Optics for the 20/20 telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4840, Issue , 2002, Pages 194-205

  Martin, H M ^a   Angel, J R P ^a   Burge, J H ^a   Miller, S M ^a   Sasian, J M ^a   Strittmatter, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspheres; Optical fabrication; Optical testing; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MIRRORS; POLISHING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL FABRICATION;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038752045     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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