Abstract:
An arrangement of fasteners (220) for securing a mirror (111) of a parabolic solar reflector (110) to a support (120) of said parabolic solar reflector (110) is provided. The arrangement of fasteners (220) comprise a first, second and third fastener (220a, 220b, 220c) arranged on the back (112) of said mirror (111) in a triangular formation. Each of the first, second and third fastener (220a, 220b, 220c) comprises a mounting plate (230) and a collar (240) having an aperture (310) arranged to receive a fastening element (210) in order to connect the mirror (111) to the support (120). The mounting plate (230a) of the first fastener (220a) is configured such that the collar (241a) is laterally movable in all directions with respect to the mounting plate (230a). The mounting plate (230b) of the second fastener (220b) is configured such that the collar (240b) is laterally fixed with respect to the mounting plate (230b). The mounting plate (230c) of the third fastener (220c) is configured such that the collar (240c) is laterally movable along a single line of direction (510) with respect to the mounting plate (230c). Furthermore, a mirror comprising an arrangement of fasteners (220) and a parabolic solar reflector (100) are also provided.
Abstract:
An open lattice mirror structure with an optical face sheet (22), a supporting isogrid framework (26) supporting the optical face sheet, an isogrid back plane (28), and a truss core (30) interconnecting the supporting isogrid framework and the isogrid back plane for transferring shear loads evenly between the face sheet and the isogrid back plane.
Abstract:
A method includes rotating (902) a mirror assembly (600) in a first direction using an actuator (110). The mirror assembly is rotationally coupled to a base (126) and includes a mirror (102), A first end of the mirror is rotationally coupled to the base, and a second end of the mirror is not supported by or attached to another structure. The method also includes rotating (904) a reaction inertia assembly (700) in a second direction opposite the first direction using the actuator. The reaction inertia assembly is rotationally coupled to the base. The method further includes restricting (906) movement of the mirror assembly and the reaction inertia assembly in multiple degrees of freedom using multiple flexures (131, 132, 133, 134).
Abstract:
A method for the production of mirrors (4) comprising a preliminary controlled pre-deformation treatment of an optical system (1) consisting of the following phases of: calculation of the deformation of the optical system (1) due to a selected reflecting treatment (2); design of a deforming layer (3) such as to produce on the optical system (1) a deformation opposite to the one caused by the selected reflecting treatment (2); and deposition on the optical system (1) of a deforming layer (3), on which the selected reflecting treatment (2) will subsequently be deposited.
Abstract:
A pedestal optical substrate that simultaneously provides high substrate dynamic stiffness, provides low surface figure sensitivity to mechanical mounting hardware inputs, and constrains surface figure changes caused by optical coatings to be primarily spherical in nature. The pedestal optical substrate includes a disk-like optic or substrate section having a top surface that is coated, a disk-like base section that provides location at which the substrate can be mounted, and a connecting cylindrical section between the base and optics or substrate sections. The connecting cylindrical section may be attached via three spaced legs or members. However, the pedestal optical substrate can be manufactured from a solid piece of material to form a monolith, thus avoiding joints between the sections, or the disk-like base can be formed separately and connected to the connecting section. By way of example, the pedestal optical substrate may be utilized in the fabrication of optics for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography imaging system, or in any optical system requiring coated optics and substrates with reduced sensitivity to mechanical mounts.
Abstract:
An optomechanical device having an interface that is mounted to another interface wherein the two interfaces are made of materials having the same or similar coefficients of thermal expansion and within the optomechanical device is an interface that is designed to compensate for the second mechanical component that is made of materials having the same or similar coefficients of thermal expansion as the optic or photonic device or instrument being held or controlled altogether with a fully constrained set of slip planes making for an optical mechanical device consisting of two or more materials that have coefficients of thermal expansion that are suitably matched to the materials it is being mounted to and the materials it is holding or controlling.
Abstract:
A strain-isolated mirror (20) is made from a ZERODUR (TM) substrate having body portions (34, 38). Connecting portions extend across a gap between the body portions with flexural hinges (48, 50, 52). In the fabrication of an integrated circuit for steps during which a wafer rests on a movable stage (10) with strain isolated mirrors (20, 21) of interferometers (18, 19) under a projector.
Abstract:
A pedestal optical substrate that simultaneously provides high substrate dynamic stiffness, provides low surface figure sensitivity to mechanical mounting hardware inputs, and constrains surface figure changes caused by optical coatings to be primarily spherical in nature. The pedestal optical substrate includes a disk-like optic or substrate section having a top surface that is coated, a disk-like base section that provides location at which the substrate can be mounted, and a connecting cylindrical section between the base and optics or substrate sections. The optic section has an optical section thickness /optical section diameter ratio of between about 5 to 10 mm, and a thickness variation between front and back surfaces of less than about 10 %. The connecting cylindrical section may be attached via three spaced legs or members. However, the pedestal optical substrate can be manufactured from a solid piece of material to form a monolith, thus avoiding joints between the sections, or the disk-like base can be formed separately and connected to the connecting section. By way of example, the pedestal optical substrate may be utilized in the fabrication of optics for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography imaging system, or in any optical system requiring coated optics and substrates with reduced sensitivity to mechanical mounts.