Design Aspects Of The University Of Texas 7.6M Telescope - Part II

Frank B. Ray

doi:10.1117/12.948160

22 October 1985 Design Aspects Of The University Of Texas 7.6M Telescope - Part II

Frank B. Ray

Proceedings Volume 0542, Optical Fabrication & Testing Workshop; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948160
Event: 1985 Albuquerque Conferences on Optics, 1985, Albuquerque, United States

Abstract

To help gain an engineering overview of the efficacy of a low bandwidth figure control or "tuning" system, the Aerospace Corporation, during a review of the 7.6m telescope design, produced a short 16mm film of a simulation designed by Dr. R. Hefner of Aerospace. In this design, the mirror is derived from a blank proposed by the Corning Glass Works, only 5 inches thick, of ULE material. An oscillating point load is placed at a point near the edge of the mirror, half-way between two of the collimating points. Two stages of control are depicted, in quasi-real time, with a clock display inculded. The first is rate damping at the 14 controlled points. The second is based on direct output feed-back of position information derived from the controlled points. A point spread function displays the energy concentration improvement gained by utilizing such figure control methods. Although rate damping can give a measure of improvement, it is clear from this single point case that to obviate the effects of all potentially degrading external forces, direct output feedback is the more desirable approach.

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Frank B. Ray "Design Aspects Of The University Of Texas 7.6M Telescope - Part II", Proc. SPIE 0542, Optical Fabrication & Testing Workshop, (22 October 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948160

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