Technical Reports
Synopses of technical reports in Optomechanics
Below are technical reports organized by category, along with their summary and evaluations, prepared by students.
General Optomechanics and Optical systems
- Next Generation Very Large Array Memo No. 5 Science Working Groups Project Overview by Carilli et al.
- Digital-Pixel Focal Plane Array Technology
- Optomechanical design of multiscale gigapixel digital camera
- Contamination effects and requirements derivation for the James Webb Space Telescope
- Front view and panoramic side view videoscope lens system design
- Paul R. Yoder, Jr., “Opto-Mechanical System Design”
- Design of a kinematic coupling for precision application
- Optical design, fabrication and evaluation of optical systems using free-shaped prism
- Cylinders in Vs An optomechanical methodology
- Paul R. Yoder Jr., “Location of mechanical features in lens mounts” in Current Developments in Optical Design and Optical Engineering IV (Proceedings Volume), ed. R E Fischer, W J Smith, proc. SPIE Volume 2263 (Sep 1994)
- Designing and Specifying Aspheres for Manufacturability
- What’s Different about Ultraviolet and Infrared Optics? (Johnson, R. Berry)
- What’s Different about Ultraviolet and Infrared Optics? (Johnson, R. Berry)
- What’s Different about Ultraviolet and Infrared Optics? (Johnson, R. Berry)
- The Hubble Space Telescope Optical Systems Failure Report
- Hubble Space Telescope Optical Systems Failure Report
- Active optics I: A system for optimizing the optical quality and reducing the costs of large telescopes
- Development and Testing of a Synchronous-Scanning Underwater Imaging System Capable of Rapid Two-Dimensional Frame Imaging
- Automated techniques for characterizing and testing helmet mounted displays
- Development and Manufacture of Visor for Helmet Mounted Display
- Phase-shifting birefringent scatterplate interferometer
- Telescopes by Gonzalo Paez and Marija Strojnik Ch 8 from The Handbook of Optical Engineering Malacara & Thompson
- Building Electro-Optical Systems, Making It All Work
- Optical Performance of the James Webb Space Telescope
- Specifying the visual optical system
- R.Barry Johnson, “What’s Different about Ultraviolet and Infrared Optics?”, SPIE Critical Review Vol. CR43, Optomechanical Design, pp.61-75, July 1992
Freeform Optics
- Long-stroke fast tool servo and a tool setting method for freeform optics fabrication
- Freeform Correction Polishing for Optics with Semi-Kinematic Mounting
- Manufacturing and measurement of freeform optics
Tolerancing and Specification of Optical components
- Design and Specification of Diamond Turned Optics
- Developing on-machine 3D profile measurement for deterministic fabrication of aspheric mirrors
- Predicting the vibration characteristics of elements incorporating Incompressible and Compressible Viscoelastic Materials
- Tolerancing kinematic couplings (Barraja, M. and Vallance, R.)
- Clover, J.G. “Military specifications applicable to optical coatings” Proc. of SPIE Vol. 0181, Contemporary Optical Systems & Components Specifications, [1979]
- J. Kumler, “Designing and Specifying Aspheres for Manufacturability”, in Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering VI, Proc. of SPIE 5874 (2005)
- Designing and Specifying Aspheres for Manufacturability
- Specification of optical components using the power spectral density function
- Design and specification of diamond-turned optics
- Surface Figure and Roughness Tolerances for NIF optics and the Interpretation of the Gradient, P-V wavefront and RMS Specifications
- Outline of tolerance (from performance specification to tolerance drawings)
- Fundamentals of establishing an optical tolerance budget
- Design and Specification of Diamond Turned Optics
- “Design strength of optical glass” by Keith B. Doyle and Mark A. Kahan
- Developing on-machine 3D profile measurement for deterministic fabrication of aspheric mirrors
Precision mechanics – kinematics
- A review of slit diaphragm flexures for optomechanics
- Kinematic Six-Ball Guide for Long Stroke Optical Delay Line (Braam et al)
- Tolerancing kinematic couplings (Barraja, M. and Vallance, R.)
- Synopsis by Koichi Taniguchi
- M. L. Culpepper, “Design of quasi-kinematic couplings,” Precision Engineering 28 338–357 (2004).
- M. L. Culpepper, “Design of quasi-kinematic couplings,” Precision Engineering 28 338–357 (2004).
- Optimal design techniques for kinematic couplings
- Design of quasi-kinematic couplings (Culpepper, M.)
Precision mechanics – stages, flexures
- McCarthy, Kevin. Accuracy in Positioning Systems. New England Affiliated Technologies, Reprinted from the Motion Control Conference Proceedings, March 19 – 21, 1991.
