УДК: 535.4, 681.7.02-04, 681.787

Method of determining the ground aspheric surface profile of large astronomical mirrors

Abdulkadyrov, M.A., Patrikeev, V.E., Semenov, A.P.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Абдулкадыров М.А., Патрикеев В.Е., Семенов А.П. Метод определения профиля шлифованной асферической поверхности крупногабаритных астрономических зеркал // Оптический журнал. 2014. Т. 81. № 12. С. 16–21.

Abdulkadyrov M.A., Patrikeev V.E., Semenov A.P. Method of determining the ground aspheric surface profile of large astronomical mirrors [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2014. V. 81. № 12. P. 16–21.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

M. A. Abdulkadyrov, V. E. Patrikeev, and A. P. Semenov, "Method of determining the ground aspheric surface profile of large astronomical mirrors," Journal of Optical Technology. 81(12), 714-718 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.81.000714

Abstract:

This paper describes a method for determining the absolute profile of the ground aspheric surface of large astronomical mirrors, using a linear three-point spherometer successively displaced perpendicular to the direction from the center to the edge of the item, as well as a method for determining the vertex radius. Examples are given of the successful use of these methods.

Keywords:

telescopes, astronomical mirrors, control of ground aspheric surface of mirror, linear spherometer

OCIS codes: 220.0220; 220.0230; 220.4610; 350.1260

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