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• Dr Christophe Buisset (National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Thailand)

• Assoc. Pr. Thierry Lepine (Institut d’Optique Graduate School – Laboratoire Hubert Curien, France) 

          "ORCID"- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1102-920X

Important dates :

• 1^st –  31^st May 2021: Registration

• 1^st June 2021: Acceptance announcement 

The workshop aims at a small number of participants with a limit of 15. The workshop is opened to any country but the priority will be given to the students coming, first from Thailand and then, from ASEAN countries.

The targeted participants are the following:

• Graduate and final-year undergraduate students in Engineering, physics, Optics, Photonics and related domains.
• PhD students in Engineering, physics, Optics, Photonics and related domains.
• Researchers and Engineers in Engineering, physics, Optics, Photonics and related domains.

Prerequisite:

The minimum knowledge to attend the workshop is: good knowledge of geometrical and physical optics, including: paraxial optics  calculations, theory of diffraction effects and interferences.

A Basic knowledge of 3^rd order aberration theory and a knowledge of 1 optical design software (ZEMAX OpticStudio preferred) would be profitable (but not mandatory)  to attend the workshop.

Equipment: The attendees must have access to one PC laptop with Windows installed, no MAC, no Linux with one powerful connection to internet. Indeed, the academic classes and the classwork will be given in real-time by the lecturers (no recorded lectures). It is thus very important that you verify the quality of your connection before attending the workshop.

First, we recommend that you connect with a local WIFI connection located at your home or at your work rather than over WIFI sources which are usually less stable. Second, we ask you to test the quality and the stability of this connection before registration to the work. For example, you could verify that you can watch a high resolution movie in streaming without interruption during 2hours.

About NARIT

NARIT is a leading organization in Thailand and South-East Asia based in Chiang Mai. In particular, NARIT manages the Thai National Observatory at a 2,457m site on Doi Inthanon, with a new 2.4-meter telescope which is the largest in South East Asia. NARIT also comprises an optical laboratory which includes all the essential equipment to perform cutting edge research in optics.

The workshop

The concept of the proposed workshop is to initiate to the optical design methods related to imaging instruments. The participants will learn the methods to design an optical instrument and how to use the ZEMAX OpticStudio software. The workshop will be addressed to advanced students (PhD students, and MSc students), people from the industry and researchers. After the workshop the participants will be able to design simple optical instruments for imaging applications.

Due to the Covid-19 situation and to the fact that the workshop will be given on-line, the program has been reduced compared to the previous editions and will address the following domains:

• Definition of an optical system.
• Optical aberrations and image quality criteria.
• Optical design: from classical optical systems to an introduction to off-axis systems.
• Introduction to sensitivity and tolerancing analysis.
• Practical optical design sessions with ZEMAX software.

The workshop will start on the Monday 13^th April afternoon until the Saturday 19^th morning. The workshop courses will thus cover a duration equal to five days and a half and will comprise both theoretical courses and practical activities with the ZEMAX OpticStudio software. The workshop will be given fully on-line using the Zoom application during sessions of two hours by researchers experienced in optical design.

NARIT-Institut d’Optique Graduate School

Optical Design Summer School 2021

14-18 June 2021

Chiang Mai, Thailand

*Webinar*

Registration will open from 1-31 May 201

Acceptance announcement: 1 June 2021