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| A biomarker is a “defined characteristic that is measured as an indicator of normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or responses to an exposure or interventionâ€. New sensing technologies seek to... | |
| A performance budget is fundamental to understanding the likely outcome of a design or measurement process. The budget also gives insight into the distribution of likely performance and how it... | |
| A primary goal of the course is to provide the attendee with a review and explanation of laser safety considerations and requirements incumbent on a designer when bringing a product... | |
| A sensor array outperforms a single sensor in source detection and identification for the purposes of accuracy, precision, resolution, and efficiency. Examples of sensor arrays include the Very Large Baseline... | |
| Adaptive optics are used to improve imagery and the transmission of optical signals by sensing a wavefront disturbance and using the information for real-time control of an active optical element... | |
| Additive manufacturing (AM) is rapidly being adopted by industry as a means to fabricate once-impossible components in a matter of days and weeks rather than months. This course presents the... | |
| Advanced composite materials have been used successfully in optomechanical systems since the 1970s. They are being used increasingly in numerous commercial and military applications including: optical benches, telescopes, binoculars, mirrors,... | |
| Advanced graphics boards have become a standard ingredient in any mid-range and high-end PC, and aside from enabling stunning interactive graphics effects in computer games, their rich programmability allows speedups... | |
| 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... | |
| All research requires funding. That truth means that proposal writing is an essential skill for all scientists and engineers, whether in academia or industry. Unfortunately, most early career professionals are... | |
| Applications of micro and nano-scale optics are widespread in essentially every industry that uses light in some way. A short list of sample application areas includes communications, solar power, biomedical... | |
| As infrared detector technology continues to migrate from government labs to commercial markets, photonic system designers see new technology opportunities to accomplish their design goals. Concurrently, developments in IR sources... | |
| As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) continue to grow in importance in military and commercial applications, the need to understand radiometry with respect to many applications increases. This course presents the... | |
| Can students learn content material, structured problem solving and teamwork all at the same time? Problem Based Learning (PBL) is designed to do just that by engaging students in authentic... | |
| Component reliability impacts the bottom line of every supplier and customer in the optics industry. Nevertheless, a solid understanding of the fundamental principles of reliability is often limited to a... | |
| Costly errors are made when Geometric Dimensioning concepts and tolerance characteristics are not fully understood. This course is designed to familiarize personnel responsible for interpreting a technical drawing to estimate,... | |
| Course Level: Introductory | |
| Deep learning neural networks, or simply, deep neural networks (DNNs), have provided spectacular breakthroughs in the areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning with multiple applications in data science and... | |
| Design Technology CoOptimization (DTCO) is a mediation process that aims to ensure competitive technology architecture definition while avoiding schedule or yield risks caused by unrealistically aggressive process assumptions. DTCO has... | |
| Digital imaging systems and human vision systems have limited capability for separating spatial features, thereby limiting imaging resolution. Reasons for this limitation are related to the effects of diffraction, i.e. | |
| During recent decades, in particular since the advent of computed tomography and the increasing sophistication of interventional X-ray systems, progress in the development of diagnostic X-ray sources has been tremendous. | |
| Engage in tested inquiry-based activities illustrating basic optics concepts using inexpensive, commonly found materials. This workshop is for budget-constrained teachers and outreach providers who have little to no funds for... | |
| EUV lithography and DSA haven been accepted by the industry as most promising candidates for dimensional scaling enablement at N7 technology node and beyond. This tutorial explains how introduction of... | |
| 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... | |
| From near-infrared security cameras above your front door, to thermal infrared camera accessories that mount to smartphones, infrared imaging technology is everywhere in 2017. But there is still confusion and... | |
| From science to so-called secret sauces, we will share some of the tricks, techniques, and good practices that go into designing and manufacturing reliable lasers and systems. Lasers are often... | |
| Given the prevalence and potential impact of visual displays, head mounted, virtual reality and assisted reality devices, it is important for the optical engineer working in these areas to know... | |
| Gradient index (GRIN) lenses are more common than you may know. The human lens is a gradient index optic, and the last time you scanned a document the scanner probably... | |
| Have you asked questions such as: “Is there a less expensive alternative to costly laboratory spectrophotometers? “ or “What components should I use to build my own spectral measurement system?†| |
| Have you ever needed to specify, design, or analyze a lens system and wondered how to do it or where to start? Would you like a better understanding of the... | |
| Have you ever wondered why refractive, reflective, and zoomed optical systems look the way that they do? This course begins with a brief review of paraxial optics, third-order aberration theory,... | |
| Hyperspectral imaging is an emerging technique in remote sensing. The very high spectral resolution in the hundreds of acquired images provides the potential of more accurate detection, classification, and quantification... | |
