Aluminum reference plate, heat sink, and actuator design for an adaptive secondary mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 839-849

  Del Vecchio, Ciro ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuator; Adaptive optics; Backplate; FEA; Magnetic design; Thermal design

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; HEAT SINKS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; STARTING; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIZATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

ACTUATOR DESIGNS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRRORS; BACKPLATE; FEA; HIGH STABILITIES; INPUT POWER; MAGNETIC ACTUATORS; MAGNETIC DESIGN; OPTICAL SURFACES; REFERENCE PLATES; THERMAL DESIGN; THERMAL PERTURBATIONS; THIN MIRRORS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRROR; ALUMINUM REFERENCE PLATE;

DESIGN; MIRRORS;

EID: 0032272878     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321643     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. C. Del Vecchio, "Supporting a magnetically levitated, very thin meniscus for an adaptive secondary mirror: the optimization of the magnetic circuit" in Adaptive Optics and Applications, R. K. Tyson and R. Q. Fugate, eds., Proc. SPIE 3126, pp. 605-613, (San Diego, California), 7 1997.
2. G. Brusa and C. Del Vecchio, "Designing an adaptive secondary mirror: a global approach." In press, 1998.
3. P. Salinari and D. G. Sandler, "High-order adaptive secondary mirrors: where are we?," in Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, D. Bonaccini and R. K. Tyson, eds., Proc. SPIE 3353, (Kona, Hawaii), 3 1998. Proceedings of this conference.