is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. He also holds a Visiting Professor position at Stanford University, CA. He has spent over two decades in academia and industry, designing and developing optical imaging systems, laser sources, and optical sensors. He specializes in design and optimization of optical bio-sensors, Bio-MEMS, and optical imaging systems for biomedical ap-plications, including in cancer and brain imaging. Dr. Levi is a member of OSA, IEEE-P, and SPIE.

Suzie Dufour is a biophotonic researcher at INO. She received her BSc degree in physics from Laval University in 2004 and her PhD in neurobiology in 2012. Her PhD involved the design and fabrication

of micro-optrodes for in vivo experimentation. She completed postdoctoral researches on in vivo brain imaging at University of Toronto and Toronto Western Research Institute. Her past and current research interests include biophotonics, optical in vivo brain imaging, optogenetics and electrophysiology.

Nonlinear Optics and Beam GuidingIntroduction to Nonlinear OpticsSC047 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Monday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This introductory-level course provides the basic concepts of bulk media nonlinear optics. Although some mathematical formulas are provided, the em-phasis is on simple explanations. It is recognized that the beginning practitioner in nonlinear optics is overwhelmed by a constellation of complicated nonlinear optical effects, including second-har-monic generation, optical Kerr effect, self-fo-cusing, self-phase modulation, self-steepening, fiber-optic solitons, chirping, stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering, and photorefractive phe-nomena. It is our job in this course to demystify this daunting collection of seemingly unrelated effects by developing simple and clear explanations for how each works, and learning how each effect can be used for the modification, manipulation, or conversion of light pulses. Where possible, examples will address the nonlinear optical effects that occur inside optical fibers. Also covered are examples in liquids, bulk solids, and gases.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• be able to explain to another person the

origins and concepts behind the Slowly-Varying Envelope Approximation (SVEA)

• recognize what nonlinear events come into play in different effects

• appreciate the intimate relationship between nonlinear events which at first appear quite different

• appreciate how a variety of different nonlinear events arise, and how they affect the propagation of light

• comprehend how wavematching, phase-matching, and index matching are related

• be able, without using equations, to explain to others how self-phase modulation impresses “chirping” on pulses

• describe basic two-beam interactions in photorefractive materials

• develop an appreciation for the extremely broad variety of ways in which materials exhibit nonlinear behavior

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INTENDED AUDIENCEThe material presented will be useful to engineers, scientists, students and managers who need a fundamental understanding of nonlinear optics.

INSTRUCTORRobert Fisher is the owner of RA Fisher Associ-ates, LLC, his firm providing technical training in lasers and in optics, private consulting, and expert legal services. He has been active in laser physics and in nonlinear optics for the last 40 years. He has taught graduate courses at the Univ. of California, Davis, and worked at both Lawrence Livermore National Lab. and Los Alamos National Lab. He is an SPIE Fellow and an OSA Fellow, and was a 3-year member of SPIE’s Board of Directors. He has served on the CLEO Conference Nonlinear Optics Subcommittee for 5 years, with two of those years as its chair. He has chaired numerous SPIE conferences. He was the Program Chair of the CLEO 2010 Conference and was General Chair of the CLEO 2012 Conference (now renamed CLEO: Science and Innovations). He is currently co-chair of the CLEO Course Committee.

ATTENDEE TESTIMONIAL:I got a lot more inspiration than I expected and for this I am grateful.

Introduction to Ultrafast OpticsSC746 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Monday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Ultrafast Optics-the science, technology, and ap-plications of ultrashort laser pulses-is one of the most exciting and dynamic fields of science. While ultrashort laser pulses seem quite exotic (they’re the shortest events ever created!), their applica-tions are many, ranging from the study of ultrafast fundamental events to telecommunications to micro-machining to biomedical imaging, to name a few. Interestingly, these lasers are easy to un-derstand, and they are readily available. But their use requires some sophistication. This course is a basic introduction to the nature of these lasers, their use, and some of their applications.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe how ultrafast lasers and amplifiers

work• explain common temporal and spatio-

temporal distortions in ultrashort laser pulses• discuss nonlinear-optical effects for

transforming the pulse’s wavelength and spectrum

• discuss nonlinear-optical effects that can do serious damage to pulses and materials

• explain how to meaningfully measure these pulses vs. space and time

• discuss problems encountered when focusing these pulses

INTENDED AUDIENCEThe intended audience is any scientist, engineer or biomedical researcher interested in this exciting field, especially those new to the field.

INSTRUCTORRick Trebino is the Georgia Research Alli-ance-Eminent Scholar Chair of Ultrafast Optical Physics at the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the use and measurement of ultrashort laser pulses. He is best known for his invention and de-velopment of Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating (FROG), the first general method for measuring the intensity and phase evolution of an ultrashort laser pulse, and which is rapidly becoming the standard technique for measuring such pulses. He has also invented techniques for measuring ultraweak ultrashort pulses, ultrafast polarization variation, and ultrafast material relaxation. He is a Fellow of the SPIE, OSA, APS, and AAAS.

Expanded course lectures will be available on the instructor’s web site.

Optical Systems & Lens DesignPractical Guide to Spectral MeasurementsSC1177 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Tuesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Have you asked questions such as: “Is there a less expensive alternative to costly laboratory spectro-photometers? “ or “What components should I use to build my own spectral measurement system?” If so, you will benefit from this course. In it, you will learn the fundamentals for designing, building and using a custom system for spectroscopic measurements using off-the-shelf components. The course will begin with a short introduction on spectroscopy theory, review basic optical compo-nents and their use, and conclude with examples of hardware setups ranging from the ultraviolet to the near infrared. A primary goal of this course is to demystify the creation of an effective spectro-scopic solution optimized for your needs.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• identify optimal off-the-shelf hardware for your

spectroscopic application• differentiate between grating spectrometers,

monochromators, and interference-based spectrometers

• calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot your spectral system

• explain common specifications for spectrometer systems

• use fundamental geometric optics to choose optical components as needed

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• Communicate concepts in spectral sensing with optical engineers

• discriminate between different light sources• know sources for common optical

components such as lenses, prisms, gratings, filters and mounting hardware

INTENDED AUDIENCEScientists, engineers, technicians, or managers who need to make spectroscopic measurements for which expensive, pre-packaged systems are impractical.

INSTRUCTOREric Kaltenbacher has been developing optical sensors and instruments and using them in envi-ronmental, commercial and military applications for more than two decades. His career began developing optical instruments for gauging and 3D measurements and then transitioned to de-veloping optics for inspection of glass and plastic containers. Currently, Mr. Kaltenbacher’s activities are focused on designing spectroscopic sensors for highly precise quantification of chemicals in aqueous solutions. Recognition for his work in this field includes numerous federal research awards, and several patents. He earned a M.S. in Electro-Optics at the University of Dayton. Mr. Kaltenbacher is a member of SPIE.

Stray Light Analysis and NEW ControlSC1199 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $570 Members • $680 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $302Tuesday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course explains the basic principles of design-ing, building, and testing optical systems whose stray light performance is adequate for their intend-ed purpose. It teaches methods to identify stray light problems in the design phase when they can be most easily and inexpensively fixed, and does not emphasize the use of any particular stray light anal-ysis software, but rather the fundamental principles of radiometry and optical design necessary to use such software effectively. Application of the course material is demonstrated in class by measuring the stray light performance of a simple camera system and comparing the measurement to both first order estimates and detailed ray tracing results.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• Explain the meaning of the phrase “Move it or

block it”• Differentiate between in-field and out-of-field

stray light• Differentiate between internal and external

stray light• Explain the pros and cons of basic radiometric

analysis vs. detailed ray tracing analysis• Quantify stray light in an optical system

using standard metrics such as Point Source Transmittance and Veiling Glare

• Quickly estimate the stray light performance of a simple optical system using basic radiometry

• Identify problematic stray light paths in an optical system by performing a backwards ray trace in stray light analysis software

• Use techniques such as ray aiming and statistical analysis to reduce the time required to complete a ray trace

• Verify the result of a ray tracing analysis with basic radiometry

• List the primary mechanisms of stray light• Predict the BSDF of a contaminated optical

surface from its IEST-1246C cleanliness level• Predict the BSDF of an optical surface from its

surface roughness statistics• Measure the BSDF of a surface• List popular black surface treatments (such as

anodize) used to control stray light• Use anti-reflection coatings to reduce stray

light due to ghost reflections• Explain the root cause of large unit-to-unit

variably in stray light performance• Design an optimal set of baffle vanes• Design primary mirror baffles for Cassegrain

telescopes• Design stray light control features such as

field stops and relayed pupils• Measure the stray light performance of an

optical system• Define meaningful stray light performance

requirements• Explain the benefit of having a stray light

model whose predictions have been correlated with measurements

INTENDED AUDIENCEDesigners, builders, testers, and users of optical systems who wish to learn more about the causes of stray light and the best methods to control it. Undergraduate training in engineering or science is assumed.

INSTRUCTOREric Fest has been developing stray light control systems for the aerospace industry for over two decades, and is currently an Engineering Fellow at Raytheon Company. He is the author of numerous publications on the topic of stray light, including the SPIE Press best-selling book Stray Light Analysis and Control. He has a Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the ebook Stray Light Analysis and Control (SPIE Press) by Eric Fest.

Practical Optical System DesignSC003 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.7 $630 Members • $740 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $326Monday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course will provide attendees with a basic working knowledge of optical design and associ-ated engineering. The information in this course will help novice and experienced designers, as well as people who interact with optical designers and engineers, sufficiently understand these prob-lems and solutions to minimize cost and risk. The course includes background information for optical design and an array of pragmatic considerations such as optical system specification, analysis of

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optical systems, material selection, use of catalog systems and components, ultraviolet through infrared system considerations, environmental factors and solutions, Gaussian beam optics, and production considerations such as optical testing and alignment. The course includes many prac-tical and useful examples emphasizing rigorous optical design and engineering with an emphasis on designing for manufacture. Even if you have never used an optical design program before, you will become fluent with how to estimate, assess, execute, and manage the design of optical systems for many varied applications.

This course is a continuation of the long-running Practical Optical Systems Design course estab-lished and taught by Robert E. Fischer.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• develop a complete optical system design

specification• review fundamental physics and engineering

related to optical design• assess and analyze optical systems using

computer-aided methods• properly take into account system

considerations such as environmental factors• design for manufacture, alignment, and testing• describe all aspects of optical design and

associated engineering

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for anyone who needs to learn how to design optical systems. It will be of value to those who either design their own optics or those who work directly or indirectly with optical designers, as you will now understand what is really going on and how to ask the right questions of your designers.

INSTRUCTORRichard Youngworth Ph.D. is Founder and Chief Engineer of Riyo LLC, an optical design and en-gineering firm providing engineering and product development services. Dr. Youngworth is a research adjunct professor at The College of Optical Sci-ences at the University of Arizona and an adjunct teaching professor in the Physics Department at Boise State University. His industrial experience spans diverse topics including optical metrology, design, manufacturing, and analysis. Dr. Young-worth has spent significant time working on optical systems in the challenging transition from ideal design to successful volume manufacturing. He is widely considered an expert, due to his research, lectures, publications, and industrial work on the de-sign, producibility, and tolerance analysis of optical components and systems. Dr. Youngworth regularly teaches “Practical Optical System Design” and “Cost-Conscious Tolerancing of Optical Systems” for SPIE. He has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and earned his Ph.D. in optics at the University of Rochester by researching tolerance analysis of optical systems.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text Optical System Design, 2nd Edition (SPIE Press, 2008/McGraw Hill) by Robert E. Fischer, Biljana Tadic-Galeb, and Paul R. Yoder, Jr.

This course is also available in online format .

Design of Efficient Illumination SystemsSC011 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Sunday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Illumination systems are included in fiber illumi-nators, projectors, and lithography systems. The design of an illumination system requires balancing uniformity, maximizing the collection efficiency from the source, and minimizing the size of the optical package. These choices are examined for systems using lightpipes, lens arrays, faceted optics, tailored edge rays designs, and integrating spheres through a combination of computer simu-lations, hardware demonstrations and discussions.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the differences between illuminance,

intensity and luminance• compute the required source luminance given

typical illumination system specifications• compute the change in luminance introduced

by an integrating sphere • distinguish between a Kohler illuminator and

an Abbe illuminator• explain the difference in uniformity

performance between a tailored edge ray reflector and a standard conic reflector

• design a lightpipe system to provide uniform illuminance

• design a lens array system to create a uniform illuminance distribution

• design a reflector with facets to create a uniform illuminance distribution

INTENDED AUDIENCEIndividuals who design illumination systems or need to interface with those designers will find this course appropriate. Previous exposure to Optical Fundamentals (Reflection, Refraction, Lenses, Reflectors) is expected.

INSTRUCTORWilliam Cassarly is a Synopsys Scientist at Syn-opsys (formerly Optical Research Associates). Before joining ORA 19 years ago, Cassarly worked at GE for 13 years, holds 48 US patents, and has worked extensively in the areas of illumination system design, sources, photometry, light pipes, and non-imaging optics. Bill was awarded the GE Corporate ‘D. R. Mack Advanced Course Super-visor Award’ for his efforts in the training of GE Engineers and is an SPIE Fellow.

ATTENDEE TESTIMONIAL:This was the most illumination info I’ve had in one place!

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The Building Blocks of IR Instrument DesignSC1123 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Monday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

As infrared detector technology continues to mi-grate from government labs to commercial markets, photonic system designers see new technology opportunities to accomplish their design goals. Concurrently, developments in IR sources make near-infrared solutions attractive in terms of cost and performance. This course will help system designers, researchers, integrators, applications engineers, and related professionals navigate the infrared spectrum and trade off performance parameters for their solu-tions in applications such as laboratory imaging, UAV (“drone”) imaging, spectrometry, and biomedical diagnostics, while also considering cost.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the different regions of the infrared

spectrum in terms of their reflective and emissive properties

• choose a region of the infrared spectrum for your design or integration project

• describe the basic properties of photon and thermal infrared detectors and how each type may be optimally utilized

• compare NIR sources including LEDs and laser diodes

• apply figures of merit including NEP, NEI, and NETD to your solution

• determine whether or not the atmosphere will affect your results, and how to correct for it

INTENDED AUDIENCESystems engineers, researchers, applications engineers, systems integrators including those working with UAV sensors, and managers whose work involves developing, configuring, and ana-lyzing the data from optoelectronic systems in the infrared portion of the spectrum. Basic familiarity with radiometric terminology and units according to the SI system is assumed.

