Kidger Optics Associates is a provider of high-quality, expert Optical Design Services.
Optical Design at Kidger Optics Associates spans over 50 years of company experience, including educational and professional services across three continents, and serves an international customer base worldwide.
We will be pleased to review your expert optical lens design and illumination design challenges. Our capabilities include both waveguide and free-form modeling talents, which are required to provide comprehensive illumination design services. Our design services are known for their thoroughness, performance optimization and customer support.
Recent News
The Kidger-Moore Distinguished Professorship in Optics | University of Rochester
September 15, 2026
The University of Rochester has named James M. Zavislan, Ph.D., the inaugural Kidger-Moore Distinguished Professor in Optics. An accomplished researcher, inventor, and educator, Zavislan brings extensive expertise in optical engineering and biomedical imaging to this prestigious appointment.
Honoring the Legacy of Emery L. Moore | University of Rochester
September 15, 2026
Tina Kidger recently visited the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics, where Professor Tom Brown showed her the memorial honoring her late husband, Emery L. Moore. The display celebrates Emery’s distinguished career, contributions to optics, and enduring legacy in the field.
Institute of Optics Colloquia | University of Rochester
September 14, 2026
The University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics hosted the presentation of the 2026 Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship to Jacob Sacks on September 14, 2026. The event also featured a guest lecture by Dr. Joseph A. Shaw, exploring the beauty and science of optics in nature.
UKODM 2026
The Optical Design Meetings organized by Tina E Kidger, CEO Kidger Optics Associates, are held every two years. The meetings are known as the UKODM or ESODM and alternate between the UK and Spain. They are held in leading institutions using their lecture halls and facilities for lunch and coffee breaks. The meeting has a Program for the day, giving leading Academics from Universities and Industry the opportunity to present a paper on their research. It also includes students who can make a Poster presentation. It is a great opportunity for all those attending to come together and discuss their research.
The 2026 UK Optical Design Meeting (UKODM 2026) was held at the University of Oxford, bringing together leading experts, researchers, and professionals in optical design for a day of presentations, discussions, and collaboration on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at the Denys Wilkinson Building, Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford, UK.
Kidger Optics provides comprehensive optical design solutions, combining expert consultancy services with the use and promotion of Keysight’s industry-leading software, CODE V® for imaging design and LightTools® for illumination design, to deliver precise, practical, and innovative optical systems.
Scholarship
The Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship was established to honour Michael John Kidger, who passed away in 1998. The Scholarship was initiated by Tina Kidger to provide a lasting memory of Michael’s talent in the teaching of optical design.