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Paper Abstract
In science and industry, the alignment of beam-shaping optics is usually a manual procedure. Many industrial applications utilizing beam-shaping optical systems require more scalable production solutions and therefore effort has been invested in research regarding the automation of optics assembly. In previous works, the authors and other researchers have proven the feasibility of automated alignment of beam-shaping optics such as collimation lenses or homogenization optics. Nevertheless, the planning efforts as well as additional knowledge from the fields of automation and control required for such alignment processes are immense. This paper presents a novel approach of planning active alignment processes of beam-shaping optics with the focus of minimizing the planning efforts for active alignment. The approach utilizes optical simulation and the genetic programming paradigm from computer science for automatically extracting features from a simulated data basis with a high correlation coefficient regarding the individual degrees of freedom of alignment. The strategy is capable of finding active alignment strategies that can be executed by an automated assembly system. The paper presents a tool making the algorithm available to end-users and it discusses the results of planning the active alignment of the well-known assembly of a fast-axis collimator. The paper concludes with an outlook on the transferability to other use cases such as application specific intensity distributions which will benefit from reduced planning efforts.
Paper Details
Date Published: 3 March 2015
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 9343, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XVII, 93430W (3 March 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2078395
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9343:
Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XVII
Alexis V. Kudryashov; Alan H. Paxton; Vladimir S. Ilchenko; Lutz Aschke; Kunihiko Washio, Editor(s)
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 9343, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XVII, 93430W (3 March 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2078395
Show Author Affiliations
Sebastian Haag, Fraunhofer Institute for Prodution Technology IPT (Germany)
Matthias Schranner, Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnologie (Germany)
Tobias Müller, Fraunhofer Institute for Prodution Technology IPT (Germany)
Daniel Zontar, Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnologie (Germany)
Matthias Schranner, Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnologie (Germany)
Tobias Müller, Fraunhofer Institute for Prodution Technology IPT (Germany)
Daniel Zontar, Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnologie (Germany)
Christian Schlette, RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany)
Daniel Losch, Institute for Man-Machine Interaction (Germany)
Christian Brecher, Fraunhofer Institute for Prodution Technology IPT (Germany)
Jürgen Roßmann, RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany)
Daniel Losch, Institute for Man-Machine Interaction (Germany)
Christian Brecher, Fraunhofer Institute for Prodution Technology IPT (Germany)
Jürgen Roßmann, RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9343:
Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XVII
Alexis V. Kudryashov; Alan H. Paxton; Vladimir S. Ilchenko; Lutz Aschke; Kunihiko Washio, Editor(s)
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