ANNOTATION
Start your journey as a laser designer. We will teach you the necessary skills to design laser components or reliably integrate laser systems.
The laser mechanics course will complement your knowledge of key chapters specific to opto-mechanical component design and laser sub-system design. We will discuss the topic of precision mechanics and positioning. We will establish the fundamentals of vacuum technology and the principles of vacuum compatible component design. The last part of the course is devoted to cooling technology and thermal management methodology in general.
The course is suitable for expanding the knowledge of engineers and beginning designers, graduates of high schools and universities of design courses, or as retraining for the specialization of laser mechanics designer.
COURSE DETAIL
Start your journey as a laser designer. We will teach you the necessary knowledge to design laser components or reliably integrate laser systems:
- Precision mechanics and positioning,
- Fundamentals of vacuum technology and design principles of vacuum compatible components,
- Cooling technology and thermal management.
Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss design ideas from their practice.
What will you learn?
- Understand the design principles of precision mechanics.
- Know the basic opto-mechanical elements of laser systems.
- Know the appropriate materials and design procedures.
- Understand the requirements for opto-mechanical components.
- Understand the fundamentals of vacuum technology.
- Understand the design of vacuum compatible components.
- Know how to select appropriate vacuum components.
- Know how to design custom vacuum compatible parts.
- Understand noise sources.
- Understand the methods by which noise can be suppressed.
- Understand the basic principles of cooling and thermal management.
- Know how to deal with parasitic radiation reflections using design features.
COURSE TIMETABLE
Section 1 | Precision mechanics and positioning
- Design approaches for minimizing random errors
- Optomechanical elements of laser systems (standard, off-the-shelf, custom)
- Device storage, elimination of environmental influences
- Precision positioning, positioning elements and position correction (kinematic fit, stick-slip effect, stable mechanical fit, accuracy, repeatability, resolution, flexible joints, differential screw)
Section 2 | Fundamentals of vacuum technology and design principles of vacuum compatible components
- Vacuum equipment and technology
- Instrument design for vacuum conditions
- Overview of vacuum compatible materials
- Vacuum chambers
- Vacuum standard elements
Section 3 | Cooling technology and thermal management
- Thermal management
- Noise, its sources and methods of its suppression
- Design elements to eliminate parasitic radiation reflections (screens, pinhole screens, covers, absorbers, surface treatments)
