RONCHI INTERPRETATION
EXERCISES
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Copyright – P. J.
Smith – pjifl@bigpond.com.au
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EXERCISES
To cement
the above material in ones mind, it is suggested users attempt to fully
evaluate the following before looking at the answers.
The
consequences of misinterpretation and subsequent misfiguring are frustrating,
painful, and time consuming. It is
worth putting some time into assuring your interpretation is accurate.
It is
highly suggested you use this in conjunction with my downloadable program
“RonchiZ”. With this you can choose a
defective mirror and view Ronchigrams (also Foucault and Wire test images)
simulated at any position of the grating and with different PV errors.
1
Reflective surface Outside COC.
(a)
How do
we check that the grating is actually outside COC ?
(b)
Aiming
for a sphere, what needs to be done to
the centre ?
(c)
Does
this represent a small or large departure from spherical ?
(d)
What
would this look like inside COC ?
(e)
Why
are the bands unevenly spaced ?
2
Reflective surface Inside COC.
(a)
Does
this represent a depressed or Raised centre with respect to a Sphere ?
(b)
Would
we call the edge a Turned Down or a Turned Up edge ?
(c)
Where
is the greatest slope (with respect to a reference sphere) ?
(d)
Where
does the slope change the fastest ?
3
Reflective Surface OUTSIDE COC
(a)
Is the edge turned up or down ?
(b)
What shape is the inner 90 % of the surface
?
(c)
Draw what this surface would look like
inside COC.
4
Reflective surface INSIDE COC
(a)
Is the
edge turned up or down ?
(b)
If the
edge is masked off, is the centre raised or lowered with respect to a sphere ?
(c)
Is
this general shape similar or opposite to a parabola ?
(d)
Is the
centre of the returning wavefront advanced or retarded during the test?
5
INSIDE COC
(a)
If this is a reflective surface, is
the centre raised or lowered with respect to a sphere ?
(b)
Is the test wavefront advanced or retarded by
the centre ?
(c)
If this is a refractive surface tested by
transmission, is the centre raised or lowered ?
(d)
Explain the previous answer.
6
INSIDE COC
(a)
If
this is a reflective surface, is the surface defect produced by local heating
or cooling ?
(b)
If
this is a refractive surface, is the surface defect produced by local heating
or cooling ?
(c)
Can you
think of a use for this when figuring a complex set of surfaces ?
(d)
If
this is a glass defect instead of a surface defect, is the local glass of
higher or lower refractive index ?
7
Reflective surface INSIDE COC
(a)
Which
zone has its Centre of Curvature closest to the grating ?
(b)
Draw a
ray diagram showing the grating and convergence of rays from the inner and
outer zones.
(c)
Which
zone has more curvature ?
(d)
Draw
the surface with respect to an overall sphere.
(e)
Draw a
Ronchi pattern seen when the grating is Outside COC.
8
(a) Assuming these all have the grating inside
the COC, draw each surface with respect to a sphere. If possible, choose the reference sphere which corresponds best
with the majority of the surface area.
(b) Now draw what the Ronchi pattern would
look like in each case if the grating is moved outside the COC.
9
Use the program RonchiZ (see under software for download instructions)
to generate Ronchigrams with a turned down edge of 0.5 wave and impress this on
a 200 mm mirror.
Try it with both a sphere (conic const = 0 ) and parabola (conic const =
-1.0).
Now vary the Radius of curvature of the mirror from F:12 to F:2.
What are your conclusions about detecting turned down edge in typical
situations ?
10
Both these use a grating OUTSIDE COC
(a) Draw a profile of the first with
respect to a sensible reference sphere.
(b) Draw a profile of the second with
respect to the same reference sphere as used in (a).
(c) In which position does the maximum
slope occur ? This should be referred
to the spherical reference sphere.
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