Up to now, traditional materials, such as glass, metal and SiC ceramic, gradually begin to be unsatisfied development of
the future mirrors. Designable carbon fiber reinforced composites became optimized material for large aperture
lightweight mirrors. Carbon/carbon composites exhibit low thermal expansion and no moisture-absorption expansion
problem, therefore, they get particular attention in the space reflector field. Ni was always employed as optical layer in
the mirror, however, the coating behaved poor bond with substrate and often peeled off during optical processing. In
order to solve this problem, slight oxidation was carried on the C/C composites before Ni plated. The Ni coating
exhibited stronger coherence and better finish performance. Finally, a 100mm diameter plane mirror was successful
fabricated.
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