INSTRUCTORBarbara Grant has more than 30 years’ engineering experience and holds an M. S. in Optical Sciences from The University of Arizona. She consults on prac-tical problems in electro-optical systems, detector technology, spectral instruments, and calibration, and recently formed Grant Drone Solutions to address the needs of clients in a wide array of applications facilitated by the emerging UAV industry. Her current book is “Getting Started with UAV Imaging Systems: a Radiometric Guide,” published in July 2016 by SPIE Press. Her two previous SPIE books are “Field Guide to Radiometry” and “The Art of Radiometry,” which she completed for the late Dr. James M. Palmer, a colleague and mentor at The University of Arizona. She teaches courses to professional engineers and scientists through the UC Irvine Division of Continuing Education Certificate Program in Optical Engineering and Optical Instrument Design, at meetings of SPIE, and for commercial and government clients.

Optical System Design: Layout Principles and PracticeSC690 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $560 Members • $670 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $298Sunday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course provides the background and princi-ples necessary to understand how optical imag-ing systems function, allowing you to produce a system layout which will satisfy the performance requirements of your application.

This course teaches the methods and techniques of arriving at the first-order layout of an optical sys-tem by a process which determines the required components and their locations. This process will produce an image of the right size and in the right location. A special emphasis is placed on understanding the practical aspects of the design of optical systems.

Optical system imagery can readily be calculated using the Gaussian cardinal points or by paraxial ray tracing. These principles are extended to the layout and analysis of multi-component systems. This course includes topics such as imaging with thin lenses and systems of thin lenses, stops and pupils, and afocal systems. The course starts by providing the necessary background and theory of first-order optical design followed by numerous examples of optical systems illustrating the design process.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• specify the requirements of an optical system

for your application including magnification, object-to-image distance, and focal length

• diagram ray paths and do simple ray tracing• describe the performance limits imposed on

optical systems by diffraction and the human eye

• predict the imaging characteristics of multi-component systems

• determine the required element diameters• apply the layout principles to a variety of

optical instruments including telescopes, microscopes, magnifiers, field and relay lenses, zoom lenses, and afocal systems

• adapt a known configuration to suit your application

• grasp the process of the design and layout of an optical system

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for engineers, scientists, managers, technicians and students who need to use or design optical systems and want to understand the principles of image formation by optical systems. No previous knowledge of optics is assumed in the material development, and only basic math is used (algebra, geometry and trigonometry). By the end of the course, these techniques will allow the design and analysis of relatively sophisticated optical systems.

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INSTRUCTORJohn Greivenkamp is a professor at the College of Optical Sciences of The University of Arizona where he teaches geometrical optics and optical system design to undergraduate and graduate stu-dents. John is the editor of the SPIE Field Guides and is the author of the Field Guide to Geometrical Optics (SPIE Press, 2004).

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the Field Guide to Geometrical Optics (SPIE Press, 2004) by John E. Greivenkamp.

SPECIAL NOTE: This course is a continuation of Warren Smith’s long-standing SPIE course SC001, Optical System Design: Layout Principles and Prac-tice and incorporates many of the same approaches and material used for that course.

Introduction to Lens DesignSC935 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $560 Members • $670 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $298Wednesday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

Have you ever needed to specify, design, or ana-lyze a lens system and wondered how to do it or where to start? Would you like a better under-standing of the terminology used by lens design-ers? Are you interested in learning techniques to better utilize your optical design software? Have you always wanted to know what the difference is between spherical aberration and coma or where those crazy optical tolerances come from? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, this course is for you!

This full day course begins with a review of basic optics, including paraxial optics, system layout, and lens performance criteria. A discussion of how different system specifications influence the choice of design form, achievable performance, and cost will be presented. Third-order aberration theory, stop shift theory, and induced aberrations are examined in detail. Factors that affect aberra-tions and the principles of aberration correction are discussed. Demonstrations of computer aided lens design are given accompanied by a discussion of optimization theory, variables and constraints, and local vs. global optimization. Techniques for improving an optical design are illustrated with easy-to-understand examples. The optical fabrica-tion and tolerancing process is explored including an example comparison between a simple copier lens and a complex lithography lens (used to print computer circuit boards) to help explain why some optical designs require precision mechanics and precision assembly and some do not.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• specify and evaluate a lens system• describe the source and correction of

aberrations• interpret ray-intercept plots• classify the limits imposed by aberration

theory• determine how to improve a design

• use optical design software to its best advantage

• design toleranced, easily manufacturable lenses

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for engineers, scientists, managers, technicians, and students whose main job function is not lens design, but are occasionally called upon to specify, design, analyze, or review an optical system and would like to have a better understanding of the subject. No previous knowl-edge of geometrical optics, optical design, and computer optimization is assumed.

INSTRUCTORJulie Bentley is an Associate Professor at The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester and has been teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in geometrical optics, optical design, and product design for more than 15 years. She received her B.S., M.S., and PhD in Optics from the The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester. After graduating she spent two years at Hughes Aircraft Co. in California designing optical systems for the defense industry and then twelve years at Corning Tropel Corporation in Fairport, New York designing and manufacturing precision optical assemblies such as microlithographic inspection systems. She has experience designing a wide variety of optical systems from the UV to the IR, refractive and reflective configurations, for both the commercial and military markets.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text Field Guide to Lens Design (SPIE Press, 2012) by Julie Bentley and Craig Olson.

Cost-Conscious Tolerancing of Optical SystemsSC720 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Tuesday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

The purpose of this course is to present concepts, tools, and methods that will help attendees de-termine optimal tolerances for optical systems. Detailed topics in the course apply to all volumes of systems being developed – from single systems to millions of units. The importance of tolerancing throughout the design process is discussed in detail, including determining robustness of the specification and design for manufacture and op-eration. The course also provides a background to effective tolerancing with discussions on variability and relevant applied statistics. Tolerance analysis and assignment with strong methodology and examples are discussed in detail. A short intro-duction is also provided for useful development and production tools like design of experiments and statistical process control. References and examples are included to help researchers, design-ers, engineers, and technicians practically apply the concepts to plan, design, engineer, and build high-quality cost-competitive optical systems.

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LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• define variability and comprehend its impact

on nominal systems• utilize fundamental applied statistics in

tolerancing• construct tolerance analysis budgets• perform detailed tolerance analysis• summarize different design of experiment and

statistical process control strategies

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for managers, engineers, and technical staff involved in product design from concept through manufacturing.

INSTRUCTORRichard Youngworth Ph.D. is Founder and Chief Engineer of Riyo LLC, an optical design and en-gineering firm providing engineering and product development services. Dr. Youngworth is a research adjunct professor at The College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona and an adjunct teaching professor in the Physics Department at Boise State University. His industrial experience spans diverse topics including optical metrology, design, manu-facturing, and analysis. Dr. Youngworth has spent significant time working on optical systems in the challenging transition from ideal design to successful volume manufacturing. He is widely considered an expert, due to his research, lectures, publications, and industrial work on the design, producibility, and tolerance analysis of optical components and systems. Dr. Youngworth regularly teaches “Prac-tical Optical System Design” and “Cost-Conscious Tolerancing of Optical Systems” for SPIE. He has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and earned his Ph.D. in optics at the University of Rochester by researching tolerance analysis of optical systems.

The Very Least You Need NEW To Know About OpticsSC1170 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.2 $100 Members • $100 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $40Monday 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course is tailored to the thousands of pro-fessionals working in the optics industry who are not engineers. The curriculum develops a foun-dational understanding of the core principles of optics by relying on visual examples rather than mathematics. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to follow the thread of most technical optical presentations, and they will be well-positioned to study more specialized topics related to specific industries.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• define the law of reflection• define the law of refraction (Snell’s Law)• classify different types of optical elements

visually• explain the impacts of dispersion on optical

systems

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for non-engineers, par-ticularly sales professionals, who need a rapid, non-mathematical introduction to the core princi-ples of optics. No prior scientific or mathematical background is assumed.

INSTRUCTORDamon Diehl is the founder and owner of DIEHL Research Grant Services. He has a Ph.D. in optical engineering from the University of Rochester’s In-stitute of Optics and a B.A. in physics from the Uni-versity of Chicago. He recently served as academic coordinator for the “reboot” of the Optical Systems Technology program at Monroe Community Col-lege in Rochester, NY — the oldest program of its type in the United States. This course is based on twenty years of research experience.

Basic Optics for Non-Optics PersonnelSC609 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.3 $150 Members • $150 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $60Monday 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm

This course will provide the technical manag-er, sales engineering, marketing staff, or other non-optics personnel with a basic, non-mathemat-ical introduction to the terms, specifications, and concepts used in optical technology to facilitate effective communication with optics professionals on a functional level. Topics to be covered include basic concepts such as imaging, interference, diffraction, polarization and aberrations, definitions relating to color and optical quality, and an over-view of the basic measures of optical performance such as MTF and wavefront error. The material will be presented with a minimal amount of math, rather emphasizing working concepts, definitions, rules of thumb, and visual interpretation of speci-fications. Specific applications will include defin-ing basic imaging needs such as magnification, depth-of-field, and MTF as well as the definitions of radiometric terms.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• read optical system descriptions and papers• ask the right questions about optical

component performance• describe basic optical specifications for

lenses, filters, and other components• assess differences in types of filters, mirrors

and beam directing optics• describe how optics is used in our everyday

lives

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for the non-optical profes-sional who needs to understand basic optics and interface with optics professionals.

INSTRUCTORKevin Harding has been active in the optics in-dustry for over 30 years, and has taught machine vision and optical methods for over 25 years in

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over 70 workshops and tutorials, including engi-neering workshops on machine vision, metrology, NDT, and interferometry used by vendors and system houses to train their own engineers. He has been recognized for his leadership in optics and machine vision by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Automated Imaging Association, and Engineering Society of Detroit. Kevin is a Fellow of SPIE and was the 2008 President of the Society.

This course is also available in online format

Photonic IntegrationVolume Bragg Gratings— NEW New Optical Components Providing Unique Means SC1204 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Sunday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

This course explains basic principles and appli-cations of volume Bragg gratings (VBGs) that are holographic optical elements recorded in volume of photo-thermo-refractive optical glass. These elements enable dramatic increase of brightness of lasers and resolution of spectral analyzers. The goal of the course is to describe features of photosensitive optical glass , properties of VBGs, principles of gratings modeling and design, main types of optical components based on VBGs, and amazing results of their use in lasers and photonic devices. People who want to bring lasers and photonic devices to a new level will benefit from taking this course.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• learn properties of holographic photo-thermo-

refractive glass• identify optical beams and pulses

transformations produced by different types of VBGs

• be familiar with VBGs’ applications• determine the problems that could be solved

by VBGs• calculate parameters of VBGs that provide

necessary functionality of laser and photonics systems

• use VBGs for spectral and angular selection, pulses stretching and compression, and spectral and coherent beam combining

INTENDED AUDIENCEScientists, engineers, and students who wish to learn about new optical elements that provide new functionality for laser and photonic devices. Undergraduate training in engineering or science is assumed.

INSTRUCTORLeonid Glebov is a co-inventor of volume Bragg gratings in photo-thermo-refractive glass. He earned Ph.D. and Doctor of Science degrees in

Optics at State Optical Institute in Russia. Dr. Gle-bov is a Research Professor at CREOL/College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida and a founder of OptiGrate Corp. He is a Fellow of SPIE, OSA, American Ceramic Society, and National Academy of Inventors. He is a recipient of SPIE Denice Gabor award in holography. Dr. Glebov conducts researches in photoinduced pro-cesses in glasses, holographic optical elements and lasers controlled by those elements.

Understanding Diffractive OpticsSC1071 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $560 Members • $670 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $298Sunday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

The course covers the fundamental principles of diffraction phenomena. Qualitative explanation of diffraction by the use of field distributions and graphs provides the basis for understanding fundamental relations and important trends. At-tendees will also learn the important terminology employed in the field of diffractive optics. The instructor provides a comprehensive overview of the main types of diffractive optical components, including phase plates, diffraction gratings, binary optics, diffractive kinoforms, stepped-diffractive surfaces, holographic optical elements, and photonic crystals. Based on practical examples provided by the instructor, attendees will learn the benefit of incorporating diffractive optical components in optical and photonics instruments, such as augmented and virtual reality displays, optical data storage devices, optical tweezers, and laser systems.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• explain the fundamentals of diffraction,

including Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, the Talbot effect, apodization, diffraction by multiple apertures, and superresolution phenomena

• explain terminology in the field of diffractive optics

• describe the operational principles of the major types of diffractive optical components in the scalar and resonant domains, the diffraction efficiency, and the blazing condition

• describe diffraction phenomena associated with the propagation of laser beams

• compare the main diffractive optics fabrication techniques

• distinguish the various functions performed by diffractive optics components in optical systems

• compare the benefits and limitations of diffractive components

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for engineers, scientists, college students, and photonics enthusiasts who would like to broaden their knowledge and under-standing of diffractive optics, as well as to learn the numerous practical applications of diffractive optical components in modern optical instruments.

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INSTRUCTORYakov Soskind is Photonics Instrumentation Development Manager with DHPC Technologies, Inc. For over 30 years, Dr. Soskind has made extensive contributions in the areas of optical en-gineering, laser systems development, fiber-optics and photonics instrumentation, diffractive and micro-optics, imaging, and illumination devices. Dr. Soskind is a founding chair of the Photonic Instrumentation Engineering conference. He is the author of the Field Guide to Diffractive Optics (SPIE Press, 2011) and has been awarded more than 20 domestic and international patents in the field of photonics.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the Field Guide to Diffractive Optics , FG21 (SPIE Press, 2011) by Yakov Soskind.

