Classification
CUI, Limited Distribution C
Instructor
Mark Spencer, University of Arizona
Duration
Half-day course, runs 1300-1700
Credits awarded
2 CLPs
Course Fee
$300 ($50 discount if you take two courses) Current Full-Time Students: $100 ($50 discount if you take two courses)
Course Description
This half-day course closely follows the material presented in six chapters of a recently published DEPS textbook entitled: "Beam Control for Laser Systems, 2nd Edition." By the end of this course, the interested student will have been exposed to beam-control topics ranging from optics fundamentals to adaptive optics (see the full list below). Thus, the interested student will have been exposed to the introductory material needed to become independent learners with respect to beam-control technology.
Please note that students completing this course will be able to purchase a copy of "Beam Control for Laser Systems, 2nd Edition" at a significantly reduced cost. The material presented in this textbook is tutorial in nature with exercises found at the back of each chapter. A companion CD also provides solutions with MATLAB code for these exercises.
Topics to be covered include:
- Optics fundamentals (Chapter 2)
- Systems engineering (Chapter 3)
- Classical controls (Chapter 5)
- Modern controls (Chapter 6)
- Optical train Components (Chapter 11)
- Adaptive optics (Chapter 14)
Intended Audience
This course is for the working professional. Both technical personnel and program managers will benefit from the material presented. With that said, the material presented assumes an undergraduate education in science and engineering.
Instructor Biography
Dr. Mark F. Spencer is the Director of the Joint Directed Energy Transition Office (JDETO) within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). Mark is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Optical Sciences and Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) within the Department of Engineering Physics. He is an active member of the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS), a senior member of Optica (the society advancing optics and photonics worldwide), and a fellow of SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics).