Separating Astigmatic Mirror Figure Error from Alignment Induced Misalignment Aberrations Using Nodal Aberration Theory

Tobias Schmid; Andrew Rakich; Jannick P. Rolland; Kevin P. Thompson

doi:10.1364/FIO.2009.FThH4

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Frontiers in Optics 2009

San Jose, California United States
11–15 October 2009
ISBN: 978-1-55752-878-0

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Aspheric and Freeform Optical Surfaces: Design, Characterization and Alignment I (FThH)

Separating Astigmatic Mirror Figure Error from Alignment Induced Misalignment Aberrations Using Nodal Aberration Theory

Tobias Schmid, Andrew Rakich, Jannick P. Rolland, and Kevin P. Thompson

Frontiers in Optics 2009/Laser Science XXV/Fall 2009 OSA Optics & Photonics Technical Digest
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2009),
paper FThH4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2009.FThH4

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T. Schmid, A. Rakich, J. P. Rolland, and K. P. Thompson, "Separating Astigmatic Mirror Figure Error from Alignment Induced Misalignment Aberrations Using Nodal Aberration Theory," in Frontiers in Optics 2009/Laser Science XXV/Fall 2009 OSA Optics & Photonics Technical Digest, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2009), paper FThH4.

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- Optical design and fabrication (220.0220)
- Aberration compensation (220.1000)
- Alignment (220.1140)

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Abstract

Nodal aberration theory (NAT) has revealed that misalignment astigmatism displays a different signature field dependence than signature nodal positions caused by astigmatic mirror figure error. These differences will be derived and demonstrated for astronomical telescopes.

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