Progress toward optical design and fabrication of ultralight, large aperture transmissive lenses for space telescopes

Tom D. Milster; Daniel Apai; Dae Wook Kim; Dae Wook Kim; Young Sik Kim; Geon Hee Kim; Yingying Zhang; Heejoo Choi; Marcos Esparza; Oliver Spires; Ron Liang; Kira Purvin; Chuck Fellows

doi:10.1364/FIO.2020.FM1A.2

Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2020),
paper FM1A.2
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2020.FM1A.2

Progress toward optical design and fabrication of ultralight, large aperture transmissive lenses for space telescopes

Tom D. Milster, Daniel Apai, Dae Wook Kim, Young Sik Kim, Geon Hee Kim, Yingying Zhang, Heejoo Choi, Marcos Esparza, Oliver Spires, Ron Liang, Kira Purvin, and Chuck Fellows

Frontiers in Optics 2020

Washington, DC United States
14–17 September 2020
ISBN: 978-1-943580-80-4

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T. D. Milster, D. Apai, D. W. Kim, Y. S. Kim, G. H. Kim, Y. Zhang, H. Choi, M. Esparza, O. Spires, R. Liang, K. Purvin, and C. Fellows, "Progress toward optical design and fabrication of ultralight, large aperture transmissive lenses for space telescopes," in Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, B. Lee, C. Mazzali, K. Corwin, and R. Jason Jones, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2020), paper FM1A.2.

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Abstract

A new type of telescope primary called a MODE lens is described that is being developed for large-diameter space telescopes. Optical design, fabrication, and testing are described with current progress and plans.

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