Development of ultra light weight mirror with carbon/carbon composites for optical-IR astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 1084-1091

  Takeya, H ^a   Kume, M ^a   Hahn, S E ^a   Ozaki, T ^a   Kohara, N ^b   Otsubo, M ^c   Tsuneta, S ^c  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon carbon composite; Honeycomb sandwich; Lightweight mirrors; Metal layer

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FABRICATION; MOISTURE; POROSITY; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMAL EXPANSION;

HIGH PRECISION MACHINING; HONEYCOMB SANDWICHES; LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS; METAL LAYERS;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES;

EID: 10044240660     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552304     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. A. Abusafieh, D. Federico, S. Connell, E. J. Cohen and B. Willis, "Dimensional Stability of CFRP Composites for Space Based Reflectors", Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4444(2001) P.9
2. M. Otsubo, S.Tsuneta, N. Kohara, T. Ozaki, H. Takeya, M. Kume, S. Hahn, "Design concept and optical performance of ultralight weight carbon/carbon composite mirror for optical-IR astronomy", Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5487(2004)