Silicon PhotonicsSC817 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Wednesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Silicon Microphotonics is a platform for the large scale integration of CMOS electronics with pho-tonic components. This course will evaluate the most promising silicon optical components and the path to electronic-photonic integration. The sub-jects will be presented in two parts: 1) Context: a review of optical interconnection and the enabling solutions that arise from integrating optical and electronic devices at a micron-scale, using thin film processing; and 2) Technology: case studies in High Index Contrast design for silicon-based waveguides, filters, photodetectors, modulators, laser devices, and an application-specific op-to-electronic circuit. The course objective is an overview of the silicon microphotonic platform drivers and barriers in design or fabrication.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• identify trends in optical interconnection and

the power of electronic-photonic convergence• explain how the electronic, thermal and

mechanical constraints of planar integration promote silicon as the optimal platform for microphotonics

• design application-specific photonic devices that take advantage of unique materials processing and device design solutions

• compute the performance of micron-scale optically passive/active devices

• judge the feasibility and impact of the latest silicon photonic devices

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for anyone who needs to learn how to design integrated optical systems on a silicon platform. Those who either design their own photonic devices or who work with engineers and scientists will find this course valuable.

INSTRUCTORJurgen Michel is a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Microphotonics Center and a Senior Lec-

turer at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He has conducted research on silicon based photonic devices for more than 20 years.

Sajan Saini is with Princeton University. Previ-ously, he was an assistant professor in the De-partment of Physics at Queens College following a Postdoctoral Associate position at the MIT Microphotonics Center. He is co-author of the up-coming textbook Photonic Materials and Devices (Cambridge Press).

Clinical Technologies and SystemsFundamentals of Applied NEW Pathophysiology in Optical DiagnosticsSC1205 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Wednesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course is a critical and fundamental introduc-tion to main pathophysiologic processes across the human body, emphasizing on optics and photonics engineering approaches for innovative design and development of novel methods and devices to screen, detect, diagnose and monitor clinical conditions.

The majority of human diseases are rooted in one of the few main pathological processes such as inflammation, infection, atrophy, hypertrophy, hy-perplasia, ischemia and hypoxia. Understanding the basics, natures, mechanisms, specifications and effects of these main pathologic processes on human body structure and function helps biophotonics engineers and researchers to better comprehend contemporary methods of detection and management of these conditions. This knowl-edge enables them to theorize, innovate and design new optical techniques and devices for diagnosis and monitoring of pathologic conditions in different organ systems. Such an approach will also enable engineers to extrapolate standard diagnostic techniques from one to other organs for various disorders that are similar in pathology. This should be considered as a critical and necessary skill in modern biomedical engineering. This course aims to provide this essential intuition.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• learn the fundamental pathophysiological

process within the human body• recognize pathological changes in tissue

structure, and biophysical, biochemical, biomechanical and metabolic properties, applied in design and development of optical diagnostic methods and systems

• identify potential optical methods and techniques to detect and monitor general and specific pathological processes

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• implement well-known optical diagnostic methods from one to other organs for detecting similar pathological process

• develop novel optical methods for early detection and diagnosis of tissue pathological changes and organ dysfunctions through a unique bedside to bench approach

• apply clinical considerations in design and development of diagnostic and monitoring systems

• recognize clinical challenges and limitations of different optical diagnostic methods

INTENDED AUDIENCEBiomedical students, scientists, engineers and technicians who wish to learn more about human pathophysiology, applied in design and devel-opment of novel optical diagnostic methods and devices.

INSTRUCTORBabak Shadgan is a Senior Member of SPIE, is a medical doctor (M.D.) with a Ph.D. in Clinical Biophotonics. With more than two decades of medical practice, research and development Babak has developed a specific knowledge in clinical biophotonics with a unique bedside to bench approach. He has been invented a number of novel diagnostic methods using noninvasive optical technologies. Recognition for his work in this field includes an extensive list of national and international research grants and awards includ-ing a SPIE D.J. Lovell Award. Dr. Shadgan is a Research Scientist in International Collaborations on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) of the University of British Columbia.

Principles and Applications of Optical Coherence TomographySC312 • Course Level: Advanced • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Sunday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a new imaging modality, which is the optical analog of ultrasound. OCT can perform high resolution cross sectional imaging of the internal structure of bio-logical tissues and materials. OCT is promising for biomedical imaging because it functions as a type of optical biopsy, enabling tissue pathology to be imaged in suit and in real time. This technology also has numerous applications in other fields ranging from nondestructive evaluation of materials to optical data storage. This course describes OCT and the integrated disciplines including fiber op-tics, interferometry, high-speed optical detection, biomedical imaging, in vitro and in vivo studies, and clinical medicine

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the principles of optical coherence

tomography (OCT) • explain a systems viewpoint of OCT

technology

• describe OCT detection approaches and factors governing performance

• describe ultrafast laser technology and other low coherence light sources

• describe OCT imaging devices such as microscopes, hand held probes and catheters

• describe functional imaging such as Doppler and spectroscopic OCT

• provide an overview of clinical imaging including clinical ophthalmology, surgical guidance, and detection of neoplasia and guiding biopsy

• gain an overview of materials applications • discuss transitioning technology from the

laboratory to the clinic

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is appropriate for scientists, engi-neers, and clinicians who are performing research in medical imaging.

INSTRUCTORJames Fujimoto is Professor of Electrical En-gineering and Computer Science at the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include femtosecond optics and biomed-ical imaging and his group is responsible for the invention and development of optical coherence tomography. Dr. Fujimoto is a member of the Na-tional Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering. He is co-chair of the SPIE BIOS symposium and co-chair of the conference on Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Techniques at BIOS. Dr. Fujimoto is a co-founder of LightLabs Imaging, a company de-veloping OCT for intravascular imaging that was recently acquired by St. Jude Medical.

ATTENDEE TESTIMONIAL:Great course from the inventor! What more can you ask for.

Optical Design for Biomedical ImagingSC868 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $380 Members • $435 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $204Monday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course provides attendees with a basic work-ing knowledge of optical design for biomedical imaging. The course will begin with the funda-mentals of biomedical optics, followed by light sources, detectors, and other optical components for biomedical imaging. The course will focus on optical systems and techniques for different imaging modalities.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• learn the fundamentals of biomedical optics • specify and select lenses, light sources,

detectors, and other optical components• describe the optical system requirements for

biomedical imaging

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• become familiar with various optical systems for biomedical imaging

• design and model illumination and imaging systems for biomedical applications

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for anyone who is inter-ested in understanding and developing optical sys-tems for biomedical applications. Basic knowledge of optical systems and lens design is expected.

INSTRUCTORRongguang (Ron) Liang is an associate profes-sor at College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona. Prior to that, he was a Senior Principal Research Scientist at Carestream Health Inc and a Principal Research Scientist at Eastman Kodak Company. He has been working on optical design for 15 years, in the fields of biomedical imaging, digital imaging, display, and 3D imaging. He is a Topical Editor of Applied Optics.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the ebook Optical Design for Biomedical Imaging (SPIE Press, 2010) by Rongguang Liang.

Biomedical Applications of Specialty Optical Fibers and Fiber SensorsSC981 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $360 Members • $415 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $196Monday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

This course provides a broad overview of optical fiber sensing principles and techniques for bio-logical and medical applications, as well as on the generic uses of specialty optical fibers for biomed-ical devices and medical instruments. Healthcare industry trends, its sensing needs and the benefits brought on by fiber optics are also reviewed.

The course is divided into three parts. Part I provides an introduction to the ongoing status and trends in the healthcare industry and the medical needs that demand the use of optical fibers and fiber-based sensors. In Part II, a review of fiber optic sensor (FOS) technology is made, describing its operating principles, associated components (such as light sources, detectors, couplers, polarizers, etc.), and the specialty fiber types required for biomedical sensing system integration. A review on the non-sensing applica-tions of fibers for illumination, imaging and laser delivery is also made. Finally, in Part III, a review of the major classes of biomedical fiber sensors and techniques is made (based on absorption, scat-tering, spectroscopy, and fluorescence - among others). A detailed review is made on fiber optic endoscopic, intra-vascular and needle probes for OCT and fluorescence imaging, as well as some basics of fiber-optic confocal microscopy.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the operating principles, features and

advantages of fiber optic sensors

• review a wide range of sensor types for physiological, bio-chemical and imaging applications

• learn how specialty optical fibers are used in diverse biomedical devices and sensors

• know some of the special biomedical considerations such as materials biocompatibility and related industry standards

• illustrate specific sensing solutions and their clinical impact through case-study analysis

• obtain an overall view of the healthcare and biomedical fiber sensing industries and their trends

INTENDED AUDIENCETechnical managers, scientists, engineers, technicians and research students who wish to learn about biomedical sensors and fiber sensing technology and review their implementation and applications. The course is also suitable to gain an overview of the field and to learn about the state-of-the-art of fiber optic-based biomedical and life sciences applications and devices.

INSTRUCTORAlexis Mendez is President of MCH Engineering LLC, a consulting firm specializing in optical fiber sensing technology, and has over 25 years of experience in optical fiber technology, sensors and instrumentation. He was the former Group Leader of the Fiber Optic Sensors Lab within ABB Corporate Research (USA), working on the development of new fiber optic sensing systems for electric utility and oil & gas applications. He has written over 65 technical publications, holds 4 US patents and is recipient of an R&D 100 award. He is an SPIE Fellow, editor of the [i ]Specialty Optical Fibers Handbook [/i ] and co-author of the text-book [i ]Fiber Optic Sensors: Fundamentals and Applications [/i ]. Dr. Mendez was also past chair of the International Optical Fiber Sensors Confer-ence (OFS-18). Dr. Mendez holds a PhD. degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University.

Robert McLaughlin is a Professor at the Uni-versity of Adelaide, where he leads research in fiber-optic sensors for oncology. He has over 15 years of experience in medical imaging and was previously a Product Manager with Siemens Medical Solutions, responsible for bringing several medical products to market. Prior to this, he was a researcher in medical imaging at the University of Oxford, UK. He has co-authored over 65 scientific journal papers, 2 book chapters and 7 patents.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the ebook Fiber Optic Sensors: Fundamentals and Applications, Fourth Edition (SPIE Press, 2015) by David A. Krohn, Trevor W. MacDougall, and Alexis Mendez.

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Micro/Nano ApplicationsPrecision Laser MicromanufacturingSC689 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Wednesday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

This course is a comprehensive look at laser tech-nology as applied to precision micromanufacturing. A brief background discussion on laser history, technol-ogy and definition of important terms will be present-ed. Then, available laser sources will be compared and contrasted including CO2, excimer, Nd:YAG, fiber and short pulse lasers. IR and UV material/photon interaction, basic optical components and system integration are also crucial to getting good processing results and these will all be examined in detail. Finally, real applications from the medical, microelectronics, aerospace and other fields will be presented.

This course has been greatly expanded to include detailed discussions on short pulse lasers (ps and fs) and their applications, both present and future. Also, MicroManufacturing includes technologies such as welding, joining and additive technolo-gies. While the main emphasis of the course is still MicroMachining (material removal), additive technologies will be discussed also – especially 3D LAM (Laser Additive Manufacturing).

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• compare UV, IR and other laser sources to

each other and learn where each is best applied

• describe and be familiar with several kinds of microprocessing lasers on the market

• describe material/photon interaction and why and how UV lasers for instance are different than IR lasers

• analyze a potential manufacturing application to identify it as a possible candidate for laser processing

• familiarize yourself with ‘real world’ opportunities for laser micromanufacturing

• identify marketplace growth opportunities

INTENDED AUDIENCEThe course will benefit anyone with an interest in small-scale industrial laser processing and achieving the best part quality, highest resolution and cost effectiveness. Engineers will benefit from the technical discussions. Project Managers will benefit from cost considerations and risk reduction scenarios.

INSTRUCTORRonald Schaeffer is Chief Executive Officer of PhotoMachining, Inc. He has been involved in laser manufacture and materials processing for over 30 years, working in and starting small com-panies. He has over 150 publications, has written

monthly web and print columns (currently writing a column for MicroManufacturing Magazine) and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Industrial Laser Solutions. He is the author of the textbook “Fundamentals of Laser Micromachining”. He is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the Laser Institute of America and is affiliated with the New England Board of Higher Education. He has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Lehigh Uni-versity and did graduate work at the University of Paris, after which he worked for several major laser companies. He is a US Army veteran of the 172nd Mountain Brigade and the 101st Airborne division. In his spare time he farms, collects antique pocket watches, plays guitar and rides a motorcycle.

Micromachining with Femtosecond LasersSC743 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Sunday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course provides attendees with the knowl-edge necessary to understand and apply femto-second laser pulses for micromachining tasks in a variety of materials. Emphasis will be placed on developing a fundamental understanding of how femtosecond pulses interact with the sample. From this knowledge, the advantages and limitations of femtosecond lasers for various micromachining tasks can be readily understood. Examples will be given in the micromachining of the surface of met-als, semiconductors, and transparent materials, as well as the formation of photonic and microfluidic devices in the bulk of transparent materials.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• summarize the linear and non-linear

interaction mechanisms of femtosecond laser pulses with metals, semiconductors, and transparent materials

• explain mechanisms for material removal and modification, as well as factors affecting precision and degree of collateral damage

• describe unique capabilities afforded by femtosecond pulses for micromachining bulk transparent materials

• determine appropriate femtosecond laser parameters for a micromachining task

• compare various micromachining methods and evaluate the most appropriate for a given job

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is aimed at people already doing or interested in starting research on short-pulse laser micromachining, as well as at people who have specific micromachining problems and wish to evaluate the potential of femtosecond lasers for accomplishing their task. Those who do not have a background in some of the unique properties of femtosecond laser pulses would benefit from attending SC541, “An Introduction to Femtosecond Laser Techniques,” by Eric Mazur and/or SC746 “Introduction to Ultrafast Technology” by Rick Trebino before attending this course.

