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Schroeder, J.
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Shaping of parabolic cylindrical membrane reflectors for the DART precision test bed
The DART is a new telescope architecture consisting of two cylindrical parabolic reflectors. The system is ideally suited to using tensioned membranes for the reflective surfaces, owing to the zero Gaussian curvature of a cylindrical parabola.
precision membrane DART optical infrared↗
Micro sun sensor
A new generation of sun sensors is emerging. These sun sensors utilize an imaging detector and the sun sensor determines the sun angles based on an image of fringes or centroids on the detector plane. Typically determines the sun angle in two axes.
APS MEMS sun sensor↗