• Current Optics and Photonics
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.435-442
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• 2023

These days, the size of a reflective telescope has been increasing for astronomical observation. An additional optical system usually assists a large ground telescope for image analysis or the compensation of air turbulence. To guide collimated light to the external optical system through a designated path, a coudé mirror is usually adopted. Including a collimator, a coudé mirror of a ground telescope is affected by gravity, depending on the telescope's pointing direction. The mirror surface is deformed by the weight of the mirror itself and its mount, which deteriorates the optical performance. In this research, we propose an optimization method for the coudé mirror assembly for a 1-m class ground telescope that minimizes the gravitational surface error (SFE). Here the mirror support positions and the sizes of the mount structure are optimized using finite element analysis and the response surface optimization method in both the horizontal and vertical directions, considering the telescope's altitude angle. Throughout the whole design process, the coefficients of the Zernike polynomials are calculated and their amplitude changes are monitored to determine the optimal design parameters. At the same time, the design budgets for the thermal SFE and the mass and size of the mount are reflected in the study.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.169-181
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• 2010

We develop a proto-model of an off-axis reflective telescope for infrared wide-field observations based on the design of Schwarzschild-Chang type telescope. With only two mirrors, this design achieves an entrance pupil diameter of 50 mm and an effective focal length of 100 mm. We can apply this design to a mid-infrared telescope with a field of view of $8^{\circ}{\times}8^{\circ}$. In spite of the substantial advantages of off-axis telescopes in the infrared compared to refractive or on-axis reflective telescopes, it is known to be difficult to align the mirrors in off-axis systems because of their asymmetric structures. Off-axis mirrors of our telescope are manufactured at the Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI). We analyze the fabricated mirror surfaces by fitting polynomial functions to the measured data. We accomplish alignment of this two-mirror off-axis system using a ray tracing method. A simple imaging test is performed to compare a pinhole image with a simulated prediction.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.40.4-40.4
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• 2020

Kyung Hee university invented the Transformable Reflective Telescope (TRT) for optical experiment and education. The TRT kit can transform into three optical configurations from Newtonian to Cassegrain to Gregorian by exchanging the secondary mirror. We designed the Ebert-Fastie spectrograph as an extension of the TRT kit. The primary mirror of the TRT kit serves as both collimator and camera lens, and the reflective grating as the dispersing element is placed along the optical axis of the primary mirror. We designed and fabricated the grating holder and the source units using 3D printer. Baffle was also fabricated to suppress the stray light, which was reduced by 83%. The spectrograph can observe the optical wavelength range (4000Å~7000Å). Measured resolving power (R=λ/Δλ) was ~700 with slit width of 0.18mm. The spectrograph is optimized for f/24, and the spectral pixel scale is 0.49Å/pixel with Canon 550D detector. We present the sample spectra of discharged Ne, Ar and Kr gases. The flexible setting and high performance make this spectrograph a useful tool for education and experiment.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.74-83
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• 2022

The entire process, from the raw material to the final system qualification test, has been developed to fabricate a large-diameter, lightweight reflective-telescope system for a satellite observation. The telescope with 3 anastigmatic mirrors has an aperture of 700 mm and a total mass of 66 kg. We baked a silicon carbide substrate body from a carbon preform using a reaction sintering method, and tested the structural and chemical properties, surface conditions, and crystal structure of the body. We developed the polishing and coating methods considering the mechanical and chemical properties of the silicon carbide (SiC) body, and we utilized a chemical-vapor-deposition method to deposit a dense SiC thin film more than 170 ㎛ thick on the mirror's surface, to preserve a highly reflective surface with excellent optical performance. After we made the SiC mirrors, we measured the wave-front error for various optical fields by assembling and aligning three mirrors and support structures. We conducted major space-environment tests for the components and final assembly by temperature-cycling tests and vibration-shock tests, in accordance with the qualifications for the space and launch environment. We confirmed that the final telescope achieves all of the target performance criteria.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.38.1-38.1
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• 2021

