Simulation of laser radar tooling ball measurements: focus dependence

Daniel G. Smith; Anthony Slotwinski; Thomas Hedges

doi:10.1117/12.2191766

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15 October 2015 Simulation of laser radar tooling ball measurements: focus dependence

Daniel G. Smith, Anthony Slotwinski, Thomas Hedges

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Proceedings Volume 9630, Optical Systems Design 2015: Computational Optics; 96300J (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191766
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2015, Jena, Germany

Abstract

The Nikon Metrology Laser Radar system focuses a beam from a fiber to a target object and receives the light scattered from the target through the same fiber. The system can, among other things, make highly accurate measurements of the position of a tooling ball by locating the angular position of peak signal quality, which is related to the fiber coupling efficiency. This article explores the relationship between fiber coupling efficiency and focus condition.

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Daniel G. Smith, Anthony Slotwinski, and Thomas Hedges "Simulation of laser radar tooling ball measurements: focus dependence", Proc. SPIE 9630, Optical Systems Design 2015: Computational Optics, 96300J (15 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191766

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