Drawback of using only wavefront deviation to define irregularity tolerance

Steve Bloomberg

doi:10.1117/12.2286338

27 November 2017 Drawback of using only wavefront deviation to define irregularity tolerance

Steve Bloomberg

Proceedings Volume 10590, International Optical Design Conference 2017; 105900N (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2286338
Event: International Optical Design Conference - IODC 2017, 2017, Denver, United States

Abstract

Wavefront deviation does not fully represent irregularity effects. It is shown how reflective telescopes with similar wavefront deviation provide very different optical performance leading to possible non-conformities not predicted by tolerance analyses.

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Steve Bloomberg "Drawback of using only wavefront deviation to define irregularity tolerance", Proc. SPIE 10590, International Optical Design Conference 2017, 105900N (27 November 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2286338

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