Overview and accomplishments of advanced mirror technology development phase 2 (AMTD-2) project

H. Philip Stahl

doi:10.1117/12.2186195

22 September 2015 Overview and accomplishments of advanced mirror technology development phase 2 (AMTD-2) project

H. Philip Stahl

Proceedings Volume 9602, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts VII; 960208 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186195
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Advance Mirror Technology Development (AMTD) project is in Phase 2 of a multiyear effort, initiated in FY12, to mature by at least a half TRL step critical technologies required to enable 4 meter or larger UVOIR space telescope primary mirror assemblies for both general astrophysics and ultra-high contrast observations of exoplanets. AMTD Phase 1 completed all of its goals and accomplished all of its milestones. AMTD Phase 2 started in 2014. Key accomplishments include deriving primary mirror engineering specifications from science requirements; developing integrated modeling tools and using those tools to perform parametric design trades; and demonstrating new mirror technologies via sub-scale fabrication and test. AMTD-1 demonstrated the stacked core technique by making a 43-cm diameter 400 mm thick ‘biscuit-cut’ of a 4-m class mirror. AMTD-2 is demonstrating lateral scalability of the stacked core method by making a 1.5 meter 1/3rd scale model of a 4-m class mirror

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H. Philip Stahl "Overview and accomplishments of advanced mirror technology development phase 2 (AMTD-2) project", Proc. SPIE 9602, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts VII, 960208 (22 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186195

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