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INSTRUCTORStefan Nolte is a Professor at the Friedrich Schil-ler University and at the Fraunhofer IOF in Jena, Germany. His research topics include ultrashort pulse micromachining for industrial and medical applications. He has been actively engaged in research on femtosecond laser micromachining since the field’s inception in the mid-1990s.

Christopher Schaffer is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where his current research focuses on applications of femtosecond laser ablation in biology. He has been actively engaged in research on femtosecond laser micromachining since the field’s inception in the mid-1990s.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES a detailed reading list of key papers.

OptomechanicsIntroduction to Optical Alignment TechniquesSC010 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Tuesday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course discusses the equipment, techniques, tricks, and skills necessary to align optical sys-tems and devices. You learn to identify errors in an optical system, and how to align lens systems.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• determine if errors in the optical system are due

to misalignment errors or other factors such as fabrication, design, or mounting problems

• recognize and understand the fundamental imaging errors associated with optical systems

• diagnose (qualitatively and quantitively) what is wrong with an optical system by simply observing these fundamental imaging errors

• use the variety of tools available for aligning optical systems, and more importantly, how to “tweak” logically the adjustments on these devices so that the alignment proceeds quickly and efficiently

• align basic lens systems and telescopes• align more complex optical systems such as

those containing off-axis aspheric surfaces, and maintain alignment using automatic mounting techniques

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is directed toward engineers and tech-nicians needing basic practical information and techniques to achieve alignment of simple optical systems, as well as seemingly more complicated off-axis aspheric mirrors. To benefit most from this course you will need a basic knowledge of the elementary properties of lenses and optical systems (i.e. focal lengths, f/numbers, magnifica-tion, and other imaging properties) and a working knowledge of simple interferometry. Some famil-iarity with the basic aberrations such as spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism will be helpful.

INSTRUCTORKenneth Castle Ph.D. is president of Ruda-Cardinal, Inc., an optical engineering consulting firm located in Tucson, Arizona. Ken has worked with Mitch Ruda, the originator of this course, for 28 years. Mitch passed away August 31, 2013, and Ruda-Cardinal is continuing the tradition of this course in his memory.

Introduction to Optomechanical DesignSC014 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 1.3 $1,000 Members • $1,255 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $532Sunday - Monday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course will provide the training needed for the optical engineer to work with the mechanical features of optical systems. The emphasis is on providing techniques for rapid estimation of opti-cal system performance. Subject matter includes material properties for optomechanical design, kinematic design, athermalization techniques, window design, lens and mirror mounting.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• select materials for use in optomechanical

systems• determine the effects of temperature changes

on optical systems, and develop design solutions for those effects

• design high performance optical windows• design low stress mounts for lenses• select appropriate mounting techniques for

mirrors and prisms• describe different approaches to large and

lightweight mirror design

INTENDED AUDIENCEEngineers who need to solve optomechanical design problems. Optical designers will find that the course will give insight into the mechanical aspects of optical systems. The course will also interest those managing projects involving optomechanics. SPIE live course SC690 Optical System Design: Layout Principles and Practice or online course SC1102 Optical System Design: First Order Layout - Principles and Practices , or a firm understanding of their content, is required as background to this course.

INSTRUCTORDaniel Vukobratovich is a senior principal engi-neer at Raytheon. He has over 30 years of experi-ence in optomechanics, is a founding member of the SPIE working group in optomechanics, and is fellow of SPIE. He has taught optomechanics in 11 countries, consulted with over 50 companies and written over 50 publications in optomechanics.

This course is also available in online format .

ATTENDEE TESTIMONIAL:Class was excellent! I learned far more than I anticipated. Daniel Vukobratovich seems incredibly knowledgeable about a wide range of optomechanical topics and was able to answer questions and provide examples that were relevant and engaging.

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Fastening Optical Elements with AdhesivesSC015 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Monday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Optomechanical systems require secure mount-ing of optical elements. Adhesives are commonly used, but rarely addressed in the literature. This course has compiled an overview of these adhe-sives, their properties, and how to test them. How to use them is addressed in detail with guidelines and examples provided. A summary of common adhesives is presented with justification for their use. Consideration and analysis of adhesive strength, reliability, and stability are included. Dif-ferent design approaches to optimize the applica-tion are presented and discussed. Many examples are described as well as lessons learned from past experience. Discussions are encouraged to address current problems of course attendees.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe and classify adhesives and how they

work (epoxy, urethane, silicone, acrylic, RTV, VU-cure, etc.)

• obtain guidance in: adhesive selection, surface preparation, application, and curing

• develop a basis for analysis of stress and thermal effects

• recognize contamination/outgassing and how to avoid it

• review design options• create and use an adhesive check list

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is for engineers, managers, and tech-nicians. This course provides a foundation for the correct design for successful optical mounting; an understanding of the best options to employ for each application, and the selection and ap-proach conducive to production. A bound course outline (that is a good reference text) is provided, including summaries of popular adhesives and their properties.

INSTRUCTORJohn Daly has 35 years of experience in lasers and optomechanics. Over this period, he has worked optical bonding problems since his thesis projects, as an employee of several major corporations, and now as a consultant. His academic background in mechanical engineering and applied physics compliments this discipline. His work experience has been diverse covering areas such as: military lasers, medical lasers, spectroscopy, point and standoff detection, and E-O systems. His roles over these years have included analysis, design, development, and production. He is an SPIE member, with numerous publications, and is a committee member of the SPIE Optomechanical Engineering Program.

ATTENDEE TESTIMONIAL:That was an amazing amount of material!! Possibly the most applicable & easy to apply short course I’ve ever taken.

Optomechanical Systems EngineeringSC1085 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7$595 Members • $705 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $312Thursday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course emphasizes a systems-level overview of optomechanical engineering. Starting with the fundamentals of imaging, it reviews how optical system concepts flow down into optomechanical requirements on optical fabrication, alignment, structural design, mechanics of materials (metals, composites, and glasses), structural vibrations, thermal management, and kinematic mounts. The focus is on real-world design problems, as well as the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components used to solve them.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• utilize the basic concepts and terminology

of optical engineering required for the development of optomechanical components

• read conventional and ISO-10110 drawings used for the fabrication of lenses

• develop an alignment plan with an emphasis on critical tolerances, alignment mechanisms, and “go-no go” decisions for adjusting tilt, decenter, despace, and defocus

• quantify the ability of a structural design to maintain alignment using efficient architectures and lightweight materials; compare low-strain lens and mirror mounts for reducing wavefront error (WFE)

• utilize the results of STOP (structural-thermal-optical) analysis for the deflection and distortion of optical components under static loads; estimate the impact of stress concentrations and contact stresses; select optical materials with appropriate structural properties

• estimate the effects of vibration environments on the alignment of optomechanical systems; select COTS components for vibration isolation

• predict the effects of conductive, convective, and radiative thermal environments on the performance of optical systems; select materials and off-the-shelf hardware to manage the effects of heat loads and temperature changes

• compare kinematic and semi-kinematic mounts and the limitations of COTS hardware

INTENDED AUDIENCEIntended for engineers (systems, optical, me-chanical, and electrical), scientists, technicians, and managers who are developing, specifying, or purchasing optical, electro-optical, infrared, or laser systems.

INSTRUCTORKeith Kasunic has more than 30 years of experi-ence developing optical, electro-optical, infrared, and laser systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University,

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and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He has worked for or been a consultant to a number of organizations, including Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Sandia National Labs, and Nortel Networks. He is currently the Technical Director of Optical Systems Group, LLC. He is also the author of three textbooks [Optical Systems Engineering (McGraw-Hill, 2011), Optomechanical Systems Engineering (John Wiley, 2015), and Laser Systems Engineering (SPIE Press, 2016)], an Adjunct Profes-sor at Univ. of Central Florida’s CREOL, an Affiliate Instructor with Georgia Tech’s SENSIAC, and an Instructor for the Optical Engineering Certificate Program at Univ. of California – Irvine.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text Optomechan-ical Systems Engineering (Wiley, 2015) by Keith Kasunic.

Vibration Control for Optomechanical SystemsSC1147 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Monday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

The course discusses ways in which vibration may affect optical performance, as well as methods and means of reducing this impact. Basic theory of vibration control is reviewed. Principal methods of vibration control, including damping and iso-lation, are described using mathematical models and real life examples. Vibration measurements and environmental standards are presented as applicable to optomechanical systems. State-of-the art vibration control systems are reviewed, including pneumatic and elastomeric isolators, damping treatments and active control systems.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• perform simple vibration measurements

according to best practices and standards• estimate vibration environments with respect

to possible impact on optical systems• formulate requirements to vibration control

systems• model and calculate vibration properties of

simple mechanical systems and structures• describe properties of various types of state-

of-the-art vibration control systems• specify and use vibration control systems

INTENDED AUDIENCEScientists, engineers, technicians and engineering managers who design, test and use advanced optical and optomechanical systems and wish to learn more about vibration affecting optical performance and proper use of vibration control systems. Pre-requisites include Introductory col-lege level mathematics and physics.

INSTRUCTORVyacheslav (Slava) Ryaboy Ph.D., Dr.Sci., is Chief Mechanical Engineer at MKS Instruments Light & Motion Division (formerly Newport Corporation) of Irvine, CA. He is the author of a monograph on optimal vibration isolation, numerous papers and inventions in the field of Vibration Control. Previ-

ously, he held research and teaching positions in the areas of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering at universities and research centers worldwide. He holds a Ph.D. and Doctor of Scienc-es degrees from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Mechanics of Solids and System Dynamics, respectively.

Macro ApplicationsLaser Systems EngineeringSC1144 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $595 Members • $705 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $312Tuesday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

While there are a number of courses on laser design, this course emphasizes a systems-level overview of the design and engineering of systems which incorporate lasers. Starting with a summary of the various types of lasers and their selection, it reviews common laser specifications (peak power, spatial coherence, etc.), Gaussian beam characteristics and propagation, laser system optics, beam control and scanning, radiometry and power budgets, detectors specific to laser systems, and the integration of these topics for developing a complete laser system. The emphasis is on real-world design problems, as well as the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components used to solve them.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe laser types, properties, and

selection, including semiconductor, solid-state, fiber, and gas lasers

• identify laser specifications such as average power, peak power, linewidth, pulse repetition frequency, etc. that are unique to specific applications such as manufacturing, biomedical systems, laser radar, laser communications, laser displays, and directed energy

• quantify Gaussian beam characteristics, propagation, and imaging; compare beam quality metrics [M2, beam-parameter product (BPP), and Strehl ratio]

• select laser system optics (windows, focusing lenses, beam expanders, collimators, beam shapers and homogenizers) and identify critical specifications for their use, including beam truncation, aberrations, surface figure, surface roughness, surface quality, material absorption, backreflections, coatings, and laser damage threshold (LDT)

• distinguish between hardware elements available for beam control, including galvonometers, polygon scanners, MEMs scanners, and f-theta lenses

• develop power budgets and radiometric estimates of performance for point and extended objects; estimate signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for active imaging, laser ranging, and biomedical systems

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• select detectors appropriate for laser systems, including PIN photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes (APDs), and photomultiplier tubes (PMTs); estimate the performance limitations of noise sources (detector, speckle, etc.) and their effects on sensitivity and SNR

INTENDED AUDIENCEIntended for engineers (laser, systems, optical, mechanical, and electrical), scientists, technicians, and managers who are developing, specifying, or purchasing laser systems.

INSTRUCTORKeith Kasunic has more than 30 years of experi-ence developing optical, electro-optical, infrared, and laser systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He has worked for or been a consultant to a number of organizations, including Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Sandia National Labs, and Nortel Networks. He is currently the Technical Director of Optical Systems Group, LLC. He is also the author of three textbooks [Optical Systems Engineering (McGraw-Hill, 2011), Optomechanical Systems Engineering (John Wiley, 2015), and Laser Systems Engineering (SPIE Press, 2016)], an Adjunct Profes-sor at Univ. of Central Florida’s CREOL, an Affiliate Instructor with Georgia Tech’s SENSIAC, and an Instructor for the Optical Engineering Certificate Program at Univ. of California – Irvine.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the e-book Laser Systems Engineering (SPIE Press, 2016) by Keith J. Kasunic.

Metrology & StandardsOptical Scatter Metrology for IndustrySC1003 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4$370 Members • $425 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $200Monday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

The course emphasizes quantifying, measuring and understanding scatter. A scatterometer will be used during the class to illustrate these issues and students are encouraged to bring samples to the course. Optical scatter, originally used almost exclusively to characterize the stray light generated by optically smooth surfaces, is now being used as a fast, economical way to monitor the surface texture requirements in a variety of industries. For example, as the lighting industry moves to LED’s scatter from a huge number of components is being measured for analysis in stray radiation codes. Texture is an important requirement for the metal producing industry and it changes with roll wear. The appear-ance of every day appliances (from door hinges to computer cases) varies dramatically with texture. The quality of flat panel displays depends on the scat-ter characteristics of the screen and components

behind it. SEMI and ASTM have responded to the new applications with “scatter standards” to help communication between manufacturers, vendors and customers. The course starts with easier to analyze optical applications and then explores the transition to rougher industry surfaces, where the measurements are easier. Between a good optical mirror and a concrete sidewalk there are thousands of industry surfaces that can be monitored with scatter metrology. There are two key points for these “in-between” surfaces: (1) If the texture changes - the scatter changes and (2) these changes (and product function) cannot be adequately monitored by a single variable - such as RMS Roughness, Haze or Gloss. Students are asked to share as much as they can of their scatter metrology issues.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• quantify and analyze scatter in terms of BRDF,

ARS, TIS, Haze and DSC units• explain the instrumentation for obtaining

scatter data and evaluate system calibration• describe and overcome the various difficulties

in comparing roughness statistics found from profilometers and scatterometers for both isotropic and non-isotropic samples

• convert scatter to roughness statistics if possible and understand when it is not possible

• evaluate the use of scatter measurements for specific applications such as: stray system radiation, surface micro-roughness, particulate sizing and background sensor noise

• explain the use of polystyrene latex sphere depositions as an optical scattering standard

• review scattering standards for the semiconductor and photo-voltaic industries

INTENDED AUDIENCEEngineers, scientists, and managers who need to understand and apply the basic concepts of scatter metrology to laboratory research and industrial process control. Some knowledge of calculus is helpful, but the course does not require that the student follow mathematical derivations. The instructor has worked with Thomas Germer (SC492 instructor) to avoid overlap between the two courses.

