Opto-mechanical design of SCUBA-2

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6273 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Atad Ettedgui, Eli ^a   Peacocke, Tully ^a   Montgomery, David ^a   Gostick, David ^a   McGregor, Helen ^a   Cliff, Mark ^a   Saunders, Ian J ^b   Ploeg, Leo ^b   Dorrepaal, Michiel ^b   Van Venrooij, Bart ^b  

^a UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aluminum mirrors; Cryogenics; Diamond turning; Freeform; Mechanical design; Optical design; SCUBA 2

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM MIRRORS; DIAMOND TURNING; FREEFORM; MECHANICAL DESIGN;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRYOGENICS; DETECTORS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 33749613152     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.669231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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