Replication as an alternative approach for large segmented telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4837, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 786-794

  Ulmer, Melville P ^a   Altkorn, Robert I ^a   Kibblewhite, E D ^b   Varlese, Steven ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Electroforming; Optics; Segmented Telescopes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROFORMING; FABRICATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; STRESSES;

SEGMENTED TELESCOPES;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038636001     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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