INSTRUCTORJohn Stover is President of The Scatter Works, Inc., a Tucson firm concentrating on scatter based metrology standards, consulting, instruments and measurements as they apply to diverse industries. He has researched light scatter related problems for over 40 years and led teams of engineers who developed state-of-the-art scatterometers, verified theoretical relationship between surface roughness and scatter and characterized surface defects to improve wafer metrology. He has been involved with international standards organizations for over 20 years, is an SPIE Fellow, and has been active as an author, conference chairman, and editor, and has over one hundred publications including the following book.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the e-book Optical Scattering: Measurement and Analysis, 3rd Edition (SPIE Press, 2012) by John Stover..

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Modern Optical TestingSC212 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $335 Members • $390 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $186Monday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course describes the basic interferometry techniques used in the evaluation of optical components and optical systems. It discusses interferogram interpretation, computer analysis, and phase-shifting interferometry, as well as various commonly used wavefront-measuring in-terferometers. The instructor describes specialized techniques such as testing windows and prisms in transmission, 90-degree prisms and corner cubes, measuring index inhomogeneity, and radius of curvature. Testing cylindrical and aspheric sur-faces, determining the absolute shape of flats and spheres, and the use of infrared interferometers for testing ground surfaces are also discussed. The course also covers state-of-the-art direct phase measurement interferometers.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• better specify optical components and

systems • produce higher-quality optical systems • determine if an optics supplier can actually

supply the optics you are ordering • evaluate optical system performance • explain basic interferometry and

interferometers for optical testing• analyze interferograms• test flat and spherical surfaces• test ground and aspheric surfaces• make absolute measurements and discuss

state-of-the-art direct phase - measurement interferometers.

INTENDED AUDIENCEEngineers and technical managers who are in-volved with the construction, analysis or use of optical systems will find this material useful.

INSTRUCTORJames Wyant is Professor of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He is currrently Chairman of the Board of 4D Technology. He was a founder of the WYKO Corporation and served as its pres-ident from 1984 to 1997. Dr. Wyant was the 1986 President of SPIE.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text Field Guide to Interferometric Optical Testing (SPIE Press, 2006) by Eric P. Goodwin and James C. Wyant.

Understanding Scratch and Dig SpecificationsSC700 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $400 Members • $455 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $212Monday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Surface imperfection specifications (i.e. Scratch-Dig) are among the most misunderstood, misin-terpreted, and ambiguous of all optics component

specifications. This course provides attendees with an understanding of the source of ambiguity in surface imperfection specifications, and provides the context needed to properly specify surface imperfections using a variety of specification stan-dards, and to evaluate a given optic to a particular level of surface imperfection specification. The course will focus on the differences and applica-tion of the Mil-PRF-13830, ISO 10110-7, and BSR/OP1.002. Many practical and useful specification examples are included throughout, as well as a hands-on demonstration on visual comparison evaluation techniques.

The course is followed by SC1017 Optics Surface Inspection Workshop, which provides hands-on experience conducting inspections using the specification information provided in this course.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the various surface imperfection

specifications that exist today• compose a meaningful surface imperfection

specification for cosmetic imperfections using ISO, ANSI, or Mil standards

• identify the different illumination methods and comparison standards for evaluation

• demonstrate a surface imperfection visual inspection

• understand the options available for controlling surface imperfections in a vendor/supplier relationship

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for anyone who needs specify, quote, or evaluate optics for surface imperfections. Those who either design their own optics or who are responsible for optics quality control will find this course valuable.

INSTRUCTORDavid Aikens a.k.a “the scratch guy”, is among the foremost experts on surface imperfection standards and inspection. Dave is President and founder of Savvy Optics Corp., is the head of the American delegation to ISO TC 172 SC1, and is currently the Executive Director of the Optics and Electro-Optics Standards Council, OEOSC.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES a copy of the latest ANSI approved surface imperfections specification standard.

Optics Surface Inspection WorkshopSC1017 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $400 Members • $455 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $212Monday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Understanding the correct way to inspect optical surfaces is one the most important skills anyone working with or around optics can have, including technicians, material handlers, engineers, manag-ers, and buyers. While understanding the speci-fications is the first step, learning how to actually perform the inspection is just as important. This hands-on workshop will allow attendees to learn

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the “Best Practice” for cleaning and inspecting optical surfaces. The course has many demon-strations and labs and gives attendees practice handling and inspecting optics to develop a high level of proficiency.

This course was designed to bring photonics personnel up to an immediate working knowledge on the correct methods to conduct a surface in-spection in accordance with MIL, ANSI, and ISO standards. It is designed to complement SC700 Understanding Scratch and Dig Specifications and provide hands-on experience applying the specification and inspection parameters covered in that course.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• perform a visual review of the surface• create a surface map• safely clean the surface using air only, and the

drag method• assess when magnification or high-intensity

light is allowed or required• conduct a visual inspection according to MIL-

PRF-13830B• conduct a visual inspection according to ANSI

OP1.002• conduct a visual inspection according to ISO

10110-7 and ISO 14997 standards• acquire and apply the accumulation rules• review the tools available for microscope-

based inspection to ANSI and ISO standards• evaluate a surface and determine if a surface

passes or fails

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is designed for all optical practitioners who need to handle and evaluate optics or optical assemblies. Other suggested attendees include mechanical engineers, purchasing agents, quality assurance personnel and other persons working with or around optical components. SC700 Un-derstanding Scratch and Dig Specifications is a pre-requisite for the course.

INSTRUCTORDavid Aikens a.k.a “the scratch guy”, is among the foremost experts on surface imperfection standards and inspection. Dave is President and founder of Savvy Optics Corp., is the head of the American delegation to ISO TC 172 SC1, and is currently the Executive Director of the Optics and Electro-Optics Standards Council, OEOSC.

COURSE PRICE includes a copy of the OP1.002 the American National Standard for surface imper-fections on optics, if desired.

Due to the hands-on nature of this course, class size is limited to 15 participants. Early registration is recommended.

MOEMS-MEMS in PhotonicsDesign Techniques for Micro-opticsSC1125 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Sunday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course provides an overview of the various design techniques available to the optical engineer for micro-optics and diffractive optics as well as holographic optics. Emphasis is put on DFM (Design For Manufacturing) for wafer scale fabrica-tion, diamond turning and holographic exposure. The course shows how design techniques can be tailored to address specific fabrication tech-niques’ requirements and production equipment constraints.

The course is built around three points: (1) design (2) modeling and (3) fabrication through DFM.

(1) We will review in this course the various tech-niques used by standard optical CAD tools such as Zemax and CodeV to design diffractive optical elements (DOEs), micro-lens arrays (MLAs), hybrid optics and micro-optics, volume holographic op-tical element (HOE) design, as well as the various numerical design techniques for computer gener-ated holograms (CGHs).

(2) Modeling single micro optics or more complex micro-optical systems including MLAs, DOEs, HOEs, CGHs, and other hybrid elements can be difficult or impossible when using classical ray tracing algorithms. We will review various tech-niques using physical optics propagation to model not only diffraction effects, but also systematic and random fabrication errors, multi-order propagation and other effects which cannot be modeled accu-rately through ray tracing.

(3) Following the design and modeling tasks, the optical engineer needs to go through a DFM process so that his/her design can be fabricat-ed by the target manufacturing partner/vendor. We will review wafer fab via optical lithography (through IC-type layout file generation), single point diamond turning (SPDT) (through sag table generation), or even holographic optics recording (through recording set-up design).

The course also reviews fracturing techniques to produce GDSII layout files for specific lithographic fabrication techniques and manufacturing equip-ment described in SC454, Fabrication Technolo-gies for Micro- and Nano-Optics.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• review the various micro-optics / diffractive

optics design techniques used today in popular optical design software such as Zemax and CodeV

• decide which design software would be best suited for a particular micro-optics design task

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• evaluate the various constraints linked to either ray tracing or physical optics propagation techniques, and develop custom numerical propagation algorithms

• model systematic and random fabrication errors, especially for lithographic fabrication

• compare the various constraints linked to mask layout generation for lithographic fabrication (GDSII)

• review the different GDSII fabrication layout file architectures, and how to adapt them to various lithographic fabrication techniques such as the ones described in SC454

INTENDED AUDIENCEScientists, engineers, technicians, or managers who wish to learn more about how to design, model and fabricate micro-optics, diffractive optics and hybrid optics. Undergraduate knowledge in optics is assumed. Attendees will benefit maximally by attending SC454 Fabrication Technologies for Micro- and Nano-Optics prior to this course.

INSTRUCTORBernard Kress has made over the past two decades significant scientific contributions as an engineer, researcher, associate professor, consultant, instructor, and author. He has been instrumental in developing numerous optical sub-systems for consumer electronics and in-dustrial products, generating IP, teaching and transferring technological solutions to industry. Application sectors include laser materials pro-cessing, optical anti-counterfeiting, biotech sen-sors, optical telecom devices, optical data storage, optical computing, optical motion sensors, digital image projection, displays, depth map sensors, and more recently head-up and head mounted dis-plays (smart glasses, AR and VR). His is specifically involved in the field of micro-optics, wafer scale optics, holography and nanophotonics.

Bernard has published numerous books and book chapters on micro-optics and has more than 30 patents granted worldwide. He is a short course instructor for the SPIE and was involved in nu-merous SPIE conferences as technical committee member and conference co-chair. He is an SPIE fellow since 2013 as has been recently elected to the board of Directors of SPIE. Bernard has joined Google [X] Labs. in 2011 as the Principal Optical Architect, and is now Partner Optical Architect at Microsoft Corp, on the Hololens project.

Fabrication Technologies for Micro- and Nano-OpticsSC454 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Tuesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Applications of micro and nano-scale optics are widespread in essentially every industry that uses light in some way. A short list of sample applica-tion areas includes communications, solar power, biomedical sensors, laser-assisted manufacturing, and a wide range of consumer electronics. Under-standing both the possibilities and limitations for

manufacturing micro- and nano-optics is useful to anyone interested in these areas. To this end, this course provides an introduction to fabrication technologies for micro- and nano-optics, ranging from refractive microlenses to diffractive optics to sub-wavelength optical nanostructures.

After a short overview of key applications and theoretical background for these devices, the principles of photolithography are introduced. With this backdrop, a wide variety of lithographic and non-lithographic fabrication methods for micro- and nano-optics are discussed in detail, followed by a survey of testing methods. Relative advantag-es and disadvantages of different techniques are discussed in terms of both technical capabilities and scalability for manufacturing. Issues and trends in micro- and nano-optics fabrication are also considered, focusing on both technical chal-lenges and manufacturing infrastructure.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe example applications and key ‘rules

of thumb’ for micro- and nano-optics• explain basic principles of photolithography

and how they apply to the fabrication of micro- and nano-optics

• identify and explain multiple techniques for micro- and nano-optics fabrication

• compare the advantages and disadvantages of different manufacturing methods

• describe and compare performance and metrological testing methods for micro- and nano-optics

• evaluate fabrication trends and supporting process technologies for volume manufacturing

INTENDED AUDIENCEEngineers, scientists, and managers who are inter-ested in the design, manufacture, or application of micro/nano-optics, or systems that integrate these devices. A background in basic optics is helpful but not assumed.

INSTRUCTORThomas Suleski has been actively involved in research and development of micro- and nano-op-tics since 1991 at Georgia Tech, Digital Optics Corporation, and since 2003, as a member of the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He holds 13 patents and more than 120 technical publications on the design, fabrication, and testing of micro- and nano-optical compo-nents and systems. Dr. Suleski is a Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering, and currently serves as Senior Editor for JM3, the Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS and MOEMS.

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Micro- and Nanofluidics - Technology and ApplicationsSC532 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Wednesday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

This course will provide a broad overview on all as-pects of micro- and nanofluidic technology starting with the history over one decade of microfluidics and describing the various fabrication technolo-gies for miniaturized devices in polymers, glass, silicon and metals. A main focus is the application of microfluidic components in biotechnology (e.g. separation techniques, PCR, Lab-on-a-Chip etc.) and chemistry (e.g. micro reactors, micro mixers etc.) and a special microfluidic tool box suited for these applications. Commercialization strategies and business models of microfluidic companies will be covered as well as the hot topics of “killer applications”, and the need for standardization. The aspect of becoming even smaller and the challenges and limitations of nanofluidics will have a special focus.

The course will conclude with hands-on tests using microfluidic devices, including a water and milk analysis with chip based capillary electrophoresis.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the basic physical and chemical

principles of microfluidics• identify the interesting microfluidic

components for their most challenging applications in chemistry and life sciences

• learn how to realize microfluidic components in different materials such as polymers, glass, silicon, metal, or ceramics

• categorize existing microfluidic components – a microfluidic tool box for applications in chemistry and life sciences

• learn the business model of microfluidic companies

• gain a perspective on the history of microfluidics from its beginning in the late 80’s to the present

• obtain an overview of the rising field of nanofluidics

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course will be of value for researchers from industry and academia, business developers, general managers with a need to learn about novel technologies, potential investors in microtechnol-ogy / microfluidics and anyone who is interested in the realization, application or commercialization of microfluidic components.

