optical https://www.crtech.com/ en Integrated Analysis of Thermal/Structural/Optical Systems https://www.crtech.com/integrated-analysis-thermalstructuraloptical-systems <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--publication-files.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Integrated Analysis of Thermal/Structural/Optical Systems</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--publication-files.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bfc-admin</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--publication-files.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2015-07-15T17:00:33-04:00" title="Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 17:00" class="datetime">Wed, 07/15/2015 - 17:00</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Productivity bottlenecks for integrated thermal, structural, and optical design activities were identified and systematically eliminated, making possible automated exchange of design information between different engineering specialties.</p> <p>The problems with prior approaches are summarized, then the implementation of the corresponding solutions is documented. Although the goal of this project was the automated evaluation of coupled thermal/optical/structural designs, significant process improvements were achieved for subset activities such as stand-alone thermal, thermal/ structural, and structural/optical design analysis.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-upload-files--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--field-upload-files.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--field-upload-files.html.twig * field--file.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-upload-files field--type-file field--label-inline clearfix"> <div class="field__label">Upload Files</div> <div class="field__item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'file_link' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/field/file-link.html.twig' --> <span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"> <a href="/sites/default/files/publications/optiOpt-ICES2002a.pdf" type="application/pdf">optiOpt-ICES2002a.pdf</a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/field/file-link.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-source--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--field-source.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--field-source.html.twig * field--string.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-inline clearfix"> <div class="field__label">Source</div> <div class="field__item">Semi-Therm</div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--string.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-inline clearfix"> <div class="field__label">Author</div> <div class="field__item">B. Cullimore, T. Panczak, J. Baumann, Dr. Victor Genberg, Mark Kahan</div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:00:33 +0000 bfc-admin 1218 at https://www.crtech.com Thermo-elastic wavefront and polarization error analysis of a telecommunication optical circulator https://www.crtech.com/thermo-elastic-wavefront-and-polarization-error-analysis-telecommunication-optical-circulator <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--publication-files.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Thermo-elastic wavefront and polarization error analysis of a telecommunication optical circulator</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--publication-files.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bfc-admin</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--publication-files.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2015-07-15T16:48:56-04:00" title="Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 16:48" class="datetime">Wed, 07/15/2015 - 16:48</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Loss in optical fiber coupling efficiency and transmission are computed for a telecommunication optical circulator. Optical performance degradation is due to thermally induced optical errors in the two beam splitter cubes. The computation of the optical errors is discussed for two materials and the effects illustrated. Bulk volumetric absorption of the incident laser radiation from the input optical fiber and surface absorption via the coatings on the beam splitter interface generate temperature gradients. Loss in optical fiber coupling efficiency is produced by wavefront error caused by thermal expansion effects, and refractive index changes with temperature and stress. Transmission loss in the optical circulator is caused by polarization errors generated by the effects of stress birefringence. The optical errors were computed using temperatures generated from a Thermal Desktop model and displacements and stresses generated by a MSC/Nastran finite element model. The optical errors were imposed upon a Code V optical model to compute loss in fiber coupling efficiency and transmission in the optical circulator.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-upload-files--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--field-upload-files.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--field-upload-files.html.twig * field--file.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-upload-files field--type-file field--label-inline clearfix"> <div class="field__label">Upload Files</div> <div class="field__item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'file_link' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/field/file-link.html.twig' --> <span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"> <a href="/sites/default/files/publications/WFE_Polarization_Errors_SPIE00_0.pdf" type="application/pdf">WFE_Polarization_Errors_SPIE00.pdf</a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/field/file-link.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--string.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-inline clearfix"> <div class="field__label">Author</div> <div class="field__item">K. Doyle and B. Bell</div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:48:56 +0000 bfc-admin 1211 at https://www.crtech.com Modeling and Sizing a Thermoelectric Cooler Within a Thermal Analyzer https://www.crtech.com/modeling-and-sizing-thermoelectric-cooler-within-thermal-analyzer <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--publication-files.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Modeling and Sizing a Thermoelectric Cooler Within a Thermal Analyzer</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--publication-files.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bfc-admin</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--publication-files.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2015-07-15T16:33:31-04:00" title="Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 16:33" class="datetime">Wed, 07/15/2015 - 16:33</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Thermoelectric couples are solid-state devices capable of generating electrical power from a temperature gradient (known as the Seebeck effect) or converting electrical energy into a temperature gradient (known as the Peltier effect). Thermoelectric coolers, being solid state devices, have no moving parts which makes them inherently reliable and ideal for cooling components in a system sensitive to mechanical vibration. The ability to use TECs to heat as well as cool makes them suitable for applications requiring temperature stabilization of a device over a specified temperature range. Although these devices have been around for years, they are gaining popularity in the aerospace industry for providing temperature control within optical systems and for loop heat pipes.</p> <p>Historically, modeling and sizing of thermoelectric coolers was left to the analyst to work off-line from the modeling task. The analyst would then need to create his own logic in SINDA for simulating the cooler. This presenation will demonstrate how thermoelectric coolers are now easily modeled using off-the-shelf simulation routines and 3D user interfaces. The analytical demonstration includes sizing of a cooler for a specific application based on area, temperature requirements and heat load through a series of parametric analyses. Cooler performance will also be characterized at the device and system level.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-upload-files--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--field-upload-files.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--field-upload-files.html.twig * field--file.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-upload-files field--type-file field--label-inline clearfix"> <div class="field__label">Upload Files</div> <div class="field__item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'file_link' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/field/file-link.html.twig' --> <span class="file file--mime-application-vnd-ms-powerpoint file--x-office-presentation"> <a href="/sites/default/files/publications/ModelingAndSizingTECs_0.pps" type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint">ModelingAndSizingTECs.pps</a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/field/file-link.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-source--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--field-source.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--field-source.html.twig * field--string.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-inline clearfix"> <div class="field__label">Source</div> <div class="field__item">Aerospace Thermal Control Workshop</div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--publication-files.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig * field--node--publication-files.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--string.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-inline clearfix"> <div class="field__label">Author</div> <div class="field__item">Jane Baumann</div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/crtechd9/templates/classy/field/field.html.twig' --> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:33:31 +0000 bfc-admin 1208 at https://www.crtech.com