A Positioning Device Of Half Micron Linear Resolution For A Cassegrain Secondary

Ralph H. Zacharias

doi:10.1117/12.967408

1 January 1987 A Positioning Device Of Half Micron Linear Resolution For A Cassegrain Secondary

Ralph H. Zacharias

Proceedings Volume 0817, Optomechanical Systems Engineering; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967408
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Minimizing obscuration in Cassegrain optical systems places limits on the secondary mirror diameter and width of the supporting spider vanes. Accompanying those limits is the requirement that the focus, tilt, and decentration drives fit within the obscuration limits. This paper presents a design solution to the problem of minimizing obscuration while providing adjustment capability for focus, tilt, and decentration using stepper motors with integral harmonic drives coupled to eccentrics and flexures to ultimately achieve resolutions of half-micron in focus, 5 micron translation and 70 microradians in the tilt mode. The resulting design eliminates friction, hysteresis and injurious thermal effects by means of flexural connecting members of super invar.

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Ralph H. Zacharias "A Positioning Device Of Half Micron Linear Resolution For A Cassegrain Secondary", Proc. SPIE 0817, Optomechanical Systems Engineering, (1 January 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967408

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