The precessions process for efficient production of aspheric optics for large telescopes and their instrumentation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4842, Issue , 2002, Pages 73-84

  Walker, D D ^a,b   Beaucamp, A T H ^b   Bingham, R G ^a   Brooks, D ^a   Freeman, R ^b   Kim, S W ^c   King, A ^a   McCavana, G ^b   Morton, R ^b   Riley, D ^b   Simms, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZEEKO LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; POLISHING; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ASPHERIC SURFACES;

ASPHERICS;

EID: 0038754857     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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