Advanced Course: Laser Mechanics (Level 2) is designed for designers, technicians, and developers who already have a solid foundation in mechanics and want to move on to more advanced design tasks and opto-mechanics. The course integrates precision mechanics, opto-mechanical assembly design, vacuum compatibility, thermal management, and modern approaches to numerical analysis (FEM).
Participants will gain deeper insight into the design principles of laser systems, learn how to apply both analytical and numerical methods, and have the opportunity to discuss their own designs with industry-experienced experts.
The course is led by three lecturers specializing in key areas:
- Karolina Macúchová – opto-mechanics and vacuum compatibility
- Jan Heřmánek – design calculations and engineering design
- Tomáš Tichý – FEM analysis, thermal management, and cooling
Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss design solutions based on their own professional practice.
DATE: 24 March 2026
PRICE: CZK 12,300 excl. VAT per person
Course participants will receive a certificate of completion.
Language of instruction: Czech
Interested participants may register until 16 March 2026.
Preliminary Training Programme
08:45 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:15 Opto-mechanical systems – Karolina Macúchová
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Design calculations – Jan Heřmánek
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 14:30 Laboratory demonstrations and cooling – Karolina Macúchová, Tomáš Tichý
14:30 – 14:40 Networking break
14:40 – 15:20 Materials for laser mechanics – Karolina Macúchová
15:20 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:15 FEM – Tomáš Tichý
16:15 – 16:30 Wrap-up and discussion
You Will Learn To
- Advanced principles of precision mechanics design
- Mounting of instruments and mitigation of environmental influences
- Design of custom vacuum components
- Design of equipment for vacuum environments
- Practical design procedures and common pitfalls
- Examples of calculations and design strategies
- Design of enclosures and suppression of parasitic reflections
- Principles of heat transfer – conduction, convection, radiation
- Heatsink design by calculation with experimental validation
- Principles of FEM analysis and live FEM model build
- Definition of material parameters, boundary conditions setup, and results interpretation
The detailed course programme can be found HERE.
