Cold-shaping of thin glass foils as novel method for mirrors processing. From the basic concepts to mass production of mirrors

Rodolfo Canestrari, Giovanni Pareschi, Giancarlo Parodi +3

We present a method for the production of segmented optics. It is a novel processing developed at INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (INAF-OAB) employing commercial of-the-shel…