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.
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.