Co-Phasing And Co-Aligning The Multiple Mirror Telescope

C. C. Janes; J. W. Montgomery

doi:10.1117/12.939813

3 June 1987 Co-Phasing And Co-Aligning The Multiple Mirror Telescope

C. C. Janes, J. W. Montgomery

Proceedings Volume 0748, Structural Mechanics of Optical Systems II; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939813
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The Multiple Mirror Telescope is an array of six 1.8 m diameter folded Cassegrain telescopes used to achieve the collecting area equivalent to that of a telescope with a single 4.5 m primary mirror. For most applications, the six images are co-aligned in such a way that overlapping images appear to result from a single telescope. Another application requires that the wavefronts from all six telescopes be co-phased within 1 micron, concurrent with co-alignment. This paper describes the successful operation of the co-alignment and co-phasing capabilities, the control system and devices used in the applications, and test results to date.

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C. C. Janes and J. W. Montgomery "Co-Phasing And Co-Aligning The Multiple Mirror Telescope", Proc. SPIE 0748, Structural Mechanics of Optical Systems II, (3 June 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939813

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