Creative optomechanical tolerancing in lens systems

Kim Hwee Lee; Youngshik Yoon; Jonathan Maxwell

doi:10.1117/12.322004

21 September 1998 Creative optomechanical tolerancing in lens systems

Kim Hwee Lee, Youngshik Yoon, Jonathan Maxwell

Proceedings Volume 3482, International Optical Design Conference 1998; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.322004
Event: International Optical Design Conference, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The interface between optical design and fine-mechanical design is a creatively fertile stage in the design of an optical system. The optical designer learns `What the system is all about' and the fine-mechanical engineer is liberated creatively by finding out what the priorities are. On the other hand, optical tolerancing as a discipline, which is an attractive mix of optical physics at one end and hard-nosed mechanical pragmatism at the other, has a relatively fragmented literature. It is the purpose of this paper to (1) Point out some cultural contrasts between optical engineers, mechanical engineers and physicists in this context, (2) To present a new method of displaying the optical surface sensitivities so that one may identify datum surfaces in an intuitive way and (3) To summarize some useful formulae which provide a key to the mounting of optical components. Together these three aspects illustrate the scenery of this fertile terrain.

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Kim Hwee Lee, Youngshik Yoon, and Jonathan Maxwell "Creative optomechanical tolerancing in lens systems", Proc. SPIE 3482, International Optical Design Conference 1998, (21 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.322004

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