Opto-mechanical systems design / Paul Yoder, Jr., Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, Daniel Vukobratovich, Raytheon, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoder, Paul R., author.

Vukobratovich, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Optical instruments--Design and construction.

Optical instruments.

Mechanics, Applied.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press : Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

<P>This volume gives an in-depth overview of the design and mounting of small, large, horizontal-axis, vertical-axis, and metallic mirrors for optomechanical systems. It discusses factors affecting mirror performance, including tolerances, deformations, rigid body responses to dynamic excitation, and thermal effects. The book also highlights emerging technologies focusing on silicon and silicon carbide.</P>

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition (2015); Preface to the Third Edition (2006); Preface to the Second Edition (1993); Preface to the First Edition (1986); Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Factors Affecting Mirror Performance; Chapter 2: Large Mirror Design; Chapter 3: Mounting Large, Horizontal-Axis Mirrors; Chapter 4: Mounting Large, Vertical-Axis Mirrors; Chapter 5: Mounting Large, Variable-Orientation Mirrors; Chapter 6: Design and Mounting of Metallic Mirrors; Chapter 7: Optical Instrument Structural Design; Chapter 8: Emerging Mirror Technologies; Glossary

Units and ConversionsBack Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 4, 2015).

ISBN:

1-351-83094-5

1-315-21505-5

1-4822-5773-4

9781315215051

OCLC:

910542735