Design of a convex and camera mirror support system for Altair, the Gemini-North adaptive optics system

Kei Szeto; Scott C. Roberts; Andre Anthony; Joeleff T. Fitzsimmons; Robert Gaunt; Jerry Sebesta; Jean-Pierre Veran

doi:10.1117/12.395416

16 August 2000 Design of a convex and camera mirror support system for Altair, the Gemini-North adaptive optics system

Kei Szeto, Scott C. Roberts, Andre Anthony, Joeleff T. Fitzsimmons, Robert Gaunt, Jerry Sebesta, Jean-Pierre Veran

Proceedings Volume 4008, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395416
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The Convex Camera Structure (CCS) is a welded Invar structure that supports of the final two optical elements in the Altair science path. The CCS assembly holds the large camera mirror, a 295 mm diameter off-axis conic, in close relation with the smaller convex mirror, a 146 mm diameter off-axis conic. The image quality requirement imposed stringent spatial tolerance between the two mirrors: +/- 45 micrometers in axial separation, +/- 70 micrometers in decenter and +/- 30 arcsecond in allowable tilt. These tolerances include contributions from initial alignment error, geometrical and dimensional changes due to gravity and temperature. This paper gives an overview of the CCS and its associated components. Flexures are integral part of the CCS assembly, they are utilized to connect the CCS to the aluminum main optical bench, the mirror to the six degree- of-freedom mount, and the 6DOF mount to the CCS end plate. The design considerations and engineering analyses of the CCS assembly are outlined.

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Kei Szeto, Scott C. Roberts, Andre Anthony, Joeleff T. Fitzsimmons, Robert Gaunt, Jerry Sebesta, and Jean-Pierre Veran "Design of a convex and camera mirror support system for Altair, the Gemini-North adaptive optics system", Proc. SPIE 4008, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, (16 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395416

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