Abstract

An interferometric alignment technique developed for the assembly of microchannel relay systems is described. The method uses pairs of diffractive lenslets that are arranged to form compact in situ interferometers. The relative transverse, longitudinal, and rotational alignment of the two lenslet arrays can be quantitatively determined from the resulting interference patterns. The theoretical analysis is compared with the experimental performance.

© 1997 Optical Society of America

Design and operation of an in situ microchannel alignment-detection system

Brian Robertson, David Kabal, Guillaume C. Boisset, Yongsheng Liu, William M. Robertson, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, and David V. Plant
Appl. Opt. 37(23) 5368-5376 (1998)

Design and characterization of a microchannel optical interconnect for optical backplanes

Yongsheng Liu, Brian Robertson, David V. Plant, H. Scott Hinton, and William M. Robertson
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Six-degrees-of-freedom alignment of two-dimensional array components by use of off-axis linear Fresnel zone plates

Michael H. Ayliffe, Marc Châteauneuf, David R. Rolston, Andrew G. Kirk, and David V. Plant
Appl. Opt. 40(35) 6515-6526 (2001)

Optomechanics for a four-stage hybrid-self-electro-optic-device-based free-space optical backplane

G. C. Boisset, M. H. Ayliffe, B. Robertson, R. Iyer, Y. S. Liu, D. V. Plant, D. J. Goodwill, D. Kabal, and D. Pavlasek
Appl. Opt. 36(29) 7341-7346 (1997)

Investigation of statistical variations between lenslets of microlens arrays

Steffen Glöckner and Rolf Göring
Appl. Opt. 36(19) 4438-4445 (1997)