Short Courses
8–12 April Surface Analysis 2013
Dayton, OH
www.surfaceanalysis.org/surface_analysis_2013.html
9 April Metals Analysis: AA, GFAA, ICP, ICP-MS
Orlando, FL & Indianapolis, IN
pacslabs.com/course/260aagraphitefurnaceatomicabsorptionicpcourse.php
10 April Mass Spectral Interpretation
Orlando, FL & Indianapolis, IN
pacslabs.com/course/10massspectralinterpretationcourse.php
15–19 April The 25th Annual Short Course on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy: Theory, Applications, and Laboratory Instruction
Houston, TX
29 April–3 May Practical X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
Newtown Square, PA
www.icdd.com/education/xrf.htm
10 Mass Spectral Interpretation
Pittsburgh, PA
pacslabs.com/course/10massspectralinterpretationcourse.php
10 Advanced Mass Spectral Interpretation
Pittsburgh, PA
pacslabs.com/course/20advancedmassspectralinterpretationcourse.php
12 Basic Impedance Spectroscopy
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
www.electrochem.org/education/short_courses/223/sc1/
9 SC189 Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Technologies
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc189/
9 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc149/
9 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc221/
9 High Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc270/
9 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc396/
9 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc403/
10 Introduction to Ultrafast Optics
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc378/
10 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc361/
10 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc361/
10 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc301/
10 Tabletop Coherent X-ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc398/
10 Silicon Photonics Devices and Applications
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc379/
10 Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers: Applications in Health and the Environment
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc375/
23–27 Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging, and Metrology (AIO)
Arlington, VA
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