• 천문학논총
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2006

The KASINICS (KASI Near Infrared Camera System) is a ground-based Near-Infrared (NIR) imaging instrument developed by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI). In this paper, we report the test results of the KASINICS camera optics system which is comprised of a 1-1 Offner relay. We measure that the surface RMS fluctuations of the Offner mirrors are at the level of $10^{-1}-10^{-2}$ of the target wavelengths, showing that the mirrors are sufficiently smooth for NIR observations. The alignment of the Offner optics system has been checked too. Our ray-tracing simulations find that the image quality should not degrade more than the pixel size of the KASINICS ($40{\mu}m$), if a de-centering or a tilt of the Offner mirrors are within 5mm, or $2.5^{\circ}$. Our measurement shows that the de-centering or the tilt of the Offner mirrors are less than 1 mm or $0.5^{\circ}$, assuring that the KASINICS image quality are not affected by the alignment errors. We have also measured that the optics resolution is $20{\mu}m$ and it does not degrade more than 10% over the detector surface area of 14.3 mm ${/times}$ 14.3mm. Overall, we conclude that the KASINICS optics system satisfies the design requirements for NIR imaging observations.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2006

Automatic optical alignment modules are a key technology in optical communication system. However, the optic component assembly depends highly on manual or semi-automated alignment process. In this paper, a novel alignment mechanism with minimum degree-of-freedom has been designed and theoretical models are derived from geometric optical characteristics on collimators, optical filters and optical ray alignment. The automatic alignment control algorithm has been newly developed based on the mechanism and models, and then we make fast, precise and reliable alignment through the algorithm. The reliability of developed modules has been verified with various simulations and performance evaluations.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.327-336
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• 2006

In this paper, gain loss of KVN (Korean VLBI Network) 21-m shaped Cassegrain antenna due to misalignment of antenna optics is calculated using ray-tracing method. It enables us to estimate alignment tolerances of feed and sub-reflector positioning. According to numerical results, KVN 21-m shaped Cassegrain antenna's gain loss is more sensitive to positions of feed and sub-reflector than in case of the equivalent classical Cassegrain antenna. The result of calculation is believed to be utilized as a possible guideline when checking the performance of the antenna system.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.186-190
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• 2006

공초점 불안정형 공진기의 광학 정렬을 정밀하게 수행할 수 있는 새로운 개념의 null 렌즈 광학 정렬 방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 정렬 방법은 3.5 m 공진기에 적용하여 민감도 분석을 통해 실용성 여부를 판단하였으며, 공진기의 길이 변화가 1.0 mm 발생하였을 때와 반사경이 광축에 대하여 1.0 mrad 기울었을 때에 대한 pupil map 분석 데이터를 제시하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.329-332
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• 2007

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.142-146
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• 2004

인공위성용 지구관측 카메라나 천문관측 망원경에는 무게와 부피의 제약 때문에 Cassegrain 방식 망원경이 많이 쓰인다. 이와 같은 위성용 광학계의 성공적인 임무 수행을 위해서는 광학계의 정밀 정렬이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 인공위생용 지구관측 카메라인 MAC (Medium-sized Aperture Camera)의 조립 과정에 적용된 컴퓨터를 이용한 광학정렬 방법의 모사와 정렬실험 결과를 정리한다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 광학 민감도가 큰 IR 광학계의 조립정렬과정에서 목표 성능을 만족시키기 위한 조립정렬 허용범위를 설정하는 방법을 제시하였다. 조립정렬 과정에서 편심측정기를 이용하여 각각의 광학소자에 대한 반사 편심량을 측정할 수 있다. 측정된 값을 이용하여 몬테카를로 시뮬레이션을 수행하였고 이를 이용하여 조립 정렬 이후의 광학계의 성능을 예측하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과와 실제 제작된 광학계의 광학 성능을 비교하여 본 논문에서 제시한 공차 할당 기법의 타당성을 확인하였다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2007

직경과 초점거리가 수 mm인 카메라폰 렌즈의 성능을 평가하는 변조전달함수(Modulation Transfer Function: MTF) 측정장치를 개발 하였다. 전체 측정장치는 물체부, 상분석부, 렌즈 마운터로 구성되며, 물체부는 비축상 측정을 위하여 회전한다. 렌즈의 정밀한 정렬을 위하여 정밀한 수평형 거치대를 제작하였으며 광축 조정과 렌즈의 기울어짐 등의 문제를 매우 효과적으로 개선하였다. 시험렌즈의 초기정렬이 끝나면 자동으로 MTF를 측정하며 측정시간은 10초 이내이다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2024

Recent flat-panel displays have become increasingly complicated to facilitate multiple display functions. In particular, the form of multilayered architectures for next-generation displays makes precise three-dimensional alignment of multiple panels a challenge. In this paper, a diffractive optical alignment marker is proposed to address the problem of three-dimensional alignment of distant dual panels beyond the depth-of-focus of a vision camera. The diffractive marker is effective to analyze the positional correlation of distant dual panels. The possibility of diffractive alignment in multilayer display fabrication is testified with numerical simulation and a proof-of-concept experiment.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2014

The Amon-Ra instrument is the main optical payload of the proposed EARTHSHINE satellite. It consists of a visible wavelength instrument and an IR energy channel instrument to measure a global Earth albedo. We report a new sensitivity technique for efficient alignment of the visible channel instrument. Whilst the sensitivity table method has been widely used in the alignment process, the straightforward application of the method tends to produce slow process convergence because of shop floor alignment practice uncertainties. We investigated the error sources commonly associated with alignment practices and used them when estimating the Zernike polynomial coefficients. Aided with single center field wavefront error (WFE) measurements and their corresponding Zernike polynomial coefficients, the method involves the construction and use of an experimental, instead of simulated, sensitivity table to be used for alignment state estimations. A trial alignment experiment for the Amon Ra optical system was performed and the results show that 71.28 nm in rms WFE was achieved only after two alignment iterations. This tends to demonstrate its superior performance to the conventional method.