摘要:
A reflector which is formed of three or more of reflector modules (called stacks) arranged in arrays and bonded to each other, the stacks being arranged to average the distribution of thermal deformations thereof in terms of inhomogeneity among the stacks in average coefficient of linear expansion, thereby suppressing deformation and deterioration of image-forming performance quality of the reflector under varying temperature conditions. The stacks are arranged in order of the magnitude of values of average coefficients of linear expansion possessed by said stacks so that a thermal deformation pattern produced is a relatively simple pattern, there is provided a reflector device in which correction of thermal deformation can be made by a few actuators.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a reflecting mirror, wherein mirror segments are fused together thereby composing the reflecting mirror comprising, formulating square sums of displacements at a plurality of sampling points on a mirror surface of the reflecting mirror as a function of a thermal expansion coefficient-vector having components of deviations of thermal expansion coefficients of the respective mirror segments from the average thermal expansion coefficients of all the mirror segments, positions of the components corresponding to arranging positions of the respective mirror segments; generating a stochastic process wherein the smaller the square sum of the displacement of the thermal expansion coefficient vector, the larger the probability whereby the thermal expansion coefficient vector appears, by a computer using random numbers; selecting the thermal expansion coefficient vector minimizing the square sum of the displacement from the appeared thermal expansion coefficient vectors; and arranging and fusing together the mirror segments in accordance with the components thereof.
摘要:
A reflecting mirror, wherein mirror segments are fused together thereby composing the reflecting mirror by formulating square sums of displacements at a plurality of sampling points on a mirror surface of the reflecting mirror as a function of a thermal expansion coefficient vector having components of deviations of thermal expansion coefficients of the respective mirror segments from the average thermal expansion coefficients of all the mirror segments, positions of the components corresponding to arranging positions of the respective mirror segments; generating a stochastic process wherein the smaller the square sum of the displacement of the thermal expansion coefficient vector, the larger the probability whereby the thermal expansion coefficient vector appears, by a computer using random numbers; selecting the thermal expansion coefficient vector minimizing the square sum of the displacement from the appeared thermal expansion coefficient vectors; and arranging and fusing together the mirror segments in accordance with the components thereof.
摘要:
Described herein is a reflector which is formed of three or more of reflector modules (called stacks in followings) arranged in arrays and bonded to each other the stacks being arranged to average the distribution of thermal deformations thereof in terms of inhomogeneity among the stacks in average coefficient of linear expansion, thereby suppressing deformation and deterioration of image-forming performance quality of the reflector under varying temperature conditions. Since the stacks are arranged in order of the magnitude of values of average coefficients of linear expansion possessed by said stacks so that a thermal deformation pattern produced is a relatively simple pattern, there is provided a reflector device in which correction of thermal deformation can be made by a few actuators. A reflector device wherein a correcting force is automatically calculated from a difference between a temperature of a reflector and a reference temperature to drive an actuator whereby an excellent image forming performance with respect to the change in temperature can be maintained. A reflector device wherein a surface deformation of a reflector is developed into modes to automatically select modes so that a residual deformation is less a predesignated deformation amount, and after correction thereof, the deformation is corrected whereby the correction can be made efficiently with a small force.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a reflection mirror formed by sticking together a plurality of mirror segments for use on a reflecting telescope or the like. The mirror segments are arranged so that the thermal deformation of the reflecting mirror is limited to the least possible extent. The method comprises steps of: setting a plurality of sample points on the mirror surface; developing a matrix connecting a coefficient of the thermal expansion (CTE) vector having the deviations of the respective CTEs of the mirror segments from the average CTEs obtained by averaging the CTEs of the mirror segments as components corresponding to the respective positions of the mirror segments with the displacements of the sample points; selecting a vector making the sum of squares of the displacements a minimum among those obtained by rearranging the components of the CTE vector; and arranging the mirror segments according to the positions of the components of the selected vector.
摘要:
Described herein is a reflector which is formed of three or more of reflector modules (called stacks in followings) arranged in arrays and bonded to each other the stacks being arranged to average the distribution of thermal deformations thereof in terms of inhomogeneity among the stacks in average coefficient of linear expansion, thereby suppressing deformation and deterioration of image-forming performance quality of the reflector under varying temperature conditions. Since the stacks are arranged in order of the magnitude of values of average coefficients of linear expansion possessed by said stacks so that a thermal deformation pattern produced is a relatively simple pattern, there is provided a reflector device in which correction of thermal deformation can be made by a few actuators. A reflector device wherein a correcting force is automatically calculated from a difference between a temperature of a reflector and a reference temperature to drive an actuator whereby an excellent image forming performance with respect to the change in temperature can be maintained. A reflector device wherein a surface deformation of a reflector is developed into modes to automatically select modes so that a residual deformation is less a predesignated deformation amount, and after correction thereof, the deformation is corrected whereby the correction can be made efficiently with a small force.
摘要:
A phase difference detecting device includes a splitter for splitting laser beams into a first group which will travel along a first path and a second group which will travel along a second path, a beam selection/extraction unit for selecting, as reference light, one beam from the first group to allow it to pass therethrough, a path length changing unit for changing the length of the first path, a combining unit for combining the reference light and beams which construct the second group to produce interference light, and a detector for detecting the intensity of the interference light. The device changes the length of the first path using the path length changing unit to detect a path length which maximizes the intensity of the interference light for each of the beams which construct the second group, and determines a phase difference among the beams from the detected path length.
摘要:
A mirror support apparatus for a reflecting telescope employs an astatic lever with a counterweight to provide radial support and drives the lever parallel to the telescope axis to provide axial support. The axial supporting force is delivered to the mirror through a load cell which is located between the end of the lever and the mirror directly or indirectly (through a linking rod or diaphragms). The load cell therefore detects the entire axial force applied, and does not detect radial components even if the mirror shifts in relation to its cell. The lever is driven in the axial directing through a spring which helps achieve fine adjustment. A damping device can be added to damp vibrations. The counterweight can be attached to the lever by another spring to compensate for lever bending effects. This apparatus is capable of providing both axial and radial supporting forces with the high precision required by very large, thin telescope mirrors. A mirror support system for a reflecting telescope supports the mirror at multiple points by apparatus as described above, and by fixed supports at one or more additional points. Feedback from load cells in the apparatus and at the fixed support points enables the axial support to be optimized for the telescope attitude and for external factors such as wind loads.
摘要:
An optical system deviation estimating apparatus includes an erected/inverted attitude setting means 9 for changing dispositional attitude of an optical system under test, a non-interferometric type wavefront measuring means 10 for measuring wavefronts at the attitudes as set up without resorting to interference phenomenon of light, a polynomial approximation means 15 for expanding measured wavefront values determined by the non-interferometric type wavefront measuring means 10 to a polynomial, an averaging arithmetic means 11 for averaging the measured values derived from output of the non-interferometric type wavefront measuring means 10 or alternatively arithmetic values derived from output of the polynomial approximation means 15, and a polynomial specific coefficient extraction arithmetic means 16 for extracting specific coefficient values of the polynomial.
摘要:
High-output transmitters are applied to a power generation satellite and a transmission antenna apparatus and a transmission antenna having an array antenna with a small number of element antennas and a reflecting mirror antenna is applied, thereby providing a power generation satellite and a transmission antenna apparatus in a space photovoltaic generation system comprising transmission antennas each having performance equivalent to that of a phased array antenna with a smaller number of transmitters and a smaller number of element antennas than those of a transmission antenna implemented as a phased array antenna.