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Woojin Park
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, 776, Daedeok-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34055, Republic of Korea
wjpark@kasi.re.kr
Abstract: Practical and precision alignment procedures of freeform mirrors for multi-element off-
axis systems are introduced. Sensitivity table method with a wavefront sensor and CMM are applied
to calculate alignment errors in the assembly and integration stage.
Fig. 1. Sensitivity analysis results at the center of the field for (a-c) on-axis, (d-f) common off-axis, and (g-i) confocal off-axis systems.
(left) Tilt, (center) decenter, and (right) despace sensitivities are calculated. Primary and secondary mirror sensitivities are shown in red
and blue, respectively. Black-dashed lines represent the resolution limit based on the Nyquist sampling.
Since off-axis systems with freeform mirrors have rotational asymmetrical optical surfaces and are more
sensitive than on-axis systems, precise alignment procedure for off-axis systems is required.
The Zernike coefficient is measured using a wavefront sensor at the field location (i). The more Zernike
coefficients such as 𝑍2−2 (oblique astigmatism), 𝑍22 (vertical astigmatism), 𝑍3−1 (vertical coma), 𝑍3−3 (vertical
trefoil), 𝑍31 (horizontal coma), etc. are considered for alignment, the more accurate alignment errors can be
calculated. Therefore, the final equation for calculating alignment errors using sensitivity table method is
ΔZ = AΔX, (2)
Δ𝑍2−2𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 1
⋮ ∂𝑍2−2 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 1 ∂𝑍2−2 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 1
−2
Δ𝑍2 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑖 ⋯ 𝑑𝑥1
𝜕𝑥1 𝜕𝑥𝑖
ΔZ = ⋮ , A= ⋮ ⋱ ⋮ , ∆X = [ ⋮ ]. (3)
Δ𝑍33 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 1 ∂𝑍33 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑖 ∂𝑍33 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑖 𝑑𝑥𝑖
[ 𝜕𝑥1 ⋯ ]
⋮ 𝜕𝑥𝑖
3
[ Δ𝑍3 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑖 ]
Fig. 2. The MTF chart before (black-solid lines) and after (red-solid lines) re-optimizations for the MATS satellite [4].
3. References
[1] W. Park, S. Pak, S. Chang, H. Lee, S. Lee, and D. W. Kim, “Optical sensitivity analyses of various reflective systems: on axis, common off
axis and confocal off axis designs,” Proc. SPIE 11451, 114513X (2020).
[2] E. D. Kim, Y. –W. Choi, and M. –S. Kang, “Reverse-optimization Alignment Algorithm using Zernike Sensitivity,” JOSK 9, 2 (2005).
[3] W. Park, S. Chang, J. H. Lim, S. Lee, H. Ahn, Y. Kim, S. Kim, A. Hammar, B. Jeong, G. H. Kim, H. Lee, D. W. Kim, and S. Pak, “Development
of linear astigmatism free—three mirror system (LAF-TMS),” Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 132, 044504 (2020).
[4] W. Park, A. Hammar, S. Pak, S. Chang, J. Gumbel, L. Megner, O. M. Christensen, J. Rouse, and D. W. Kim, “Flight model characterization
of the wide-field off-axis telescope for the MATS satellite,” Applied Optics 59, 17 (2020).