A new tool to quickly and precisely align an optomechanical system in combination with a pCMM

Federico Battaini; Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari; Silvio Di Rosa; Marco Dima; Federico Biondi

doi:10.1117/12.3019840

26 August 2024 A new tool to quickly and precisely align an optomechanical system in combination with a pCMM

Federico Battaini, Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Silvio Di Rosa, Marco Dima, Federico Biondi

Proceedings Volume 13100, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI; 131000W (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019840
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

We developed a new opto-mechanical tool to quickly align an optical beam to a reference mechanics. In the alignment of the SOXS Common Path, one of the sub-systems of the SOXS instrument, we used a referenced (and characterized) detector to align the master laser beam to the mechanical structure of the subsystem, and to place and align individual opto-mechanical components to the master laser beam. Based on that experience, we conceptualized and prototype a new effective and much more efficient and easier to handle tool for alignment. A sphere is 3D printed to host a small bare-board CMOS detector with the sensor plane passing through the center of the sphere. This tool used in combination with a portable Coordinate-Measuring Machine (pCMM) allows for a quick alignment of a narrow collimated laser beam or a converging beam on an optical bench as in 3D space. We describe the design, prototyping and test of this new alignment tool.

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Federico Battaini, Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Silvio Di Rosa, Marco Dima, and Federico Biondi "A new tool to quickly and precisely align an optomechanical system in combination with a pCMM", Proc. SPIE 13100, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI, 131000W (26 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019840

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