Opto-Mechanical Systems Design continues to be the reference of choice for professionals fusing optical and mechanical components into advanced, high-performance instruments.

Features:

• Offers a detailed overview of the latest developments and technologies in the field of opto-mechanics
• Explains statistical estimation of lifetime and ways to maximize fracture strength of optics
• Presents new theories for effects of temperature changes on mounting forces and stresses
• Includes new discussions of characteristics of the space environment, vibration criteria for sensitive equipment environments, and laser damage to optics
• Contains updated and expanded tables of mechanical properties featuring new materials

Contents

The Opto-Mechanical Design Process

• Conceptualization
• Performance Specifications and Design Constraints
• Preliminary Design
• Design Analysis and Computer Modeling
• Error Budgets and Tolerances
• Experimental Modeling
• Finalizing the Design
• Design Reviews
• Manufacturing the Instrument
• Evaluating the End Product
• Documenting the Design

Environmental Influences

• Parameters of Concern
• Environmental Testing of Optics

Opto-Mechanical Characteristics of Materials

• Materials for Refracting Optics
• Materials for Reflecting Optics
• Materials for Mechanical Components
• Adhesives
• Sealants
• Special Coatings for Opto-Mechanical Materials
• Techniques for Manufacturing Opto-Mechanical Parts

Mounting Individual Lenses

• Considerations of Centered Optics
• Cost Impacts of Fabrication Tolerances
• Lens Weight and Center of Gravity Location
• Mounting Individual Low-Precision Lenses
• Mountings for Lenses with Curved Rims
• Mountings Interfacing with Spherical Surfaces
• Elastomeric Mountings for Lenses
• Mounting Lenses on Flexures
• Alignment of the Individual Lens
• Mounting Plastic Lenses

Mounting Multiple Lenses

• Multielement Spacing Considerations
• Examples of Lens Assemblies with No Moving Parts
• Examples of Lens Assemblies Containing Moving Parts
• Lathe Assembly Techniques
• Microscope Objectives
• Assemblies Using Plastic Parts
• Liquid Coupling of Lenses
• Catadioptric Assemblies
• Alignment of Multi-Lens Assemblies
• Alignment of Reflecting Telescope Systems

Mounting Windows and Filters

• Conventional Window Mounts
• Special Window Mounts
• Mounts for Shells and Domes
• Conformal Windows
• Filter Mounts
• Windows Subject to a Pressure Differential

Designing and Mounting Prisms

• Geometric Relationships
• Designs for Typical Prisms
• Kinematic and Semikinematic Prism Mounting Principles
• Mounting Prisms by Clamping
• Mounting Prisms by Bonding
• Flexure Mounts for Prisms

Design and Mounting Small, Nonmetallic Mirrors, Gratings, Pellicles

• Semikinematic Mountings for Small Mirrors
• Mounting Mirrors by Bonding
• Flexure Mounts for Mirrors
• Multiple-Mirror Mounts
• Mountings for Gratings
• Pellicle Design and Mounting

Lightweight Nonmetallic Mirror Design

• Material Considerations
• Core Cell Configurations
• Cast Ribbed Substrates
• Slotted-Strut and Fused Monolithic Substrates
• Frit-Bonded Substrates
• Low-Temperature Bonded Substrates
• Machined-Core Substrates
• Contoured-Back Solid Mirror Configurations
• Thin Face Sheet Mirror Configurations
• Scaling Relationships for Lightweight Mirrors

Mounting Large, Horizontal-Axix Mirrors

• General Considerations of Gravity Effects
• V-Type Mounts
• Multipoint Edge Supports
• The Ideal Radial Mount
• Mercury Tube Mounts
• Strap and Roller-Chain Mounts
• Push-Pull Mounts
• Comparison of Dynamic Relaxation and Finite-Element Analysis Techniques

Mounting Large Vertical-Axis Mirrors

• Ring Mounts
• Air Bag (Bladder) Mounts
• Multiple-Point Supports
• Metrology Mounts

Mounting Large, Variable-Orientation Mirrors

• Mechanical Flotation Mounts
• Hydraulic/Pneumatic Mounts
• Center-Mounted Mirrors
• Mounts for Double-Arch Mirrors
• Bipod Mirror Mounts
• Thin Face Sheet Mirror Mounts
• Mounts for Large Space-Borne Mirrors

Design and Mounting of Metallic Mirrors

• General Considerations of Metal Mirrors
• Aluminum Mirrors
• Beryllium Mirrors
• Mirrors Made from Other Metals
• Mirrors with Foam and Metal Matrix Cores
• Plating of Metal Mirrors
• Single-Point Diamond Turning of Metal Mirrors
• Conventional Mountings for Metal Mirrors
• Integral Mountings for Metal Mirrors
• Flexure Mountings for Larger Metal Mirrors
• Interfacing Multiple SPDT Components to Facilitate Assembly and Alignment

Optical Instrument Stuctural Design

• Rigid Housing Configurations
• Modular Design Principles and Examples
• A Structural Design for High Shock Loading
• Athermalized Structural Designs
• Geometries for Telescope Tube Structures

Analysis of the Opto-Mechanical Design

• Failure Predictions for Optics
• Stress Generation at Opto-Mechanical Interfaces
• Parametric Comparisons of Annular Interface Types
• Bending Effects Due to Offset Annular Contacts
• Effects of Temperature Changes
• Effects of Temperature Gradients
• Stresses in Cemented and Bonded Optics Due to Temperature Changes
• Some Effects of Temperature Changes on Elastomerically Mounted Lenses

Index

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