Active polishing of a 2mm thin shell for large adaptive secondary mirrors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hugot, E ^a   Ferrari, M ^a   Fappani, D ^b   Arsenault, R ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b SESO   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active Optics; Adaptive Optics; Deformable Mirror; Optical Manufacturing; Stress Polishing

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

DEFORMABLE MIRROR; OPTICAL MANUFACTURING; SPATIAL FREQUENCIES DEFECTS; STRESS POLISHING;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 33749423869     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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