Primary adaptive mirrors for ELTs: a report on preliminary studies

Armando Riccardi; Ciro Del Vecchio; Piero Salinari; Guido Brusa; Olivier Lardiere; Daniele Gallieni; Roberto Biasi; Paolo Mantegazza

doi:10.1117/12.566264

7 July 2004 Primary adaptive mirrors for ELTs: a report on preliminary studies

Armando Riccardi, Ciro Del Vecchio, Piero Salinari, Guido Brusa, Olivier Lardiere, Daniele Gallieni, Roberto Biasi, Paolo Mantegazza

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Proceedings Volume 5382, Second Backaskog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566264
Event: Second Backaskog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes, 2003, Backaskog, Sweden

Abstract

At the moment the best bet to obtain an extremely high actuator density for extremely large pupils seems to be that of extending the current adaptive secondary mirror technology to segmented "adaptive primaries." The main components of a segment of an adaptive primary mirror are beng studied in order to determine all the parameters able to statically keep the mechanical response within the optical specifications and to dynamically provide the stiffness and damping features needed by the adaptive optics control system. Both static and dynamical requirements depend critically on actuator geometry and structure, mirror shape and thickness, and implementation of the control system. The mechanical response has been numerically evaluated in terms of deformation under gravity, mirror influence functions and actuator layout, including their interface to the shell.

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Armando Riccardi, Ciro Del Vecchio, Piero Salinari, Guido Brusa, Olivier Lardiere, Daniele Gallieni, Roberto Biasi, and Paolo Mantegazza "Primary adaptive mirrors for ELTs: a report on preliminary studies", Proc. SPIE 5382, Second Backaskog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes, (7 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566264

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