Lightweight Cesic mirrors and their applications

Norbert Manfred Pailer; Matthias R. Kroedel; William J. Rosenberg; Wolfgang Schmidt; Oskar von der Luehe

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11 February 2003 Lightweight Cesic mirrors and their applications

Norbert Manfred Pailer, Matthias R. Kroedel, William J. Rosenberg, Wolfgang Schmidt, Oskar von der Luehe

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Proceedings Volume 4853, Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460274
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

Ceramics technologies were successfully applied to a series of lightweight mirrors with different sizes and requirements. Several joining and optical surface optimizations were applied. Besides the classical rib-structured mirrors also the application of sandwich mirrors with Cesic foam and/or honeycomb structures are going to be tested. For all processes relatively simple straightforward processes can be applied which keeps the products relatively cost-effective.

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Norbert Manfred Pailer, Matthias R. Kroedel, William J. Rosenberg, Wolfgang Schmidt, and Oskar von der Luehe "Lightweight Cesic mirrors and their applications", Proc. SPIE 4853, Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, (11 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460274

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