| If you are uncomfortable working with lasers as "black boxes" and would like to have a basic understanding of their inner workings, this introductory course will be of benefit to... | |
| Imaging system design and performance depend upon a myriad of radiometric, spectral, and spatial parameters. The “bare bones†sensor consists of optics, detector, display, and an observer. Range degrading parameters... | |
| In 2014, it was estimated that there were just 450 anatomic phantoms in the world. Today, based on advanced models of breast anatomy, an infinite number of models exist. As... | |
| In today's environment of shrinking systems and a focus on making lasers affordable, the oldest problem in building reliable lasers - laser induced optical damage - is at the forefront... | |
| Information on applications for infrared and ultraviolet imaging systems tends to be scanty and widely dispersed. This is because camera manufacturers tend focus on the products themselves, not applications. It... | |
| It is common for industry professionals, faculty, and graduate students to conduct outreach to K-12 schools and in informal locations such as fairs, science centers, or open houses. But what... | |
| 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... | |
| Laser misalignment is a familiar phenomenon. Anyone who has endeavoured to build a laser resonator soon discovers the alignment precision required and that there can be a need for regular... | |
| Laser users and facilities managers commonly do not understand or appreciate each other’s needs. Labs are set up by scientists and engineers who are knowledgeable of experimental needs, but may... | |
| Lasers are becoming increasingly important in our high-technology environment. Many technicians and engineers who sell, install, operate, and maintain them have limited training in the field of electro-optics. The result... | |
| Looking for some ideas, activities, and demonstrations you can use at outreach events? This workshop will present several demonstrations and activities that are easy to deploy and of high interest... | |
| Many disciplines of science and manufacturing acquire and evaluate images on a routine basis. Typically these images must be processed so that important features can be measured or identified. This... | |
| Many new and trending photonics applications (PET for medical imaging, LiDAR for autonomous vehicles, flow cytometry for medical point-of-care) require the use of photodetectors. This course discusses the selection process... | |
| Mathematical Optimization is an empowering and indispensable tool in productive engineering practices. A variety of lithographical applications rely on optimization methods to deliver efficient engineering solutions: Process engineers routinely tune... | |
| 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... | |
| Modern astronomical observatories are becoming larger and more complex with many components working together to achieve the common goal of gathering useful information for astro-scientists. Successful engineering of these observatories... | |
| Modulation transfer function (MTF) is used to specify the image quality achieved by an imaging system. It is useful in analysis of situations where several independent subsystems are combined. This... | |
| Monte Carlo modeling is widely used in biomedical optics to describe light transport in complicated situations where closed-form solutions to analytical models do not exist. While this standard definition describes... | |
| Moore’s Law has been changing the world for over 50 years, and advances in lithography have been a (the) major factor in its success. The success of lithography scaling, however,... | |
| Moore’s Law has been changing the world for over 50 years, and advances in lithography have been a (the) major factor in its success. This course will review several major... | |
| Multispectral and hyperspectral systems are designed to increase target acquisition performance as well as answer SWaP-C (size/weight/power/c ost) requirements for defense and remote sensing systems. Recent developments in optical materials... | |
| Nanooptics deals with optical phenomena and spectroscopy on the nanoscale, i.e., in the regions of space whose size is much smaller than the light wavelength. While electromagnetic waves cannot be... | |
| Nanophotonics, defined as nanoscale optical science and technology, is a rapidly growing field which offers challenging opportunities for studying the interaction between light and matter on a scale much smaller... | |
| Night vision devices have become ubiquitous in both commercial and military environments. From the very high end systems used for aviation, to the low-performance systems sold for outdoorsmen, these devices... | |
| 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 biological... | |
| Optical glass provides a central function in optical systems: the precisely defined refraction of light with the highest throughput. Large parts of the optical industry depend on this key material. | |
| Optical measurement plays an important role in non-contact strategies for 3D visualization and quantification of surface topography. The dominant techniques today involve imaging microscopy combined with confocal, focus-variation, quantitative phase... | |
| Optical Systems Engineering emphasizes first-order, system-level estimates of optical performance. Building on the basic principles of optical design, this course uses numerous examples to illustrate the systems-engineering processes of requirements... | |
| Optomechanical systems require secure mounting of optical elements. Adhesives are commonly used, but rarely addressed in the literature. This course has compiled an overview of these adhesives, their properties, and... | |
| Oral presentation skills are a key to success for researchers and professionals alike. This course offers a no-nonsense approach to preparing and giving presentations, with a particular focus on structure,... | |
| Passive and active sensors are developed for target acquisition and spectroscopic analysis ranging from the ultraviolet through the microwave region. Accurate atmospheric absorption and emission (path radiance) values are essential... | |
| Photolithography is the technique underlying all integrated circuit manufacture. To a large extent, the minimum feature size and the performance of ICs is determined by the resolution achievable in this... | |
