Performance characterization of a shape memory composite mirror

Steven J. Varlese; Melville P Ulmer; Jason Hermiller; Kris Young; Michael Graham; Semyon Vaynman; Bruce Snyder

doi:10.1117/12.617929

Performance characterization of a shape memory composite mirror

Steven J. Varlese^*, Melville P Ulmer, Jason Hermiller, Kris Young, Michael Graham, Semyon Vaynman, Bruce Snyder

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Abstract

Deployable optics comprised of an electroformed, replicated nickel optical surface supported by a reinforced shape memory resin composite substrate have the potential to meet the requirements for rapid fabrication of lightweight, monolithic, deployable, large optics. Evaluation has been completed for various composite constructions including shape memory resin, carbon fiber reinforcement and syntactic fillers bonded to the electroformed nickel surface. Results from optical and structural performance tests on the 0.5 meter aperture deployable test items are also applicable to non-deployable replicated composite optics.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	58990Y
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5899
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617929
State	Published - Dec 1 2005
Event	UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts II - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jul 31 2005 → Aug 1 2005

Keywords

Composites
Electroformed nickel
Laminated optics
Lightweight

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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