With the developments of optical design, testing and manufacturing technology, aspherical optics are applied more often. However, high precision aspherical optics are not widely used in many fields due to the high cost of manufacturing. In order to reduce the cost, an approach to realize the fast manufacturing of high precision aspherical optics is proposed. The bonnet polishing, computer controlled optical surfacing (CCOS) and magnetorheological finishing (MRF) are utilized in combination during the manufacturing process. Firstly, the rough polishing of the aspherical optics is accomplished by bonnet polishing. Secondly, the surface error are smoothed to reduce mid-frequency surface error by CCOS smoothing polishing equipment. Finally, the deterministic manufacturing is carried out by MRF equipment. The fast manufacturing technology has been applied on a paraboloidal mirror of 237mm in diameter. The experimental results show that aspherical optics can reach λ /60 (rms, @λ =632.8nm) in 33 hours by using the combined manufacturing technology. The fast manufacturing technology can provide high precision and high efficiency for aspherical optics.
For the purpose of testing optical path difference of a large optical window, a method of testing a large optical window with a concave spherical mirror is introduced. First, the principle of testing the optical window with a concave spherical mirror was provided; second, the geometrical and wavefront expressions were derived in detail to evaluate the accuracy of testing the large optical window with a concave spherical mirror;third, The accuracy of the method was simulated and analyzed with the derived expressions, the factors of influencing accuracy were gave at the same time. It was shown that the method has a high accuracy when the used concave spherical mirror had a proper relative aperture.
In the field of modern optical measurement, the center thickness is a basic parameter of the optical lens, which will directly, affects the accuracy of the lens’ focal length and other optical parameters, and these parameters have great influence on overall performance of the optical system. Therefore center thickness requires precision test. Nowadays, the methods include contact measurement and non-contact measurement. Generally speaking, the center thickness of the lens with no hole in the center only could be measured through the both methods. The lens with a hole in the center is used widely, on the basis of principle of contact measurement, a method of measuring center thickness of the lens with a hole is proposed. A sign convention about radius and sagitta of curvature is defined and the geometrical expressions are derived in detail. Analyses and simulations between the errors of center thickness and variables are shown. To prove the right of the method, an experiment is done in use of a lens with no hole in the center. The results of indirect and direct measurements are presented, respectively. In comparison of direct measurement, the proposed method has a high precision.
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