Manufacturing Low Total Error Freeform Optics
Manufacturing Low Total Error Freeform Optics
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Jessica DeGroote Nelson, Optimax SystemsFreeform optics are a great choice when designing off-axis optical systems. Understanding and specifying total error for freeform optical components can help with integrating the components during system alignment and performance testing. Total error includes specifying form (irregularity), surface texture, and position errors. This talk provides an overview of freeform total error and advances in optical manufacturing and testing to achieve low total error freeform optics.
About the presenter
Jessica DeGroote Nelson, Ph.D., is Director of Technology and Strategy at Optimax Systems. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics. She started her career at Optimax after graduating from the University of Rochester. In nearly fifteen years at Optimax, she has won several Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards, funded by NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD), leading a team of researchers on these initiatives.
She is a fellow member of SPIE and senior member of Optica (formally OSA). She is active in the Optics and Electro Optics Standard Council (OEOSC) and the local section of the Optica-Rochester Section where she served as president and currently leads outreach activities.
About the sponsor(s)- Spectrum Scientific Inc. (SSI) - Spectrum Scientific, Inc. (SSI) is a high volume manufacturer of aspheric and freeform mirrors, hollow retroreflectors, and holographic diffraction gratings. Our optical replication process allows us to supply high fidelity, highly repeatable precision optics.
- Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group - Develops and supplies optical and photonics design software, and provides engineering consulting services. Software includes imaging design, illumination design, automotive lighting design, and photonic design.
- Optimax Systems Inc. - High precision optics. Prototype and custom optics manufacturer, producing aspheres, cylinders, prisms, spheres, freeforms, and coatings. Small volume, high quality, quick delivery.
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