In-space assembly of optical reflectors can solve light-gathering aperture scaling, which currently limits space-borne optical telescopes. Our compass reduces the top-level optical design trade to three types of avenues—a fluidic […]
fluidic shaping
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Optical Design Pathways to Fluidic Space-Assembled Reflectors & Dual-Configuration Spectrographs for Characterizing Exo-Earths
Fluidic Telescopes – We present a conceptual framework for optically designing space-assembled telescopes whose primary mirror is formed in situ via the enabling, scale-invariant technology of fluidic shaping.