Velocity- and pointing-error measurements of a 300-r/min self-bearing permanant-magnet motor for optical applications

Breitkopf, Sven; Lilienfein, Nikolai; Achtnich, Timon; Zwyssig, Christof; Tunnermann, Andreas; Pupeza, Ioachim und Limpert, Jens (2018): Velocity- and pointing-error measurements of a 300-r/min self-bearing permanant-magnet motor for optical applications. In: Review of Scientific Instruments, Bd. 89, Nr. 6, 63110

Abstract

Compact, ultra-high-speed self-bearing permanent-magnet motors enable a wide scope of applications including an increasing number of optical ones. For implementation in an optical setup, the rotors have to satisfy high demands regarding their velocity and pointing errors. Only a restricted number of measurements of these parameters exist and only at relatively low velocities. This manuscript presents the measurement of the velocity and pointing errors at rotation frequencies up to 5 kHz. The acquired data allow us to identify the rotor drive as the main source of velocity variations with fast fluctuations of up to 3.4 ns (RMS) and slow drifts of 23 ns (RMS) over similar to 120 revolutions at 5 kHz in vacuum. At the same rotation frequency, the pointing fluctuated by 12 mu rad (RMS) and 33 mu rad (peak-to-peak) over similar to 10 000 round trips. To our best knowledge, this states the first measurement of velocity and pointing errors at multi-kHz rotation frequencies and will allow potential adopters to evaluate the feasibility of such rotor drives for their application.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Physik
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
• ISSN: 0034-6748
• Sprache: Englisch