Performance prediction of the TMT secondary mirror support system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cho, Myung K ^a  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active optic; Mirror performance; Mirror support optimization; Secondary mirror; Structure function

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FORECASTING; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INSTRUMENT SCALES; INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TELESCOPES; OPTICAL DESIGN;

ACTIVE OPTIC; MIRROR PERFORMANCE; MIRROR SUPPORT OPTIMIZATION; SECONDARY MIRROR; STRUCTURE FUNCTION; ACTIVE OPTICS; MIRROR PERFORMANCES; MIRROR SUPPORT OPTIMIZATIONS; TERTIARY MIRROR;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 56249121003     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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