| Photon transfer (PT) is a popular and essential characterization standard employed in the design, operation, characterization, calibration, optimization, specification and application of digital scientific and commercial camera systems. The PT... | |
| Polarized Light and Optical Systems surveys polarization effects in optical systems and their simulation by polarization ray tracing. First polarized light is reviewed with Jones vector and Stokes parameter descriptions. | |
| Product development is the exciting use of scientific knowledge to engineer a solution to a problem. Successful product development takes more than just strong technical skills, however. Successful products need... | |
| Quantum computing, one of the most recent joint ventures between physics and the theory of computation, can be defined as the scientific field whose purpose is to develop hardware and... | |
| Quantum cryptography is a scientific and engineering field devoted to harnessing physical objects whose behavior is governed by the rules of quantum mechanics to generate and distribute keys in order... | |
| Quantum sensors are sensing devices that exploit quantum phenomena in such a way that makes them perform substantially better than their classical counterparts. This course uses an information-theoreti c approach... | |
| Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) has become synonymous in its use for logistical tracking purposes, providing large businesses, military, and governments alike with better insight into their supply chains. RFID technology is... | |
| Scatterometry is an optical method to measure profile characteristics of repetitive features printed on a wafer. These profile characteristics are related to process control parameters for monitoring and control applications. | |
| Segmentation, detection, and classification are major tasks in medical image analysis and image understanding. Medical imaging researchers heavily use the results of recent developments in machine learning approaches, and with... | |
| Semiconductor fabrication, traditionally including Front-End-Of-The-Lin e (FEOL), Middle-Of-The-Line, (MOL), and Back-End-Of-The-Line (BEOL), constitutes the entire process flow for manufacturing modern computer chips. The typical FEOL processes include wafer preparation, isolation,... | |
| Short of a clinical trial, observer studies are used to measure the performance of radiologists and to compare different imaging technologies with the aim of understanding how the technology might... | |
| Silicon Microphotonics is a platform for the large scale integration of CMOS electronics with photonic components. This course will evaluate the most promising silicon optical components and the path to... | |
| SimpleITK is a simplified programming interface to the algorithms and data structures of the Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK). It supports bindings for multiple programming languages including C++, Python,... | |
| Since the late 1990's, the optics community has gradually been converting optics drawings from a free-form, notes-based method to a standardized, international pictographic method. In 2013, the United States joined... | |
| Specifying optics, even commercial optics, can be a daunting task. The optics industry has evolved its own language, symbology, and standards for specifying and manufacturing optical components which can be... | |
| Starting from an introduction to fiber lasers, basic properties of fiber amplifiers are described and current state of the art fiber amplifier technology is reviewed. The course then describes preferred... | |
| Strong writing skills are a key to success for researchers and professionals alike. This course discusses how to structure research papers, dissertations, and other reports effectively at all levels to... | |
| Student Chapter Members are welcome to participate in the SPIE Student Chapter Leadership Workshop. During this highly interactive, all-day event facilitated by Dr. Jean-luc Doumont, you will discuss what being... | |
| Surface imperfection specifications (i.e. Scratch-Dig) are among the most misunderstood, misinterpreted, and ambiguous of all optics component specifications. This course provides attendees with an understanding of the source of ambiguity... | |
| The best way to understand how light works is to work with light. This course teaches non-technical professionals to think like a photon. Participants work with optical components to establish... | |
| 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... | |
| The capture of data using an array of sensors is common in various wave propagation environments such as electromagnetic, underwater acoustics, ground surveillance, ultrasound and other modes. Images are generated... | |
| The course begins with a brief unit on the basic biological characteristics of cancer and then proceeds to study how each of the major in vivo imaging modalities is used... | |
| The course begins with an overview of basic aberrations and tolerance analysis in optical imaging systems. Zernike circle polynomials and their use in wavefront data analysis are presented as are... | |
| The course covers advanced concepts for metrology toolset stability and matching. It will cover many critical topics that together maximize fleet performance. This is especially important given the shift to... | |
| The course covers the fundamental principles of diffraction phenomena. It also includes numerous applications of diffractive components in optical and photonics systems, and covers recent developments and trends in the... | |
| The course covers the fundamentals of infrared sensing from first principles. Topics include infrared optical systems, infrared materials, image quality; radiometry and flux-transfer calculations; blackbody sources and spectral distribution; thermal... | |
| The course covers the physics of aerial image generation, the chemistry that is responsible for generation of differential solubility in resists, and the effects of processing variables on the final... | |
| 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... | |
| 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. | |
| The course focuses on key material properties and essential physical principles of III-nitride semiconductor devices such as light-emitting diodes, laser diodes, and photo detectors. Device design and internal physical mechanism... | |
