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Chapter 5 Robust Performance Tailoring with Tuning - SSL - MIT

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also symmetric as seen in the figure. It is obvious from inspection of the OPD equation<br />

(Equation 2.9) that symmetric y-translation of the collectors does not result in OPD.<br />

It is only relative motion that is important. The PT design, however, is slightly<br />

asymmetric due to the small mass added to the negative-x arm of the interferometer.<br />

The mode shapes of the PT design show definite asymmetry resulting in a small<br />

relative displacement between the end points and a slight energy accumulation in<br />

these modes. The asymmetry is slight however, and does not have a large affect on<br />

the total OPD.<br />

The final mode of interest is the second observable axial mode, Mode #11, listed<br />

in the table. The mode shape is not pictured here because the motion is only axial<br />

and difficult to discern on a linear plot. In both designs the positive x-motion of the<br />

collectors together <strong>with</strong> the negative x-displacement of the combiner node increase<br />

the OPD (Equation 2.9). The main difference between the two systems is that in<br />

the nominal design this mode is much higher in frequency and therefore contributes<br />

very little to the overall OPD, while the axial stiffness in the PT case is decreased<br />

significantly so that this mode plays a major role in the accumulation of output energy.<br />

The increase is only relevant to the distribution of energy; the total PT energy is still<br />

much lower than that of the nominal design.<br />

In summary, the optimized design achieves better performance by choosing very<br />

small truss elements that result in lower natural frequencies overall and move the<br />

nodal points of the first two asymmetric bending modes to the ends of the array,<br />

where the collector optics are located. The large mass of the collectors on a very<br />

flexible truss effectively pin the collectors in place, so that the truss isolates the<br />

optics from the disturbances entering at the center.<br />

2.6 Summary<br />

In this chapter <strong>Performance</strong> <strong>Tailoring</strong> (PT) is introduced and formalized. A sim-<br />

ple model of structurally-connected interferometer is presented in detail and used to<br />

step through the process of applying the PT formalization to a structural model. The<br />

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