INSTRUCTORHolger Becker is co-founder and CSO of mi-crofluidic ChipShop GmbH. He obtained physics degrees from the University of Western Australia/Perth and the University of Heidelberg. He started to work on miniaturized systems for chemical anal-ysis during his PhD thesis at Heidelberg University, where he obtained his PhD in 1995. Between 1995 and 1997 he was a Research Associate at Impe-rial College with Prof. Andreas Manz. In 1998 he

joined Jenoptik Mikrotechnik GmbH. Since then, he founded and led several companies in the field of microsystem technologies in medicine and the life sciences, for which he received various awards, most notably a nomination for the “Deutscher Gründerpreis” in 2004. He lead the Industry Group of the German Physical Society between 2004 and 2009, and is the current chair of the SPIE ‘‘Microfluidics, BioMEMS and Medical Microsys-tems’’ conference, co-chair of MicroTAS 2013 and Industrial Committee Chair for MicroTAS 2016. He serves on the Advisory Board of “Lab-on-a-Chip”, the Editorial Board “Micro and Nanosytems” as well as acting as a regular reviewer of project proposals on a national and international level.

Tissue Optics, Laser-Tissue Interaction, and Tissue EngineeringTissue OpticsSC029 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Sunday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

This course outlines the principles of light trans-port in tissues that underlie design of optical measurement devices and laser dosimetry for medicine. Topics include radiative transport in turbid tissues, the optical properties of tissues, modeling techniques for light transport simulation in tissues, analysis of reflectance and fluorescence spectra measured in turbid tissues by topical and imbedded optical fiber devices, video techniques, and criteria involved in establishing laser dosimetry protocols. Lessons are illustrated using case stud-ies of optical fiber devices, video imaging tech-niques, and design of therapeutic laser protocols.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• conduct optical measurements of tissue

optical properties • calculate light distributions in tissues• design an optical measurement of tissue using

optical fibers or video • justify the dosimetry of therapeutic laser

protocols

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for biomedical engineers and medical physicists interested in medical ap-plications of ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared wavelengths from both conventional and laser light sources.

INSTRUCTORSteven Jacques is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Oregon Graduate Institute, a Research Associate Professor of Der-

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matology at Oregon Health Sciences University, a Senior Scientist at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, and an Associate at Oregon Center for Optics at the University of Oregon Medical Laser Center.

Biomedical Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and ImagingStatistics for Imaging and Sensor DataSC1072 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $595 Members • $705 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $312Saturday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

The purpose of this course is to survey fundamen-tal statistical methods in the context of imaging and sensing applications. You will learn the tools and how to apply them correctly in a given context. The instructor will clarify many misconceptions associated with using statistical methods. The course is full of practical and useful examples of analyses of imaging data. Intuitive and geometric understanding of the introduced concepts will be emphasized. The topics covered include hy-pothesis testing, confidence intervals, regression methods, and statistical signal processing (and its relationship to linear models). We will also discuss outlier detection, the method of Monte Carlo sim-ulations, and bootstrap.

LEARNING OUTCOMES• apply the statistical methods suitable for a

given context• demonstrate the statistical significance of your

results based on hypothesis testing• construct confidence intervals for a variety of

imaging applications• fit predictive equations to your imaging data• construct confidence and prediction intervals

for a response variable as a function of predictors

• explain the basics of statistical signal processing and its relationship to linear regression models

• perform correct analysis of outliers in data• implement the methodology of Monte Carlo

simulations

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for participants who need to incorporate fundamental statistical methods in their work with imaging data. Participants are expected to have some experience with analyzing data.

INSTRUCTORPeter Bajorski is Professor of Statistics and Grad-uate Program Chair at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He teaches graduate and undergrad-

uate courses in statistics including a course on Multivariate Statistics for Imaging Science. He also designs and teaches short courses in industry, with longer-term follow-up and consulting. He performs research in statistics and in hyperspectral imaging. Dr. Bajorski wrote a book on Statistics for Imaging, Optics, and Photonics published in a prestigious Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. He is a senior member of SPIE and IEEE.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text Statistics for Imaging, Optics, and Photonics (Wiley, 2011) by Peter Bajorski.

Introduction to Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI)SC1148 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Wednesday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course aims to help researchers join the exciting and quickly emerging field of biomedical QPI. Quantifying cell-induced shifts in the optical path-lengths permits nanometer scale measure-ments of structures and motions in a non-contact, non-invasive manner. We will explain the basic principles and applications of QPI.

In the first part of the course – Methods - we will cover the main approaches to QPI, including phase-shifting, off-axis, common-path, and white-light methods, together with their figures of merit. A practical guide to designing and implementing instrumentation for QPI, along with image process-ing techniques will be presented.

The second part of the course – Applications – will review recent advances in biomedical applications of QPI. We will cover basic applications published in the recent literature on cell structure, dynamics and light scattering, as well as clinical applications such as blood testing and tissue diagnosis.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• identify and describe the pros and cons of

various QPI experimental geometries• write down the interference and phase

retrieval equations for phase shifting and off-axis methods

• discriminate between the spatial and temporal phase noise in QPI

• explain the relationship between QPI and angular light scattering

• compute tomographic reconstructions under the Born approximation using QPI data

• summarize the applications of quantitative phase imaging to biomedicine

• estimate cell dry mass, red blood cell volume, angular scattering map, etc., from QPI data

INTENDED AUDIENCEScientists and engineers who wish to broaden their research portfolio by exploring the possibilities in the field of quantitative phase imaging. Undergrad-uate training in optics or equivalent is assumed.

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INSTRUCTORGabriel Popescu is Associate Professor of Elec-trical Engineering and Bioengineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned a Ph.D. in Optics from CREOL and began work on QPI as a postdoctoral associate at MIT’s Spectroscopy Laboratory. He has been active in Biomedical Optics for the past two decades and focused on QPI since 2002. Recognition for his work includes the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Innovation Discovery finalist (UIUC, 2012), Center for Advanced Fellow at UIUC (2012-2013), New Venture Competition finalists (UIUC, 2014). Dr. Popescu is a OSA Fellow and SPIE Fellow. He is Associate Editor of Optics Express, Biomedical Optics Express, Scientific Reports, and Editorial Board Member of Journal of Biomedical Optics. Dr. Popescu founded Phi Optics, Inc., a startup company that commercializes QPI technology for materials life sciences. Dr. Popescu wrote a book on the subject “Quantitative phase imaging of cells and tissues” (McGraw Hill, 2011). To learn more about Prof. Popescu’s research, visit http://light.ece.illinois.edu/

YongKeun Park is Associate Professor of Physics at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tech-nology (KAIST), Republic of Korea. He earned a Ph.D. in Medical Science and Medical Engineering from Harvard-MIT Health Science and Technology. He has been working on holographic techniques and their applications for biology and medicine. Dr. Park is also a co-founder of TomoCube, Inc., and Editors of Optics Express, Scientific Reports, Experimental Biology and Medicine, and Journal of Optical Society of Korean. To learn more about Prof. Park’s research projects, visit his website: http://bmol.kaist.ac.kr

Notes based from the text Quantitative Phase Im-aging of Cells and Tissues (McGraw-Hill, 2011) by G. Popescu, as well as current journal publications, will be provided to attendees.

Flow Cytometry Trends & DriversSC1150 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Monday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Flow cytometry is an extremely versatile optical cell analysis technology in widespread use. For example, it is the gold standard for monitoring of treatment for HIV patients, and the majority of the 200M+ routine blood tests performed worldwide per year are carried out on instruments based on flow cytometry engines.

This course consists of two parts: (1) flow cytom-etry basics, and (2) trends and drivers. The first part will explain the basics of flow cytometry: the physical principles of the technique, typical system layout, critical photonic components, and application examples. You will walk away with a solid grasp of flow cytometry instrumentation and principles of operation. The second part will explore current trends in flow cytometry, focusing on the relationship between market drivers and

technology enablers. You will receive an overview of current unmet needs, the latest innovations, and up-and-coming players.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• compare and contrast flow cytometry to

microscopy, and highlight pros and cons of each

• name the most critical photonic components common to every flow cytometer

• explain the design principles behind different types of beam shaping

• identify the two most common schemes in use for light delivery and collection

• describe three architectures for spectral light detection

• diagram typical experimental outcomes of common flow cytometry assays, and link them to basic physical principles

• explain how different physical characteristics of cells affect different measurable parameters

• outline current market drivers• list the top technology enablers• relate recent technology innovations to

application-side unmet needs• identify significant new entrants to the flow

cytometry market• generate instrument specifications responsive

to current market needs

INTENDED AUDIENCEScientists, engineers, technicians, managers, and people in sales/marketing functions who wish to learn more about the optical underpinnings of flow cytometry, as well as current technology trends and market drivers. Basic undergraduate training in engineering or science is assumed.

INSTRUCTORGiacomo Vacca Ph.D has designed and devel-oped over a dozen flow cytometry systems, and regularly delivers flow cytometry seminars. He is founder and President of Kinetic River Corp., a biophotonics design, consulting, and product development firm, and is cofounder and Chief Scientific Officer of BeamWise, Inc., an optome-chanical design automation company, both in Silicon Valley. Dr. Vacca is a Senior Member of both SPIE and OSA, was inducted as Research Fellow of the Volwiler Scientific Society at Abbott Laboratories, is a recipient of several awards for his research and inventions, and has been issued 20 patents. He holds a BA/MA in Physics from Harvard University and a PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University.

ATTENDEE TESTIMONIAL:One of the best. Both the instructor and the course.

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Light MicroscopySC978 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $335 Members • $390 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $186Monday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course provides attendees with a working knowledge of the principles of light microscopy. After reviewing the main principles of imaging, diffraction, interference and polarization used in microscopy, it discusses the most widely used microscope configurations and applications. The major system components will be covered: light sources, illumination layouts, microscope optics and image detection electronics.

An overview of techniques will be given, including brightfield and darkfield imaging, phase and ampli-tude contrast, DIC, polarization and fluorescence microscopy. Scanning techniques like confocal and multi-photon imaging are also introduced. New technology trends like superresolution techniques (4Pi Microscopy, STED, STORM and Structured Illumination) will be summarized.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe microscopy set-ups• learn how to configure a microscopy system• determine primary system parameters

like lateral, axial and temporal resolution, detection levels and others

• identify a microscopy imaging modality for your specific application

• become familiar with current trends in light microscopy

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for anyone who needs to learn the principles of microscopy and variety of microscopy methods. Those who either assem-ble their own microscopy systems or who work with microscopy applications will find this course valuable.

INSTRUCTORTomasz Tkaczyk is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University, where he specializes in systems engineering for miniature, cost effective and multi modal microscopy for biomedical applications. He is also interested in new microscopy techniques like hyperspectral real time imaging and sub-diffraction resolution imaging. He first gained his experience working throughout several years at the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona and continuous his research at Rice through numerous implementa-tions at Texas Medical Center.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text Field Guide to Microscopy (SPIE Press, 2009) by Tomasz S. Tkaczyk.

ImagingHigh Dynamic Range Imaging: Sensors and ArchitecturesSC967 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.7 $570 Members • $680 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $302Monday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

This course provides attendees with an inter-mediate knowledge of high dynamic range im-age sensors and techniques for industrial and non-industrial applications. The course describes various sensor and pixel architectures to achieve high dynamic range imaging as well as software approaches to make high dynamic range images out of lower dynamic range sensors or image sets. The course follows a mathematic approach to define the amount of information that can be extracted from the image for each of the methods described. Some methods for automatic control of exposure and dynamic range of image sensors and other issues like color and glare will be introduced.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe various approaches to achieve high

dynamic range imaging• predict the behavior of a given sensor or

architecture on a scene• specify the sensor or system requirements for

a high dynamic range application• classify a high dynamic range application into

one of several standard types

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for anyone who needs to learn more about quantitative side of high dynamic range imaging. Optical engineers, electronic engi-neers and scientists will find useful information for their next high dynamic range application.

INSTRUCTORArnaud Darmont is owner and CEO of Aphesa, a company founded in 2008 and specializing in custom camera development, image sensor consulting, the EMVA1288 standard, and camera benchmarking. He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Liége (Belgium). Prior to founding Aphesa, he worked for over 7 years in the field of CMOS image sensors and high dynamic range imaging.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the ebook High Dy-namic Range Imaging: Sensors and Architectures (SPIE Press, 2012) by Arnaud Darmont.

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Nano/BiophotonicsNanophotonics: NEW Fluorescence and Plasmon Controlled FluorescenceSC1206 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Monday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

During the past 20 years there has been a re-markable growth in the use of fluorescence in the biological sciences. Fluorescence spectroscopy and time-resolved fluorescence are considered to be primarily research tools in biochemistry and biophysics. This emphasis has changed, and the use of fluorescence has expanded. Fluorescence is now a dominant methodology used extensively in biotechnology, flow cytometry, medical diag-nostics, DNA sequencing, forensics, and genetic analysis, to name a few.

The lectures will deal with basics of steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, instrumentation and data analysis. They will cover time-domain and frequency-domain measure-ments, anisotropy, quenching and Förster Reso-nance Energy Transfer (FRET). Next, the lectures cover advanced time-resolved fluorescence topics and data analysis. Applications of fluorescence in biophysics, sensing, plasmon controlled fluo-rescence or material science are presented along with an introduction to fluorescence microscopy.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the operating principles, features and

advantages of time resolve measurements especially Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain Lifetime Measurements; Fluorescence Anisotropy; and Time-Resolved Energy Transfer

• review a wide range of nano phonics tolls for physiological, bio-chemical and imaging applications

• summarize the different main classes of plasmon controlled fluorescence markers including small molecule dyes, carbon dots, and fluorescent proteins and their attributes

• describe the design of dual model imaging systems and their unique challenges

INTENDED AUDIENCEThe course wishing an in-depth introduction to the principles of fluorescence spectroscopy and its applications. Engineers, scientists, students and managers who are typically professionals who are using or intend to use fluorescence in their research. Attendees should have some knowledge of fluorescence, typically in a specialized area.

INSTRUCTORDror Fixler is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Bar-Ilan University. He is serving as an Associate Editor of Journal of Biophotonics, Journal of Bio-

medical Photonics & Engineering and Cytometry Part A and currently holds a Visiting Professor position at Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China. He has spent over 25 years in ac-ademia and industry, designing and developing optical imaging systems and optical sensors. He specializes in fluorescence measurements (FLIM and anisotropy decay), optical super resolution, high-end electro-optical system engineering and light-tissue interaction. Dr. Fixler is a senior member of SPIE.

