Alignment Telescope For Antares

Q. D. Appert; T. A. Swann; J. H. Ward; C. Hardesty; L. Wrignt

doi:10.1117/12.934739

7 November 1983 Alignment Telescope For Antares

Q. D. Appert, T. A. Swann, J. H. Ward, C. Hardesty, L. Wrignt

Proceedings Volume 0380, Los Alamos Conf on Optics '83; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.934739
Event: Los Alamos Conference on Optics, 1983, New Mexico, United States

Abstract

The Antares Automatic Alignment System employs a specially designed telescope for alignment of its laser beamlines. There are two telescopes in the system, and since eacn telescope is a primary alignment reference, stringent boresight accuracy and stability over the focus range were required. Optical and mechanical designs, which meet this requirement as well as that of image quality over a wide wavelength band, are described. Special test techniques for initial assembly and alignment of the telescope are also presented. The telescope, which has a 180-mm aperture FK51-KZF2 type glass doublet objective, requires a boresight accuracy of 2.8 prad at two focal lengths, and object distances between 11 meters and infinity. Travel of a smaller secondary doublet provides focus from 11 m to infinity with approximately 7.8 m effective focal length. By flipping in a third doublet, the effective focal length is reduced to 2.5 m. Telescope alignment was accomplished by using a rotary air bearing to establish an axis in front of the system and placing the focus of a Laser Unequal Path Interferometer (LUPI) at the image plane.

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Q. D. Appert, T. A. Swann, J. H. Ward, C. Hardesty, and L. Wrignt "Alignment Telescope For Antares", Proc. SPIE 0380, Los Alamos Conf on Optics '83, (7 November 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.934739

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