Kinematically engaged yoke system for segmented lens-based space telescope integration and testing

IF 1.9 4区物理与天体物理 Q3 OPTICS

Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications Pub Date : 2023-04-09 DOI:10.1051/jeos/2023016

Daewook Kim

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Abstract

One of the most profound and philosophically captivating foci of modern astronomy is the study of Earth-like exoplanets in the search for life in the Universe. The paradigm-shifting investigation described here calls for a new type of scalable space telescope that redefines the available light-collecting area in space. The Nautilus Space Observatory, enabled by multiple-order diffractive optics (the MODE lens), is ushering in the advent of large space telescope lenses designed to search for biosignatures on a thousand exo-earths. The Kinematically Engaged Yoke System (KEYS) was developed to align a segmented version of the MODE lens. A technology demonstration prototype of KEYS was built and tested using scanning white light interferometry and deflectometry. A deflectometry system was also developed to monitor the closed-loop alignment of the segmented MODE lens during its UV (i.e., Ultraviolet) curing.

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基于分段透镜的空间望远镜运动学啮合轭系统集成与测试

在寻找宇宙生命的过程中，对类地系外行星的研究是现代天文学中最深刻、最具哲学魅力的焦点之一。这里描述的范式转换研究需要一种新型的可扩展空间望远镜，它可以重新定义空间中可用的光收集区域。由多阶衍射光学(MODE透镜)支持的鹦鹉螺空间天文台正在引领大型太空望远镜透镜的出现，这些望远镜旨在寻找上千个系外地球上的生物特征。开发了运动啮合轭系统(KEYS)来对准MODE镜头的分段版本。建立了KEYS的技术演示样机，并采用扫描白光干涉法和偏转法对其进行了测试。还开发了一个偏转测量系统，以监测其在UV(即紫外线)固化期间的分段模式透镜的闭环对准。

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Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications 物理-光学

CiteScore

2.40

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0.00%

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审稿时长

5 weeks

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