Surface figure compensation of the primary mirror in a Ritchey-Chrétien space telescope by spring preloads.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.477606
Abstract: To reduce the surface figure error induced by mechanical strains during the integration process of a high-precision mirror, a cost-efficient compensation method by spring preloads is proposed. The study is based on the primary mirror… read more here.
Keywords: mirror; primary mirror; compensation; surface figure ... See more keywords