• 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