Chinese Optics, Volume. 15, Issue 5, 973(2022)

Overview of key technologies for segmented mirrors of large-aperture optical telescopes

Yin-long HUO1,2, Fei YANG1,2、*, and Fu-guo WANG1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Figures & Tables(12)
    Schematic diagram of segmented sub-mirror shape
    Effect of sprite size on the MTF of optical systems[4]
    3D model of the JWST and its primary mirror[12]
    The segmented primary mirror scheme of the JWST[12]
    Primary mirror and sub-mirror of TMT[23]
    Schematic diagram of the TMT support system[23]
    Schematic diagram of the piston and tip/tilt error
    2π ambiguity of the piston error[23]
    • Table 1. Comparison of different sub-mirror shapes

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      Table 1. Comparison of different sub-mirror shapes

      子镜形状拼接间隙对称性子镜种类制造难度
      六边形较小六重较大
      扇形一般较少
      圆形
    • Table 2. Basic parameters of large segmented mirror telescopes

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      Table 2. Basic parameters of large segmented mirror telescopes

      时间 选址名称主镜拼接子镜
      等效口径/m材料形状数量尺寸/m
      1993AmericanKeck Ⅰ10ZerodurHexagon361.8
      1996AmericanKeck Ⅱ10ZerodurHexagon361.8
      1997AmericanHET9.2ZerodurHexagon911.15
      2005South AfricaSALT9.5Glass-ceramicHexagon911.16
      2008SpainGTC10.4Glass-ceramicHexagon361.9
      2008ChinaLAMOST4ZerodurHexagon611.1
      2019JapanSeimei3.8ZerodurPetals181.2
      2021AmericanJWST6.5BeHexagon181.5
      AmericanGMT21E6Circular78.4
      AmericanTMT30ZerodurHexagon4921.44
      EuropeE-ELT39.3ZerodurHexagon7981.4
      ChinaLOT12ZerodurHexagon841.44
    • Table 3. Large segmented mirror telescope support structures

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      Table 3. Large segmented mirror telescope support structures

      KeckHETSALTGTCLAMOSTTMTE-ELT
      支撑点数36-pt9-pt9-pt36-pt18-pt27-pt27-pt
      轴向支撑WhiffletreeWhiffletreeWhiffletreeWhiffletreeWhiffletreeWhiffletreeWhiffletree
      径向支撑中心膜片中心膜片中心膜片中心膜片中心膜片中心膜片中心膜片
      Warping Harness手动自动自动自动
      促动方式直接促动直接促动移动架直接促动直接促动移动架移动架
    • Table 4. Performance comparison of co-phasing detection technologies

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      Table 4. Performance comparison of co-phasing detection technologies

      技术分类Piston 检测 Tip/Tlit 检测 光瞳 对准 粗/精 共相 模糊 量程 λ非共光 路误差
      像平面PDYYNY±λ/2 N
      PRYYNY±λ/2 N
      光瞳面SHAPSYYY粗/精Y±λ/2 Y
      PYYYYY±λ/4 Y
      ZELDAYYN粗/精Y±λ/2 Y
      DHS/DFSYNY粗/精N±λ/2 Y
      PISTILYYNY3λY
      中间面DIPSIYYN粗/精Y±λ/2 N
      CSYYNY±λ/8 N
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    Category: Review

    Received: May. 31, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 29, 2022

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    DOI:10.37188/CO.2022-0109

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