Supporting a magnetically levitated, very thin meniscus for an adaptive secondary mirror: Summary of finite element analyses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3126, Issue , 1997, Pages 397-404

  Del Vecchio, C ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Adaptive secondary mirror; FEA; Thin mirror supports

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LOADS (FORCES); MAGNETS; MEMBRANES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRRORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0031289264     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279050     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. A study of an adaptive secondary mirror
2. Preliminary mechanical design of an adaptive secondary unit for the MMT-Conversion telescope
3. Forceactuated adaptive secondary mirror prototype