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Coma
• Coma is THE misalignment error -- it is nearly always introduced by non-rotationally symmetric misalignment errors
• Mathematically:
– W = W131 = a131Hρ3cosθ
– Linear with field
– Non-rotationally symmetric due to cosθ term– Non-rotationally symmetric due to cosθ term
• Interferometrically:
– Fairly complex: "D" shaped, "S" shaped, or "Pincushion" contours, depending on the amount and direction of tilt and focus
• Star Test
– Classic comet shaped image (from whence coma is named)
– Since the eye can distinguish asymmetries easily, small amounts (λ/10 or less) can be detected
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Coma (Best Tilt)
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Coma (X Coma – Cos(0°)
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Coma (Y Coma – Cos(90°))
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Coma
Location of
points and zones
Interesting Facts
1. Angular rotation, ω, of a point in the pupil is 2ω in
the image
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Comatic image
showing location
of above points
2. For 3rd order coma, envelope is a "V" with a
60º angle
3. Circles in image often
represent zones on the optics. An alignment trick
is to defocus image, make rings concentric, and refocus
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Small Amounts of Coma
• Diffraction blur dominates
• Lopsided energy distribution in rings is
easy to detect*
• When defocused, asymmetric diffraction
rings are presentrings are present
*However, as coma is further reduced, the
asymmetry is difficult to detect because
it gets lost in the intensity of the central
core of the Airy disk. Another technique
is thus required.
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Large Amounts of Coma
• Looks like a comet
• Apex angle = 60º
• Tip corresponds to paraxial focus
• Geometric blur dominates diffraction
blurblur
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Twyman-Green Interferograms, small coma, large tilt
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Twyman-Green Interferograms, large coma, small tilt
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Twyman-Green Interferograms, large coma, small tilt
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Defocus coma, remove some coma,
re-focus, remove some more
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Field Coma and Misalignment
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Astigmatism
• Astigmatism is of secondary importance to coma as a misalignment aberrationHowever, it's on-axis presence can indicate misalignment and also:
– Gravity Sag, Mounting Stress, Polishing Error, etc.
• Mathematically:
– W = W222 = a222H2ρ2cos2θ
– Think of astigmatism as a type of defocus which grows quadratically with field of view, and has different values in the x-z and y-z planesview, and has different values in the x-z and y-z planes
– Also ∆f = ± 8λa222F#2 !!
• Interferometrically:
– Also fairly complex: "Saddle", "Cylinder", or "Fan" contours depending on the amount and direction of tilt and focus. Bull's eye fringes give the most insight into amount and direction of astigmatism
• Star Test
– Classic sagittal and tangential line foci
– λ/20 easy to detect
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Medial Astigmatism
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Medial Astigmatism (Astigmatism)
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Medial Astigmatism (XY Astigmatism)
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Medial Astigmatism (X Astig, Y Focus)
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(Wikipedia figure)
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Cylindrical Wavefront
• Astigmatism observed at one of the
foci
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Bull's Eye with Astigmatism
• When astigmatism is suspected, go
way out of focus. Elliptical fringes
result
• Orientation of axes are astigmatic
axes
• Difference in # fringes is value of
astigmatism (here 18-6 = 12 waves)
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Twyman-Green Interferograms, small astigmatism, medial focus
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Twyman-Green Interferograms, large astigmatism, sagittal focus, small tilt
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Twyman-Green Interferograms, large astigmatism, medial focus, small tilt
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Small Astigmatism
• First sign of astigmatism is an
intensity increase along a
diameter in the first ring of the
Airy disk
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Large Astigmatism
• As geometric blur dominates, a
line image is formed
• At the other focus, image is
rotated 90º
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Astigmatism thru focus
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Example: Measuring
Astigmatism in the Lab
• Problem: You're looking at the on-axis image formed by an F/8 optical system
using a HeNe light source. The microscope you're looking through to examine the
image is on a linear slide. You view a vertical line image at one focus, and moving
the slide 150 microns (approximately 6 mils) you view a horizontal line image.
• How many waves of astigmatism are there?• How many waves of astigmatism are there?
– ∆f = ±8λa222F#2
– a222= ±0.2315 waves (0.463 waves from one
focus to the other)
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Mixture of Aberrations
(0.33λ each of S.A., Coma, Astigmatism)
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Boresight Error
• Boresight error is the "line-of-sight" error in optical systems
– It is measured in terms of object space angle
– It is hard to define because there are so many requirements peculiar to specific systems. Examples are:
• Absolute and relative boresight error, static and dynamic error, etc.
• Mathematically:
– W = W011 = a011ρcosθ∆
– W = W011 = a011 cos
– Tilt of the wavefront causes a displacement of the image, ∆H
– This is boresight error
– If the focal length of the optical system is f, then the boresight error is given by ∆θB = ∆H/f
• Interferometrically:
– Straight line fringes
• Star Test:
– Image quality remains the same -- only the image shifts
– Distortion is like a boresight error that increases as the field of view cubed
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Recognition of Causes of Aberrations
Fabrication Errors in Optics
• Central Bumps and Holes
• Zones
• Rolled Edges
• On-Axis Astigmatism
• Erroneous CT measurements
Mounting Errors
• On-axis Astigmatism
• 3-Fold Symmetry
• Highly Localized Errors, Bumps, Stress Points
Off-Axis Imagery and Off-Axis Aspherics• Erroneous CT measurements
• Wrong material
• Wrong asphere
Misalignment Errors - The Usual
• Focus and Tilt
• Spherical
• Coma
• Astigmatism
Off-Axis Imagery and Off-Axis Aspherics
• The usual Low-Order Aberrations
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