Method to evaluate surface figure error budget for optical systems

Weichuan Gao; Richard N. Youngworth; Jose M Sasian

doi:10.1117/1.OE.57.10.105108

Method to evaluate surface figure error budget for optical systems

Weichuan Gao, Richard N. Youngworth, Jose M Sasian

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Abstract

We present a simple method to assess surface figure error tolerances of optical systems. From a statistical analysis, an empirical equation is obtained for estimating the overall wavefront error contribution from surface figure error tolerance assigned on each surface. The same equation can be used to evaluate the inverse sensitivity for surface figure error specification given an error budget.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	105108
Journal	Optical Engineering
Volume	57
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.10.105108
State	Published - Oct 1 2018

Keywords

Inverse sensitivity
RSS rule
Surface figure error
Tolerance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering(all)

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