Short Courses

Short Courses are designed to increase your knowledge of a specific subject while offering you the experience of experts in industry and academia. Top-quality instructors stay current on the subject matter required to advance your research and career goals. An added benefit of attending a Short Course is the availability of continuing education units (CEUs).

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Demonstrate your commitment to continuing education and advancement in the optical field by earning continuing education units (CEUs). The CEU is a nationally recognized unit of measure for continuing education and training programs that meet established criteria. Certificates awarding CEUs are presented to all individuals who complete a Short Course, CEU form and course evaluation. Forms will be available on-site and certificates will be mailed to participants.

Registration

Each Short Course requires a separate fee. Paid registration includes admission to the course and one copy of the Short Course Notes. Advance registration is advisable. The number of seats in each course is limited, and on-site registration is not guaranteed.

Free Offer to Student Members. The FiO sponsoring organizations will offer student members of APS or OSA limited free Short Course registration. Free student member course registration will begin immediately after the pre-registration deadline of September 16, 2009. There will not be free student registration for sold-out courses, and on-site registration is not guaranteed. Register early to guarantee your seat at a Short Course.

Schedule

For course descriptions, select the course number.

Sunday, October 11, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

SC235 Nanophotonics: Materials, Fabrication and Characterization, Joseph W. Haus, Andrew Sarangan, Qiwen Zhan; Univ. of Dayton, USA
SC324 Plasmonics, Stefan Maier; Experimental Solid State Group, Dept. of Physics, Imperial College London, UK
NEW! SC326 Patent Fundamentals, Mohammed N. Islam; Optics and Photonics and Solid State Electronics Lab, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Univ. of Michigan, USA

Schedule Sunday, October 11, 2009, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

SC274 Polarization Engineering, Russell Chipman; Univ. of Arizona, USA
SC322 Silicon Nanophotonics, Jelena Vuckovic; Edward L. Ginzton Lab, Stanford Univ., USA
NEW! SC340 Tissue Optics and Optical Coherence Tomography, Kirill Larin¹, Valery V. Tuchin²; ¹Univ. of Houston, USA, ²Saratov State Univ., Russian Federation