Abstract
Construction of larger and more powerful optical telescopes has required a number of advances in optical fabrication and testing. Necessary innovations start with the mechanical design and choice of materials for primary and secondary mirror blanks, and extend to the manufacture of the blank, and polishing and testing of the largest and most aspheric mirrors made.
© 1998 Optical Society of America
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