An Unusual Two-Mirror Telescope: A Diamond Machining Example

Mark Craig Gerchman

doi:10.1117/12.945555

11 October 1988 An Unusual Two-Mirror Telescope: A Diamond Machining Example

Mark Craig Gerchman

Proceedings Volume 0916, Infrared Systems--Design and Testing; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945555
Event: Sira/SPIE Infrared Meeting, 1988, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

This paper will examine how optical designers can use diamond machining techniques to design, test, and construct multimirror optical systems. An unusual two-mirror telescope will be used to demonstrate the advantages of these techniques. A review of the use of non-traditional surface descriptions, a diamond machining approach to aspheric surface metrology, and techniques for system construction and assembly will be described.

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Mark Craig Gerchman "An Unusual Two-Mirror Telescope: A Diamond Machining Example", Proc. SPIE 0916, Infrared Systems--Design and Testing, (11 October 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945555

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