SPIE Product Tutorials give you the opportunity to get training on the latest software and tools—direct from the vendor. Please note that registration for the tutorials is directly with the vendor rather than with SPIE.

Optical Sensing
sponsored by SphereOptics, SensL and Avantes

Friday, April 11 - 8.30 am to 5.00 pm
Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Rooms Arp 3 and Arp 5

Industry technology experts from SphereOptics, SensL and Avantes will present a full-day Optical Sensing Product Tutorial. Attendees will learn design fundamentals and applications methods, along with hands-on workshops to discuss various optical sensing issues.

Presentation Tutorials include:

• basics of light radiometry and photometry
• techniques for spectroscopic analysis
• low light detection solutions
   PLUS information on how to:
• specify an integrating sphere
• select and configure the right spectrometer
• choose the appropriate low light detector

The lectures and seminars are intended for scientists and engineers working in the field of optical sensing including light measurement, testing of optical properties of materials, color measurement, spectroscopic measurement techniques and evaluation and testing of photon counting as it relates to low light level sensing and semiconductor device physics.

Practical demonstrations for a variety of integrating spheres measurements and spectrometers applications will be shown. Attendees will have the ability for hands-on use of instruments. Ample time is allotted in a separate demonstration room to discuss your needs with the tutorial presenters.

20,00 Euro, includes lunch and tutorial materials
Payment by check, VISA, MasterCard accepted
Tutorial agenda and Registration form available on-line at:
www.sphereoptics.com
www.avantes.com
www.sensl.com

Chris Durell - VP Sales, Sphereoptics
Chris Durell is the VP of Sales for Sphereoptics. He has over 12 years of experience with sphere-based radiometric and optical systems design. Mr. Durell obtained his BS in Electrical Engineering at Cornell University and his MBA at Franklin Pierce College. cdurell@sphereoptics.com

Benno Oderkerk - Avantes BV
Benno Oderkerk obtained his master's degree in Electronic Engineering at the Twente Technical University in Enschede, Netherlands in 1988. He worked from 1987 to 1988 at the Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel and in Munich, Germany at the University of the Bundeswehr in 1989 as a research associate. From 1989 until 1994 he worked as a technical Director at STM Sensor Technology, Munich, Germany. Since 1994 he has been the cofounder and shareholder of Avantes, a spectroscopy company in the Netherlands with offices in the US (Broomfield, CO) and Beijing, China. At Avantes he is a technical director for new product development and oversees sales and marketing and activities worldwide. bennoo@avantes.com

Dr. Carl Jackson - SensL
Dr. Jackson obtained a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University, South Carolina. He received a Ph.D. in Microelectronic Engineering from the National University of Ireland, Cork. His research has been focused on the development of silicon low light detectors for microarrays, low cost optical immunoassay instruments, integrated microfluidic sensors, and the integration of detectors into new detection systems. Prior to SensL, Dr. Jackson founded Photon Detection Systems which focused on the design of optical detector modules. In 2004 he co-founded SensL and is the company's Chief Technology Officer responsible for SensL's product development and application of SensL's technology in customer applications. cjackson@sensl.com

Raman Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
presented by HORIBA Jobin Yvon

Wednesday, April 9 - 9.00 am to 12.00 pm
Location: to be announced

Attend this tutorial to find out the latest on Raman spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry. Specific topics include:
• New techniques in Raman microscopy and fast imaging
• Discover more about your thin film coatings with the new generation of automatic ellipsometers

Tutorials will be presented HORIBA Jobin Yvon experts to ensure the best quality answers to all your questions.

www.jobinyvon.com/photonicseurope2008