|Articles|March 1, 2013

Spectroscopy

  • Spectroscopy-03-01-2013
  • Volume 28
  • Issue 3

Short Courses

Short Courses

April

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

www.eiscourse.com/

29 April–3 May Practical X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

Newtown Square, PA

www.icdd.com/education/xrf.htm

May

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/

June

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

www.osa.org/meetings/optics_and_photonics_congresses/imaging_and_applied_optics/applied_industrial_optics_spectroscopy,_imaging,_m/

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