Space Optics Manufacturing Technology Center

Tech Days 2005
Presentations

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August 16 | August 17

August 16

01 NASA - Welcome & Introduction

02 NASA - Advanced Telescope and Observatory Roadmap Summary

Project Updates

03 Ball - JWST Mirror Status

04 NASA Optical Telescope Assembly for the TPF-C: pre-formulation design and analysis

05 Status of TDM mirror for TPF-C

Optical Fabrication Technology – Beryllium

06 Tinsley - Computer Controlled Optical Surfacing of bare Be Aspheric Optics (Phase II)

07 Ball - AMDS-3 Be Process Improvements

08 Lightworks - Synergy of Precision Machining, Diamond Turning & Computer Polishing on Beryllium Mirror Systems

09 Creare - Low-Cost Environmentally Friendly Be Manufacturing

Optical Fabrication Technology

10 QED - Improved Figure Correction near Edges of Large Segmented Optics using MRF (Phase II)

12 Rapid Damage-Free Shaping & Finishing of Lightweight SiC Mirrors using Reactive Atom Plasma Processing (Phase I)

13 Mound - Development of a Laser Micromachining Process to Fabricate SiC Mirrors

Optical Testing Technology

14 CGH error source mitigation (Phase I)

15 QED - Subaperture Stitching Interferometry for Large Convex Aspheric Surfaces (Phase I)

16 Sub-pixel phase-measuring interferometry with interlace stitching

17 Dynamic Phase-Shifting ESPI

Substrate Material and Fabrication Technology

18 CRG - Composite Replica Mirrors for Lightweight Space-Based Optics (Phase II)

19 MMCC - Lightweight MgGr Mirror Substrates

August 17

Si and SiC Technology

20 Schafer - High structural efficency SLMS™ (Phase II)

21 McCarter - Single Crystal Silicon Mirrors

22 Trex - Chemical vapor composites for sensor applications (Phase II)

23 Poco - Converted SiC for Precision Optics

24 SSG - SiC Scan Mirror (Phase II)

25 Schafer - Qualification of telescope materials for exo-atmospheric kill vehicles (Phase I)

Schafer - Actively Cooled SLMS™ (Phase II)

Cryogenic Mirror Technology

26 NASA - Cryo-performance of TREX SiC mirror

27 NASA - Cryo-figure change of Hextek glass & POCO SiC mirrors

28 Analysis of high-spatial frequency cut-off in cryogenic deformation of Subscale Beryllium Mirror Demonstrator (SBMD)

29 ATK - Commissioning and JWST Sample CTE Data from Interferometric Metrology Facility

30 Improved reaction bonded SiC for space mirrors and structures

31 HY-Tech - Sintered Boron as High-Strength, Lightweight Structure Material for Aerospace Vehicles

32 Lightweight Telescope for EKV

MEMS and Active Mirror Technology

33 JPL - Micro-actuator technology development for space applications

34 Iris - High-Stroke MEMS Segmented Deformable Mirrors for Adaptive Optics

35 SRS - 1 meter Class Actively Controlled Membrane Mirrors

36 SNL - Thin film mirrors with integrated control

Other Optical Technology

37 Schafer - Common aperture EO/IR antenna (Phase II)