Design of large aperture focal plane shutter

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-wen Hu ◽  
Wen-li Ma ◽  
Jin-long Huang
Keyword(s):  
Focal Plane ◽  
Large Aperture

Focal plane reduction of large aperture optical systems

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Lamb ◽  
Russell A. Chipman ◽  
Lloyd W. Hillman ◽  
Yoshiyuki Takahashi ◽  
John O. Dimmock
Keyword(s):  
Focal Plane ◽  
Optical Systems ◽  
Large Aperture

scholarly journals The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope (BLAST) and BLASTPol

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S288) ◽  
pp. 154-160
Author(s):  
Enzo Pascale ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Focal Plane ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Galactic Magnetic Fields ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Large Aperture ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Bolometric Detectors ◽  
Galactic Astronomy ◽  
Orbital Mapping

AbstractBalloon observations from Antarctica have proven an effective and efficient way to address open Cosmological questions as well as problems in Galactic astronomy. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital mapping experiment which uses 270 bolometric detectors to image the sky in three wavebands centred at 250, 350 and 500 μm with a 1.8 m telescope. In the years before Herschel launched, BLAST provided data of unprecedented angular and spectral coverage in frequency bands close to the peak of dust emission in star forming regions in our Galaxy, and in galaxies at cosmological distances. More recently, BLASTPol was obtained by reconfiguring the BLAST focal plane as a submillimetric polarimeter to study the role that Galactic magnetic fields have in regulating the processes of star-formation. The first and successful BLASTPol flight from Antarctica in 2010 is followed by a second flight, currently scheduled for the end of 2012.

THz imaging using Glow Discharge Detector (GDD) focal plane arrays and large aperture quasi optic mirrors

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. S. Kopeika ◽  
A. Abramovich ◽  
H. Joseph ◽  
D. Rozban ◽  
A. Akram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glow Discharge ◽  
Focal Plane ◽  
Focal Plane Arrays ◽  
Thz Imaging ◽  
Large Aperture ◽  
Glow Discharge Detector

Tandem scanning reflected light microscopy: How it works and applications

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 84-87
Author(s):  
Alan Boyde ◽  
Milan Hadravský ◽  
Mojmír Petran ◽  
Timothy F. Watson ◽  
Sheila J. Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Focal Plane ◽  
Central Symmetry ◽  
Single Line ◽  
Scanning Microscope ◽  
Reflected Light ◽  
Illuminating Light ◽  
Illuminating Beam

The principles of tandem scanning reflected light microscopy and the design of recent instruments are fully described elsewhere and here only briefly. The illuminating light is intercepted by a rotating aperture disc which lies in the intermediate focal plane of a standard LM objective. This device provides an array of separate scanning beams which light up corresponding patches in the plane of focus more intensely than out of focus layers. Reflected light from these patches is imaged on to a matching array of apertures on the opposite side of the same aperture disc and which are scanning in the focal plane of the eyepiece. An arrangement of mirrors converts the central symmetry of the disc into congruency, so that the array of apertures which chop the illuminating beam is identical with the array on the observation side. Thus both illumination and “detection” are scanned in tandem, giving rise to the name Tandem Scanning Microscope (TSM). The apertures are arranged on Archimedean spirals: each opposed pair scans a single line in the image.

Imaging sub-micron objects with light microscopy: Visualization of the T-4 bacteriophage

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 834-835
Author(s):  
Malcolm Brown ◽  
Reynolds M. Delgado ◽  
Michael J. Fink
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Focal Plane ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Polystyrene Beads ◽  
Television Camera ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Universal Microscope

While light microscopy has been used to image sub-micron objects, numerous problems with diffraction-limitations often preclude extraction of useful information. Using conventional dark-field and phase contrast light microscopy coupled with image processing, we have studied the following objects: (a) polystyrene beads (88nm, 264nm, and 557mn); (b) frustules of the diatom, Pleurosigma angulatum, and the T-4 bacteriophage attached to its host, E. coli or free in the medium. Equivalent images of the same areas of polystyrene beads and T-4 bacteriophages were produced using transmission electron microscopy.For light microscopy, we used a Zeiss universal microscope. For phase contrast observations a 100X Neofluar objective (N.A.=1.3) was applied. With dark-field, a 100X planachromat objective (N.A.=1.25) in combination with an ultra-condenser (N.A.=1.25) was employed. An intermediate magnifier (Optivar) was available to conveniently give magnification settings of 1.25, 1.6, and 2.0. The image was projected onto the back focal plane of a film or television camera with a Carl Zeiss Jena 18X Compens ocular.

Microspectroscopy Using a Solid Immersion Lens

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (S2) ◽  
pp. 148-149
Author(s):  
C.D. Poweleit ◽  
J Menéndez
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Focal Plane ◽  
Numerical Aperture ◽  
Normal Incidence ◽  
Spot Size ◽  
Index Of Refraction ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Improvement Factor ◽  
Oil Immersion ◽  
Long Time

Oil immersion lenses have been used in optical microscopy for a long time. The light’s wavelength is decreased by the oil’s index of refraction n and this reduces the minimum spot size. Additionally, the oil medium allows a larger collection angle, thereby increasing the numerical aperture. The SIL is based on the same principle, but offers more flexibility because the higher index material is solid. in particular, SILs can be deployed in cryogenic environments. Using a hemispherical glass the spatial resolution is improved by a factor n with respect to the resolution obtained with the microscope’s objective lens alone. The improvement factor is equal to n2 for truncated spheres.As shown in Fig. 1, the hemisphere SIL is in contact with the sample and does not affect the position of the focal plane. The focused rays from the objective strike the lens at normal incidence, so that no refraction takes place.

Large-aperture deformable mirror correction of tiled-grating wavefront error

2006 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 645-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Kruschwitz ◽  
R. Jungquist ◽  
J. Qiao ◽  
S. Abbey ◽  
S. E. Dean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deformable Mirror ◽  
Large Aperture ◽  
Wavefront Error
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