Design and preliminary test of a precision segment positioning actuator for the California Extremely Large Telescope primary mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4840, Issue , 2002, Pages 471-484

  Lorell, Kenneth R ^a   Aubrun, Jean Noël ^b   Clappier, Robert R ^c   Shelef, Ben ^d   Shelef, Gad ^d  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b Marjan Research   (United States)

^c Clappier Consulting   (United States)

^d Gizmonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Control system; IR telescope; Primary mirror

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COSTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PISTONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LARGE TELESCOPES;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038413987     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459974     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. J. Nelson et al; California Extremely Large Telescope, Conceptual Design for a Thirty Meter Telescope, University of California, California Institute of Technology, June 2002
2. J-N Aubrun and K. R. Lorell; Final Report on the Effect on Image Quality of Ten Meter Telescope Segment Control System Dynamics, Keck Observatory Science Office, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, March, 1987