Modern Optical Engineering (with Labs)
2008 Course Description

• June 17 Wednesday afternoon
  Optical Engineering for Biomedical Optics, Prof. James Zavislan (Rochester):
  Design and analysis of systems in which the index of refraction varies as a function of the spatial coordinates; applications to conventional optical systems, fiber optics, and medical imaging.

• June 18, Thursday morning
  Diffractive- and Micro-Optics Technology, Dr. G. Michael Morris (Rochester, Apollo Optical Systems, Inc, and Rochester Photonics Corporation):
  Diffractive- and micro-optics technology provides new degrees of freedom for the design and optimization of optical systems. In this course emphasis will be placed on recent advances in the design, prototyping and manufacturing of precision, micro-structured optical elements and their applications in optical telecommunication, vision-care, solid-state lighting, and display systems.

• June 18, Thursday afternoon
  Optical Thin Films, Mr. Doug Smith (VPT):
  Survey of applications for optical thin-film coatings; reflectance and transmittance at a boundary; vector methods and the Smith chart. Production considerations, including: vacuum evaporation; evaporation sources; uniformity calculations; thickness monitoring; chamber configuration; and materials.

• June 19, Friday morning
  Optical Testing & Instrumentation, Prof. James Wyant (Arizona):
  Interferometric optical testing, including Fizeau, Twyman-Green, Mach-Zehnder, Scatterplate, and Smartt point-diffraction interferometers are described for the testing of optical components and optical systems. Theory and applications of phase-shifting interferometers are discussed. Special techniques for the testing of aspheric surfaces are outlined.

• June 19, Friday afternoon
  New Optical Manufacturing Processes, Prof. Stephen Jacobs (Rochester):
  A review of conventional optics manufacturing with loose abrasives, pitch, and cerium oxide slurries is given. The important role of slurry fluid chemistry for producing ultrasmooth surfaces is described. New optical manufacturing methods are then reviewed from the perspective of new machines and deterministic processes developed at the Center for Optics Manufacturing (COM). These include deterministic microgrinding of spherical optics with metal-bonded diamond ring tools, and precision finishing of spheres and aspheres with magnetorheological finishing (MRF).