OPTIFAB INNOVATORS
We are seeking technical papers, new commercial technology presentations, and posters in the following topics:

Focus topics: New advancements in foundational Optifab topics: INDUSTRY
Present your product breakthroughs.
OptiFab 2023 will also feature commercial presentations from the leading optical companies in the following areas: Companies will be highlighting their latest developments in these technology areas. This is the best opportunity in 2023 to see presentations on the newest products. Companies interested in presenting their products must submit an abstract and final summary of the commercial presentation by the abstract due date in order to be considered.;
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Conference OFB23

Optifab 2023

This conference has an open call for papers:
Abstract Due: 14 June 2023
Author Notification: 24 July 2023
Manuscript Due: 27 September 2023
OPTIFAB INNOVATORS
We are seeking technical papers, new commercial technology presentations, and posters in the following topics:

Focus topics:
  • automated manufacturing – robotic assisted manufacturing, computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), and software for the optical fabrication industry
  • high-volume and high-precision optics manufacturing – injection molding, glass molding, and lithographic processes.
New advancements in foundational Optifab topics:
  • materials and material sciences – optical glasses, polymers, crystals, infrared materials, ultraviolet materials, optical mold insert materials for glass or polymer molding, and optical adhesives
  • grinding, polishing, and new methods of surface finishing – loose and bound abrasive, CNC generation, diamond turning, ion figuring, laser polishing water-jet cutting and removal processes, laser processing, sub-aperture lap polishing, and mid-spatial frequency smoothing
  • process science – materials, abrasives, coolants, tooling, for grinding and polishing that are selected for cost reduction and flow optimization
  • molding – injection molding, glass molding, tool design, and mold materials
  • design for manufacturing – optical design considerations for manufacturability including, but not limited to, material choice, error budgets, tolerances, optical standards (ISO 10110), mounting, assembly, and testing
  • metrology – interferometry, profilometry, MTF measurement, ellipsometry, scatterometry, visual inspection equipment, surface/subsurface metrology and use of alignment fiducials in measurement, manufacturing and assembly
  • cleaning and contamination – cleaning and inspection techniques, packaging, and surface contamination
  • functional coating technology – all types of optical coatings on glass, metal, plastics, and crystalline materials
  • optomechanical design – assembly, including in-line alignment/metrology, interactivity and data interfaces between optical design programs, mechanical design programs, fabrication equipment, and metrology instrumentation
  • next-generation optical fabrication workforce – technician training, apprenticeship programs and outreach programs.
INDUSTRY
Present your product breakthroughs.
OptiFab 2023 will also feature commercial presentations from the leading optical companies in the following areas:
  • new developments in optical materials
  • new developments in freeform surface design, fabrication, and measurement
  • advanced optical fabrication equipment
  • coating equipment
  • metrology equipment (phase measuring, image quality measuring, and surface measuring)
  • current events impacting the field of optical fabrication.
Companies will be highlighting their latest developments in these technology areas. This is the best opportunity in 2023 to see presentations on the newest products. Companies interested in presenting their products must submit an abstract and final summary of the commercial presentation by the abstract due date in order to be considered.
Conference Chair
Edmund Optics Inc. (United States)
Conference Chair
N2 Imaging Systems, LLC (United States)
Program Committee
Semrock, Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
New York Photonics (United States)
Program Committee
Ohara Corp. (United States)
Program Committee
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
Optimax Systems, Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
ASE Sailing Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
QED Technologies, Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
Rochester Precision Optics, LLC (United States)
Program Committee
Zygo Corporation (United States)
Program Committee
Schneider Optical Machines Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
Vadient Optics LLC (United States)
Program Committee
OptoTech Optical Machinery Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
JENOPTIK Optical Systems, LLC (United States)
Program Committee
Universal Photonics Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
Lumetrics, Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
Metrology Concepts LLC (United States)
Program Committee
OptoTech Optikmaschinen GmbH (Germany)
Program Committee
SCHOTT North America, Inc. (United States)
Program Committee
TRIOPTICS USA (United States)
Program Committee
LaCroix Precision Optics (United States)
Additional Information

What you will need to submit

  • Title
  • Author(s) information
  • Speaker biography
  • 250-word abstract for technical review
  • 100-word summary for the program
  • Keywords used in search for your paper (optional)
Note: Only original material should be submitted. Commercial papers, papers with no new research/development content, and papers with proprietary restrictions will not be accepted for presentation.