Life in the QuantumOptics Age
The OISC is a focal point for Donn Silberman's Optics Education Adventures

Donn's Publications & Presentations
See also SPIE.org Donn Silberman Profile
Teaching Quantum to High School Students - ETOP 2023
Donn's video recording presentation at the Quantum World Congress Nov. 30, 2022 (scripted - not live) & Donn's slides with notes
Quantum Education & Outreach, Education & Career Pathways (slides)
Optical Society of Southern California, Meeting Nov. 16, 2022 Registration page
Video recording of presentations, "Quantum Industry, Education & Outreach" by Doug Finke & Donn Silberman
Quantum education and pathways: an open-source modifiable presentation to high school and college students
22 August 2022 · 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM | Part of SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications
Author: Donn Silberman Link to SPIE Digital Library with video recording of the presentation
Upskilling photonics technicians to meet challenges of the quantum 2.0 revolution
22 August 2022 · 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM | Part of SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications
Authors: Mo Hasanovic, Chrys Panayiotou, Donn Silberman
Link to SPIE Digital Library with video recording of the presentation
Quantum Technician Skills and Competencies for the Emerging Quantum 2.0 Industry
SPIE Optical Engineering - Vol. 61 / No. 8 - Special Section on Education and Training in Quantum Sciences and Technologies
Authors: Mo Hasanovic, Chrys Panayiotou, Donn Silberman, Paul Stimers, and Celia Merzbacher
Experiences integrating and using laser educational kits at Irvine Valley College's laser technology program (SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman, Gabriel Blanks, et al.
Published: 14 September 2018
Dynamic alignment, tolerances, and metrology fundamentals at the nano and micro scales (SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: 3 September 2015
Optics outreach evolves in southern California: OptoBotics begins to link informal to formal curriculum(SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: 15 September 2014
New teaching methods in use at UC Irvine's optical engineering and instrument design programs (SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman, T. Scott Rowe, et al.
Published: 15 October 2012
New optical engineering and instrument design programs at the University of California, Irvine Extension(SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman; Valentina Doushkina
Published: 31 August 2010
Informal optics education and outreach programs in Southern California (SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman, Robert Cartland, et al.
Published: 31 August 2010
Optics Education and Outreach in Southern California, Optical Society of Southern California, June 11, 2008, meeting presentation.
Teaching lens, optical systems, and opto-mechanical systems design at the Irvine Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) (SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Valentina Doushkina; Donn Silberman
Published: 14 September 2007
Art + technology in optics educational outreach programs (SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: 14 September 2007
Successfully using optical components and systems in novel ways during educational outreach programs for K-12 grades (SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: 5 September 2006
Up to Some Optricks in Southern California, Optics & Photonics News, pages 16 - 17
Authors: Brian Monacelli and Donn Silberman
Published: 1 September 2006
Optricks Day, Optricks Demos, Optricks Suitcases, Optricks Theme Packets; What are all these Optricks Anyway? Conference: Frontiers in Optics OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2005), paper FThD2 https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2005.FThD2
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: October 2005
Hands-On Optics A Volunteer’s Perspective, Conference: Frontiers in Optics OSA, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2005), paper FThD4 DOI:10.1364/FIO.2005.FThD4
Conference: Frontiers in Optics
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: October 2005
The Optics Institute of Southern California: organizing and implementing outreach effort (SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: 6 October 2003
Ophthalmic Lens Design and Fabrication II (SPIE Conference Volume)
Editors:
Published: 26 May 1994
Image quality evaluation of multifocal intraocular lenses (SPIE Conference Proceeding)
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: 1 June 1991
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Determining the imaging quality of intraocular lenses, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery: Volume 24 - Issue 5 - p 703-714
doi: 10.1016/S0886-3350(98)80270-8
Authors: Norrby, Sverker N.E. PhDa; Grossman, Laurence W. PhD; Geraghty, Edward P.; Kreiner, Christine F. PhD; Mihori, Masatoshi MSc; Patel, Anil S. PhD; Portney, Valdemar PhD; Silberman, Donn M. MS
Published: May 1998
Accuracy in determining intraocular lens dioptric power assessed by interlaboratory tests, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Vol. 22. Issue 7, pages 983-93. 10.1016/S0886-3350(96)80204-5.
Authors: Norrby, Sverker & Grossman, Laurence & Geraghty, Edward & Kreiner, Christine & Mihori, Masatoshi & Patel, Anil & Portney, Val & Silberman, Donn.
Published: September 1996
Fiberoptics Sensors for Medical Diagnostics: An Overview. Laser Applications, Issue 7, pages 73-75, 77
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: October 1988
Optical Levitation, The Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics, Vol. 2 No. 2, pages 31-35,
Authors: Donn Silberman
Published: October 1983
Silberman's Cosmology - A college English paper submitted in 1977
Patents
Tuned fresnel lens for multifocal intraocular applications including small incision surgeries
Multifocal multizone diffractive ophthalmic lenses
Variable spacing diffraction grating
Here are the PowerPoint Slides for the newer version.