Technology Days in the Government

# Mirror Development and Related Technologies

Aug 17-19, 2004

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| Time | Title                               | Pres  | Com  | Sponsor |
|      |                                     | enter | pany |         |
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| 0700 | **BREAKFAST**                       |       |      |         |
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| 0800 | Welcome                             | Stahl | NASA |         |
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| 0810 | SiC Characterization Activity       | Stahl | NASA |         |
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|      | PROGRAMS                            |       |      |         |
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| 0820 | Ball AMSD 2 Final Results           | C     | Ball | NA      |
|      |                                     | haney |      | SA/MSFC |
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| 0840 | Kodak Processing Tech Dev on AMSD 2 | Ch    | K    | NA      |
|      |                                     | arles | odak | SA/MSFC |
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| 0900 | Kepler Primary Mirror Assembly      | A     | L-3  | NA      |
|      |                                     | rnold |      | SA/Ames |
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| 0920 | SHARPI mirror development program   | Co    | NASA | NA      |
|      | -- taking the next step in          | ntent |      | SA/GSFC |
|      | precision lightweight optics        |       |      |         |
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| 0940 | Ultra-light-weight optics for the   | W     | NASA | NA      |
|      | Spectroscopy X-ray telescope on the | right |      | SA/GSFC |
|      | Constellation-X Mission             |       |      |         |
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| 1000 | **COFFEE BREAK**                    |       |      |         |
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| 1030 | AFRL Test Bed Mirror Development    | Sch   | K    | AFRL    |
|      |                                     | wartz | odak |         |
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|      | CRYOGENIC MIRRORS                   |       |      |         |
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| 1050 | Actively Cooled Silicon Lightweight | Go    | Sch  | NA      |
|      | Mirrors for Far Infrared and        | odman | afer | SA/MSFC |
|      | Sub-millimeter Optical Systems      |       |      |         |
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| 1110 | Ultra-Lightweight Cryogenic Active  | Ealey | Xine | N       |
|      | Mirror                              |       | tics | ASA/JPL |
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| 1130 | Cryogenic Test Results of Hextek    | Ha    | UAH  | NA      |
|      | Mirror                              | daway |      | SA/MSFC |
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| 1150 | Cryogenic Test Results of POCO SiC  | Eng   | NASA | NA      |
|      | Mirror                              |       |      | SA/MSFC |
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| 1215 | **LUNCH**                           |       |      |         |
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|      | OPTICAL FABRICATION & TEST          |       |      |         |
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| 1400 | Novel Aspheric Optical              | Robi  | SSG  | NA      |
|      | Manufacturing Approaches            | chaud |      | SA/MSFC |
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| 1420 | Improved Edge Performance in MRF    | S     | QED  | NA      |
|      |                                     | horey |      | SA/MSFC |
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|      | MRF of Large and Lightweight Optics | S     | QED  | A       |
|      |                                     | horey |      | FRL/MDA |
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| 1500 | **COFFEE BREAK**                    |       |      |         |
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| 1530 | Triphasic tooling w/ small oriented | Vo    | Dia  | NA      |
|      | diamonds for turning & smoothing    | ronov | mond | SA/MSFC |
|      | lightweight mirrors (Phase 2)       |       |      |         |
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|      |                                     |       | ater |         |
|      |                                     |       | ials |         |
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| 1550 | Fabrication of Affordable Aspheric  | C     | AOS  | SMDC    |
|      | Mirrors by Electroforming (FAAME)   | aneer |      |         |
|      | program                             |       |      |         |
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| 1610 | TDM Metrology Development           | Merle | K    | N       |
|      |                                     |       | odak | ASA/JPL |
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| 1630 | Advances in Aspheric Stitching      | Tr    | QED  | US Army |
|      | Interferometry                      | icard |      |         |
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| 1650 | Evaluation of durability of LLNL    | Sa    | LLNL | LLNL    |
|      | developed protected silver          | nders |      |         |
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| 1710 | **RECPTION**                        |       |      |         |
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  Wednesday                                                                
  August 18                                                                

