DocumentCode
3434646
Title
Precision corner cubes for NASA’s Space Interferometer Mission
Author
Burke, Jan ; Oreb, Bozenko ; Netterfield, Roger ; Seckold, Jeffrey ; Leistner, Achim ; Gross, Mark ; Dligatch, Svetlana
Author_Institution
CSIRO Ind. Phys., Lindfield, NSW
fYear
2006
fDate
10-13 July 2006
Firstpage
12
Lastpage
12
Abstract
CSIRO´s Australian Centre for Precision Optics has recently produced retroreflectors for NASA´s Space Interferometry Mission. The specifications for optical quality and alignment of the assembled parts were extremely demanding. We describe how this very complex problem was successfully solved.
Keywords
aerospace instrumentation; light interferometers; space research; CSIRO; NASA; optical quality; precision corner cubes; precision optics; retroreflectors; space interferometer mission; Adaptive optics; Assembly; Australia; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gold; Instruments; Metrology; Optical interferometry; Space missions; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-9775657-1-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519329
Filename
4519329
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