Abstract
An advanced interferometer was built for measuring large mirrors at cryogenic temperatures. This instrument uses active control to compensate the effects of vibration to allow high resolution phase shift interferometry. A digital signal processor and high speed phase control from an electro-optic modulator allow phase measurements at 4000 Hz. These measurements are fed back to a real time servo in the DSP that provides a vibration-corrected phase ramp for the surface measurements taken at video rates. This instrument is planned to be integrated at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's X-ray Calibration Facility for measuring NGST mirrors at 40 K.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 399-406 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 3782 |
State | Published - 1999 |
Event | Proceedings of the 1999 'Optical Manufacturing and Testing III' - Denver, CO, USA Duration: Jul 20 1999 → Jul 23 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering