Opto-Mechanical Analysis (with Labs)
2009 Course Description

• June 17 Wednesday Afternoon
  Fundamentals & Surface Fitting: Dr. Vic Genberg, Dr. Keith Doyle, (Sigmadyne):
  Brief review of elasticity and materials. Review of optical terminology and metrics relevant to mechanical distortions. Optical surface errors and Zernike polynomials. Issues with fitting surface displacements and passing data to optics codes.
  
  
• June 18 Thursday Morning
  Jitter & Adaptive optics: Dr. Keith Doyle, Greg Michels,MS (Sigmadyne):
  Structural dynamics in optics: vibrations background theory, isolation of optical instruments, line-of-sight motion, wavefront error. Computational aspects of jitter and wavefront error in random vibration. Adaptive optics: analysis techniques, actuator failure, optimal actuator placement. Stressed-optic polishing.
  
  
• June 18 Thursday Afternoon
  Stress-optic & Thermo-optic effects: Dr. Vic Genberg, Dr. Keith Doyle (Sigmadyne):
  Mechanical stress in optics: strength, fracture, stress birefringence. Thermo-optical analysis: thermo-elastic distortions, index changes due to temperature. Computational aspects of optical path difference (OPD) and Birefringence in finite element models.
  
  
• June 19 Friday Morning
  Modeling techniques: Greg Michels,MS, Dr. Vic Genberg (Sigmadyne):
  Finite element modeling of mirrors: solid mirrors, lightweight mirrors, surface coatings effects, quilting, symmetry in analysis models. Finite element modeling of mounts and bonds: kinematic mounts, flexures, high Poisson materials.
  
  
• June 19 Friday Afternoon
  Modeling techniques: Greg Michels,MS, Dr. Vic Genberg (Sigmadyne)
  Finite element modeling of assembly and test: assembly analysis methods, modeling test configurations, incorporating analytical backouts. Structural optimization of optical systems incorporating optical metrics.