Fabrication and measured quality of the MMT primary mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3352, Issue , 1998, Pages 194-204

  Martin, H M ^a   Allen, R G ^a   Angel, J R P ^a   Burge, J H ^a   Davison, W B ^a   DeRigne, S T ^a   Dettmann, L R ^a   Ketelsen, D A ^a   Kittrell, W C ^a   Miller, S M ^a   Strittmatter, P A ^a   West, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspheres; Optical fabrication; Optical testing; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLISHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ASPHERES; HONEYCOMB SANDWICH MIRROR; MULTIPLE MIRROR TELESCOPE; OPTICAL FABRICATION; PRIMARY MIRROR; REFRACTIVE NULL CORRECTORS; SYNTHETIC STELLAR IMAGES;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0002690296     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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