The Rasnik 3-point optical alignment system

M. Beker; G. Bobbink; B Bouwens; N. Deelen; P. Duinker; J. Van Eldik; N. De Gaay Fortman; R. Van Der Geer; H. Van Der Graaf; null More Authors

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08010

The Rasnik 3-point optical alignment system

M. Beker, G. Bobbink, B Bouwens, N. Deelen, P. Duinker, J. Van Eldik, N. De Gaay Fortman, R. Van Der Geer, H. Van Der Graaf^*, More Authors

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The Rasnik alignment system was developed initially in 1983 for the monitoring of the alignment of the muon chambers of the L₃ Muon Spectrometer at CERN. Since then, the development has continued as new opto-electronic components become available. Rasnik systems are 3-point optical displacement monitors and their precision ranges from below nanometers to several micrometers, depending on the design and requirements of the systems. A result, expressed in the range/precision ratio of 2 × 10⁶, is presented. According to the calculations of the Cram'er-Rao limit, and by means of MonteCarlo simulations, a typical Rasnik image should have enough information to reach deep sub-nanometer precision. This paper is an overview of the technological developments and achievements since Rasnik was applied in high energy physics experiments.

Original language	English
Article number	P08010
Number of pages	45
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	14
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08010
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle-beams)
Overall mechanics design (support structures and materials, vibration analysis etc)

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