Fluorescence Sensing and Imaging: Towards Portable HealthcareSC1186 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Wednesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Advances in medicine and technology are opening a new era of portable healthcare. Together with health apps, wearable/portable health monitoring systems are targeting medical diagnosis or health and wellness. The development of Wearable Health Monitoring Systems (WHMS) has been mo-tivated mainly by increasing healthcare costs and by an aging world population. Fluorescent dyes are frequently used to mark biological samples, and track tissues, cells and individual molecules. In the lab, fluorescence is used to understand physiology and develop new cures to common diseases. In the clinic, fluorescence is used to diagnose health conditions and to evaluate treatments. Translat-ing fluorescence imaging to portable healthcare systems will help us take better care of ourselves.

This course will review fundamental properties of fluorescent dyes, tissue absorption and scat-tering and show how these can be used to track vital signs and provide wellness indicators during a physical activity. Focusing on fluorescence imaging and sensing as a major technique for biomedical and healthcare applications, we will describe the optimization of an optical imaging system to specific dye spectra, and tailoring the optical system modules for specific applications such as bench-top microscopes, portable health-care imaging, and in vivo fluorescence imaging in pre-clinical and clinical studies. We will review examples of portable fluorescence imaging sys-tems in rapid disease diagnosis, and in health monitoring.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe dye properties such as excitation

and emission spectra, quantum efficiency, and the schematic of a fluorescence process

• summarize the different main classes of fluorescent markers including small molecule dyes, nano-crystal quantum dots, and fluorescent proteins and their attributes

• explain the principles of fluorescence microscopy and the main modules (lenses, filters, sensors, light sources) involved in fluorescence imaging systems

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• describe the design of miniature mobile fluorescence imaging systems and their unique challenges

• summarize common applications of fluorescence imaging in portable health monitoring systems

INTENDED AUDIENCEEngineers, scientists, students and managers who wish to learn more about fluorescent markers, tissue properties, design of fluorescence imag-ing systems, and their application in biomedical lab systems and in portable imaging. Some prior knowledge in microscopy and imaging is desirable.

INSTRUCTOROfer Levi is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of To-ronto. He is serving as an Associate Editor of Bio-medical Optics Express journal and currently hold a Visiting Professor position at Stanford University, CA. He has spent over 25 years in academia and industry, designing and developing optical imaging systems, laser sources, and optical sensors. He specializes in design and optimization of optical bio-sensors, Bio-MEMS, and optical imaging systems for biomedical applications, including in cancer and brain imaging. Dr. Levi is a member of OSA, IEEE-Photonics, and SPIE.

Semiconductor Lasers and LEDSLight-Emitting DiodesSC052 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $375 Members • $430 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $202Sunday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course presents the history, operating prin-ciples, fabrication processes, and applications of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with particular empha-sis on solid-state lighting applications. The course provides an overview of LED fundamentals, design, and fabrication techniques. Furthermore, the fun-damentals of solid-state lighting are discussed, including human factors, efficacy, efficiency, and color rendering properties of novel light sources. Although the course participants do not need to be specialists in optoelectronic device physics, familiarity with semiconductors is expected.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• explain the operating principles of LEDs• explain the fundamentals of solid state lighting• explain quantum efficiency, power efficiency,

luminous efficiency, color rendering, and other figures of merit

• design LED structures and drive circuits• identify present and future areas of

applications for LEDs

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for scientists, engineers,

technicians, and managers working on light-emit-ting diodes, solid-state lighting, and LED applica-tion areas.

INSTRUCTORE. Fred Schubert is Wellfleet Senior Constella-tion Professor of the Future Chips Constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. He is Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering. He has taught and pub-lished extensively on the subject of optoelectronic materials and devices in particular LEDs. He is the author of Doping in III-V Semiconductors (1992), Delta-Doping of Semiconductors (1996) and Light-Emitting Diodes (2006). He is a fellow of the SPIE, OSA, APS, and IEEE.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text Light-Emitting Diodes (Cambridge University Press, 2006) by E. Fred Schubert.

Laser Diode Beam Basics, Characteristics and ManipulationSC1146 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.4 $300 Members • $355 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $172Tuesday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Laser diodes are the most widely used lasers and have several unique properties that are difficult to handle. This course first describes laser diode basic properties. Then, laser diode beam proper-ties are extensively explained in detail. Attendees of the course will gain practical knowledge about laser diode beam characteristics, modeling and parameter measurement, learn about designing laser diode optics, and be able to effectively handle and utilize laser diodes.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe the unique properties of laser diodes• describe the unique properties of laser diode

beams• model laser diode beams• describe the operating principles of laser

diode beam measurement instruments• measure laser diode beam parameters• design laser diode optics• become familiar with laser diode, laser diode

optics and laser diode module vendors• tailor a diode laser beam to suit your own

application

INTENDED AUDIENCEScientists, engineers, technicians, college stu-dents or managers who wish to learn how to ef-fectively use laser diodes. Undergraduate training in engineering or science is assumed.

INSTRUCTORHaiyin Sun has thirty years’ engineering, research and management experience in optics and lasers. He held senior optical engineer or manager posi-tions with L-3 Communications, Coherent, Oplink Communications, and Power Technology, working

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mainly on laser diode optics design and optical en-gineering. He has designed and tested numerous types of laser diode modules and is the co-inventor of five laser diode optics patents. He is the primary author of two books, one book chapter and about twenty journal papers on laser diodes, laser diode beams and laser diode optics published by Spring-er, CRC Press, IEEE J. Q.E., JOSA., Opt. Lett., Appl. Opt., Opt. Eng., Opt. Comm., etc., and his work has been cited in Photonics Spectraand the Melles Griot Catalog. He was an adjunct assistant professor of applied science at the University of Arkansas and an editorial board member of the Journal of Optical Communications (Germany). He earned a Ph.D. in Applied Science, a M.S in Optics and a B.S in Physics.

This course will cover the content of the text Laser Diode Beam Basics, Characteristics and Manipu-lations (Springer, 2012), written by the instructor.

Advanced Thermal Management Materials for Optoelectronic, Microelectronic and MEMS PackagingSC386 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.7 $525 Members • $635 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $284Thursday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

There are now a large and increasing number of production advanced materials designed to solve the critical problems in packaging of microelec-tronics, diode lasers, LEDs, displays, photovolta-ics, sensors and MEMS. This course will examine materials to help alleviate issues including heat dissipation, thermal stresses, warpage, align-ment, weight, size, cost, and manufacturing yield. Decades-old traditional low-coefficient-of-ther-mal-expansion (CTE) materials like tungsten/cop-per, molybdenum/copper, copper-Invar-copper, “Kovar”, etc., have thermal conductivities that are no better than that of aluminum. There are now many low-density, low-CTE advanced composite and monolithic materials with much higher thermal conductivities - some as high as 1700 W/m-K - re-sulting in a large, increasing number of production applications. Some are cheaper than traditional materials. Weight savings as high as 85% have been demonstrated.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• compare the advantages, disadvantages and

properties of the numerous and increasing number of advanced thermal management materials compared to traditional ones

• greatly increase heat dissipation• improve reliability, alignment, strength and

stiffness• reduce size, weight, thermal stresses and

warpage• improve and simplify thermal design and

reduce battery power• use hard solders• select manufacturing processes to reduce

cost and increase yield

• use current applications to guide your own designs and improve competitive position

• plan for future developments through a knowledge of key future trends, including carbon nanotubes, graphite nanoplatelets, graphene, etc.

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is designed for engineers, scientists and managers involved in design and manufacture of optoelectronic, microelectronic and MEMS systems; material development; and thermal management.

INSTRUCTORCarl Zweben PhD, now an independent consultant on advanced thermal materials and structural com-posites, was for many years Advanced Technology Manager and Division Fellow at GE. Dr. Zweben has over 40 years’ experience in development and application of many types of advanced materials. He is a Life Fellow of ASME, a Fellow of ASM and SAMPE, and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. He is the first winner of the GE Engineer-of-the-Year and One-in-a-Thousand awards. He has published widely and taught over 250 classroom, satellite broadcast, video and Internet-based short courses in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

This course replaces its previous versions, “Ad-vanced Thermal Management and Packaging Materials”, “Advanced Materials for Optoelectronic and MEMS Packaging”, and “Advanced Thermal Management Materials for Optoelectronic, Micro-electronic and MEMS Packaging”, and has been updated to include numerous recent advances in technology and applications.

Nanotechnologies in PhotonicsPhotonic Crystals: A Crash Course, from Bandgaps to FibersSC608 • Course Level: Intermediate • CEU: 0.4 $345 Members | $400 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $190Sunday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This half-day course will survey basic principles and developments in the field of photonic crystals, nano-structured optical materials that achieve new levels of control over optical phenomena. This leverage over photons is primarily achieved by the photonic band gap: a range of wavelengths in which light cannot propagate within a suitably designed crystal, forming a sort of optical insulator.

The course will begin with an introduction to the fundamentals of wave propagation in periodic systems, Bloch’s theorem and band diagrams, and from there moves on to the origin of the photonic band gap and its realization in practical structures. After that we will cover a number of topics and applications important for understanding the field and its future.

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Topics will include: the introduction of intentional defects to create waveguides, cavities, and ideal integrated optical devices in a crystal; exploita-tion of exotic dispersions for negative-refraction, super-prisms, and super-lensing; the combination of photonic band gaps and conventional index guiding to form easily fabricated hybrid systems (photonic-crystal slabs); the origin and control of losses in hybrid systems; photonic band gap and microstructured optical fibers; and computation-al approaches to understanding these systems (from brute-force simulation to semi-analytical techniques).

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• learn the fundamental concepts necessary for

understanding photonic crystals• gain familiarity with the unusual phenomena

and devices that have been enabled by photonic bandgaps, and the directions taken to achieve them in practice

• understand the principles and perspectives by which future applications in nano-structured photonics may be developed and described

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is designed for engineers and sci-entists who wish to understand how photonic crystals work and its potential applications to quantum optical devices and optoelectronics. It is aimed at those who have an understanding of elementary electromagnetism and some familiarity with the applications and governing principles of optical devices.

INSTRUCTORSteven Johnson received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the Dept. of Physics at MIT, where he also earned undergraduate degrees in computer science and mathematics. He is currently an assistant profes-sor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also consults for Om-niGuide Communications Inc. on hollow bandgap fibers. Several free software packages he has writ-ten have seen widespread use in computational electromagnetism and other fields, including the MPB package to solve for photonic eigenmodes and the FFTW fast Fourier transform library (for which he received the 1999 J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software, along with M. Frigo). In 2002, Kluwer published his Ph. D. thesis as a book Pho-tonic Crystals: The Road from Theory to Practice . His recent work has ranged from the development of new semi-analytical and numerical methods for electromagnetism in high-index-contrast periodic systems to the design of integrated optical devices.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light (Second Edi-tion) (Princeton University Press, 2008) by John D. Joannopoulos, Steven G. Johnson, Joshua N. Winn & Robert D. Meade.

Displays and HolographyHead Mounted Displays for Augmented Reality ApplicationsSC1096 • Course Level: Introductory • CEU: 0.7$560 Members • $670 Non-Members USD SPIE Student Members: $298Tuesday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

There has never been a more exciting time for augmented reality. The advent of high resolution microdisplays, the invention of new optical designs like waveguide eyepieces, and the significant ad-vances in optical manufacturing techniques mean that augmented reality head mounted displays can be produced now that were not possible even a few years ago. This new hardware, coupled with innovative concepts in software applications as demonstrated in Google’s Project Glass video, mean that for the first time it may be possible to develop a compelling augmented reality system for the consumer market.

The authors, with a combined experience of al-most 50 years in the design of augmented reality systems, will identify the key performance param-eters necessary to understand the specification, design and purchase of augmented reality HMD (head mounted display) systems and help students understand how to separate the hype from reality in evaluating new augmented reality HMDs. This course will evaluate the performance of various HMD systems and give students the basic tools necessary to understand the important parameters in augmented reality HMDs. This is an introductory class and assumes no background in head mount-ed displays or optical design.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• define basic components and attributes of

augmented reality head-mounted displays and visually coupled systems

• describe important features and enabling technologies of an HMD and their impact on user performance and acceptance

• differentiate between video and optical see-through augmented reality HMDs

• identify key user-oriented performance requirements and link their impact on HMD design parameters

• list basic features of the human visual system and biomechanical attributes of the head and neck and the guidelines to follow to prevent fatigue or strain

• identify key tradeoffs for monocular, binocular and biocular systems

• classify current image source technologies and their methods for producing color imagery

• describe methods of producing augmented reality HMDs

• evaluate tradeoffs for critical display performance parameters

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INTENDED AUDIENCESoftware developers, hardware engineers, sci-entists, engineers, researchers, technicians, or managers who wish to learn the fundamentals of the specification, design, and use of augmented reality head mounted displays.

INSTRUCTORSMichael Browne is the General Manager of the Vision Products Division at SA Photonics in Los Gatos, California. He has a Ph.D. in Optical En-gineering from the University of Arizona’s Optical Sciences Center. Mike has been involved in the design, test and measurement of augmented reality systems since 1991. At Kaiser Electronics, Mike led the design of numerous augmented reality head mounted displays systems including those for the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Mike also invented one of the first head-mounted “virtual workstations” for interacting with data in a virtual space. Mike leads SA Photonics’ programs for the design and devel-opment of person-mounted information systems, including body-worn electronics, head-mounted displays and night vision systems. Mike’s current research includes investigations into the design of wide field of view augmented reality head mount-ed displays, binocular rivalry in head mounted displays, digital night vision and smear reduction in digital displays.

James Melzer is a Technical Director for Displays and Human Factors at Thales Visionix, Inc., in Au-rora, Illinois. He has been designing head-mounted displays for professional, military, medical and training applications for over 30 years. He holds a BS from Loyola University of Los Angeles and an SM from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy. He has extensive experience in optical and displays engineering, visual human factors, and is an expert in display design for head-mounted systems, aviation life-support, and user interface. His research interests are in visual and auditory perception, cognitive workload reduction, and bio-inspired applications of invertebrate vision. He has authored 50 technical papers and book chapters and holds four patents in head-mounted display design.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text Head Mounted Displays: Designing for the User (2011) by James Melzer and Kirk Moffitt, and a Stereopticon viewer for in-course exercises.

