{"id":27,"date":"2017-01-26T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T21:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/ualiangaol\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2019-11-16T13:10:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T20:10:37","slug":"optical-system-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/ualiangaol\/research\/optical-system-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical System Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Optical system design is one of our major research fields, it builds on Prof. Liang\u2019s extensive experience in optical system design, including 16 year industry experience in developing commercial optical products.<\/p>\n

Our research in optical system design ranges from micro-optical systems (such as endoscope) to space optics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Optical design for space optics – OSIRIS-REx Mission*<\/h2>\n

The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) is an NASA asteroid study and sample return mission. It is a New Frontiers mission that will launch in September 2016 and rendezvous with asteroid 101955 Bennu (formerly designated 1999 RQ36), in 2018. The goal of the mission is to retrieve a surface sample and return it to Earth. Material returned is expected to enable scientists to learn more about the time before the formation and evolution of the Solar System, initial stages of planet formation, and the source of organic compounds which led to the formation of life.<\/p>\n

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One of the most important assets is a trio of cameras called the OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS), developed at the University of Arizona. The design of OCAMS allows to image Bennu over 9 orders-of-magnitude in distance, from an initial distance of 1 million kilometers down to 2 meters. Together they acquire information on asteroid Bennu by providing global mapping, sample site reconnaissance and characterization, high-resolution imaging, and records of the sample acquisition. OCAMS consists of the PolyCam, the MapCam, and the SamCam.<\/p>\n

Applied Optics Lab designed optical systems for all three cameras.<\/h3>\n