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6 October 2010 Novel method of computer-aided alignment for large aperture space systems
Yifan Huang, Lin Li
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Proceedings Volume 7655, 5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies; 76550T (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.867688
Event: 5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies, 2010, Dalian, China
Abstract
For the precise alignment for the large aperture space optical systems, we report a feasible way of Computer-aided alignment (CAA) in detail in this paper. Different CAA algorithms are introduced and we used two of them to do the CAA simulation for a self-made coaxial three-mirror optical system. The methods of the wavefront detecting and object source's providing have been put forward for the actual alignment. Based on these methods, CAA results are shown using the sensitivity table algorithm and the merit function regression method respectively. Comparisons are made between these two methods, and the results show that the merit function method shows higher accuracy when the initial misalignments are large.
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Yifan Huang and Lin Li "Novel method of computer-aided alignment for large aperture space systems", Proc. SPIE 7655, 5th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies, 76550T (6 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.867688
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KEYWORDS
Wavefronts

Mirrors

Computing systems

Optical alignment

Numerical simulations

Zernike polynomials

Collimators

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