Professional Development WorkshopsThe Seven Habits of NEW Highly Effective Project ManagersWS1208 • Course Level: IntroductoryFree to Attendees Monday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Why do some engineering projects succeed, while others fail? There are many different factors that can influence the outcome of any given project, but one of the most important is the combined skills and qualifications of the project manager (PM) at its helm. But what exactly makes a project man-ager “skilled and qualified?” Asked another way, are there common best practices, philosophies, and/or techniques that the most successful PMs share, and if so, what are they? The short answer is yes, the majority of successful engineering project managers have many skills and character traits in common. The longer answer is there are at least seven of these key traits, or “habits” that many successful PMs implement within their re-spective projects.

This course explains what those habits are. More importantly, this course teaches a student how to implement these best practices into their own projects, large or small. From scope, quality, bud-get, and schedule management, to risk mitigation strategies, building a strong project team, engaged stakeholder management, and general leadership skills, this course will give both new and experi-enced project managers new tools and techniques to help them not only succeed, but excel within their projects.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• manage scope, quality, budgets, and schedule

in the most efficient and effective ways• identify what’s important in procurements and

contract management—and recognize what’s not

• identify the vital importance of proactive risk management, including how to turn realized problems into beneficial opportunities

• build and maintain the most powerful asset you have as the PM—your project team

• engage and leverage the power of your key external stakeholders

• explain communication techniques that ensure your team is working and collaborating in the most efficient and effective ways possible

• identify the most important leadership techniques and traits that your project needs for its success

INSTRUCTORMark Warner PE, PMP. is the Deputy Project Man-ager for the $350M Daniel K. Inouye Solar Tele-scope (DKIST) design-build construction project. He is a degreed and licensed professional engineer (PE), and has a project management professional (PMP) certification. His career spans 35 years as both engineer and engineering project manager. His expertise includes aerospace engineering, management of large-scale construction projects, design and fabrication of scientific instrumentation and precision machinery, and the oversight and management of complex large-scale science and engineering projects. Mark has lived and worked throughout North America, Europe, and Hawaii, and currently resides in Tucson, Arizona. His project management blog can be found at www.TheProjectManagementBlueprint.com

This workshop is free to attendees. You do NOT need to register.

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The Craft of Scientific Presentations: A Workshop on Technical PresentationsWS667 • Course Level: IntroductoryFree to Attendees Monday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

This course provides attendees with an overview of what distinguishes the best scientific presen-tations. The course introduces a new design for presentation slides that is both more memorable and persuasive from what is typically shown at conferences.

LEARNING OUTCOMESAfter completing this course, attendees will be able to:• account for the audience, purpose, and

occasion in a presentation• logically structure the introduction, middle,

and ending of a scientific presentation• create a memorable and persuasive set of

presentation slides• deliver a presentation with more confidence

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for anyone who needs to present scientific research. Those who either have not yet presented or have made several presenta-tions will find this course valuable.

INSTRUCTORChristine Haas brings over ten years of experi-ence working at the intersection of communication and science. She’s held positions as the director of marketing for Drexel’s College of Engineering and director of operations for the dean of engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Now, as principal of Christine Haas Consulting, LLC and director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network, she continues to work with scientists and engineers across industry, government, and higher education to deliver training on presentations and technical writing. Christine received her MBA in marketing from Drexel University and her BA in English from Dickinson College.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer, 2003) by Michael Alley. This workshop is free to attendees.

Registration is NOT required.

The Craft of Scientific Writing: A Workshop on Technical WritingWS668 • Course Level: IntroductoryFree to Attendees Monday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

This course provides an overview on writing a scientific paper. The course focuses on the struc-ture, language, and illustration of scientific papers.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• account for the audience, purpose, and

occasion in a scientific paper• logically structure the introduction, middle,

and ending of a scientific paper• make your language clear, energetic, and fluid• avoid the most common mechanical errors in

scientific writing

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis material is intended for anyone who needs to write about scientific research. Those who either have not yet written a paper or have written several papers will find this course valuable.

INSTRUCTORChristine Haas brings over ten years of experi-ence working at the intersection of communication and science. She’s held positions as the director of marketing for Drexel’s College of Engineering and director of operations for the dean of engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Now, as principal of Christine Haas Consulting, LLC and director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network, she continues to work with scientists and engineers across industry, government, and higher education to deliver training on presentations and technical writing. Christine received her MBA in marketing from Drexel University and her BA in English from Dickinson College.

COURSE PRICE INCLUDES the text The Craft of Scientific Writing (Springer, 2003) by Michael Alley. This workshop is free to attendees.

Registration is NOT required.

Critical Skills for Compelling Research ProposalsWS1058 • Course Level: IntroductoryFree to Attendees Tuesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

A successful research proposal requires hundreds of hours of effort, and the stakes are high. Just beginning the process is intimidating. This inter-active workshop teaches students to overcome their apprehensions by starting with small steps, building a strong proposal from the inside out.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• align your research goals to the funding

opportunity• develop solid research plans and believable

budgets• communicate your research to a general

audience

INTENDED AUDIENCEThis course is intended for all scientists and engineers seeking to improve the quality of their research proposals.

INSTRUCTORDamon Diehl is the founder and owner of Diehl Research Grant Services. He has a Ph.D. in opti-cal engineering from the University of Rochester

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Institute of Optics and a B.A. in physics from the University of Chicago. His class is based on nine-teen years of academic and industrial research experience.

This workshop is free to attendees. Registration is NOT required.

Resumes to Interviews: Strategies for a Successful Job SearchWS1059 • Course Level: IntroductoryFree to Attendees Tuesday 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

This course reviews effective strategies and techniques for a successful job search such as: compiling resumes, writing cover letters, and interviewing tips. The primary goal of the course is to provide creative and proven techniques for new college graduates and professionals to plan and conduct their job search and secure a job.

Creative and comprehensive job search tech-niques will be discussed as well as actual resume and interviewing examples and tips. Anyone who is getting ready to enter the work force who wants to answer questions such as, “when and how do I start my job search?,” “what kind of cover letter and resume gets noticed?” or “how do I sell myself in an interview?” will benefit from taking this course.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• start and create your job search plan• create an online networking presence• build and write effective cover letters and

resumes that get noticed• avoid common resume and cover letter mistakes• interview with confidence

INTENDED AUDIENCEGraduate students, new graduates, and early-ca-reer professionals who wish to learn more about creating a job search plan, writing an effective cover letter and resume that gets you noticed, and techniques for successful interviews.

INSTRUCTORSuzanne Krinsky has been in human resources and corporate recruiting for more than 15 years. She has extensive experience with both in-house corporate environments as well as outside agency/consulting environments. Suzanne is currently the Human Resource Director for Daylight Solutions in San Diego, and also a long-time Board member for the Biotech Human Resource Development Coalition (BEDC) and Human Resource Round-table member.

Heather Welch has been in human resources and corporate recruiting for more than 20 years. She has extensive experience with both in-house corporate environments as well as outside agency environments. Heather is currently the Sr. Recruiter for Daylight Solutions in San Diego, and also a member of SHRM, IEEE, and SWE.

This workshop is free to attendees. You do NOT need to register.

This workshop presents introductory information and is intended primarily for university students and others with little professional experience.

INDUSTRY-SPONSORED TutorialsHamamatsu Sponsored Tutorial: Single-Photon Detection: SiPMs versus PMTsWS9000 • Course Level: Intermediate CEU: Not Available • Free to Attendees Wednesday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

Since the early 1990s, a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) has become a viable alternative to a photo-multiplier tube (PMT) in selecting a photodetector for applications where the light signal may consist of a few photons. Though an alternative, SiPMs are not likely to make PMTs obsolete because each detector has a unique set of advantages over the other. Therefore, the invention of SiPMs has increased the selection choice. This course reviews the physics of operation of both devices, describes their key opto-electronic characteristics and how to measure them, and compares their performance. The course also discusses several applications for which the selection choice be-tween a PMT or a SiPM may be very subtle.

To select the right detector for a given low-light-level application, it is essential to understand the strengths and limitations of each available photo-detector. This course wll assist the potential user in making the most educated and rational selection, especially between a SiPM and PMT.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• Describe the generic structure of a SiPM and

a PMT.• Explain the physics of operation of the

devices.• Identify the key opto-electronic characteristics

of the devices such as gain, quantum efficiency, photon detection efficiency, breakdown voltage, overvoltage, and more.

• List and describe noise sources such as dark counts, multiplication noise, after-pulsing, cross-talk and more and how they depend on temperature, bias, structure, and other parameters.

• Demonstrate lab methods of characterizing the devices. Discuss ways of measuring excess noise.

• Compare the performance of a SiPM versus that of a PMT in a variety of conditions.

• Discuss operating a SiPM and PMT in either a continuous or photon counting mode.

• Become familiar with the most common applications of SiPMs and PMTs.

• Understand the selection process of a photodetector based on case studies of realistic low-light-level applications.

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INTENDED AUDIENCEDesign/system engineers, managers, directors, university researchers and contractors who are involved with the design of any system using photodetectors, specifically low light detectors.

INSTRUCTORSlawomir Piatek has been measuring proper motions of nearby galaxies using images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope as a senior uni-versity lecturer of physics at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has developed a photonics training program for engineers at Hamamatsu Corporation in New Jersey in the role of a science consultant. Also at Hamamatsu, he is involved in popularizing a SiPM as a novel photodetector by writing and lecturing about it, and by experimenting with the device. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

CEU credits are NOT available for this workshop.

Crosslight Product Tutorial: Introduction to Optoelectronic Device Simulation and VCSEL DesignWS9001 • Course Level: Intermediate CEU: Not Available • Free to Attendees Wednesday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

The course introduces design principles of modern optoelectronic devices such as vertical-cavity la-sers and nitride light emitters. It includes hands-on exercises and provides basic skills for operating advanced simulation software. Deep insight into micro- and nano-scale physical processes is given using real-world device examples. Key material properties are discussed and strategies for ob-taining realistic simulation results are described.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• describe advanced device simulation software

with comprehensive electrical, optical and thermal models

• explain DC, transient and small-signal device analysis

• describe basic principles of optoelectronic device physics

• explain key semiconductor material properties and parameters

• describe design of modern optoelectronic devices

INTENDED AUDIENCEStudents, device engineers, and researchers who are interested in a deeper understanding of opto-electronic device principles and in using advanced simulation software for designing and analyzing modern devices.

INSTRUCTORJoachim Piprek is an experienced researcher, teacher, and consultant in optoelectronics, pho-tonics, and semiconductor devices. Published three books and chaired several conferences in these areas. Currently serves as editor of the

“Handbook of Optoelectronic Device Modeling and Simulation” (Taylor & Francis 2017) and as exec-utive / associate editor for two research journals. Provides technical and educational services to corporations and research institutes worldwide. Currently the Founder and President of NUSOD Institute LLC

Basic knowledge in semiconductor device physics is desirable. Attendees should bring their own lap-top if they would like to participate in the hands-on exercises (optional).

CEU Credits are NOT available for this workshop.

Zemax Product Tutorial: Optical Design Revolution – Bridging the Gap between Optical and Optomechanical DesignWS9002 • Course Level: Intermediate CEU: Not Available • Free to Attendees Wednesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Taking an optical system from concept to produc-tion is a complex process that typically involves the teamwork of multiple engineers. Additionally, the design process requires countless iterations that impacts both the optical and mechanical engineers. The current process that utilizes the transfer of STEP, IGES, or STL files is often rife with inefficiencies and errors that cause delays and drives up costs.

Learn how Zemax has improved the engineering design process for both optical and mechanical engineers with OpticStudio and LensMechanix.

Awareness and understanding of the new soft-ware tools available from Zemax that streamlines engineering design workflow and improves results while driving efficient operations.

LEARNING OUTCOMESThis course will enable you to:• optimize, analyze, and tolerance a sequential

system in OpticStudio• optimize a sequential design for conversion to

nonsequential mode• load a sequential design into SOLIDWORKS

using LensMechanix• package, analyze, and validate your complete

optomechanical design• open a completed LensMechanix design in

OpticStudio• optimize a complete optomechanical design

INTENDED AUDIENCEOptical Engineers, Optomechanical Engineers, and Engineering Department Leaders

CEU Credits are NOT available for this workshop.

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The Moscone Center · San Francisco, California, USA

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

28 January–2 February 2017

TWO EXHIBITIONS BIOS EXPO: 28–29 January 2017

Photonics West: 31 January–2 February 2017

Plan to attend the premier technical event and marketplace for the photonics, biophotonics, and laser industry .

BIOS EXPO The world’s largest biomedical optics and

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at Photonics West, the premier

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range of papers on biomedical

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The development of innovative technologies that will increase our understanding of brain function.

Get up to speed on these critical technologies changing our world.

20,000 ATTENDEES

4,800 PAPERS

72 COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

Topics include biomedical optics, photonic therapeutics and diagnostics, neurophotonics, tissue engineering, translational research, tissue optics, clinical technologies and systems, biomedical spectroscopy, microscopy, imaging, nano/biophotonics.

Topics include laser source engineering, nonlinear optics, laser manufacturing, laser micro-/nanoengineering, 3D fabrication, and more.

Topics include optoelectronic materials and devices, photonic integration, displays and holography, nanotechnologies in photonics, advanced quantum and optoelectronic applications, semiconductor lasers and LEDs, MOEMS-MEMS, optical communications: devices to systems.

Translational Research Brain/Neuro Research

Including the latest photonics technologies, tools, and techniques with high potential to impact healthcare.

Highlighting papers that showcase innovative ways to apply this multidimensional/multidisciplinary technology.

200 COMPANIES

1,300 COMPANIES

Photonics West Exhibition The flagship event for companies

in the photonics industry. The exhibition sold out in 2016.

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