UK OPTICAL DESIGNERS’ MEETING
Thursday 17th September 2009
UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory,
Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ
09:30
Arrival and coffee
10:00
Opening remarks
10:10
Nodal Aberration Theory: Bringing insight and discovery to optical systems without symmetry
Kevin Thompson, Optical Research Associates
10:50
The EAGLE near infrared spectrometer design
Martyn Wells, UKATC
11:30
On the design of freeform reflectors for illumination
Florian Fournier, CREOL
12:10
Lunch and Poster Session
A buffet lunch will be served at the venue (free of charge)
13:40
Methods for optimising LED performance
Stuart David, Optical Research Associates
14:20
Optimisation in computational imaging systems
Nick Bustin, Qioptiq
15:00
Optical design of cameras for earth observation
Kevin Middleton, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
15:40
Closing remarks
15:50
Coffee
Sponsored by:
THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, Edinburgh.
SPIE EUROPE – UKODM Cooperating organisation
For further details please go to www.kidger.com or contact:
Andy Wood, Qioptiq Ltd.
Glascoed Rd., St. Asaph, LL17 0LL, UK
Tel: 01745 588291
e-mail: andy.wood@uk.qioptiq.com
Tina Kidger, Kidger Optics Assoc’s
Representing Optical Research Assoc’s, UK
Tel: 01684 575003
e-mail: tina@kidger.com