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The M6C mirror of the Extremely Large Telescope is a Zerodur elliptical flat with wavefront specification of 60 nm RMS at 45 degrees angle of incidence over an optical clear area of 694 x 504 mm. The mirror is being processed at Glyndwr Innovations Ltd via small tool CNC polishing, with a sub-aperture interferometric stitching test being used to measure the surface error. Here, the design and performance of the interferometric stitching test is discussed, complete with a full uncertainty budget to ensure conformance to the specification. Current work on the stitching test has found measurements of the M6C to be repeatable to 4 nm RMS surface error, and an overall uncertainty of measurement of 12.2 nm RMS. Using this test the optic will be polished to a measured surface error of less than 17.5 nm RMS.
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(2024) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Andrew Dickins andPaul Rees
"Manufacture and verification of M6C mirrors the pre-focal stations of the ESO-Extremely Large Telescope", Proc. SPIE 13021, Optical Fabrication and Testing VIII, 1302103 (17 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017192
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Andrew Dickins, Paul Rees, "Manufacture and verification of M6C mirrors the pre-focal stations of the ESO-Extremely Large Telescope," Proc. SPIE 13021, Optical Fabrication and Testing VIII, 1302103 (17 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017192