This workshop is part of the Complex Light and Optical Forces XVII conference.

Attendees will get to speak with experienced researchers in the field and learn new techniques that they could deploy within future experiments.

This session will be a small group discussion format, where attendees will get the opportunity to interact with the instructors and ask technical questions in an informal setting. You will have the opportunity to speak to each instructor where the small groups will be rotated at 20-minute intervals over the course of the session. Drop in attendees are welcome at any time during the event and this is open to anyone, from any area of optics, who are interested in controlling light.

The topics that will be focused on are:

• Spatial Light Modulators: The basics and beyond
• The power of SSH for the remote operation of experiments
• Deformable mirrors and optical wavefront mapping
• Basics of Multiple Plane Light Conversion for optical transformations

Moderator:
Martin P. J. Lavery, Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom)

Instructors:
Meadowlark Optics (United States)
Mikael Mazur, Nokia Bell Labs (United States)
Michael R. Feinberg, Boston Micromachines (United States)
Nicolas Fontaine, Nokia Bell Labs (United States)