Active optics and the axisymmetric case: MINITRUST wide-field three-reflection telescopes with mirrors aspherized from tulip and vase forms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5494, Issue , 2004, Pages 426-433

  Lemaître, Gérard R ^a   Montiel, Pierre ^a   Joulié, Patrice ^a   Dohlen, Kjetil ^a   Lanzoni, Patrick ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE MARSEILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC CASE; THREE-REFLECTION TELESCOPES; VASE FORMS;

ASPHERICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SPACE TELESCOPES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 10444286905     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.548749     Document Type: Conference Paper

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