Reactive atom plasma (RAP™) processing of mirrors for astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Subrahmanyan, Pradeep K ^a   Gardopée, George ^a  

^a RAPT Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Reactive atom plasma; Sub surface damage

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CLIMATOLOGY; INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SURFACES; TELESCOPES;

CONVENTIONAL MANUFACTURING; HIGH MATERIAL REMOVAL RATES; HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCIES; LARGE APERTURES; MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; MATERIAL REMOVAL MECHANISMS; MECHANICAL ABRASIONS; NON CONTACTS; REACTIVE ATOM PLASMA; SCALING UP; SPACE BASED; SUB-SURFACE DAMAGE; SURFACE DAMAGES;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 56249122617     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.786991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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