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Paper Abstract
ZERODUR® is a well-established material in astronomy and all fields of applications where temperature gradients
might limit extreme precision and stability. Together with its rich heritage come a series of recent developments, which
reveal the potential of the material for broader and more demanding applications. The outstanding degree of light-weighting
achieved with progress in CNC grinding in the last two years shows its high suitability for space telescope
mirrors. This is supported by new data on strength enabling higher mechanical loads.
Also ground based telescopes benefit from the improved light-weight processing such as solar telescopes and
downstream mirrors of extremely large telescopes. More and better data have been collected demonstrating the unique
CTE homogeneity of ZERODUR® and its very high reproducibility a necessary precondition for large series mirror
production. Deliveries of more than 250 ZERODUR mirrors of 1.5 m in diameter prove the availability of robust
industrial serial production capability inevitable for ELT mirror segment production.
Paper Details
Date Published: 13 September 2012
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 8450, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 845022 (13 September 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.926047
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8450:
Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Ramón Navarro; Colin R. Cunningham; Eric Prieto, Editor(s)
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 8450, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 845022 (13 September 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.926047
Show Author Affiliations
Thomas Westerhoff, SCHOTT AG (Germany)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8450:
Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Ramón Navarro; Colin R. Cunningham; Eric Prieto, Editor(s)
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