Lightweight mirror technology using a thin facesheet with active rigid support

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 690-701

  Burge, J H ^a   Angel, J R P ^a   Cuerden, B ^a   Martin, H M ^a   Miller, S M ^a   Sandier, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Thermo Trex Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Active optics; Lightweight mirrors; Space optics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICS; CARBON FIBER LAMINATE; CONTROL ELECTRONICS; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; LIGHTWEIGHT MIRROR TECHNOLOGY; LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS; NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPES;

ACTUATORS; GROUND SUPPORTS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE TELESCOPES; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; CARBON FIBERS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; GLASS; LAMINATES; LIGHT WEIGHT EQUIPMENT; MEMBRANES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STIFFNESS;

MIRRORS;

ACTIVE OPTICS; LIGHTWEIGHT MIRROR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0032303620     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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