MROI's automated alignment system

C. A. Jurgenson; D. F. Buscher; M. J. Creech-Eakman; C. A. Haniff; J. S. Young; T. A Coleman; C. B. Parameswariah; E. Seneta; E. J. Bakker

doi:10.1117/12.672531

28 June 2006 MROI's automated alignment system

C. A. Jurgenson, D. F. Buscher, M. J. Creech-Eakman, C. A. Haniff, J. S. Young, T. A Coleman, C. B. Parameswariah, E. Seneta, E. J. Bakker

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Proceedings Volume 6268, Advances in Stellar Interferometry; 62683Y (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672531
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

We present an outline of the automated alignment system for the 350m baseline Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) which will manage the simultaneous alignment of its six principal optical subsystems (telescopes, beam relay trains, delay lines, beam reducing telescopes, switchyards, and beam combiners). Many of these components will be held under vacuum, will be subject to varying thermal loads and will use different coatings (optimized for either optical or near-IR wavelengths). We review the proposed architecture of our scheme and discuss the procedures, tools, and optical analyses we have used to design it.

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C. A. Jurgenson, D. F. Buscher, M. J. Creech-Eakman, C. A. Haniff, J. S. Young, T. A Coleman, C. B. Parameswariah, E. Seneta, and E. J. Bakker "MROI's automated alignment system", Proc. SPIE 6268, Advances in Stellar Interferometry, 62683Y (28 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672531

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