Development of lightweight mirror elements for the Euro50 mirrors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5382, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 526-532

  Bennett, H E ^b   Romeo, Robert ^a   Shaffer, J J ^b   Chen, Peter C ^a  

^a Composite Mirror Applications Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Bennett Optical Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric distortion; Composite optics; Giant telescopes; Lightweight mirrors; Low scatter minors; Super polish

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISTORTION; COMPOSITE OPTICS; GIANT TELESCOPES; LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS; LOW SCATTER MIRRORS; SUPER-POLISH;

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIRRORS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 5444260009     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.566262     Document Type: Conference Paper

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