Mounting optics in optical instruments

Entirely updated to cover the latest technology, this second edition gives optical designers and optomechanical engineers a thorough understanding of the principal ways in which optical components--lenses, windows, filters, shells, domes, prisms, and mirrors of all sizes--are mounted in optical inst...

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Main Author Yoder, Paul R., Jr., 1927-
Corporate Author Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, c2008.
Edition2nd ed.
SeriesSPIE monograph ; PM181.
Subjects
Optical instruments > Design and construction.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessPlný text

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Applications of Optical Components
  • Key Environmental Considerations
  • Extreme Service Environments
  • Environmental Testing
  • Key Material Properties
  • Dimensional Instability
  • Tolerancing Optical and Mechanical Components
  • Cost Aspects of Tightened Tolerances on Optics
  • Manufacturing Optical and Mechanical Components.
  • 2. The Optic-to-Mount Interface
  • Mechanical Constraints
  • Consequences of Mounting Forces
  • Sealing Considerations.
  • 3. Mounting Individual Lenses
  • Preload Requirements
  • Weight and Center of Gravity Calculations
  • Spring Mountings for Lenses and Filters
  • Burnished Cell Mountings
  • Snap and "Interference Fit" Rings
  • Retaining Ring Constraints
  • Constraining the Lens with Multiple Spring Clips
  • Geometry of the Lens-to-Mount Interface
  • Elastomeric Mountings
  • Flexure Mountings for Lenses
  • Mounting Plastic Lenses.
  • 4. Multiple-Component Lens Assemblies
  • Spacer Design and Manufacture
  • Drop-In Assembly
  • Lathe Assembly
  • Elastomeric Mountings
  • Poker-Chip Assembly
  • Assemblies Designed for High-Shock Environments
  • Photographic Objective Lenses
  • Modular Construction and Assembly
  • Catoptric and Catadioptric Assemblies
  • Assemblies with Plastic Housings and Lenses
  • Internal Mechanisms
  • Sealing and Purging Lens Assemblies.
  • 5. Mounting Optical Windows, Filters, Shells, and Domes
  • Simple Window Mountings
  • Mounting "Special" Windows
  • Conformal Windows
  • Windows Subject to Pressure Differential
  • Filter Mountings
  • Mounting Shells and Domes.
  • 6. Prism Design
  • Principal functions
  • Geometric Considerations
  • Aberration Contributions of Prisms
  • Typical Prism Configurations.
  • 7. Techniques for Mounting Prisms
  • Kinematic Mountings
  • Semikinematic Mountings
  • The Use of Pads on Cantilevered and Straddling Springs
  • Mechanically Clamped Nonkinematic Mountings
  • Bonded Prism Mountings
  • Flexure Mountings for Prisms.
  • 8. Mirror Design
  • General Considerations
  • Image Orientation
  • First- and Second-Surface Mirrors
  • Ghost Image Formation with Second-Surface Mirrors
  • Approximation of Mirror Aperture
  • Weight Reduction Techniques
  • Thin Facesheet Configurations
  • Metallic Mirrors
  • Metallic Foam Core Mirrors
  • Pellicles.
  • 9. Techniques for Mounting Smaller Nonmetallic Mirrors
  • Mechanically Clamped Mirror Mountings
  • Bonded Mirror Mountings
  • Compound Mirror Mountings
  • Flexure Mountings for Smaller Mirrors
  • Central and Zonal Mountings
  • Gravitational Effects on Smaller Mirrors.
  • 10. Techniques for Mounting Metallic Mirrors
  • Single Point Diamond Turning of Metallic Mirrors
  • Integral Mounting Provisions
  • Flexure Mountings for Metallic Mirrors
  • Plating of Metal Mirrors
  • Interfacing Metallic Mirrors for Assembly and Alignment.
  • 11. Techniques for Mounting Larger Nonmetallic Mirrors
  • Mounts for Axis Horizontal Applications
  • Mounts for Axis Vertical Applications
  • Mounts for Axis Variable Applications
  • Supports for Large, Space-Borne Mirrors.
  • 12. Aligning Refracting, Reflecting and Catadioptric Systems
  • Aligning the Individual Lens
  • Aligning Multiple Lens Assemblies
  • Aligning Reflecting Systems.
  • 13. Estimation of Mounting Stresses
  • General Considerations
  • Statistical Prediction of Optic Failure
  • Rule-of-Thumb Stress Tolerances
  • Stress Generation at Point, Line, and Area Contacts
  • Peak Contact Stress in an Annular Interface
  • Bending Effects in Asymmetrically Clamped Optics.
  • 14. Effects of Temperature Changes
  • Athermalization Techniques for Reflective Systems
  • Athermalization Techniques for Refractive Systems
  • Effects of Temperature Change on Axial Preload
  • Radial Effects in Rim Contact Optics
  • Effects of Temperature Gradients
  • Thermally Induced Stresses in Bonded Optics.
  • 15. Hardware Examples
  • Infrared Sensor Lens Assembly
  • A Family of Commercial Mid-Infrared Lenses
  • Using SPDT to Mount and Align Poker Chip Subassemblies
  • A Dual Field IR Tracker Assembly
  • A Dual Field IR Camera Lens Assembly
  • A Passively Stabilized 10:1 Zoom Lens Objective
  • A 90 mm, f/2 Projection Lens Assembly
  • A Solid Catadioptric Lens Assembly
  • An All Aluminum Catadioptric Lens Assembly
  • A Catadioptric Star Mapping Objective Assembly
  • A 150 in., f/10 Catadioptric Camera Objective
  • The Camera Assembly for the DEIMOS Spectrograph
  • Mountings for Prisms in a Military Articulated Telescope
  • A Modular Porro Prism Erecting System for a Binocular
  • Mounting Large Dispersing Prisms in a Spectrograph Imager
  • Mounting Gratings for the FUSE Spectrograph
  • The Spitzer Space Telescope
  • A Modular Dual Collimator Assembly
  • Lens Mountings for the JWST's NIR Cam
  • A Double-Arch Mirror Featuring Silicon-Foam-Core-Technology.
  • [Appendices]
  • Unit Conversion Factors
  • Mechanical Properties of Materials
  • Torque-Preload Relationship for a Threaded Retaining Ring
  • Summary of Methods for Testing Optical Components and Optical Instruments Under Adverse Environmental Conditions.

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