ANNOTATION
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
COURSE DETAIL
Blocks
- Opto-mechanics and vacuum compatibility
- Design calculations and engineering design
- FEM analysis, thermal management, and cooling
Topics
- Opto-mechanical systems
- Design calculations
- Laboratory demonstrations and cooling
- Materials for laser mechanics
- FEM
Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss design ideas from their practice.
What will you learn?
- Advanced principles of precision mechanics design
- Instrument mounting and mitigation of environmental influences
- Design of custom vacuum components
- Design of equipment for vacuum environments
- Practical design procedures and typical pitfalls
- Examples of calculations and design strategies
- Enclosure design 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
- Defining material parameters, setting boundary conditions, and interpreting results
Course duration
7.5 hours total – 6 hours of lectures
Expected entry knowledge
- Secondary school or university education in a technical field
- Basic orientation in opto-mechanics (Level 1)
- Fundamental knowledge of physics and mathematics
Methodology
- Lectures and presentations
- Practical demonstrations using samples
- Laboratory exercises focused on opto-mechanics
- VR demonstration of a laser system
- Moderated discussion of participants’ design concepts
- Hands-on measurements on a heatsink
- Live FEM modelling
