Development of electronic speckle pattern interferometry for testing JWST composite structures

Babak Saif; Marcel Bluth; Bente Eegholm; Perry Greenfield; Warren Hack; Ritva Keski-Kuha; Peter Blake

doi:10.1117/12.734859

20 September 2007 Development of electronic speckle pattern interferometry for testing JWST composite structures

Babak Saif, Marcel Bluth, Bente Eegholm, Perry Greenfield, Warren Hack, Ritva Keski-Kuha, Peter Blake

Proceedings Volume 6687, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III; 668704 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734859
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The stability requirements for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) optical metering structure are driven by the science objectives of the mission. This structure, JWST Optical Telescope Element (OTE) primary mirror backplane, has to be stable over time at cryogenic temperatures. Successful development of the large, lightweight, deployable, cryogenic metering structure requires verification of structural deformations to nanometer level accuracy in representative test articles at cryogenic temperature. An instantaneous acquisition phase shifting speckle interferometer was designed and built to support the development of JWST Optical Telescope Element (OTE) primary mirror backplane. This paper discusses characterization of the Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometer (SPS-DSPI) developed for JWST to verify its capabilities to measure structural deformations in large composite structures at cryogenic temperature. Interferometer performance during the Backplane Stability Test Article (BSTA) test that completed the TRL-6 (Technology Readiness Level-6) demonstration of Large Precision Cryogenic Structures will also be discussed.

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Babak Saif, Marcel Bluth, Bente Eegholm, Perry Greenfield, Warren Hack, Ritva Keski-Kuha, and Peter Blake "Development of electronic speckle pattern interferometry for testing JWST composite structures", Proc. SPIE 6687, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III, 668704 (20 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734859

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