3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Pre-shipment optical characterization of the SCALES instrument
Isabel J. Kain, Reni Kupke, Daren Dillon +31
The Slicer Combined with an Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy (SCALES) instrument is a 1-5 micron imager and 2-5 micron integral field spectrograph, currently being comm…
astro-ph.IM2025
Additive manufacturing in aluminium of a primary mirror for a CubeSat application: manufacture, testing and evaluation
Ilhan Aziz, Younes Chahid, Jennifer Keogh +16
Additive manufacturing (AM; 3D Printing), a process which creates a part layer-by-layer, has the potential to improve upon conventional lightweight mirror manufacturing techniques,…
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…