Technical Library

Point Source Microscope (PSM)

Alignment of optical systems, R. E. Parks, in International Optical Design, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper MB4.

Conjugate selection for precision lens centering, R.E. Parks, Proceedings of SPIE 7793, 779304 (2010)

Lens centering using the Point Source Microscope, Robert E. Parks, Optical Perspectives Group, LLC

Line of sight methods of alignment, R.E. Parks, Proceedings of SPIE 7068, 70680B (2008)

Optical alignment using the Point Source Microscope, Robert E. Parks and William P. Kuhn, Optical Perspectives Group, LLC

Reverse engineering with the PSM, R.E. Parks, Optical Perspectives Group, LLC

Using the Point Source Microscope (PSM) to find conjugates of parabolic and elliptical off-axis mirrors, R.E. Parks, Proceedings of SPIE 8131, 81310A (2011)

Versatile Autostigmatic Microscope, R.E. Parks, Proceedings of SPIE 6289, 62890 (2006)

 

MicroFinish Topographer (MFT)

In-situ surface roughness measurement, R.E. Parks, Optical Perspectives Group, LLC

In-situ surface roughness measurement, R.E. Parks, SPIE Newsroom (2011)

Micro-Finish Topographer: surface finish metrology for large and small optics, R.E. Parks, Proceedings of SPIE 8126, 81260D (2011)

MicroFinish Topographer Product Presentation, R.E. Parks, Optical Perspectives Group, LLC
 

CaliBall

A model for cavity induced errors with wavefront slope in high accuracy spherical Fizeau metrology, D. M. Sykora, in Optical Fabrication and Testing, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2008), paper OWB7.

A practical implementation of the random ball test, R. E. Parks in Frontiers in Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper OFMC12.

A simple ball averager for reference sphere calibrations, Ulf Griesmann, Quandou Wang, Johannes Soons, and Remi Carakos, Proceedings of SPIE 5869, 58690S (2005)

Absolute measurement of surface roughness, Katherine Creath and James C. Wyant, Appl. Opt. 29, 3823-3827 (1990)

Calibration of interferometer transmission spheres, R. E. Parks, C. J. Evans, and L. Shao, in Optical Fabrication and Testing Workshop, OSA Technical Digest Series 12, pp. 80–83, 1998.

Calibration of spherical reference surfaces for Fizeau interferometry: a comparative study of methods, Jan Burke and David S. Wu, Appl. Opt. 49, 6014-6023 (2010)

Extended averaging phase-shift schemes for Fizeau interferometry on high-numerical-aperture spherical surfaces”, Jan Burke, Proceedings of SPIE 7790, 779006 (2010)

Fabrication and testing of a high precision concave spherical mirror, Jan Burke, Katie Green, Wayne Stuart, Edita Puhanic,
Achim Leistner, Bob Oreb, Australian Centre for Precision Optics, 2008.

Interferometer calibration using the random ball test, Wenrui Cai, Dae Wook Kim, Ping Zhou, Robert E. Parks, James H. Burge, in Optical Fabrication and Testing, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper OMA7.

Limits for interferometer calibration using the random ball test, Ping Zhou and James H. Burge, Proceedings of SPIE 7426, 74260U (2009)

Self-referencing calibration method for transmission spheres in Fizeau interferometry”, Jan Burke and David S. Wu, Proceedings of SPIE 7790, 77900F (2010)

 

Optical Testing
Calculation of the vertex radius of an off axis parabolic surface using the sag measured with a three ball spherometer, Hyun Kyoung An and R.E. Parks, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
Dual Source Microscope for the Inspection of Micro-Optics, R.E.Parks, in Optical Fabrication and Testing, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2008), paper OWC3.

Optical Surface Specification using the Structure Function, R.E. Parks, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona