Courses and Workshops at Photonics West

Personal instruction from leading experts
Focused, face-to-face instruction on a variety of topics including optics for beginners, optomechanical design, quantum, deep learning, AR/VR, and OCT.  Courses range from 2-hour, half-day, full-day and two-day formats. Budget now to attend in 2020.

The full list of courses will be available soon; registration opens in October 2019.


10 new courses at Photonics West 2020
Mirror System Design with Freeform Surfaces
Introduction to Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM): Fundamentals, Current Status, and Emerging Device Concepts
Photodetectors – A Practical Selection Guide
Industrial Ultrafast Lasers for Micro-Processing and Applications
Modern Optical Measurements: An Introduction with Practical Applications
Optical Measurements for (Automotive) Displays & Lighting
Problems in Autonomous Vehicle Imaging Systems
Medical Laser-Tissue Interactions
Biomedical Image Analysis: An Introduction
Meta-Lenses

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Continuing Education Units


SPIE is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU.