Questions

• What kind of tolerances do we need the bench to provide to allow us to properly space our components?
• Does a breadboard or linear optical bench better meet our needs?
• What kind of mounts would be required to hold our prototype components?
• Can we 3D print custom mounts?
• What kind of lead times should we expect?
• What environmental conditions must a bench be left in?
• What previous research from @Jason Rock can we dig up from the Google Drive.

Notes

2022-06-27

@David @Max Michet

• Decided to scope to in-line optical benches. Breadboard-style benches provide no additional benefit to us given that the payload is itself in-line, and are likely to be restrictive in their adjustment resolution. Rewrote requirements to match this intent. What we need is called an “optical rail”:

Optical table - Wikipedia

• Added requirements for future-proofing (i.e. bench should be sourced from a company with a diverse lineup of mount options in case we add/swap for differently sized components down the line).
• Further refined mount requirements into component-specific mount requirements.

@David

• Could not find @Jason Rocks’ research, but got in touch with @Anonymous:

  • https://www.holmarc.com/index.php
  • https://www.thorlabs.com/navigation.cfm?guide_id=2262
  • https://www.edmundoptics.com/c/optics/602/
  • https://www.newport.com/c/platform-optical-mounts

  2022-06-28

  @Max Michet

• Continued search for optical benches and optical mounts