Manufacture of 8.4 m off-axis segments: A 1/5 scale demonstration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5494, Issue , 2004, Pages 62-70

  Martin, H M ^a   Burge, J H ^a   Cuerden, B ^a   Miller, S M ^a   Smith, B ^a   Zhao, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspheres; Optical fabrication; Optical testing; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ASPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TESTING; WAVEFRONTS;

ASPHERES; LOW-ORDER ABERRATIONS; OPTICAL FABRICATION; SCALE DEMONSTRATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 10444232855     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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