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tutorials
Three tutorials on opto-mechanics are to be held in London in June. These are aimed at mechanical and optical engineers and cover the following subjects. Introduction to opto-mechanical design - Johnathan Maxwell, Daniel Vukobratovich (II- 19
June>
Advanced topics in optomechanics Daniel Vukobratovich (20 June) Optical component mounting Paul Yoder (21 June) The first of these is an intensive three-day tutorial aimed at providing expert guidance and opto-mechanical specification, design and production technology and testing, relating theory to practical applications of the techniques described. It aims to give the non-specialist the necessary background to work closely with optical engineers and designers, and the specialist a wider appreciation of these fields.
Fibre-optics
exhibition
Building on the success of the past two shows, the Fibre Optics Exhibition will be held at the Barbican Centre, London, UK from 22 to 24 October 1991. Right at the heart of the exhibition will be the Active Eibre Optic Workshops, which will function in two distinct ways: (1) as a practical introduction to the fibre optics system for novices, and (2) a demonstration of the most advanced equipment and services available, for those involved in the industry, whether users, installers, designers, architects or technicians of all sorts. Supporting the exhibition will be a series of seminars on such topics as components, installation, lasers and R&D. There will also be Optics Et Laser Technology Vol23 No 3 1991
The second tutorial covers new methods of solving optomechanical design problems as well as traditional techniques. The intended audience will include qualified mechanical, optical and systems engineers concerned with the design and manufacture of optical instruments and their integration into systems packages. The final tutorial addresses a variety of techniques used to mount optical components in instruments. Design principles and analytical methods useful in evaluating specific designs will be summarized. Topics to be discussed include mounting -of single lenses and windows with retainers and elastomers, mounting of small mirrors and prisms by clamping and bonding, typical configurations of multilens assemblies, and general types of mountings for larger mirrors and for metal mirrors. Sira Ltd, Communications South Hill, Chislehurst, Kent 0 BR7 SEH, UK
includes workshops an introduction to fibre optics, again aimed at the novice. Fibre Optics Exhibition Ltd, 26
Lloyd Baker Street, London WClX 0 9AU, UK
Infra-red detectors and systems applications A short course on modem infrared detectors and systems applications will be held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, from 29 July to 2 August, 199 1. Topics to be covered include infrared detector physics, photon
and thermal detectors, focal plane architecture and perar=Y formance criteria, as well as charge coupled and injection devices, materials technology for infra-red detectors, and new detector concepts. Imaging, search and track and seeker applications will also be covered along with superlattices and superconductors. There will be a hands-on student laboratory session. University of California, Santa
Barbara, Department of Science, Engineering and Management, UCSB Extension, Santa Barbara, 0 California 93106, USA
Laser Doppler anemometry course has lectures and laboratory work With the collaboration of both the major manufacturers of anemometry equipment, the intensive course ‘laser-Doppler short anemometry’ will take place from 3 to 5 July 1991 at UMIST, UK. The course comprises eleven lectures and six hours of laboratory work. An introductory laboratory session on the first day is particularly appropriate for those with no experience of LDA. Lectures cover basic principles; optical systems; signal processing via counters, transient recorders, trackers, and spectral analysis and correlation techniques; and the use of optical fibres. Applications in liquid, gas and two-phase flows include measurements in rotating and reciprocating machinery. With the collaboration of the Department of Engineering, at the University of Manchester, eight different experiments are included in the main laboratory sessions. Held at the same place, just before this event, on l-2 July is a similar course on hot wire anemometry. Mrs Irene Bowker, Department
Mechanical Engineering, of UMIST, PO Box 66, Manchester 0 M60 100, UK 145
tutorials
Three tutorials on opto-mechanics are to be held in London in June. These are aimed at mechanical and optical engineers and cover the following subjects. Introduction to opto-mechanical design - Johnathan Maxwell, Daniel Vukobratovich (II- 19
June>
Advanced topics in optomechanics Daniel Vukobratovich (20 June) Optical component mounting Paul Yoder (21 June) The first of these is an intensive three-day tutorial aimed at providing expert guidance and opto-mechanical specification, design and production technology and testing, relating theory to practical applications of the techniques described. It aims to give the non-specialist the necessary background to work closely with optical engineers and designers, and the specialist a wider appreciation of these fields.
Fibre-optics
exhibition
Building on the success of the past two shows, the Fibre Optics Exhibition will be held at the Barbican Centre, London, UK from 22 to 24 October 1991. Right at the heart of the exhibition will be the Active Eibre Optic Workshops, which will function in two distinct ways: (1) as a practical introduction to the fibre optics system for novices, and (2) a demonstration of the most advanced equipment and services available, for those involved in the industry, whether users, installers, designers, architects or technicians of all sorts. Supporting the exhibition will be a series of seminars on such topics as components, installation, lasers and R&D. There will also be Optics Et Laser Technology Vol23 No 3 1991
The second tutorial covers new methods of solving optomechanical design problems as well as traditional techniques. The intended audience will include qualified mechanical, optical and systems engineers concerned with the design and manufacture of optical instruments and their integration into systems packages. The final tutorial addresses a variety of techniques used to mount optical components in instruments. Design principles and analytical methods useful in evaluating specific designs will be summarized. Topics to be discussed include mounting -of single lenses and windows with retainers and elastomers, mounting of small mirrors and prisms by clamping and bonding, typical configurations of multilens assemblies, and general types of mountings for larger mirrors and for metal mirrors. Sira Ltd, Communications South Hill, Chislehurst, Kent 0 BR7 SEH, UK
includes workshops an introduction to fibre optics, again aimed at the novice. Fibre Optics Exhibition Ltd, 26
Lloyd Baker Street, London WClX 0 9AU, UK
Infra-red detectors and systems applications A short course on modem infrared detectors and systems applications will be held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, from 29 July to 2 August, 199 1. Topics to be covered include infrared detector physics, photon
and thermal detectors, focal plane architecture and perar=Y formance criteria, as well as charge coupled and injection devices, materials technology for infra-red detectors, and new detector concepts. Imaging, search and track and seeker applications will also be covered along with superlattices and superconductors. There will be a hands-on student laboratory session. University of California, Santa
Barbara, Department of Science, Engineering and Management, UCSB Extension, Santa Barbara, 0 California 93106, USA
Laser Doppler anemometry course has lectures and laboratory work With the collaboration of both the major manufacturers of anemometry equipment, the intensive course ‘laser-Doppler short anemometry’ will take place from 3 to 5 July 1991 at UMIST, UK. The course comprises eleven lectures and six hours of laboratory work. An introductory laboratory session on the first day is particularly appropriate for those with no experience of LDA. Lectures cover basic principles; optical systems; signal processing via counters, transient recorders, trackers, and spectral analysis and correlation techniques; and the use of optical fibres. Applications in liquid, gas and two-phase flows include measurements in rotating and reciprocating machinery. With the collaboration of the Department of Engineering, at the University of Manchester, eight different experiments are included in the main laboratory sessions. Held at the same place, just before this event, on l-2 July is a similar course on hot wire anemometry. Mrs Irene Bowker, Department
Mechanical Engineering, of UMIST, PO Box 66, Manchester 0 M60 100, UK 145