Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006spie.6273e..19b&link_type=abstract
Optomechanical Technologies for Astronomy. Edited by Atad-Ettedgui, Eli; Antebi, Joseph; Lemke, Dietrich. Proceedings of the S
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) uses seven 8.4-m diameter segments to create a giant primary mirror, 25 meters across with focal ratio f /0.7. The off-axis segments will be difficult to measure accurately, as they have 14.5 mm departure from the nearest fitting sphere! The test configuration adopted uses a large 3.75-m powered mirror to fold the light path and provide most of the aspheric correction, with a smaller mirror and computer generated hologram (CGH) providing the additional correction. These optics will be aligned to a vibration-insensitive interferometer using a combination of optical references created by the CGH and metrology with a laser tracker. Some key challenges for this system are presented here including, the system alignment, the large fold mirror, and the mechanical structure. Analysis of the optical test shows that it will meet GMT specifications, including the difficult requirement that the separate segments have matching radius of curvature. Additional corroborative testing will be performed to assure that the mirror segments are correctly figured.
Burge James H.
Kot L. B.
Martin Heath M.
Zehnder Rene
Zhao Caisheng
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