Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Jul 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010spie.7734e.122n&link_type=abstract
Optical and Infrared Interferometry II. Edited by Danchi, William C.; Delplancke, Françoise; Rajagopal, Jayadev K. Proceeding
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
We report on final fabrication tests for the dielectric coatings for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) fringe tracking beam combiner. The broadband anti-reflection (1.1 μm to 2.4 μm) and beamsplitter (1.49 μm to 2.31 μm) coatings required have been designed with both optical and mechanical constraints in mind. Not only do these coatings have very low optical losses, but they induce minimal bending of their substrates, thereby giving very low fringe contrast reductions. Performance tests on the deposited coatings at our manufacturers (Optical Surface Technologies, Albuquerque, NM) demonstrate reflection losses of less than 0.5% over the full bandpass of the AR coating, and deviations from the desired 50:50 intensity ratio of the beamsplitter coating of no more than 2%. When combined with the measured wavefront perturbations these results imply that the total fringe visibility losses induced by imperfect coating quality will be no more than 2% for all outputs of the MROI fringe tracking beam combiner.
Buscher David F.
Haniff Christopher A.
Jurgenson Colby A.
Lewis Jacob
Nyland Kristina
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