Angular deviation tracking and detector device for optical systems

An angular deviation tracking detector device for optical systems, the angular deviation tracking detector device comprising:

• a position sensor including
• an optical aperture configured to allow a portion of incoming light to pass through the position sensor;
• a plurality of position receivers positioned adjacent to the optical aperture, the plurality of position receivers configured to sense portions of the incoming light;
• an optical tunnel configured to receive the portion of the incoming light that passes through the optical aperture and convey a further portion of the received portion of light toward a diode array detector, wherein the optical tunnel includes an antireflection baffle formed in one or more sidewalls of the optical tunnel that absorbs reflections of light conveyed within the optical tunnel;
• a diode array detector for detecting the further portions of the incoming light conveyed by the optical tunnel;
• and
• a computer controller communicatively coupled to the diode array detector and configured to determine an angular deviation with respect to a source of the incoming light based on a readout identifying which individual diodes of the diode array detector are illuminated by the further portion of the incoming light.