Technology of automated shaping of aspherical off-axis mirrors

Vladimir A. Gorshkov; Alexander Yu. Papaev; Alexey S. Savel'ev; Valeriy I. Richkov; Oleg N. Fomin; Alexander I. Grodnikov

doi:10.1117/12.243521

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27 June 1996 Technology of automated shaping of aspherical off-axis mirrors

Vladimir A. Gorshkov, Alexander Yu. Papaev, Alexey S. Savel'ev, Valeriy I. Richkov, Oleg N. Fomin, Alexander I. Grodnikov

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Proceedings Volume 2744, Infrared Technology and Applications XXII; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243521
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Achievements of computer technology of automated shaping of large-sized optical details with achieving of diffraction quality of the image, developed by the state research-and- production association 'Optics,' permit us to expand technological opportunities of the method on creation of aspherical off-axis mirrors of a complex configuration. One example of automated shaping of off-axis paraboloids of 300 - 400 mm in diameter demonstrates opportunities of the method. Technical parameters of made off-axis aspherical mirrors are listed. Problems of automated shaping of off- axis mirrors and technological ways of their decision are specified.

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Vladimir A. Gorshkov, Alexander Yu. Papaev, Alexey S. Savel'ev, Valeriy I. Richkov, Oleg N. Fomin, and Alexander I. Grodnikov "Technology of automated shaping of aspherical off-axis mirrors", Proc. SPIE 2744, Infrared Technology and Applications XXII, (27 June 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243521

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