Optical metrology for testing an all-composite 2-meter diameter mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4444, Issue , 2001, Pages 207-223

  Catanzaro, Brian ^a   Thomas, James A ^b   Small, Don ^b   Johnston, Roger ^b   Barber, Dan ^b   Connell, Steven ^c   Whitmore, Shaun ^c   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; Curvature Sensor; Foucault Test; IR Metrology; KRS 5; Phase Shifting Interferometry; Shack Hartmann Sensor; Space Telescope

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL TESTING; SPACE TELESCOPES; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

OPTICAL METROLOGY;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0035760150     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.447303     Document Type: Article

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