| The course presents a fundamental understanding of two-dimensional arrays applied to detecting the infrared spectrum. The physics and electronics associated with 2-D infrared detection are stressed with special emphasis on... | |
| The course provides an extensive overview of the current product offerings as well as the various optical architectures, as in: - Smart Glasses and Digital Eyewear - Augmented Reality (AR)... | |
| The course will review the following fundamentals which are necessary to understand, design, and analyze 3D imaging and display systems. The course helps the students to understand how 3D imaging... | |
| 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 properties... | |
| The focus of this course will be recent research results, technical challenges, and directions of Deep Learning (DL) based object classification using radar data (i.e., Synthetic Aperture Radar / SAR... | |
| The fourth industrial revolution will change the way we create, apply, and inspect Smart Materials and Systems. Modern manufacturing techniques are characterized by networking of systems in all industrial areas... | |
| The imaging system analyst must be conversant in numerous diverse technologies. Each has a unique effect on system evaluation. This course highlights these technologies in 10 sections and is filled... | |
| The Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (www.itk.org) has become a standard in academia and industry for medical image analysis. In recent years, the ITK developers' community has focused on providing... | |
| The measurement of light scattered by surfaces can be used to locate and identify roughness, particulates, and defects on a wide variety of materials. Applications include the inspection of silicon... | |
| The objective of this course is to introduce the essential principles of geometrical optics. It is intended for engineers with no formal training in optics, but whose job responsibilities require... | |
| The primary focus of the course is to explain the methodology of measuring precision freeform and conformal optics. The goal of the course is to provide a basic understanding of... | |
| The purpose of this course is to present concepts, tools, and methods that will help attendees determine optimal tolerances for optical systems. Detailed topics in the course apply to all... | |
| The purpose of this course is to survey fundamental statistical methods in the context of imaging and sensing applications. You will learn the tools and how to apply them correctly... | |
| The purpose of this hands-on tutorial is to expose participants to statistical and numerical techniques that will allow them to quantify the accuracy of multi-physics models and simulation codes for... | |
| The purpose of this short course is to show that it is possible to compare the image quality of consumer imaging systems in a perceptually relevant manner. Because image quality... | |
| The success of uncooled infrared imaging in commercial and military markets has greatly increased the number of participants in the field, and, consequently, the variety of products available and in... | |
| The test concepts presented apply to CCD/CMOS cameras, intensified CCD cameras, night vision goggles, SWIR cameras, and infrared cameras. Using a systems approach, this course describes all the quantitative and... | |
| The tutorial provides a framework for dealing with problems in imaging technology evaluation using performance measures. The use of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis for describing decision accuracy is covered... | |
| The two most demanding applications of industrial lasers are laser welding and laser drilling. The process of bonding materials, such as the welding of metals with lasers, has been demonstrated... | |
| There are many ways to clean optics; some are learned from experience and/or failure. This course explains the proper cleaning methods for optics that are used by professional optical technicians... | |
| There are now a large and increasing number of production advanced materials designed to solve the critical problems in packaging of microelectronics, diode lasers, LEDs, displays, photovoltaics, sensors and MEMS. | |
| There has never been a more exciting time for augmented reality (AR). The advent of high resolution microdisplays, the invention of new optical designs like waveguide and freeform eyepieces, and... | |
| This course aims to familiarize optics researchers with the power of the Fourier transform and its application in all branches of linear optics. We will cover concepts of field propagation... | |
| 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 measurements of structures and... | |
| This course covers basic principles and applications of optical oceanography. The course is aimed to provide background information for those interested in exploring processes involving the ocean using optical techniques,... | |
| This course covers fundamental principles and recent developments in laser beam engineering, including the formation of propagation-invarian t laser beams and their transformations, formation of structured illumination, beam shaping, and... | |
| This course covers fundamentals and recent advances in in-vivo near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and imaging of deep biological tissues. The course reviews physical and physiological background of light transport in tissues:... | |
| This course covers the design and analysis of imaging spectrometers, from instrumentation to evaluation and data exploitation. After surveying the fundamentals of spectral imaging, the course provides a detailed survey... | |
| This course covers the range of topics necessary to understand the theoretical principles of modern infrared-technology. It combines numerous engineering disciplines necessary for the development of infrared systems. Practical engineering... | |
| This course describes how to predict and evaluate electro-optical (EO) imager performance. Metrics that quantify imager resolution are described. The detection, recognition, and identification tasks are discussed, and the meaning... | |
| This course describes optical fiber sensing principles and technology, as well as the associated specialty fiber types and components required for their system integration. A broad overview of diverse applications... | |
