Use of beryllium for the VLT secondary mirror

Marc Cayrel; Roger A. Paquin; Thomas B. Parsonage; Stefano Stanghellini; Karl H. Dost

doi:10.1117/12.258294

11 November 1996 Use of beryllium for the VLT secondary mirror

Marc Cayrel, Roger A. Paquin, Thomas B. Parsonage, Stefano Stanghellini, Karl H. Dost

Proceedings Volume 2857, Advanced Materials for Optical and Precision Structures; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258294
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

REOSC has been selected for the design, manufacturing and integration of the four ESO very large telescope (VLT) secondary mirrors. The VLT secondary mirrors are 1.12 m lightweight convex hyperbolic mirrors made of beryllium. Despite the VLT active optics correction capabilities, the use of a metal for the mirror structure implies specific manufacturing processes and associated design rules in order to ensure its dimensional stability during the telescope required life time. This paper describes how the fabrication process of the VLT secondary mirror has been optimized in order to maximize the dimensional stability of its structure. The beryllium properties are analyzed in parallel with the mirror requirements, the choices for the manufacturing, at all levels, are presented. A short work progress is presented, with the achieved mirror properties.

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Marc Cayrel, Roger A. Paquin, Thomas B. Parsonage, Stefano Stanghellini, and Karl H. Dost "Use of beryllium for the VLT secondary mirror", Proc. SPIE 2857, Advanced Materials for Optical and Precision Structures, (11 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258294

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