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  • International Optical Design Conference and Optical Fabrication and Testing
  • OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
  • paper OWF2P
  • •https://doi.org/10.1364/OFT.2010.OWF2P

Fabrication and Test of Spherical Primary Optical Telescope (SPOT) Segments

John Hagopian, Jason Budinoff, Bruce Dean, Joseph Howard, and Carl Strojny

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Abstract

Spherical primary telescopes are cost effective for large segmented apertures. The SPOT segments are cast in pyrex and shaped to allow radius of curvature control. This paper discusses design fabrication and initial performance of the SPOT segments.

© 2010 OSA, SPIE

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