The SiC technology is ready for the next generation of extremely large telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5494, Issue , 2004, Pages 9-18

  Bougoin, Michel ^a   Deny, Pierre ^a  

^a Boostec   (France)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Extremely large telescope; Lightweight; Manufacturing; Optics; Silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAIN CONTROL; GLASS CERAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SINTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE (ELT); LIGHTWEIGHT; OWL MIRRORS; SINTERED SILICON CARBIDE (SSIC);

TELESCOPES;

EID: 10444225917     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.553770     Document Type: Conference Paper

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