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Publikováno v:
Precision Engineering. 60:535-543
High-performance freeform optical systems, designed for broad spectral imaging from the visible to the far infrared, place new demands on optical design, precision manufacturing, and precision metrology. To meet the tolerances on figure, roughness, a
Publikováno v:
Review of Scientific Instruments. 74:2886-2893
This article theoretically and experimentally characterizes direct contact, packed bed thermal gradient attenuators in which a fluid control stream, subject to broadband thermal disturbances, flows through a thermally attenuating packed bed medium. T
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Precision Engineering. 27:87-90
This technical note describes a novel method for forming external threads in Superinvar. Superinvar [Interferometric measurement of the dimensional stability of Superinvar, UCRL-53787, 1988] is a nickel–cobalt steel (64% Fe, 31% Ni, and 5% Co) with
Autor:
K.M. Lawton, Steven R. Patterson
Publikováno v:
Precision Engineering. 26:340-345
The relative stability of four glass–bead thermistors has been analyzed for 66 months to determine if thermistors have sufficient relative stability to be used as feedback sensors for milliKelvin levels of temperature control. This paper provides a
Publikováno v:
Journal of Heat Transfer. 123:796-802
A precision method for attenuating temperature variations in a high-throughput control fluid stream is described and analyzed. In contrast to earlier investigations, the present study emphasizes heat transfer analysis of the constituent control devic
Autor:
Steven R. Patterson, K.M. Lawton
Publikováno v:
Precision Engineering. 25:24-28
The relative stability of four glass-bead thermistors has been analyzed for 44 months to determine if thermistors have sufficient relative stability to be used as feedback sensors for milliKelvin levels of temperature control. The thermistors were me
Autor:
K.M. Lawton, Steven R. Patterson
Publikováno v:
Precision Engineering. 24:174-182
A multiloop control system has been implemented in a relatively large recirculating air chamber that maintains one-sigma air temperature stability of 3 mK at the outer loop control point. The control system is a modification to a chamber that formerl
Autor:
Steven R. Patterson, V.G. Badami
Publikováno v:
Precision Engineering. 24:41-49
This paper presents a method for the measurement of nonlinearity in heterodyne interferometry which utilizes the frequency spectrum of the output of the photodetector for the direct measurement of the magnitudes of the first and second harmonic nonli
Publikováno v:
Review of Scientific Instruments. 68:3096-3098
Optical microscopy is an important measurement tool in many industries. This importance is primarily due to the ease-of-use and nondestructive characteristics of optical microscopes. Unfortunately, the far-field optics of conventional microscopes lim
Autor:
Brent C. Bergner, Christopher J. Evans, Steven R. Patterson, Matthew A. Davies, Rashmi R. Vohra
Publikováno v:
Lithographic and Micromachining Techniques for Optical Component Fabrication II.
The use of diamonds to generate precision patterns and precision surfaces on a micrometer or nanometer scale has a history that dates back centuries. Uses of diamond in semi-automated machinery can be traced to ruling machines, pantographs, and ornam