CMOP

Modern optics for optical designers

Information

Optics is the ‘enabling technology’ of the 21st century. To design optical systems, to specify and test optical components, to integrate optical components into products, requires knowledge and skills that can be learned in the CMOP course. Over the years the CMOP has become one of the most comprehensive optical courses in Western Europe, unique in its concept, starting with theoretical basics, via practical optical system design and ending with a broad overview of optical applications.

 

After the course, the participant will have a thorough knowledge of modern optical concepts, their applications and the design of optical systems, the engineering problems and solutions.

Intended for

The course is intented for optical designers working in research and development of optical systems. Educational level should be technical university (physics, electronics, mechanics). Prerequisite: a thorough basic knowledge of optics and practical experience in optical systems.

Programme

Optical basics (7 sessions)

• Wave motion
• Electromagnetic theory
• Refraction & Reflection
• Polarization
• Diffraction
• Gratings

System design (12 sessions)

• Measuring and testing
• Paraxial optics
• Geometrical optics
• Lens design
• Optical engineering
• Illumination
• Non-imaging optics
• Optical detection

Applications (8 sessions)

• Diffraction & micro-optics
• Lithography
• Waveguiding and lasers
• Non-linear optics
• Biomedical photonics
• Excursion to an optical development/ production facility



Methods: lectures, self-study, individual assessments, group assignments, excursion. Course material: course notes and books. Award: diploma or certificate dependent on the results of the assessments and assignments.

 

The length of the CMOP course is 28 half days from 9:00 AM till 12:00 AM in a period of 50 weeks. Study load excluding class sessions: homework 6 - 8 hours a week.

 

This course is part of the Certified Precision Engineer program of the Dutch Society for Precision Engineering (DSPE). Participants receive a certificate of The High Tech Institute and a sub-certificate of the DSPE in case the home work results (assessments and assignments) are sufficient.

Timetable

To be determined