  0700        **BREAKFAST**                                                

              MIRROR SUBSTRATE TECHNOLOGIES                                

  0800        Development of Graphite Fiber        Cornie       MMCC       AFRL/MDA
              Reinforced Magnesium Alloys for                              
              Lightweight Mirror Substrates (Phase                         
              2)                                                           

  0820        Low Temperature Bonding for          Click        Schott     NASA/MSFC
              Precision Optics                                             

  0840        Lightweight Gas Fusion ULE Mirrors   Wortley      Hextek     AFRL

  0855        Composite Replica Mirrors for        Vining       CRG        AFRL
              Lightweight Space Optics                                     

  0915        SLMS(tm) & LASIT(tm) for Be          Goodman      Schafer    AFRL
              Replacement                                                  

  0935        Innovative Low Cost SiC for Be       Bray         Poco       AFRL/MDA
              Replacement                                                  

              SiC Optical Bench & Telescope        Bray         Poco       AFRL/MDA
              Assembly for SBIRS-Low                                       

  1010        **COFFEE BREAK**                                             

  1030        SiC for MDA/AFRL Applications        Schwartz     SSG        AFRL/MDA

              SiC Optics for UV/EUV Applications   Schwartz     SSG        NASA/GSFC

  1110        Rapid processing method for large,   Karandikar   M Cubed    AFRL/MDA
              low-expansion, lightweight mirrors                           

  1130        Large Aperture SiC Chemical Vapor    Fischer      Trex       SMDC
              Composites for High Performance                              
              Mirrors                                                      

              CVC SiC Mirrors for High Energy      Fischer      Trex       AFRL/DE
              Laser Applications                                           

              CVC SiC to Replace Beryllium Mirrors Fischer      Trex       AFRL/MDA

              CVC SiC:  The Low cost Manufacturing Fischer      Trex       AFRL/VS
              Pathway to High Performance                                  
              Lightweight Mirror Systems                                   

              High-Volume Low-Cost Process for     Fischer      Trex       NASA/GSFC
              High Grade SiC Optics                                        

              CVC SiC for Beamed Energy Launch     Fischer      Trex       DARPA
              Vehicle Applications                                         

  1200        Large Aperture SiC Chemical Vapor    Williams     CoorsTec   NASA
              Composites                                                   

  1215        **LUNCH**                                                    

  1400        Composite Substrate for Nanolaminate Connell      ATKCOI     NRO
              Foils                                                        

  1420        Novel Fiber Reinforcement for        Kowbel       MER        NASA/MSFC
              Optical Systems                                              

              SiC -- Composite Optics for High     Kowbel       MER        SMDC
              Energy Lasers                                                

  1500        **COFFEE BREAK**                                             

  1530        Carbon-Carbon Mirrors to Replace     Wonacott     SDC        SMDC
              Beryllium                                                    

  1550        Fabrication & Testing of Active &    Bennett      Bennett    NASA/MSFC
              Adaptive Cyanate Ester Composite                  Optical    
              Mirrors (Phase 2)                                            

  1610        Polymer material and casting process Patrick      SRS        AFRL
              development                                                  

  1630        Low Cost Producible Composite Mirror Szwabowski   Vanguard   SMDC
              and Sensor Support Structures for                            
              Exoatmospheric Interceptors                                  

  1650        Anamolous Scatter of O-30 Be, SiC &  Stahl        NASA       NASA/MSFC
              C-SiC                                                        

  1710 to     **RECPTION**                                                 
  1815                                                                     

  Thursday                                                                 
  August 19                                                                

  0700        **BREAKFAST**                                                

              ACTIVE MIRRORS & WFSC                                        

  0800        Wavefront Sensing via High Speed DSP Smith        NASA       NASA/GSFC

  0820        Design, Fabrication and Test of an   Moore        SRS        NRO
              Electro-Statically controlled 5                              
              meter Membrane Aperture                                      

  0840        Ultra High-Density DM for            Ealey        Xinetics   NASA/JPL
              Coronagraphic Imaging                                        

  0900        Next Generation Deformable Mirrors   Knowles      QorTek     MDS

              Next Generation Large Adaptive       Knowles      QorTek     MDA
              Optics                                                       

  0940        **COFFEE BREAK**                                             

  1000        GOVERNMENT ONLY SESSION                                      
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