Metrology system for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph

Stuart B. Shaklan; Luis F. Marchen; Feng Zhao; Robert D. Peters; Timothy Ho; Buck Holmes

doi:10.1117/12.559998

30 September 2004 Metrology system for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph

Stuart B. Shaklan, Luis F. Marchen, Feng Zhao, Robert D. Peters, Timothy Ho, Buck Holmes

Proceedings Volume 5528, Space Systems Engineering and Optical Alignment Mechanisms; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559998
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

The Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) employs an aggressive coronagraph designed to obtain better than 1e-10 contrast inside the third Airy ring. Minute changes in low-order aberration content scatter significant light at this position. One implication is the requirement to control low-order aberrations induced by motion of the secondary mirror relative to the primary mirror; sub-nanometer relative positional stability is required. We propose a 6-beam laser truss to monitor the relative positions of the two mirrors. The truss is based on laser metrology developed for the Space Interferometry Mission.

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Stuart B. Shaklan, Luis F. Marchen, Feng Zhao, Robert D. Peters, Timothy Ho, and Buck Holmes "Metrology system for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph", Proc. SPIE 5528, Space Systems Engineering and Optical Alignment Mechanisms, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559998

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