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CAPT 3020: Detector Technology
Tom Mahony, Instructor
Course Syllabus
This course
will cover the following topics:
- Nature of light
- Sources of light
- Classification of
detectors
- Detector performance
parameters
- Solid state detector
signal processing
- Optical beam
conditioning
- Avalanche photodiodes
and photomultipliers
- Specialty detector
configurations
- Lab demonstrations
- Detector performance
summary
Detailed syllabus is
available upon request.
Who Should Attend
This course is
intended for scientists, engineers, technicians, and
program managers whose work may involve photodetectors
and related optoelectronic products. The level of
the course will be adjusted to the general class
background.
About the
Instructor
Tom Mahony has been
active in Photonics and Photonics business for nearly 30
years. He was a senior member of the technical staff at
Hughes Aircraft working on space borne infrared
surveillance systems for 10 years. Subsequently, he
worked in a similar capacity at Ball Aerospace in the
early 1980's as the Technical Director of the Optical
Airborne Measurements Program. In 1984, he co-founded
Boulder Electro-Optics, which was acquired by Melles
Griot in 1986 and which now operates as the Melles Griot
Electro-Optics Division. He was a Vice President of
Melles Griot and General Manager of the Electro-Optics
Division. Tom currently serves as the Executive Director
at CAPT.
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