Mr. Cormic K. Merle Profile

Cormic K. Merle

Director, Metrology Systems at Arizona Optical Metrology, LLC

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Conference Program Committee | Author

Area of Expertise:

Metrology , Interferometry , Aspheres , CGH , Nulls

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Company Website

Publications (6)

Proceedings Article | 26 August 2024 Poster

Alignment and verification of optical systems using computer generated holograms

James Burge, Cormic Merle, Shelby Ament, Daewook Kim

Proceedings Volume 13100, 131004N (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3026775

KEYWORDS: Computer generated holography, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Optical alignment, Reflection, Diffraction, Mirror surfaces, Telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Interferometers

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

CGH-assisted metrology testbed for the Thirty Meter Telescope primary mirror

Shelby D. V. Ament, Jake Beverage, James Burge, Cormic Merle, Art Mihill, Chunyu Zhao

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121822D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2632243

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Computer generated holography, Metrology, Thirty Meter Telescope, Sensors, Optical spheres, Interferometers, Spatial frequencies, Mirrors, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

PHAST: plano holographic aspheric stitching technique

Rebecca Wilson Borrelli, Cormic Merle, Malcolm O'Sullivan

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107061H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314322

KEYWORDS: Computer generated holography, Optical alignment, Wavefronts, Optical testing, Aspheric lenses, Mirrors, Interferometers, Error analysis, Aspheric metrology, Optical metrology, Stitching interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

LSST secondary mirror assembly

William Gressler, Douglas Neill, John Bagnasco, Paul Lotz, Dave Mills, Mike Warner, Oliver Wiecha, Gregory Bogan, James Ellis, Dale Zajac, Steven Szklany, Ronald Broccolo, Malcolm O'Sullivan, Frank Carbone, Cormic Merle

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070019 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311316

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Optical fabrication, Optical testing, Spindles, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Telescopes, Control systems, Polishing, Surface finishing

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Proceedings Article | 3 August 2010 Paper

The center of curvature optical assembly for the JWST primary mirror cryogenic optical test: optical verification

Conrad Wells, Gene Olczak, Cormic Merle, Tom Dey, Mark Waldman, Tony Whitman, Eric Wick, Aaron Peer

Proceedings Volume 7790, 779003 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861874

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Calibration, Computer generated holography, Wavefronts, Interferometers, Spatial frequencies, James Webb Space Telescope, Optical fabrication, Aspheric lenses, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2010 Paper

The center of curvature optical assembly for the JWST primary mirror cryogenic optical test

Conrad Wells, Gene Olczak, Cormic Merle, Tom Dey, Mark Waldman, Tony Whitman, Eric Wick, Aaron Peer

Proceedings Volume 7739, 77390L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858617

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Mirrors, Phase modulation, James Webb Space Telescope, Cryogenics, Optical fabrication, Calibration, Wavefronts, Optical testing, Interferometry

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Optifab 2025

20 October 2025 | Rochester, NY, United States

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