• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.129-134
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• 2000

This paper presents the development of ultra-precision machining process of large aspheric aluminum mirrors with a maximum diameter of 620 mm. An ultra-precision machine, "Nanoturn60", developed by Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd. is used for machining and motion errors of the machine are compensated by using the FTS developed by IAE(Institue for Advanced Engineering) during the machining process. To check the form accuracy of machined aspheric surfaces, on-machine form measurement system is developed. This measurement system consists of air bearing touch probe, straight edge, and laser sensor. With in-process error compensation by FTS(Fast Tool Servo), aspheric mirrors with the from accuracy of submicron order are obtained. obtained.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.70-75
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• 2001

Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) is under design study for proposed launch around 2008. It will take over the task of Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and provide much more detailed information about celestial objects. Present large telescopes both in space and on the ground contain aspheric mirrors, called Ritchey-Chretien type. As the size of the telescope becomes larger and the optical quality is requested to be higher, reaching the diffraction limit, more accurate optical testing methods are required. However, there are few testing methods which can achieve the required accuracy for aspheric optics, and none of them has achieved it with certainty. The failure of producing the primary mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope to meet specification is a good example. Moreover, testing aspheric mirrors of large convex form adds the difficulty to extreme. In this paper, space telescopes and large ground-based telescopes are surveyed and testing methods for aspheric optics are reviewed. a method of testing aspheric convex mirrors is suggested.

• 한국공작기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국공작기계학회 1999년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.134-140
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• 1999

The side mirrors play an important role in driver's safety and convenience. People drive safely based on the side mirrors and room mirror through observation of environment. However, the drivers can not completely confront environments because of the dead angle of the side mirrors. In this research, based on geometric optics and geometric modeling, aspheric surfaces of the side mirror mold with dead angle free has been designed and machined in CNC machining center, Surface roughness of the mold was evaluated by using surface shaping system. The analysis on the shape of formed mirrors shows the mirrors have been reduced the dead angle comparing with the original mold.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.178-183
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• 2009

At the time that the Keck-I 10m telescope was constructed in 1993, the era of Very Large Telescopes (VLTs) was opened. Now thirteen VLTs are in operation, and the largest of the monolithic mirrors is 8.4 m in diameter. Such monolithic mirrors are mostly aspheric and require high accuracies on the surface figures, reaching up to the diffraction limit. At present, next generation telescopes, Giant telescopes, are being developed. One is the GMT (Giant Magellan Telescope) whose size is 25.4 m in diameter. The primary mirror consists of seven segments figuring elliptical shapes on the surface. The surrounding six segments are off-axis and the edges are steep, as the fast focal ratio is adopted. It means that testing of the mirrors is a challenging task. In this paper, testing methods for the GMT primary mirror are reviewed, and accuracy of measuring devices is assessed. Results and discussions follow.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제1권6호
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• pp.618-625
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• 2017

In the present research, a new bending system using a segmented vacuum chuck for Stressed Mirror Polishing (SMP) is developed. SMP is a special fabrication method for thin aspheric mirrors, where simple flat or spherical fabrication is applied while a mirror blank is deflected. Since a mirror blank is usually glued to a bending fixture in the conventional SMP process, there are drawbacks such as long curing time, inconvenience of mirror replacement, risk of mirror breakage, and stress concentration near the glued area. To resolve the drawbacks, a new bending system is designed to effectively hold a mirror blank by vacuum. For the developed bending system, the optimal bending load to achieve the designated mirror deflection is found by finite element analysis and an optimization algorithm. With the measurement results of the deflected mirror surfaces with the optimal bending loads, the feasibility of the developed bending system is investigated. As a result, it is shown that the bending system is appropriate for the SMP process.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2004

Recently, aspheric optical lenses and mirrors, which are harder to manufacture and measure than the conventional spherical ones, are widely used, particularly in electronic fabrication process. Generally, interferometric optical method is used for the measurement of spherical optical surface. However, the interferometric method for aspheric surface measurement is difficult because it needs a precise null corrector and strict environmental conditions such as constant temperature, humidity and vibrations. We have been studied on the manufacturing of aspheric optics to improve the surface profile accuracy and productivity using a corrective polishing process. For the corrective polishing, a practical method of On-Machine Measurement (OMM) is required. For this purpose, an optical OMM system has been studied using the Shach-Hartmann test, which is very robust to the practical polishing environment. The wavefront has been reconstructed from the measured data using the primary aberration polynomial function by the least squares fitting. The measured result of the OMM system shows that the maximum deviation is less than 200 nm for the one of commercial Fizeau interferometer Wyko 6000.

