by Tyler Steele | Aug 11, 2026 | News
CASE STUDY // CUSTOM CGH ALIGNMENT // FIREBALL-2 AT A GLANCE Customer: University of Arizona & the NASA/CNES FIREBall-2 collaboration, led by Dr. Simran Agarwal and Dr. Aafaque Khan Challenge: Realign a damaged two-mirror corrector to ±25 µm and 1 arcminute,...
by Mike Zecchino | Dec 26, 2025 | News
The rapid expansion of space-based optical systems has created an unprecedented demand for manufacturing precision telescope at production volumes. Traditional alignment, integration, and testing (AI&T) methodologies that have worked well for one-off systems do...
by Mike Zecchino | Dec 11, 2025 | News
In this case study video from VIEW Micro Metrology, AOM’s Jim Burge and Tyler Gross explain how VIEW’s dimensional metrology system enables us to position our computer generated hologram (CGH) patterns with micron-level accuracy. Precision optical...
by Mike Zecchino | Nov 17, 2025 | News
CGH (computer-generated hologram) testing is essential for complex optical surfaces. But subtle misalignment can impact your data, and Zernike removal won’t always correct those errors effectively. AOM’s Morpheus™ software fits and removes misalignment...
by Mike Zecchino | Oct 16, 2025 | News
We’re happy to introduce Kathleen (Katie) Tepfer as Arizona Optical Metrology’s new Sales Engineer! Katie joins AOM with over 20 years’ experience in instrumentation and measurement systems, including seven years as a Physical Scientist at the US Naval...
by Mike Zecchino | Sep 18, 2025 | News
How do you refine data from a CGH test in a few clicks? AZoOptics sat down with Arizona Optical Metrology’s Logan Graves to learn how our Morpheus™ software provides fast, automated CGH data correction for greater accuracy and efficiency. Read the full interview at...