- Mark S. Lake, M. Hachkowski , “Mechanism Design Principles for Optical-Precision, Deployable Instruments,”
- Negative Stiffness Mechanism Vibration Isolation System
- Flexure Mounts for High Resolution Optical Elements
- An instrument for generation and control of sub-micron motion
- The adjustment mechanisms: types and their application in optical systems
Mirrors
- Three actuator deformable water cooled mirror
- Repairing stress induced cracks in the Keck primary mirror segments
- Use of Beryllium for the VLT secondary mirror
- Liquid Mirrors: A new technology for optical designers
- Properties of Zerodur Mirrors for Large Telescopes
- S. Padin, “Design considerations for a highly segmented mirror,” Appl. Opt. 42, 3305-3312 (2003)
- Stanley J. Kishner, George J. Gardopee, Matthew B. Magida, Roger A. Paquin, “Large stable mirrors: a comparison of glass, beryllium, and silicon” ,Proc. SPIE 1335, (1990)
- Gravity Deflections of Lightweighted Mirrors
- Novel concept for large deformable mirrors
- Design and Manufacture of 8.4 m Primary Mirror Segments and Supports for the GMT
- Active Optics and Wavefront Sensing at the Upgraded 6.5-meter MMT by T. E. Pickering, S. C. West, and D. G. Fabricant
- Optics for the 20/20 telescope By Martin et al Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4840 (2003)
Mirror mounting
- New isostatic mounting concept for a space born Three Mirror Anastigmat (TMA) on the Metrosat Third Generation Infrared Sounder Instrument (MTG- IRS)
- Strain-free mounting techniques for metal mirrors (Zimmerman, J.)
- Chapter 8.3 Semikinematic Mounting for Small Mirrors Opto-Mechanical Systems Design by P. R. Yoder, 2006 11-14-07
Lens mounting
- Lens Mouting Techniques (Yoder, P.)
- Optical mounts for harsh environments
- Lens Mounting Techniques by Yoder
- Lens barrel optomechanical design principles
- Lens Mouting Techniques (Yoder, P.)
- P. R. Yoder Jr. “Lens mounting techniques” in Optical Systems Engineering III, Proc. SPIE Vol. 0389, [1983]
- Lens mounting techniques
- Lens centering using the Point Source Microscope
Mounting other optical components
Adhesives and elastomers
- Structural adhesives for bonding optics to metals: a study of optomechanical stability
- J. J. Herbert, “Techniques for deriving optimal bondlines for athermal bonded mounts,”
- “Analysis of Adhesive Bonds in Optics” Alson E. Hatheway Alson E. Hatheway Inc. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 1998
Advanced materials
- Advanced materials: an overview
- Optomechanics of Plastic Optical Components
- Strength of Glass from Hertzian Line Contact
- Optomechanical Characterization of Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
- Choosing a Material for Use in the Infrared
- Specifying glass and plastic optics – what’s the difference? (Lytle, J.D.)
- “Controlling stress in sapphire optics”
- Diamond thin films: a 21st century material
- Paul Tolley, “Pushing the polymer envelope”, SPIE 2005 Optics& Photonics conference, Volume 5872, pp. 102-113 (2005).
- Environments stressful to materials in low earth orbit,” (Musikant, 1991)
- “Optical Coatings on Polymers,” Thomas Bauer
- Lytle, J.D. Specifying Glass And Plastic Optics-What’s The Difference? in Technical Symposium East.1979. International Society for Optics and Photonics
- “Study of process parameters on optical qualities for injection molded plastic lenses” By Huai En Lai and Jen Wang entitled Posted 10 March 2008
Thermal effects
- A study of coating mechanical and optical losses in view of reducing mirror thermal noise in gravitational wave detectors
- Evaluating the effect of a transmissive optic thermal lensing on laser beam quality with a Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor
- Passive Thermal Stabilization
- Non-Athermal Potting of Optics
- Effects of Temperature Changes in Opto-Mechanical Systems Chapter 14 of “Mounting Optics in Optical Instruments” by Paul R. Yoder, Jr.
- Material Problem in Athermalization of Optical Systems (Kryszczynski, T. , Lesniewski, M.)
