Minimisation Of Errors In Optical And Mechanical Systems

James M. Burch

doi:10.1117/12.954676

16 March 1976 Minimisation Of Errors In Optical And Mechanical Systems

James M. Burch

Proceedings Volume 0073, Quality Assurance in Optical and Electro-Optical Engineering; (1976) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.954676
Event: Quality Assurance in Optical and Electro-Optical Engineering, 1975, Delft, Netherlands

Abstract

There are some kinds of optical and mechanical system for which particular emphasis is placed on obtaining the best possible geometrical accuracy. In the design of accurate mechanical devices the engineer usually has to choose between two different approaches - should he proceed according to so-called 'kinematic principles', or should he rely instead on 'averaging by over-constraint'? The same kind of choice can arise in the design of many types of optical system, and the virtues of the averaging approach are sometimes over-looked. Illustrations of this dual choice are taken partly from early work on the photographic manufacture of gratings and partly from current work on the optical micrometer.

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James M. Burch "Minimisation Of Errors In Optical And Mechanical Systems", Proc. SPIE 0073, Quality Assurance in Optical and Electro-Optical Engineering, (16 March 1976); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.954676

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