Computer Science
Scientific paper
Sep 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007spie.6687e...6s&link_type=abstract
UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III. Edited by MacEwen, Howard A.; Breckinridge, James B.
Computer Science
Scientific paper
The primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) consists of 18 segments and is 6.6 meters in diameter. A sequence of commissioning steps is carried out at a single field point to align the segments. At that single field point, though, the segmented primary mirror can compensate for aberrations caused by misalignments of the remaining mirrors. The misalignments can be detected in the wavefronts of off-axis field points. The Multifield (MF) step in the commissioning process surveys five field points and uses a simple matrix multiplication to calculate corrected positions for the secondary and primary mirrors. A demonstration of the Multifield process was carried out on the JWST Testbed Telescope (TBT). The results show that the Multifield algorithm is capable of reducing the field dependency of the TBT to about 20 nm RMS, relative to the TBT design nominal field dependency.
Acton Scott
Carey Larkin
Contos Adam
Leviton Doug
Sabatke Erin E.
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