Abstract
The baseline wavefront sensing and control for James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) includes the Dispersed Hartmann Sensors (DHS) for segment mirror coarse phasing. The two DHS devices, residing on the pupil wheel of the JWST's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) Short Wavelength Channel (SWC), can sense the JWST segment mirror pistons by measuring the heights of 20 inter-segment edges from the dispersed fringes. JWST also incorporates two identical grisms in the NIRCam's Long Wavelength Channel (LWC). The two grisms, designed as the Dispersed Fringe Sensor (DFS), are used as the backup sensor for JWST segment mirror coarse phasing. The versatility of DFS enables a very flexible JWST segment coarse phasing process and the DFS is designed to have larger piston capture range than that of DHS, making the coarse phasing more robust. The DFS can also be a useful tool during JWST ground integration and test (I&T). In this paper we describe the DFS design details and use the JWST optical model to demonstrate the DFS coarse phasing process during flight and ground I&T.
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