Infrared Telescope Design: Implications From Cryogenic Tests Of Fused-Silica Mirrors

Ramsey K. Melugin; Jacob H. Miller

doi:10.1117/12.936807

9 December 1983 Infrared Telescope Design: Implications From Cryogenic Tests Of Fused-Silica Mirrors

Ramsey K. Melugin, Jacob H. Miller

Proceedings Volume 0433, Contemporary Methods of Optical Manufacturing and Testing; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936807
Event: 27th Annual Technical Symposium, 1983, San Diego, United States

Abstract

A brief review of results from recent cryogenic tests of fused-silica mirrors is given with consideration of the implications for the design of cooled infrared telescopes. Implications include optical performance with a discussion of the top-down optical error budgeting for the Shuttle Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), thermal properties of the mirrors, and mirror mounting.

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Ramsey K. Melugin and Jacob H. Miller "Infrared Telescope Design: Implications From Cryogenic Tests Of Fused-Silica Mirrors", Proc. SPIE 0433, Contemporary Methods of Optical Manufacturing and Testing, (9 December 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936807

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