PSM Applications
Alignment of 4-Mirror Wide Field Corrector for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (ABSTRACT)
Alignment of Optical Systems (ABSTRACT)
Centering Steep Aspheric Surfaces (ABSTRACT)
Computer Generated Holograms as Fixtures for Testing Optical Elements (ABSTRACT)
Design and Analysis of an Alignment Procedure using Computer Generated Holograms (ABSTRACT)
Design for Alignment (ABSTRACT)
ABSTRACT: We begin with the assumption that lens design and the manufacture of optical elements are mature technologies and that further improvements in quality will be small. This leaves assembly and alignment as the only areas for making improvements in precision optical system performance. To this end, we emphasize the importance of considering methods of alignment early in the design phase of a system and explore some of the considerations of the opto- mechanical design that can lead to easier and more precise optical alignment of systems, particularly systems that are more complex than the one-dimensional case of lenses in a barrel.