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11 July 2008 Verification and acceptance tests of the PRIMA DDL optics
Peter Bizenberger, Harald Baumeister, Uwe Graser, Thomas Henning, Nathalie Krause, Ralf Launhardt, Vianak Naranjo, Didier Queloz, Andreas Quirrenbach
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Abstract
The last step in designing and building instruments are the verification and acceptance tests of the assembled units and of the final instrument. For instruments, which are engineered to work at the limit of feasibility, these tests must be accurate and stable at a level much better than the expected performance of the instrument. Particularly for interferometric instruments, this requires special care for the test planning and implementation in order to achieve the necessary performance. This paper describes the verification and acceptance tests of the PRIMA DDL optics in terms of wavefront error and tilt requirements as well as the assembling and aligning accuracy. We demonstrate the conformity of the optics and point out the limitations of the test methods.
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Peter Bizenberger, Harald Baumeister, Uwe Graser, Thomas Henning, Nathalie Krause, Ralf Launhardt, Vianak Naranjo, Didier Queloz, and Andreas Quirrenbach "Verification and acceptance tests of the PRIMA DDL optics", Proc. SPIE 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, 70144P (11 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788994
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KEYWORDS
Eye

Wavefronts

Mirrors

Telescopes

Interferometers

Interferometry

Astronomical imaging

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