In this talk we will review how a “large” precision optic is made and will discuss the verification needed at each stage of manufacture. Taking examples from science and aerospace, we will investigate how factors such as optical surface shape and size affect the metrology required and its implementation. The talk will conclude with a look at some trends in the manufacture of precision optics and the likely demands they will make of metrology.
Biography: Paul Rees is Professor of Optics: Metrology and Technology at Glyndŵr University. He is a lead systems engineer and project scientist with over twenty years’ experience in astronomical telescope design, the commissioning of instrumentation and the manufacture of large optics. He has led the metrology of large optics programme at Glyndwr University’s St Asaph Campus since 2008. He is also active in the design and manufacture of optical systems for aerospace applications.
Prior to joining Glyndwr University, Paul led the Final Acceptance programmes for the Yunnan 2.4m telescope, China, and the IUCAA 2.0m telescope, India, for Telescope Technologies Ltd, and delivered a succession of complex multi-disciplinary engineering projects for the company.
He holds a PhD in Astronomy from University College London and has been a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society since 1984.
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