Opto-Mechanical Systems Design, Volume 1, 4th Edition

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Opto-Mechanical Design Process

Paul R. Yoder, Jr., David M. Stubbs, Kevin A. Sawyer, and David Aikens

CONTENTS

1.1    Introduction and Summary

1.2    Establishing the Requirement

1.3    Conceptualization

1.4    Performance Specifications and Design Constraints

1.5    Preliminary Design

1.6    Design Analysis and Computer Modeling

1.7    Error Budgets and Tolerances

1.8    Experimental Modeling

1.9    Finalizing the Design

1.10  Design Reviews

1.11  Manufacturing the Instrument

1.12  Evaluating the End Product

1.13  Documenting the Design

1.14  Systems and Concurrent Engineering

References

1.1    Introduction and Summary

Opto-mechanical design of optical instruments is a tightly integrated process involving many technical disciplines. It ...