| This course describes sensor and data fusion methods that improve the probability of correct target detection, classification, and identification. The methods allow the combining of information from collocated or dispersed... | |
| This course describes target tracking and state estimation methods commonly associated with multisensor data fusion. The process usually begins with a decision to apply a sensor-data driven or target-track driven... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| This course describes the radiometric calibration techniques used for SI-traceable measurements of sources, detectors and material properties in the infrared wavelength region. The main goal is to enable understanding of... | |
| This course discusses the equipment, techniques, tricks, and skills necessary to align optical systems and devices. You learn to identify errors in an optical system, and how to align lens... | |
| 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,... | |
| This course explains basic principles and applications of directed self assembly (DSA), with particular emphasis on block copolymer directed self assembly. A primary goal of the course is to present... | |
| This course explains basic principles and applications of fiber optic sensor technology. A primary goal of the course is to present the underlying principals associated with the design and application... | |
| This course explains basic principles and applications of meta-lenses and meta-devices. A primary goal of the course is to explain the mechanism of the nanostructures of various meta-lenses and meta-devices. | |
| This course explains basic principles and applications of radiometry and photometry. A primary goal of the course is to reveal the logic, systematic order, and methodology behind what sometimes appears... | |
| This course explains basic principles and applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging radar. A primary goal of the course is to reveal the fundamental operating principles, basic phenomenology, sample... | |
| This course explains basic principles and applications of volume Bragg gratings (VBGs) that are holographic optical elements recorded in volume of photo-thermo-refract ive optical glass. These elements enable dramatic increase... | |
| This course explains basic principles for the use of probability analysis as applied to systems engineering and applies them to the central problem of performance budgeting. A primary goal of... | |
| This course explains basic principles of design, testing and applications of freeform optics. Examples are taken from recent publications on the topic. Anyone who wants to answer questions such as,... | |
| This course explains basic principles of metrology of image placement for applications to registration, alignment, and overlay in IC manufacture. Starting with IC Design Rules, and device pattern size and... | |
| This course explains basic principles of quantum physics related to quantum information science and key applications in the areas of quantum information processing systems, namely communication, computing and sensing. Concepts... | |
| This course explains basic technology and new market trends for infrared sensors for commercial and military applications. The course starts with a brief introduction to Infrared physics, phenomenology and history. | |
| This course explains fundamental principles and applications of optics. The basic characteristics and the design of optical components and systems will be discussed. For perspective, general topics such as the... | |
| This course explains methods of infrared optical design to find cost optimized lens arrangements for modern Focal Plane Arrays (FPA). A primary goal of the course is to reveal the... | |
| This course explains principles and applications of diffuse optics in biology and medicine. Diffuse optical tools have a large and rapidly expanding set of pre-clinical and clinical applications. We will... | |
| This course explains the basic principles of designing, building, and testing optical systems whose stray light performance is adequate for their intended purpose. It teaches methods to identify stray light... | |
| This course explains the basic principles, operation and applications of Magnetorheological Finishing (MRF). Over the past 2 decades, MRF has gone from a cutting edge new technology to a standard... | |
| This course explains the implementation of Fourier optics theory and concepts on the computer. A primary objective is to provide attendees with the capability of programming their own basic wave... | |
| This course explains the new concepts and methods that are important when considering whether and how to incorporate freeform optical surfaces in an optical system design. A primary goal of... | |
| This course explains the principles of photon counting detectors for spectral x-ray imaging. Typical technical implementations are described and fundamental differences to energy integrating systems are pointed out. In particular,... | |
| 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... | |
| This course explores the fundamentals and stochastics of image formation used in traditional optical lithography modelling - from the standpoint of Spatial Coherence. The subject will be broken down to... | |
| This course gives a comprehensive introduction into fiber optics. It explains in detail many aspects of light propagation in optical fibers (including data signals and ultrashort pulses) and of coupling... | |
| This course gives an overview of medical image formation, enhancement, analysis, visualization, and communication with many examples from medical applications. It starts with a brief introduction to medical imaging modalities... | |
| This course gives detailed insight into the operation principles and essential limitations of lasers and amplifiers for ultrashort pulse generation. Mode-locked lasers of different kinds, including both bulk lasers and... | |
| This course introduces each of the following basic areas of optics, from an engineering point of view: geometrical optics, image quality, flux transfer, sources, detectors, and lasers. Basic calculations and... | |
| This course introduces the application of pixelated spatial light modulators (SLM) for imaging and non-imaging applications. First, a review of the different commercially available SLM technologies with their benefits, shortcomings... | |
