2 papers
astro-ph.IM2024
Design, manufacture and metrology of additively manufactured, metal and ceramic lightweight circular mirror prototypes
Greg Lister, Rhys Tuck, Younes Chahid +9
Spaced-based mirrors are a developing use-case for Additive Manufacturing (AM), the process that builds a part layer-by-layer. The increased geometric freedom results in novel and…
physics.optics2024
Targeting low micro-roughness for 3D printed aluminium mirrors using a hot isostatic press
Carolyn Atkins, Younes Chahid, Gregory Lister +14
Additive manufacturing (AM; 3D printing) in aluminium using laser powder bed fusion provides a new design space for lightweight mirror production. Printing layer-by-layer enables t…