Force responsive robotic controlled figuring and smoothing of lightweight freeform mirrors

Jennifer Coniglio; Matt Eisner; Dan Brooks; Josh Beck; Jessica DeGroote Nelson

doi:10.1364/FREEFORM.2021.JTu3B.3

OSA Optical Design and Fabrication 2021 (Flat Optics, Freeform, IODC, OFT)
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021),
paper JTu3B.3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FREEFORM.2021.JTu3B.3

Force responsive robotic controlled figuring and smoothing of lightweight freeform mirrors

Jennifer Coniglio, Matt Eisner, Dan Brooks, Josh Beck, and Jessica DeGroote Nelson

Freeform Optics 2021

Washington, DC United States
27 June–1 July 2021
ISBN: 978-1-943580-88-0

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Freeform Fabrication Processes (Joint Freeform and OF&T) (JTu3B)

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J. Coniglio, M. Eisner, D. Brooks, J. Beck, and J. D. Nelson, "Force responsive robotic controlled figuring and smoothing of lightweight freeform mirrors," in OSA Optical Design and Fabrication 2021 (Flat Optics, Freeform, IODC, OFT), F. Capasso, W. Chen, P. Dainese, J. Fan, J. DeGroote Nelson, F. Duerr, J. Rogers, J. Rolland, P. Clark, R. Pfisterer, H. Rehn, S. Thibault, M. Jenkins, D. Wook Kim, and N. Trela-McDonald, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper JTu3B.3.

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Abstract

Optical fabrication of freeform lightweight mirrors often results in mid-spatial frequency (MSF) and/or surface quilting surface errors. To minimize these errors, two force responsive robotic smoothing methods are incorporated into the freeform fabrication process.

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