본 발표에서는 Transformable Reflective Telescope(TRT kit)의 새로운 버전을 소개한다. TRT kit는 기본형인 뉴턴식 반사망원경에서 부경 교체를 통해 카세그레인식, 그레고리식으로 간단하게 변형 할 수 있는 광학 실험장치이다. 본 장치는 주로 망원경 교육이나 광학계 개발에 필요한 실험에 활용된다. 모듈화 설계를 통해서 여러 종류의 광학계를 쉽게 탈착하여 다양한 실험을 할 수 있다. 광기계부는 정밀하게 제작된 알루미늄 프로파일과 Isogrid구조를 채택하여 경량화 구조로 설계되었다. 이러한 경량부품들을 통해 이전 버전보다 50~70%의 중량 감소율을 달성하였다. 유한요소해석 결과 경량화된 뉴턴식 TRT kit는 이전 버전과 비교해서 자체 하중에 의한 최대 구조 변형이 0.11mm에서 0.023mm로 감소하였다. 부경 지지대 설계에는 자체 하중으로 인한 변형을 최소화하기 위해 트러스 (Truss) 구조가 도입되었다. 부경부의 자체 하중으로 인한 변형은 기존의 80㎛에서 21㎛로 감소하였다. 또한, 십자 레이저 정렬 장치가 추가되어 뉴턴식과 카세그레인식에서 공차 1.5' 이내로 광학계 정렬이 가능하다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.68-73
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• 2005

When aligning catoptric or catadioptric telescopes for space cameras, it is difficult to align precisely if the field of view is large or there are several reflective surfaces. The quantitative knowledge of mirror misalignments greatly helps align a misaligned telescope precisely, and also reduce the alignment time. This paper describes a generalized reverse-optimization alignment solution algorithm using Zernike sensitivity, and proposes the minimum number of fields to take interferograms. This method was successfully applied on a Cassegrain telescope design for Earth observation from space with arbitrary misalignments and a model including some primary mirror deformation.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.55.5-56
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• 2021

The optical design of the Linear-Astigmatism-Free Three-Mirror-System (LAF-TMS) for KASI-Deep Rolling Imaging Fast-optics Telescope(K-DRIFT) is presented. LAF-TMS is an all-reflective imaging system consists of three freeform mirrors. Due to its well-corrected aberrations and obstruction-free clear aperture, the LAF-TMS provides a wide field of view with very low scattered lights.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.177-187
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• 2002

Some kinds of precision optical systems for spaceborne high resolution cameras were designed at preliminary design level and an optical design for a hyperspectral imager was performed for its development model. A Cassegrain-based catadioptric system and an unobscured reflective triplet system are illustrated in detail for spaceborne high resolution electro optical cameras which have performance of 5m resolution at an altitude of 685km and the design are evaluated in its spot-diagram and MTF to prove they have good performance enough to implement the requirements for realistic satellite payload taking the fabrication conditions and the on-orbit operation into consideration. For the development of hyperspectral imager as a next-generation payload, an optical system has been designed and elaborated. It can be divided into two parts, a catoptric telescope forming an off-axis 2 mirror type and a dispersive spectrometer which comprises collimator, grating and reimaging lens cell. From its optical design to the system characteristics are shown with the MTF performance reaching 25% approximately.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.52.3-53
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• 2016

일반적으로 사용되는 소구경 망원경은 경통에 의한 차폐로 인해 내부 구조를 보기 쉽지 않으므로, 망원경 광학계를 이해하기에는 적합하지 않다. 본 연구에서는 최소한의 배플 만을 사용하여 경통이 없는 구조의 개방형 망원경을 설계 및 제작하였다. 개발된 변환식 반사망원경 키트(TRT Kit, Transformable Reflecting Telescope Kit)는 부경 모듈을 교체하는 방식만으로 뉴턴식 망원경(Newtonian Telescope), 카세그레인식 망원경(Cassegrain Telescope), 그리고 그레고리식 망원경(Gregorian Telescope)으로 변형하는 것이 가능하다. 주경, 부경을 비롯한 망원경의 모든 부분은 사용자가 직접조립할 수 있도록 모듈화(Modularization) 하였다. 또한 부경에 부착된 슬라이딩 장치 및 리니어 스테이지(Linear Stage)는 망원경의 초점을 정밀하게 맞출 수 있도록 설계하였다. TRT Kit를 이용하여 학생들은 세 가지 형태의 망원경 광학계를 직접 조립하고 그 구조 및 성능을 비교해 볼 수 있으며, 광축 정렬, 정밀 초점 조절 과정을 통해 기본적인 광학계의 원리를 이해 할 수 있다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.151-158
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• 2011

This paper reports design and demonstration of optical systems for reflective-type remote optical displacement sensors. Optical systems for light illumination sources and a position sensitive detector (PSD) for the displacement sensor were developed to sense displacement of bridges and instability of skyscrapers in a distance range from 10 m to 250 m to an accuracy better than a few mm. Performance of the optical systems was verified by composing a displacement sensor and by using it in measurement of displacement of a remote target with proper reflective optics depending on distance. The displacement sensor was composed of two LED light sources, each with collimating optics, and a two-dimensional PSD with telescope-type optics. Its displacement resolutions was measured to be 0.1 mm at a distance of 10 m and less than 3 mm at a distance of 250 m.