Agenda
of the 14-th European OptiLayer Workshop
"Optical Coatings for Modern Applications"

Organized by Alfred Thelen, Alexander Tikhonravov, Michael Trubetskov,
and Irmgard Langbein

Special guest speakers: George Dobrowolski and Hans Pulker

Workshop dates: March 22 - 24, 2010
Location: Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany

Registration form can be downloaded here (MS Word format).

We have reservations in:
Hotel Körner, Körnerstrasse 24-25, 30159 Hannover
Telefon: (0511) 1636-0
Telefax: (0511) 18048
http://www.hotelkoerner.de

Monday, March 22

9:00 am Opening remarks (Irmgard Langbein)
9:10 From the history of thin films and introduction to OptiLayer software (Alfred Thelen and Alexander Tikhonravov)
9:55 Modern principles of software interface implemented in OptiLayer software (Michael Trubetskov)
10:40 Coffee break
11:00 Advanced topics in the analysis of multilayers (Alexander Tikhonravov)
11:45 Overview of modern design techniques (Alexander Tikhonravov)
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Some challenges in the design and manufacture of optical thin film systems (George Dobrowolski)
14:15 Some aspects for the optimization of high quality laser coatings (Detlev Ristau)
15:00 Coffee break
15:20 Practical aspects of designing and choice of design strategy for general application coatings (Alexander Tikhonravov)
16:05 Design of narrow band pass filters and optical coatings for special applications in telecommunications, medicine, etc. (Alexander Tikhonravov)
18:00 Workshop reception (dinner will be provided)

Tuesday, March 23

9:00 am Presentation capabilities of OptiLayer software (Michael Trubetskov)
9:45 Design of multilayers for ultra fast applications (coatings with phase, group delay and group delay dispersion specifications) (Alexander Tikhonravov)
10:30 Coffee break
10:50 Color analysis and design of coatings for color applications (Tatiana Amotchkina)
11:35

What’s new in OptiLayer software (Michael Trubetskov)

12:20 Lunch
13:30 Pre-production error analysis and choosing designs with the best probability of a high manufacturing yield (Alexander Tikhonravov)
14:15 Overview of monitoring techniques and recent advances in optical monitoring (Alexander Tikhonravov)
15:00 Coffee break
15:20 Remote control feature in OptiLayer software - status report on application to virtual and real PIAD experiments (Olaf Stenzel)
16:05 Computational manufacturing as a tool for raising production yields (Alexander Tikhonravov)

Wednesday, March 24

9:00 am Metal oxide coatings for interference optics - state of the art in production (Hans Pulker)
9:45 Advances in virtual deposition processes and broadband optical monitoring (H. Ehlers and S. Schlichting)
10:30 Coffee break
10:50 Import of data to the programs of OptiLayer software family (Tatiana Amotchkina)
11:35 Optical characterization of thin films – basic concepts (Alexander Tikhonravov)
12:20 Lunch
13:30 Methodology of thin film characterization based on spectral photometric data (Tatiana Amotchkina)
14:15 Thin film characterization using spectral ellipsometric data (Tatiana Amotchkina)
15:00 Coffee break
15:20

Reverse engineering of optical coatings with OptiRE (Alexander Tikhonravov)

16.05 Integrating OptiLayer thin film software in the production environment (Michael Trubetskov)
16:50 Closing remarks (Irmgard Langbein)

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