Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
9
Adaptive Optics System
Alignment and Assembly
Subsystem,.Cages,.Rails,.and.Stages
Wavelengths
Card. •.
Iris.(Diaphragm). •
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Machine.Target/Fiducially
Tube.Pinhole.Adjustment
9.9. Optical.System.Performance.Improvement/
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Diana C. Chen
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Troubleshooting................................................................................. 171
9.10.
Understanding.Alignment.Penalties..............................................172
9.1 introduction
his. chapter. is. written. for. biologists. and. technicians. needing. fundamental. knowledge. and. practical.
techniques.to. achieve.alignment.of. an. instrument. exploiting. adaptive.optics. (AO).. It. provides. proce-
dures.on.how.to.realize.an.optical.system.design.from.concepts.to.a.working.AO.system.in.the.labora-
tory.environment.
Optical. alignment. means. adjusting. the. positions. of. sources,. optical. components,. and. detectors. to.
build.an.optical.system.as.designed.
1-3
AO.systems
4-6
.quite.oten.involve.multiple.sources,.many.optical.
components,.and.several.optical.function.paths
.
.Getting.an.AO.system.working.efectively.can.take.sev-
eral.iterations,.where.errors.and.misalignment.are.slowly.worked.out..Optical.system.designs.and.align-
ments.have.been.discussed.in.many.excellent.topics.
7-11
.Readers.are.recommended.to.read.the.referenced.
topics.if.they.are.interested.in.gaining.more.knowledge.on.the.topic.
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