Cost-Conscious Tolerancing of Optical Systems

Level: Introductory Length: 4 hours Format: In-Person Lecture Intended Audience: This material is intended for managers, engineers, and technical staff involved in product design from concept through manufacturing. Description: The purpose of this course is to present concepts, tools, and methods that will help attendees determine optimal tolerances for optical systems. Detailed topics in the course apply to all volumes of systems being developed – from single systems to millions of units. The importance of tolerancing throughout the design process is discussed in detail, including determining robustness of the specification and design for manufacture and operation. The course also provides a background to effective tolerancing with discussions on variability and relevant applied statistics. Tolerance analysis and assignment with strong methodology and examples are discussed in detail. A short introduction is also provided for useful development and production tools like design of experiments and statistical process control. References and examples are included to help researchers, designers, engineers, and technicians practically apply the concepts to plan, design, engineer, and build high-quality cost-competitive optical systems. Learning Outcomes: This course will enable you to: - summarize different design of experiment and statistical process control strategies - construct tolerance analysis budgets - define variability and comprehend its impact on nominal systems - utilize fundamental applied statistics in tolerancing - perform detailed tolerance analysis Instructor(s): Richard N. Youngworth Ph.D. is a Founder and Chief Engineer of Riyo LLC, an optical design and engineering firm and through Riyo is Staff Technical Consultant for Lambda Research Corporation. Riyo LLC provides optical engineering and optical product development services. His industrial experience spans diverse topics including optical metrology, design, manufacturing, and analysis. Dr. Youngworth has spent significant time working on optical systems in the challenging transition from ideal design to successful volume manufacturing. He is widely considered an expert, due to his research, lectures, publications, and industrial work on the design, producibility, and tolerance analysis of optical components and systems. Dr. Youngworth teaches "Practical Optical System Design" and "Cost-Conscious Tolerancing of Optical Systems" for SPIE and is a Fellow of SPIE and OSA. He has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and earned his Ph.D. in optics at the University of Rochester by researching tolerance analysis of optical systems. S. Craig Olson Event: SPIE Photonics West 2022 Course Held: 25 January 2022