Opto-Mechanical Systems Design, Fourth Edition, Volume 1: Design and Analysis of Opto-Mechanical Assemblies

The fourth edition of a bestseller, this book focuses on the optomechanical system design process, optomechanical structural design, parameters of concern, and characteristics of materials. It discusses mounting in detail, including the mounting of individual lenses and multiple lens assembly. It also discusses the design of windows, domes, and filters, including conventional windows, special windows, and spherical and conformal surfaces. The book covers prism designs and applications, techniques for mounting prisms, and kinematic design and applications of flexures. Read more... Abstract: The fourth edition of a bestseller, this book focuses on the optomechanical system design process, optomechanical structural design, parameters of concern, and characteristics of materials. It discusses mounting in detail, including the mounting of individual lenses and multiple lens assembly. It also discusses the design of windows, domes, and filters, including conventional windows, special windows, and spherical and conformal surfaces. The book covers prism designs and applications, techniques for mounting prisms, and kinematic design and applications of flexures Opto-Mechanical Systems Design, Fourth Edition is different in many ways from its three earlier editions: coauthor Daniel Vukobratovich has brought his broad expertise in materials, opto-mechanical design, analysis of optical instruments, large mirrors, and structures to bear throughout the book; Jan Nijenhuis has contributed a comprehensive new chapter on kinematics and applications of flexures; and several other experts in special aspects of opto-mechanics have contributed portions of other chapters. An expanded feature a total of 110 worked-out design examples has been added to several chapters to show how the theory, equations, and analytical methods can be applied by the reader. Finally, the extended text, new illustrations, new tables of data, and new references have warranted publication of this work in the form of two separate but closely entwined volumes. The first volume, Design and Analysis of Opto-Mechanical Assemblies, addresses topics pertaining primarily to optics smaller than 50 cm aperture. It summarizes the opto-mechanical design process, considers pertinent environmental influences, lists and updates key parameters for materials, illustrates numerous ways for mounting individual and multiple lenses, shows typical ways to design and mount windows and similar components, details designs for many types of prisms and techniques for mounting them, suggests designs and mounting techniques for small mirrors, explains the benefits of kinematic design and uses of flexures, describes how to analyze various types of opto-mechanical interfaces, demonstrates how the strength of glass can be determined and how to estimate stress generated in optics, and explains how changing temperature affects opto-mechanical assemblies. The second volume, Design and Analysis of Large Mirrors and Structures, concentrates on the design and mounting of significantly larger optics and their structures, including a new and important topic: detailed consideration of factors affecting large mirror performance. The book details how to design and fabricate very large single-substrate, segmented, and lightweight mirrors; describes mountings for large mirrors with their optical axes in vertical, horizontal, and variable orientations; indicates how metal and composite mirrors differ from ones made of glass; explains key design aspects of optical instrument structural design; and takes a look at an emerging technology the evolution and applications of silicon and silicon carbide in mirrors and other types of components for optical applications." Opto-Mechanical Systems Design, Fourth Edition is different in many ways from its three earlier editions: coauthor Daniel Vukobratovich has brought his broad expertise in materials, opto-mechanical design, analysis of optical instruments, large mirrors, and structures to bear throughout the book; Jan Nijenhuis has contributed a comprehensive new chapter on kinematics and applications of flexures; and several other experts in special aspects of opto-mechanics have contributed portions of other chapters. An expanded feature—a total of 110 worked-out design examples—has been added to several chapters to show how the theory, equations, and analytical methods can be applied by the reader. Finally, the extended text, new illustrations, new tables of data, and new references have warranted publication of this work in the form of two separate but closely entwined volumes. This first volume, Design and Analysis of Opto-Mechanical Assemblies, addresses topics pertaining primarily to optics smaller than 50 cm aperture. It summarizes the opto-mechanical design process, considers pertinent environmental influences, lists and updates key parameters for materials, illustrates numerous ways for mounting individual and multiple lenses, shows typical ways to design and mount windows and similar components, details designs for many types of prisms and techniques for mounting them, suggests designs and mounting techniques for small mirrors, explains the benefits of kinematic design and uses of flexures, describes how to analyze various types of opto-mechanical interfaces, demonstrates how the strength of glass can be determined and how to estimate stress generated in optics, and explains how changing temperature affects opto-mechanical assemblies. Content: Chapter 1: Opto-Mechanical Design Process; Chapter 2: Environmental Influences; Chapter 3: Opto-Mechanical Characteristics of Materials; Chapter 4: Mounting Individual Lenses; Chapter 5: Mounting Multiple Lens Assemblies; Chapter 6: Design and Mounting of Windows, Domes, and Filters; Chapter 7: Prism Design and Applications; Chapter 8: Techniques for Mounting Prisms Chapter 9: Design and Mounting of Small MirrorsChapter 10: Kinematic Design and Applications of Flexures; Chapter 11: Analysis of the Opto-Mechanical Design Interface; Appendix A: Summary of Methods for Testing Optical Components and Optical Instruments under Adverse Environmental Conditions; Glossary; Units and Conversions. Abstract: The fourth edition of a bestseller, this book focuses on the optomechanical system design process, optomechanical structural design, parameters of concern, and characteristics of materials. It discusses mounting in detail, including the mounting of individual lenses and multiple lens assembly. It also discusses the design of windows, domes, and filters, including conventional windows, special windows, and spherical and conformal surfaces. The book covers prism designs and applications, techniques for mounting prisms, and kinematic design and applications of flexures