Nashua, NH--A webcast on April 27 will provide an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of tolerancing and testing for surface roughness and mid-spatial frequency errors. These factors affect all elements of the optics fabrication process--from design to manufacturing. This webcast will be presented by Jessica DeGroote Nelson, who is Research and Development Manager, Optimax Systems (Ontario, NY).
This webcast is hosted by Laser Focus World senior editor John Wallace. It is one in a series of educational webcasts presented by the Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster, which is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote the photonics, optics and imaging industries in New York.
Learn more and register at:
http://www.laserfocusworld.com/webcasts/2012/04/basics-of-optical-surfaces0.html
About the Author
Conard Holton
Conard Holton has 25 years of science and technology editing and writing experience. He was formerly a staff member and consultant for government agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and engineering companies such as Bechtel. He joined Laser Focus World in 1997 as senior editor, becoming editor in chief of WDM Solutions, which he founded in 1999. In 2003 he joined Vision Systems Design as editor in chief, while continuing as contributing editor at Laser Focus World. Conard became editor in chief of Laser Focus World in August 2011, a role in which he served through August 2018. He then served as Editor at Large for Laser Focus World and Co-Chair of the Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar from August 2018 through January 2022. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, with additional studies at the Colorado School of Mines and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.