Active optics and force optimization for the first 8.4 m LBT mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5489, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 826-837

  Martin, H M ^a   Cuerden, B ^a   Dettmann, L R ^a   Hill, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active optics; Optical fabrication; Optical testing; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE QUALITY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ACTIVE OPTICS; CORRECTION FORCE; MIRROR BENDING; OPTICAL FABRICATION;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 10444281611     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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