Diamond Turned Composite Mirrors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5179, Issue , 2003, Pages 303-310

  Abusafieh, Abdel ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CFRP; CTE; Diamond turning; Dimensional stability; Space mirrors; Surface roughness; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

CTE; DIAMOND TURNING; SPACE MIRRORS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER PLATING; DIAMONDS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; SPACE TELESCOPES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURNING;

MIRRORS;

EID: 1842479197     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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