RADIO PHYSICS AND RADIO ASTRONOMY

PACS number: 07.60-j

Purpose: developing the sensor for non-contact measurement and profiling parabolic surfaces of antenna systems in the millimeter and submillimeter range with an aperture diameter up to 2 m.

Design/methodology/approach: Using a high-speed CCD and photoelectric displacement transducer for determining position of light spot on the antenna surface.

Findings: The experimental data show that the designed sensor provides RMS estimation accuracy for the antenna surface better than 15 microns.

Conclusions: Used is the optical sensor for antenna surface measurements avoids surface damage and need to control contact sensor pressure on the measured surface.

Key words: optical sensor, profile measurement, parabolic antenna, submillimeter antenna

Manuscript submitted 01.04.2016

Radio phys. radio astron. 2016, 21(2): 148-153

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