• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.254-257
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• 2004

A null optical system for monitoring the alignment of the optical beam director is proposed instead of the conventional autocollimator alignment system. A null optical system for the optical beam director of aperture 30 cm is designed and its performance is analysed.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.161-169
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• 2011

In this paper, a tolerance allocation method using Monte-Carlo simulation with measured reflective eccentricity for high-sensitive IR optics is proposed. During optics fabrication and alignment, reflective eccentricity was measured using an optical centration measurement instrument. A Monte-Carlo simulation was performed using measured eccentricity data, and it gives statistical estimated performance of the optics after fabrication. The validity of the proposed tolerance allocation method was verified comparing the estimated MTF result with the measured MTF result of the fabricated optics.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.10
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• pp.142-146
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• 2004

Spaceborne earth observation or astronomical payloads often use Cassegrain-type telescopes due to limits in mass and volume. Precision optical alignment of such a telescope is vital to the success of the mission. This paper describes the alignment simulation and experiment of computer-aided alignment method during the assembly of MAC (Medium-sized Aperture Camera) telescope for spaceborne earth observation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1993.04b
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• pp.192-197
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• 1993

반도체 기억소자의 급격한 발전추세에 대응하기 위해서는 노광(exposure) 장비의 증첩정밀도 (overlay accuracy)가 같이 개선되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 64M ERAM 제조를 목적으로개발된 스텝 퍼(stepper) 시스템의 성능평가 항목 중에서 증첩정밀도에대한 측정방법 및 현재까지의 연구결과를 기술하였다. 제작된 웨이퍼 정렬계는 off-axis 및 TTL 광학계와 이들 정렬신호에 따라 움직이는 웨이 퍼 구동계로 구성되어 있다. off-axis 광학계는 화상처리와 회절의 두 가지 방식이 가능하도록 설계 제작되었으며, TTL 광학계는 dual beam interferometric method를 이용하였다. 본 실험의 결과는 웨이퍼 정렬계의 특성을 평가한 것으로서, 현재까지 off-axis 정렬 방법만으로 얻은 증첩정밀도는 0.26-0.29$\mu$m (m+3 $\sigma$ )이다. 따라서 여기에 이미 제작되어 있는 TLL 정렬광학계를 추가로 사용하면 0.1 $\mu$m 이하의 정밀도에 이를 것으로 예측된다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.26-36
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• 2019

The precise alignment between optical components is required in high-resolution earth observation satellites. However, the misalignment of optical components occurs due to external factors such as severe satellite launch environment and space environment. A satellite optical system with a focus mechanism is required to compensate for the image quality degraded by these misalignments. This study designed, fabricated, aligned precisely, and carried out a performance tests for the image quality of the system. The satellite optical camera performance tests were carried out to check the image quality change by operating the focus mechanism and to analyze the satellite optical system MTF by photographing USAF target using the autocollimator. According to the experimental results, the misalignments can be compensated sufficiently with the focus mechanism. Finally the basic data for re-focusing algorithm of the optical system was obtained through this study.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.535-544
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• 2003

The sensitivity analysis of a middle wave infrared optical system with 20: 1 zoom ratio is performed to analyze manufacturing and alignment tolerances, and to establish the alignment logic and the focus control strategy. The characteristics of the sensitivities of Zernike coefficients are investigated to all mechanical displacements and several zoom positions using Code-V Macro. From this result, the tolerances of manufacturing and alignment of the optical system are derived and the effective alignment logic is established. Futhermore, an effective focus control strategy is established to make the system simple and compact.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.41-48
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• 2019

This paper deals with a method of aligning an aircraft fuselage and an inertial navigation sensor using three-dimensional coordinates obtained by an optical method. In order to verify the feasibility, we introduce the method to accurately align the coordinate system of the inertial navigation sensor and the aircraft reference coordinate system. It is verified through simulation that reflects the error level of the measuring device. In addition, optimization method based alignment algorithm is proposed for connection between optical sensor and inertial navigation sensor.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.391-396
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• 2004

Spaceborne earth observation or astronomical payloads often use Cassegrain-type telescopes due to the limits in mass and volume. Precision optical alignment of such a telescope is vital to the success of the mission. This paper describes the simulated optical alignment methods using interferograms, wavefront error, and reverse-optimization method for different levels of alignment accuracy. It concludes with the alignment experiment results of a Cassegrain type spaceborne camera with 300mm entrance pupil diameter.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.40-44
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• 2007

Based on the optical design type, the large aperture payload has not only a different characteristic of design, assembly and alignment but also its own merits and demerits. The analysis of characteristic has been performed according to the optical design type and based on this result, our camera is 4 reflective mirror system based on the Korsch type. Each mirror assembly is to be verified in the mirror manufacturer and the Optical Module(OM) will be assembled, aligned and tested by KARI. The final performance of camera depends on the several factors, especially, the optical performance of its OM In parallel with the optical design the conceptual design of OM assembly and alignment has been performed. In this paper, the analysis of characteristic has been performed according to the optical design type and the conceptual design of OM assembly and alignment was described with regard to optical performance.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.22-30
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• 2023

The use of segmented mirrors is one of the ways to make the primary mirror of a spaceborne satellite larger, where several small mirrors are combined into a large monolithic mirror. To align multiple segmented mirrors as one large mirror, there must be no discontinuity in the x, y-axis (tilt) and axial alignment error (piston) between adjacent mirrors. When the tilt and piston are removed, we can collect the light in one direction and get an expected clear image. Therefore, we need a precise wavefront sensor that can measure the alignment error of the segmented mirrors in nm scale. The tilt error can be easily detected by the point spread image of the segmented mirrors, while the piston error is hard to detect because of the absence of apparent features, but makes a downgraded image. In this paper we used an optical testing interferometer such as a Fizeau interferometer, which has various advantages when aligning the segmented mirror on the ground, and focused on measuring the axial displacement error of a segmented mirror as the basic research of measuring the piston errors between adjacent mirrors. First, we calculated the relationship between the axial displacement error of the segmented mirror and the surface defocus error of the interferometer and verified the calculated formula through experiments. Using the experimental results, we analyzed the measurement uncertainty and obtained the limitation of the Fizeau interferometer in detecting axial displacement errors.