Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering (한국정밀공학회지)

Korean Society for Precision Engineering (한국정밀공학회)
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Development of an Optical Alignment Control Module with High Speed and Accuracy for Optics-Based Products

광학제품을 위한 고속.고정밀 광정렬 제어 모듈 개발

  • 김승철 (홈네스터(주) R & D Center) ;
  • 김경범 (충주대학교 항공.기계설계학과)
  • Published : 2006.05.01
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Abstract

Automatic optical alignment modules are a key technology in optical communication system. However, the optic component assembly depends highly on manual or semi-automated alignment process. In this paper, a novel alignment mechanism with minimum degree-of-freedom has been designed and theoretical models are derived from geometric optical characteristics on collimators, optical filters and optical ray alignment. The automatic alignment control algorithm has been newly developed based on the mechanism and models, and then we make fast, precise and reliable alignment through the algorithm. The reliability of developed modules has been verified with various simulations and performance evaluations.

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