Adaptive Aluminum Thermoforming for Precision Millimeter Wave Telescope Panels

Zack Hatfield; Christian Davila-Peralta; Joel Berkson; Alex St. Peter; Emily Rodriguez; Naomi Nguyen; Bailey S. Allen; Wyatt Ellis; Dae Wook Kim; Dae Wook Kim; Justin Hyatt

doi:10.1364/OFT.2021.OW2B.4

OSA Optical Design and Fabrication 2021 (Flat Optics, Freeform, IODC, OFT)
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021),
paper OW2B.4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OFT.2021.OW2B.4

Adaptive Aluminum Thermoforming for Precision Millimeter Wave Telescope Panels

Zack Hatfield, Christian Davila-Peralta, Joel Berkson, Alex St. Peter, Emily Rodriguez, Naomi Nguyen, Bailey S. Allen, Wyatt Ellis, Dae Wook Kim, and Justin Hyatt

Optical Fabrication and Testing 2021

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

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Z. Hatfield, C. Davila-Peralta, J. Berkson, A. S. Peter, E. Rodriguez, N. Nguyen, B. S. Allen, W. Ellis, D. W. Kim, and J. Hyatt, "Adaptive Aluminum Thermoforming for Precision Millimeter Wave Telescope Panels," 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 OW2B.4.

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Abstract

Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a technology for precision radio telescope panel fabrication involving an adjustable mold-based thermoforming process. The motivation, technology, and experimental results will be presented.

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