GOALI: Enabling Freeform Optics

目标：实现自由曲面光学

• 批准号: 1002179
• 负责人: Jannick Rolland
• 金额: $ 35.81万
• 依托单位: University of Rochester
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-01 至 2015-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1002179&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GOALI; Enabling; Freeform; Optics

Objective: The objective of this GOALI project is to initiate integrated research in the related fields of optical design and testing to support a transformational technology - Optical surface finishing based on slurry with magnetic properties. This GOALI will specifically transform the field by moving well beyond the near term goals to research and then apply key new technologies to the U.S.-based manufacture of optics that are not rotationally symmetric, including fully freeform surfaces. These types of surfaces have yet to be economically manufactured with precision for use with emerging Gigapixel detectors.Intellectual Merit: There are a number of fronts available to advance science. First, there are the new surface definitions proposed by QED to provide a valid mathematical basis for developing manufacturing tolerances on the complex surface parameters. Second, there is the ongoing work at the University of Rochester to develop and disseminate the technology surrounding Nodal Aberration Theory that provides revolutionary insight into the fundamental theory of optical systems without symmetry. In addition, there is ongoing active research in finding novel, in-situ testing methods for these new surfaces.Broader impact: The footprint of this program is substantial. It covers advancing simultaneously the industries that enable higher performance optical systems in support of other advancing technologies, for example high-definition video, remote sensing with Gigapixel sensors, and optical lithography for making computers faster and smaller. Expanding beyond the opportunity to influence the lives of graduate students, the program will also incorporate research experiences for undergraduates, aimed specifically at underrepresented minorities.

目的：本项目的目标是启动光学设计和测试相关领域的集成研究，以支持一项变革性的技术-基于磁性浆料的光学表面光整加工。这一目标将特别改变这一领域，远远超出近期目标，研究并将关键的新技术应用于总部位于美国的非旋转对称光学元件的制造，包括完全自由曲面。这些类型的表面还没有被经济地精确地制造出来，以便与新兴的千兆像素探测器一起使用。智慧的优点：有许多前沿可以用来推进科学。首先，QED提出了新的曲面定义，为制定复杂曲面参数的制造公差提供了有效的数学基础。其次，罗切斯特大学正在开发和传播围绕节点像差理论的技术，这项技术为非对称光学系统的基本理论提供了革命性的见解。此外，为这些新表面寻找新的现场测试方法的研究正在进行中。广泛的影响：该计划的足迹是巨大的。它同时涵盖了支持更高性能光学系统的行业，以支持其他先进技术，例如高清晰度视频、千兆像素传感器的遥感，以及使计算机更快、更小的光学光刻。除了影响研究生生活的机会外，该项目还将纳入本科生的研究经验，专门针对未被充分代表的少数族裔。