Issues to be addressed in the design and fabrication of ultralightweight, meter class optics

Details Issues to be addressed in the design and fabrication of ultralightweight, meter class optics Issues to be addressed in the design and fabrication of ultralightweight, meter class optics

Jan 1998

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Space technology and applications international forum - 1998. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 420, pp. 179-184 (1998).

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Lenses, Prisms And Mirrors, Optical System Design, Dispersion-, Fiber-, And Platelet-Reinforced Metal-Based Composites, Reinforced Polymers And Polymer-Based Composites

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There is a growing need for large aperture, ultralightweight, deployable optics (mirrors) for various science, military and commercial compact satellites (Pleimann 1997). This paper will examine the engineering and manufacturing considerations that must be addressed in order to satisfy the requirements for these sought after optics. In order to limit the scope of this paper, only Graphite Fiber Reinforced/Polymer Matrix Composites (GFR/PMC) will be under consideration because of the potential to satisfy ultralightweight mirror requirements (5-10 Kg/m2) (Kasl 1997). The requirements associated with specular mirror concepts that Composite Optics, Incorporated (COI) has proposed to Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/VS) and NASA Langley Research Center for visible range optics and LIDAR (light bucket) optics, respectively, will also be our interest. Moreover, it is the intent of this paper to illustrate how COI's proposed design/manufacturing concepts for visible and LIDAR optics have evolved based on overcoming, or working around, material constraints and/or undesirable characteristics associated with GFR/PMC.

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