TMT - Stressed Mirror Polishing fixture study

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6267 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sporer, Stephen F ^a  

^a Tinsley Lab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Large optics; Primary mirror; Segment fabrication; SMP; Stressed Mirror Polishing; Thirty Meter Telescope; TMT

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

LARGE OPTICS; PRIMARY MIRROR; SEGMENT FABRICATION; STRESSED MIRROR POLISHING (SMP); THIRTY METER TELESCOPES (TMT);

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749005394     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.693114     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

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