| This course introduces the basic principles of photon upconversion and the current state of upconversion nanomaterials. It will focus on rare-earth doped nanophosphors as well as on their emerging applications. | |
| This course introduces the optomechanical engineering principles for the mounting of optical components such as lenses, mirrors, windows, prisms, and filters. Oriented towards practicing engineers and managers, case studies are... | |
| This course introduces the students to one of the key emerging memory technologies in the semiconductor industry: Magnetic random access memory (MRAM). We review the changing paradigm of computing in... | |
| This course is a comprehensive look at laser technology as applied to precision micromanufacturing. A brief background discussion on laser history, technology and definition of important terms will be presented. | |
| This course is a critical and fundamental introduction to main pathophysiologic processes across the human body, emphasizing on optics and photonics engineering approaches for innovative design and development of novel... | |
| This course is an introduction to ImageJ, an open-source freely-available Java-based image image processing and analysis application. The course will focus on two key features of ImageJ: the graphical-user interface... | |
| This course is an introduction to Java object-oriented programming with application to ImageJ plugin programming. Plugins extend the capabilities of ImageJ, an open-source freely-available Java-based image processing and analysis application. | |
| This course is an introduction to the basic concepts as well as applications of the rapidly emerging field of digital image processing. It familiarizes the audience with the understanding, design,... | |
| This course is designed to give the optical engineer or lens designer an introduction to the technologies and techniques of infrared optical materials, fabrication and testing. This knowledge will help... | |
| This course is designed to give the optical engineer or lens designer an introduction to the technologies and techniques of optical materials, fabrication and testing. This knowledge will help the... | |
| This course is designed to reinforce the fundamentals of seeing, measuring and analyzing surface roughness and mid-spatial frequency (MSF) errors. After reviewing these fundamentals this course will cover how MSF... | |
| This course outlines the principles of light transport in tissues that underlie design of optical measurement devices and laser dosimetry for medicine. Topics include radiative transport in turbid tissues, the... | |
| This course presents a signal theory framework for understanding the functional properties of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) signal, the requirements and algorithms for its digital signal processing. The emphasis... | |
| This course presents an overview of the optical, thermal and mechanical characteristics of infrared-transmittin g window and dome materials. Other topics include thermal shock response, rain and particle erosion, protective... | |
| This course presents methods and applications of multispectral image fusion and night vision colorization organized into three areas: (1) image fusion methods, (2) evaluation, and (3) applications. Two primary multiscale... | |
| This course presents optomechanical analysis methods to optimize the performance of imaging systems subject to environmental influences. Emphasized is the application of finite element techniques to develop efficient and practical... | |
| This course presents the history, operating principles, fabrication processes, and applications of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with particular emphasis on solid-state lighting applications. The course provides an overview of LED fundamentals,... | |
| This course presents the use of finite element methods to model and predict the behavior of optical elements and support structures including lenses, mirrors, windows, and optical mounts in the... | |
| This course provides a basic working knowledge of atmospheric lidar systems with discussions of the engineering parameters of the transmitter/receiver system and the data system, along with the interactions of... | |
| This course provides a brief review of general theory, architecture and operation of CCD and CMOS imagers. In depth discussions then focus on four key operational imager features which collectively... | |
| This course provides a broad introduction to optical (near UV-visible) and infrared sensor systems, with an emphasis on systems used in defense and security. Topics include both passive imagers and... | |
| This course provides a broad introduction to optical remote sensing systems, including both passive sensors (e.g., radiometers and spectral imagers) and active sensors (e.g., laser radars or LIDARs). A brief... | |
| This course provides a broad introduction to the basic concept of automatic target and object detection and its applications in Hyperspectral Imagery (HSI). The primary goal of this course is... | |
| This course provides a broad introduction to the basic concept of the classical neural networks (NN) and its current evolution to deep learning (DL) technology. The primary goal of this... | |
| This course provides a broad overview of optical fiber sensing principles and techniques for biological and medical applications, as well as on the generic uses of specialty optical fibers for... | |
| This course provides a familiarity with precision optical manufacturing and metrology; and an introduction to the materials, machinery, tooling, methods, processes, metrology, and production flow used to fabricate precision optical... | |
| This course provides a foundation of knowledge in radiation dosimetry for scientists and engineers who need to work with dosimetric quantities. Topics to be covered include: a review of the... | |
| This course provides a practical description of the design, analysis, integration, and evaluation processes associated with development of precision stabilization, pointing and tracking systems. Major topics include stabilized platform technology,... | |
| This course provides a primer in mirror system design using freeform surfaces. The course will be of interest to those engineers working with imaging systems which require the use of... | |
