Topics
Active/adaptive Optics for Space instruments
• Active correction chain strategies
• Corrective elements
• Correction and control algorithms
• Wavefront/PSF sensing
• Mission and instrument concepts requiring active correction
Free-form optical surfaces
• Definition, optimisation and tolerancing of free-from compnents
• Manufacturing
• Alignment and test
• Mission and instrument concepts benefitting from free-form surfaces
• Test and Model Verification
Coatings
• Novel coatings
• Challenges and achievements in coating developments
• Influence of coatings on optical systems (WFE, straylight)
• Environmental influences on coatings
• Testing and verification of coated components
• Active correction chain strategies
• Corrective elements
• Correction and control algorithms
• Wavefront/PSF sensing
• Mission and instrument concepts requiring active correction
Free-form optical surfaces
• Definition, optimisation and tolerancing of free-from compnents
• Manufacturing
• Alignment and test
• Mission and instrument concepts benefitting from free-form surfaces
• Test and Model Verification
Coatings
• Novel coatings
• Challenges and achievements in coating developments
• Influence of coatings on optical systems (WFE, straylight)
• Environmental influences on coatings
• Testing and verification of coated components
