Lightweight Cesic mirrors and their applications
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.
- Publication:
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Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- February 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.460274
- Bibcode:
- 2003SPIE.4853..427P