Keeping up with the many uses and applications of the PSM
It is difficult to keep up with the many uses and applications of the PSM, so we have put together a list of papers of journal articles sorted by application where others describe how they have used the PSM in their work. In each case we cite the article so you can find the whole paper. We also highlight the specific reference to the PSM in the paper. Here you will find applications that come closest to your interests from researchers around the world.
You will notice that most of these applications are related to astronomical instrumentation and university projects, authors who want the community to know what they are working on in hopes of getting greater funding. The PSM is used in commercial, aerospace and government labs; it is just that these users either want to keep their applications proprietary or they are classified. In government labs they are prohibited from promoting any particular product. Thus, we have available only the authors who want to publish articles about their applications.
The general topics are:Alignment of telescope optics (12)
- Alignment and use of the optical test for the 8.4 m off-axis primary mirrors of the Giant Magellan Telescope (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
- Alignment of 4-mirror Wide Field Corrector of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona)
- Delivery, Installation, On-sky Verification of the Hobby Eberly Telescope Wide Field Corrector (McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX)
- Development of surface metrology for the Giant Magellan Telescope primary mirror (Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona)
- Fabrication and testing of the first 8.4 m off-axis segment for the Giant Magellan Telescope (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
- Final acceptance testing of the LSST monolithic primary/tertiary mirror (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
- First light results from the high efficiency and resolution multi-element spectrograph at the Anglo-Australian telescope (Australian Astronomical Observatory, NSW, Australia)
- GMTIFS: The Adaptive Optics Beam Steering Mirror for the GMT Integral-Field Spectrograph (The Australian National University, Mount Stromlo, Observatory, Australia)
- Progress on the GMT (Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA)
- Scanning pentaprism test for the GMT 8.4 m off-axis segments (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
- Testing and characterization of a prototype telescope for the evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (eLISA)
- The Design and Build of a Zoom Telescope Utilizing Additive Manufacturing (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM)
Centering of lenses (4)
- DREAMS: status update and assembly/alignment challenges
- Enabling micron level mounting accuracy with Exact Placement lens assembly technology (Melles Griot, Rochester, NY)
- Optomechanical design and tolerance of a microscope objective at 121.6 nm (Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona)
- Optomechanical tolerancing and lens alignment using elastomeric lens mount to efficiently meet optical requirements
Alignment of spectrometers (6)
- Comprehensive design analysis and verification of space-based short-wave infrared coded spectrometer via curved prism dispersion (Xian Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Xian, China)
- Deterministic optical alignment of HERMES (Australian Astronomical Observatory, NSW, Australia)
- Hermes – the engineering challenges (Australian Astronomical Observatory, NSW, Australia)
- KOALA, a wide-field 1000 element integral-field unit for the Anglo- Australian Telescope: assembly and commissioning (Australian Astronomical Observatory, NSW, Australia)
- SITELLE optical design, assembly, and testing (Departement de physique, genie physique et optique (COPL), Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada)
- TAIPAN Fibre Feed and Spectrograph: Engineering Overview (Australian Astronomical Observatory, NSW, Australia)
Inspection of optical fibers (1)
Alignment of computer generated holograms (CGH) (3)
- Design and analysis of an alignment procedure using computer-generated holograms (Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona)
- Low uncertainty alignment procedure using computer generated holograms (Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona)
- Optical alignment with computer generated holograms (Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona)
Alignment and measurement of freeform optics (3)
- Aspheric and freeform surfaces metrology with software configurable optical test system: a computerized reverse Hartmann test (Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona)
- Design and implementation of a new time-delayed source and alignment considerations for a tangent ogive interferometer (Breault Research Organization, Tucson, AZ)
- Design of Wearable Binoculars with On-Demand Zoom (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM)
General opto-mechanical metrology (10)
- Alignment for sparse aperture telescope with serial robot arm
- Calibration method of shear amount based on the optical layout of point source microscope for lateral shearing interferometric wavefront sensor
- Construction, testing, and commissioning of the SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper telescope system
- Fabrication of the LSST monolithic primary-tertiary mirror
- Measurement of large on-axis and off-axis mirrors using software configurable optical test system (SCOTS)
- Research on precision measurement and assembly technology of Fery prism
- Research on the relationship of the probe system for the swing arm profilometer based on the point source microscope
- SDSS-V focal plane system high-precision metrology
- Use of a commercial laser tracker for optical alignment
- Validating the local volume mapper acquisition and guiding hardware