| This course provides a review of general theory and operation for CCD and CMOS imaging technologies looking at the development and application statuses of both. Performance differences between CMOS and... | |
| This course provides an in-depth overview of two state-of-the-art graph-based methods for segmenting three-dimensional structures in medical images: graph cuts and the LOGISMOS (Layered Optimal Graph Image Segmentation of Multiple... | |
| This course provides an introduction to lean systems engineering for the development of telescopes, facilities and instruments for astronomy. A primary goal of this course is to illustrate how the... | |
| This course provides an introduction to methodologies and techniques in Data Analytics and Machine Learning, with specific applications to semiconductor manufacturing, from physical design characterization to process and yield optimization. | |
| This course provides an introduction to the exciting and rapidly growing field of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) on autonomous vehicles. The rapid growth of new lasers and detectors, along... | |
| This course provides an overview of how aspheric surfaces are designed, manufactured, and measured. The primary goal of this course is to teach how to determine whether a particular aspheric... | |
| 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... | |
| This course provides an overview of the motivation, theory and basic examples of joint design of optics and image processing in computational sensing and imaging systems in which image processing... | |
| This course provides an overview of the Optical MEMS technology from an engineering point of view. First, the course will explain the main features of the Optical MEMS market showing... | |
| This course provides an overview of the various design and fabrication techniques available to the optical engineer for micro / nano optics, diffractive optics and holographic optics. Emphasis is put... | |
| This course provides an overview on writing a scientific paper. The course focuses on the structure, language, and illustration of scientific papers. | |
| This course provides attendees with a basic knowledge of physical design and its interaction with lithography. Physical design covers a sequence of steps from logic synthesis, power planning, clock tree... | |
| This course provides attendees with a basic understanding of the terminology and analyses used in a fracture mechanics approach to determine the strength of glass, crystals, and ceramics. The course... | |
| This course provides attendees with a basic working knowledge of optical design for biomedical imaging. The course will begin with the fundamentals of biomedical optics, followed by light sources, detectors,... | |
| This course provides attendees with a basic working knowledge of single point diamond turning of optical components. The course covers a wide range of topics and should provide the attendee... | |
| This course provides attendees with a basic working knowledge of the fundamentals and implementation principles of what industry calls with a generic name "double patterning†but in reality it is... | |
| This course provides attendees with a definition and underling concepts of Computational Lithography, which is comprised of lithographic modeling and advanced pattern correction techniques. It is designed to bridge the... | |
| This course provides attendees with a full overview of the fundamentals, current status, and technical challenges of EUV Lithography. Topics covered include EUV Sources, EUV Source Metrology, EUV Optics, EUV... | |
| 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... | |
| This course provides attendees with an advanced knowledge of spectral CT imaging. The course focuses on the properties of a spectral CT measurement and the main applications in spectral CT... | |
| This course provides attendees with an introduction to aerial spectrograph design and development for astronomy. The course concentrates on system configurations and performance optimization and analysis. Specific concepts to be... | |
| This course provides attendees with an overview of the diverse range of applications for NIR and SWIR imaging systems and how these systems are calibrated and characterized. The emphasis is... | |
| 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... | |
| This course provides attendees with an overview of what distinguishes the best scientific presentations. The course introduces a new design for presentation slides that is both more memorable and persuasive... | |
| This course provides attendees with strategies and ideas for navigating through the early years of Medical Imaging research in the academic environment. The course focuses on strategic career planning topics... | |
| This course provides attendees with the fundamentals of specialty fiber fusion splicing and fiber glass processing technologies with a focus on high power fiber laser and medical fiber probe applications. | |
| This course provides attendees with the knowledge necessary to understand and apply femtosecond laser pulses for micromachining tasks in a variety of materials. Emphasis will be placed on developing a... | |
| This course provides background on supervised learning applied to microlithography. A primary goal of the course is to illustrate supervised learning, inference, and validation workflow to practitioners of microlithography, using... | |
| This course provides detailed knowledge on the operation and design of nonlinear frequency conversion devices. The emphasis is on frequency conversion in ï£(2) nonlinear crystals, such as frequency doubling, sum... | |
| This course provides the background and principles necessary to understand how optical imaging systems function, allowing you to produce a system layout which will satisfy the performance requirements of your... | |
| 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... | |
| This course reviews the critical elements of laser safety in a non-medical setting and will concentrate on the items of greatest value to users. It will be presented as a... | |
| This course reviews the fundamental principles and applications concerning absorption, refraction and scattering phenomena in the atmosphere that impact infrared sensor performance. Topics include an introduction to atmospheric structure, a... | |
| This course serves as a high level introduction to the various categories of Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) available today: Smart Glasses or Smart Eyewear, Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR),... | |
| This course starts with an overview on competing 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... | |
| This course surveys structure and operation of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) implemented on digital readout integrated circuits (ROICs) and digital image sensors. Attendees will learn how to evaluate ADC architectures using... | |
| This course teaches attendees the skills needed to create well-written scientific articles for publication in journals or proceedings. We discuss the structure of a paper and the roles of its... | |
| This course teaches how to design a digital camera from a systems perspective with emphasis on the optical specification and how that relates to the sensor. Concepts are explained through... | |
| This course will address all aspects of laser beam quality. Topics to be covered are: a short introduction to Gaussian beams, definitions and importance of beam quality, measurement techniques, typical... | |
| This course will describe the imaging capabilities and applications of the principal types of multispectral (MS) and hyperspectral (HS) sensors. The focus will be on sensors that work in the... | |
| This course will describe the imaging capabilities of visible sensors and illustrate their use with examples as varied as satellite imaging and commercial color scanning applications. The methodology for configuring... | |
| This course will enable the user to understand how an infrared camera system can be calibrated to measure radiance, radiant intensity and apparent temperatures of targets and scenes, and how... | |
| This course will explain the basic principles of operation and the fundamental theoretical basis of 3D imaging laser radar systems. An analytical approach to evaluation of system performance will be... | |
| This course will present a description of the fundamental physics and mathematical principles of CT. Key system performance parameters and design tradeoffs are reviewed. Causes and corrections of various image... | |
| This course will provide a broad overview on all aspects of micro- and nanofluidic technology starting with the history over one decade of microfluidics and describing the various fabrication technologies... | |
| This course will provide an introduction to the fundamental properties of liquid crystals and liquid crystal devices, as well as to their widespread technological applications. The main goal is to... | |
| This course will provide an overview of the field of EAP covering the state of the art, challenges and potential. Three general classes of polymer materials are described, namely those... | |
| This course will provide attendees with a basic knowledge of the process of integrating diode lasers into systems. The course encourages a multidisciplinary approach in system design. The course is... | |
| This course will provide attendees with a basic working knowledge of optical design and associated engineering. The information in this course will help novice and experienced designers, as well as... | |
| This course will provide the technical manager, sales engineering, marketing staff, or other non-optics personnel with a basic, non-mathematical introduction to the terms, specifications, and concepts used in optical technology... | |
| 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... | |
| This course will review the principles of operation and technological advances of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs). The course will begin with an introduction to microcavity laser diode physics,... | |
| This course, based on the next edition of the book with the same title, explores the chemical basis of advanced lithography, which in all its essential aspects is about chemical... | |
| 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... | |
| This half-day deep dive course will guide researchers with some background knowledge, e.g. from the introductory course, SC1235 Introduction to Medical Image Analysis using Convolutional Neural Networks, through the latest... | |
| This introductory-level course provides the basic concepts of bulk media nonlinear optics. Although some mathematical formulas are provided, the emphasis is on simple explanations. It is recognized that the beginning... | |
| This short course introduces the field of interferometric optical testing. Topics covered include basic interferometers for optical testing, and concepts of phase-shifting interferometry including error analysis. Long wavelength interferometry, testing... | |
| This workshop teaches skills needed to lead technical projects, drive innovation, and influence others. Attendees learn the difference between leadership and management, and how to develop specific leadership skills that... | |
| Ultrafast Optics-the science, technology, and applications 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... | |
| 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, managers, and buyers. | |
| Updated for 2020, this course presents the fundamentals of the operation of the broad range of semiconductor photonic devices used for light generation, modulation, manipulation, detection and application, covering the... | |
| Using communication theory, this full-day course explains the universal principles underlying a diverse range of electro-optical systems. From visible / infra-red imaging, to free space optical communications and laser remote... | |
| 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... | |
| Wavefront correction and generation are important topics in many areas. This introductory course will cover: the basic Gaussian beam, the need for other beams such as: Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian laser... | |
| When a digital image is captured using a digital still camera, DSC, it needs to be processed. For consumer cameras this processing is done within the camera and covers various... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Within the infrared community, it is widely held that uncooled sensors are incapable of doing accurate quantitative work. This course aims to show that quantitative imaging is actually possible with... |