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Steps Towards 8m Honeycomb Mirrors V: a Method for Polishing Aspheres as Fast as F/1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. R. P. Angel
J. R. P. Angel*
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona

Abstract

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A method is proposed for polishing fast aspherics with a lap whose shape is continuously changed under computer control as it moves over a rigid mirror blank. The required changes of radius, astigmatism and coma in a circular lap are made with edge bending levers and tensioning members with screw actuators. This method of bending has been demonstrated in the laboratory.

Type
II. Mirrors and Domes
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 79: Very Large Telescopes, their Instrumentation and Programs , 1984 , pp. 11 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © ESO 1984

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