- Athermalization of optical instruments from the optomechanical viewpoint
- Optical distortion coefficients of high-power laser windows
- A study of coating mechanical and optical losses in view of reducing mirror thermal noise in gravitational wave detectors
- Synopsis by Maria Ruiz-Gonzalez
Structures and optical benches
Assembly and alignment
- Primary mirror segment assembly integration and alignment for the James Webb Space Telescope
- Optical alignment using the Point Source Microscope
- W. J.Trsar, R. J. Benjamin, J. F. Casper “Production engineering and implementation of a modular military binocular” Optical Engineering 20(2) [1981]
- Optical Alignment of a Pupil Imaging Spectrometer
Modeling of optomechanics
Micro optics
- T.R. Christstenson, H. Guckel , Deep X-ray Lithogrphy for Micromechanics, Proc. SPIE 2639, 134 (1995)
- Analysis and Optimization on Single-Zone Binary Flat-Top Beam Shaper
- Light Scattering Techniques for the Inspection of Microcomponents and Microstructures
- “Advances in Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) Spatial Light Modulator Technology” by William P. Bleha, LiJuan Alice Lei, With comparison to DLP Technology
- Synopsis of Direct Photolithographic Deforming of Organomodified Siloxane Films for Micro-Optics Fabrication, Ari H. O. Ka¨ rkka¨ inen, John M. Tamkin, Jeremy D. Rogers, Daniel R. Neal, Osmo E. Hormi, Ghassan E. Jabbour, Juha T. Rantala, and Michael R. Descour
Line of sight control, scanning, derotation
- J. H. Burge, “An easy way to relate optical element motion to system pointing stability”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6288, pp. 1-12 (2006).
- Line-of-Sight Reference Frames: A Unified Approach to Plane-Mirror OpticalKinematics” by James C. DeBruin and David B. Johnson 1992, SPIE Vol. 1697, pp. 111-129
- Derivation of line-of-sight stabilization equations for gimbaled-mirror optical systems, DeBruin, James C., SPIE Vol.1543, 1991
- Risley Prism Beam Pointer
- Large Scan Mirror Assembly of the New Thematic Mapper Developed for LANDSAT 4 Earth Resources Satellite
- “Method of calculating the alignment Tolerance of a Porro prism resonator” Jyh-FaLee and Chung Yee Leung APPLIED OPTICS / Vol. 28, No. 17 / 1 September 1989 / p. 3691-7
- Tracking integration in concentrating photovoltaic using laterally moving optics
Optomechanics in optical systems
- Low cost, lightweight, large aperture, laser transmitter/receiver
- P. R. Yoder Jr. “Non-image forming optical components” Proc. of SPIE Vol. 0531, Geometrical Optics, [1985]
- OWL opto-mechanics, phase A
- Non-image-forming optical components” by P. R. Yoder Jr.Proc. of SPIE Vol. 0531, Geometrical Optics,ed. Fischer, Price, Smith (Jan 1985)
- John W. Figoski “Development of a three-mirror, wide-field sensor: from paper design to hardware” Proc. of SPIE Vol. 1113, Reflective Optics II, [1989]
- Design and construction of a fine drive system for scanning optical elements
- Keller, H. U., et al. (2008), Phoenix Robotic Arm Camera, J. Geophys. Res., 113
Optical Design
- Design of reflective projection lens with Zernike polynomials surfaces
- Optical design and engineering: lessons learned
- Design, assembly, and testing of an objective lens for a free-space photonic switching system
- Outline of tolerancing (from performance specification to toleranced drawings)
- Method and apparatus for improving vision and the resolution of retinal images (Williams, D. Liang, J.)
- Phase-shifting birefringent scatterplate interferometer (North-Morris, M. et al.)
- Design and fabrication of high performance relay lenses (Westort, K.)
- The Optical Design of the WIYN One Degree Imager (ODI)
- Strehl ratio for primary aberrations: some analytical results for circular and annular pupils
- Developments in Quasi-Optical Design for THz
- Improving the Sensitivity of Astronomical Curvature Wavefront Sensor Using Dual Stroke Curvature (Guyon, O. et al)
- Testing Aspheric Lenses – New Approaches
Optical Fabraication
- Efficient mold manufacturing for precision glass molding
- Techniques for Characterizing Optical System Fabrication
- Fabrication of infrared optics
- Practical Design and Performance of the Stressed Lap Polishing Tool
- Substrate temperature and strain during sputter deposition of aluminum on cast borosilicate glass in a Gemini Observatory coating chamber
- parks_irfabricationFabrication of Infrared Optics (Parks, R.)
- Optical Fabrication
- Sub-Nanometer Resolution for the Inspection of Reflective Surfaces Using White Light
Shock and vibration
Dimensional stability
Stray light/baffling
- The Management of Stray Radiation Issues in Space Optical Systems (Pompea, S.)
Cleaning/contamination
Other
- A Brief Review of Non-deterministic Dynamics of a Mechanical System
- Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Review
- Environments stressful to optical materials in low earth orbit (Musikant, S. and Malloy, W.J.)
- Reduction of flight hardware outgassing after integration under a less stringent requirement (Hughes, D. et al)