4th EOS Conference on Manufacturing and Testing of Optical Components (EOSMTOC 2015)

EOS Conferences are held under the umbrella of the World of Photonics Congress 2015, the leading international congress for optical technologies in Europe (21-25 June 2015).

Chairs

• General Chair: Klaus-Friedrich Beckstette (DE)
• Co-chair: Oliver Fähnle, FISBA OPTIK AG (CH)

Programme committee:

• Frank Frost, Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification IOM (DE)
• Alexandre Gatto, Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH (DE)
• Roland Geyl, Sagem SA (FR)
• Thomas Mitra, LIMO Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH (DE)
• Sven Schröder, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, Jena (DE)
• Rainer Tutsch, Technical University Braunschweig (DE)
• David Walker, OpTIC Glyndwr Ltd. (UK)

Plenary Speaker (in Joint Session with SPIE )

• Greg Forbes, QED Technologies Inc., University of North Carolina at Charlotte (AU)

Invited speakers (list to be completed)

• Christoph Menke, Carl Zeiss (DE)
• G. Michael Morris, RPC Photonics, Inc. (US)
• Sven Schröder, Fraunhofer IOF, (DE)
• Michael Schulz, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE)

Synopsis

Advancements in technology and innovative manufacturing processes are crucial for optical sector growth in today's global markets. Markets with high developmental momentum include the energy and semiconductor, life sciences, health care and the agri-food industries. Optical technologies play a crucial role in these markets, the importance of sophisticated but economically priced optical components being vital to new products and applications.

The 4th EOS Conference on Manufacturing and Testing of Optical Components, EOSMTOC 2015, will highlight significant technology trends, emerging technologies and associated prospective developments. This meeting provides a forum for all aspects of optics fabrication and testing, ranging from micro to large-scale optics and from high value one-off to mass-produced components including lessons learned papers on polishing process stability and finishing processes for high end optics as well as for optics featuring clear apertures below 1mm.

This time special emphasis is set to the topics Testing as well as Fabrication friendly Optical Design and Tolerancing groundwork for all successful manufacturing aspects.

Held in conjunction with the LASER World of PHOTONICS 2015 trade fair, one of the world’s largest for optics, it will be a unique opportunity for the exchange of information with renowned researchers, scientists, engineers and professionals from all over Europe!

Sessions

I. High-Volume Manufacturing, Micro-Optics and Structured Surfaces

• Wafer level optics
• Glass and Polymer molding
• Modules made from molded optics
• µ-optics for illumination systems and laser beam shaping
• Manufacturing technologies: mastering, tooling, replication
• Lithographic processing and etching
• Diffractive optics element design and fabrication
• µ-optics on curved substrates
• Smart micro-optics incl. multilayered coatings
• Gratings and holographic optical elements
• Fabrication and packaging of micro-optical components
• Integration of silicon and glass-based components
• Gratings / µ-optics with low stray light
• Micro-texturing technologies
• Engineered diffusers

Session Chairs:

• Stefan Bäumer, TNO (NL)
• Reinhard Völkel, Süss Microoptics (CH)

II. Precise Optics Fabrication

• Abrasive processes and machines
• Precision grinding
• High end polishing processes, e.g. for laser optics
• Stability of polishing processes
• Lasers as manufacturing tools
• Replication technologies
  • glass molding processes
  • (Ductile) grinding of molds
  • polishing of molds
• Local polishing and figuring techniques
• Ion beam figuring and polishing
• Plasma processes
• Jet polishing
• Diamond machining and machines
• Single point cutting
• Fly cutting
• Micro milling
• Reflection and diffraction hybrid optical element and system technology
• Freeform Optics / Large Optics
• Processes and machines for freeform optical elements
• Monolithic optics
• Data exchange chain for freeform production
• Mini optics fabrication (0.2 mm < clear apertures < 1 mm)

Session Chairs:

• Ramona Eberhardt, Precision Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering FhG-IOF (DE)
• Oliver Fähnle, FISBA Optik AG (CH)

III. Testing for Fabrication and Assembly
(Joint Session with SPIE Optical Metrology)

• Measurement of aspheric and freeform optical surfaces
• Alignment processes and systems for complex optical systems
• Measurement of micro-structured surfaces for optical element fabrication
• In-process/in-machine measurement for improved optical production
• Calibration of measurements on high precision optical surfaces
• Generation and measurement of fiducials over the whole production chain
• Metrology for wafer level assembly processes
• Metrology tools for assembly and alignment
• Aberration retrieval

Session Chairs:

• Jean-Michel Asfour, Dioptic GmbH (DE)
• Christof Pruss, Institute of Applied Optics ITO Uni. Stuttgart (DE)

IV. Fabrication friendly Optical Design and Tolerancing

• Surface descriptions, optimization algorithms and techniques
• Freeform optics design theory and method
• Freeform optics application in optical imaging and lighting system
• As Built Performance Optimization
• Fabrication adapted tolerancing methods
• New methods for Integration of design, manufacturing, and metrology

Session Chairs:

• Norbert Kerwien, Carl Zeiss (DE)

 
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