The effects of aberrations (low order and quilting) on the performance of the all-composite design for the Herschel Space Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4444, Issue , 2001, Pages 256-270

  Catanzaro, Brian ^a   Thomas, James A ^b   Backovsky, Stan ^c   Barber, Dan ^b   Small, Don ^b   Johnston, Roger ^b   Cohen, Eri ^d  

^a CFE Services   (United States)

^b Light Works Optics   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon Fiber Composite; Cryogenic Telescope; Encircled Energy; Far Infrared; High Spatial Frequency Errors; Low Spatial Frequency Errors; PSF; Quilting; Space Telescope

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ERROR CORRECTION; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; SPACE TELESCOPES;

HERSCHEL SPACE OBSERVATORIES;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 0035759232     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.447306     Document Type: Article

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