• 한국공작기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국공작기계학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.474-480
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• 2002

Aspheric optical lenses and mirrors are widely used in recent. It is more difficult to manufacture and measure the aspherical optics compared to conventional spherical ones. The interferometric optical test is common for the measurement of spherical optical surface. But the application of the interferometry to the measurement of aspheric surface is difficult because it needs a precise null corrector and very careful environmental conditions such as keeping constant temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure and vibrations. To enhance productivity of optics manufacturing on-machine measurement and correction has been developed in this study. For practical applications, robustness of the measurement method to environments is more important. For the purpose an optical OMM(On-Machine Measurement) system has been developed using Shack-Hartmann test which has robustness to the environment. The wavefront has been reconstructed from the measured data using the primary aberration polynomial function by least square fitting. The measured result of the developed only system gives the maximum deviation only in 200 nm from the result measured by a commercial Fizeau interferometer Wyko 6000.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2005

지상 및 우주 천체 망원경용 비구면 반사경면 초기 제작공정에는 고정입자 휠을 사용하는 연삭이 있다. 본 연구에서는 매 연삭 가공 이전에 설정한 목표 표면조도를 달성할 수 있도록 입력 연삭변수들을 결정하고, 표면 가공오차를 추적하며 , 가공 경과시간을 최소화하는 새로운 연삭공정을 개발하였다. 특별히 이 공정 기법은 이전 연삭 가공 작업시 까지 수집된 입력 변수 및 가공 결과 표면조도 자료를 다 변수 회귀분석 방법에 대입하여 목표 표면조도에 따른 최적 연삭가공 입력변수를 매 가공 작업 시 진화적으로 제시하는 지능형 공정 조절 능력을 갖추고 있다. 개발된 공정기법과 초정밀 컴퓨터 수치제어 연삭기를 사용하여 $96.1\~65.0nm(Ra)$ 범위 의 목표 표면조도를 갖는 제로듀어 소재에 대하여 10회 가공 실험을 수행 한 결과 $=-0.906{\pm}3.38(\sigma)nm(Ra)$의 가공 정밀도를 달성하여, 지능형 연삭공정의 효율을 입증하였다. 이러한 연구결과는 천체망원경용 반사경면 연삭 가공 시 정성적 경험에 의존하여 가공하는 기존 기술을 극복하고 정량적 수치 모형에 의하여 가공소요시간 최소화 및 나노미터 급 표면조도를 달성하는 진화형 공정 최적화 기술의 확립이라는 의의를 가지고 있다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.142-147
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• 2013

In order to deduce the difficulty of fixing the Ritchey-Chretien (R-C) dual reflective optical system and enhance the stability of the secondary mirror, a compact integral structure is presented here composed of two transmitting and two reflective aspheric surfaces. The four surfaces were manufactured from a single germanium lens and integrated together. The two reflective surfaces formed by coating the inner reflecting films were assembled in one lens. It makes the installation of the two mirrors easier and the structure of the secondary mirror more stable. A design of mid-wave infrared (MWIR) compact imaging system is presented with a spectral range chosen as $3.7-4.8{\mu}m$. The effective focal length is f=90 mm. The field of view (FOV) for the lens is $4.88^{\circ}$. It has good imaging capability with Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) of all field of view more than 0.55 close to the diffraction limitation. Outdoor experiments were carried out and it is shown that the integral catadioptric optical system performs well on imaging.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.281-289
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 한국표준과학연구원(KRISS)에 설치된 대구경 반사경용 광학측정타워를 이용한 광학측정 시 타워에 유입되는 진동과 그로 인해 발생하는 광학측정오차에 대한 분석을 수행하였다. 여러 환경조건에 대해 타워구조물, 간섭계, Null lens의 진동측정을 수행하였으며 동시에 직경 600 mm의 축대칭 비구면 반사경의 광학측정을 수행하여 진동과 광학측정오차간의 연관성을 분석하였다. 진동측정 결과 타워의 상단에 위치한 Null lens 및 간섭계가 외부 진동요인에 매우 취약하여 외부 진동유입 시 광학측정오차가 민감하게 증가됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 특히 간섭계와 Null lens의 각 방향 진동이 서로 다르게 발생하는 경우 광학측정오차가 크게 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 진동에 의한 간섭계, Null lens, 반사경의 정렬오차를 줄이기 위해 타워 구조 시스템이 저주파 진동에 둔감하도록 구조개선이 필요할 것으로 판단되며 진동 모니터링을 통해 간섭계와 Null lens의 진동이 안정화된 시점에 광학측정을 수행하여야 형상 오차 측정값에 대한 신뢰도를 높일 수 있는 것이라 사료된다.