Mr. Brandon B. Light Profile

Brandon B. Light

Process Engineer and Sales Representative at Optimax Systems Inc

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Publications (13)

Proceedings Article | 10 June 2024 Presentation

MRL improvement for large OAP mirror manufacturing for DE applications

John Gilmore, Felix Radesi, Mike Hyman, Brandon Light

Proceedings Volume 13042, 130420A (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013484

KEYWORDS: Manufacturing, Mirrors, Industrial applications, Industry, Optics manufacturing, Lead, Fabrication, Army, Parabolic mirrors, Optical coatings

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SPIE Journal Paper | 4 April 2024

Guidelines for predicting stress in cemented doublets undergoing temperature change: theory, practice, and data

Morris Kaufman, Daniel Frayer, Robert Malone, Brandon Light

OE, Vol. 63, Issue 04, 045101, (April 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.63.4.045101

KEYWORDS: Adhesives, Glasses, Failure analysis, Finite element methods, Interfaces, Lenses, Optical engineering, Ultraviolet radiation, Industry, Glues

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2022 Presentation + Paper

How to use manufacturing statistics when tolerancing a lens system

Morris Kaufman, Robert Malone, Daniel Frayer, Gavin Griffin, Brandon Light

Proceedings Volume 12222, 122220F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2632109

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Code v, Glasses, Manufacturing, Statistical analysis, Modulation transfer functions, Francium, Error analysis, Optics manufacturing, Data centers

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Proceedings Article | 27 November 2017 Paper

Design guidelines for predicting stress in cemented doublets undergoing temperature change

Morris Kaufman, Daniel Frayer, Robert Malone, Andrew Corredor, Brandon Light

Proceedings Volume 10590, 1059024 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287924

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2015 Paper

Early considerations to aid later manufacturing

Brandon Light

Proceedings Volume 9633, 96330R (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195933

KEYWORDS: Lens design, Tolerancing, Manufacturing, Optical design, Metrology, Optical mounts, Optical instrument design, Optical fabrication, Polishing, Surface roughness

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2015 Paper

Trials and tribulations of optical manufacturing: asphere edition

Gregory Frisch, Kate Medicus, Mark Schickler, Brandon Light, Jessica DeGroote Nelson

Proceedings Volume 9583, 95830G (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2196195

KEYWORDS: Aspheric lenses, Manufacturing, Optics manufacturing, Metrology, Time metrology, Spherical lenses, 3D metrology, Design for manufacturability, Monochromatic aberrations, Computer generated holography

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Proceedings Article | 2 September 2015 Paper

Techniques for analyzing lens manufacturing data with optical design applications

Morris Kaufman, Brandon Light, Robert Malone, Michael Gregory, Daniel Frayer

Proceedings Volume 9573, 95730M (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186451

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Manufacturing, Glasses, Optics manufacturing, Monte Carlo methods, Statistical analysis, Optical design, Polishing, Assembly tolerances, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2014 Paper

Statistical distributions from lens manufacturing data

Morris Kaufman, Brandon Light, Robert Malone, Michael Gregory

Proceedings Volume 9195, 919507 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064582

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Optical design, Monte Carlo methods, Lens manufacturing, Optics manufacturing, Data centers, Manufacturing, Glasses, Statistical analysis, Polishing

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 2013 Paper

Fabrication and metrology of high-precision freeform surfaces

Chris Supranowitz, Paul Dumas, Tobias Nitzsche, Jessica DeGroote Nelson, Brandon Light, Kate Medicus, Nathan Smith

Proceedings Volume 8884, 888411 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2030144

KEYWORDS: Polishing, Surface finishing, Metrology, Magnetorheological finishing, Freeform optics, Optical spheres, Photovoltaics, Optics manufacturing, Solids, Plano

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2007 Paper

Profit through predictability: The MRF difference at optimax

Brandon Light

Proceedings Volume 10316, 103161W (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.724479

KEYWORDS: Magnetorheological finishing, Optics manufacturing, Manufacturing, Polishing, Aspheric lenses, Precision optics, Magnetism, Process control, Spherical lenses, Surface finishing

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2007 Paper

Make it like you use it

Brandon Light

Proceedings Volume 10316, 103160L (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.718700

KEYWORDS: Aspheric lenses, Wavefronts, Metrology, Surface finishing, Interferometers, Magnetorheological finishing, 3D metrology, Polishing, Spherical lenses, Reflection

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