Manufacturing of lightweight glass segments for adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ghigo, M ^a   Basso, S ^a   Citterio, O ^a   Mazzoleni, F ^a   Vernani, D ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ELT; Ion beam figuring; Segmented optics; Slumping

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; MIRRORS; MOLDS; OPTICAL GLASS; THERMAL CYCLING;

ION BEAM FIGURING; OPTICAL SEGMENTS; SEGMENTED OPTICS; SLUMPING;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 33749377220     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672818     Document Type: Conference Paper

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