In the following work a manufacturing process for light weight structures in Fused Silica is presented. Such can potentially be used mirrors to decrease mass by simultaneously ensuring high stiffness. This talk should give audience possibility assess selective laser etching technology mechanical field of optical mirrors.

From the ardent bucklers used during the Syracuse battle to set fire to Romans’ ships to more contemporary piezoelectric deformable mirrors widely used in astronomy, from very large voice coil deformable mirrors considered in future Extremely Large Telescopes to very small and compact ones embedded in Multi Object Adaptive Optics systems, this paper aims at giving an overview of Deformable Mirr...

This project was concerned with using self-assembly methods of chemistry and biology to fabricate large structures such as telescope mirrors in space or on the moon or Mars. Both biological and non-biological self assembly methods were considered, as well as methods for coating the resulting structures with silver for the purpose of making mirrors. For biological self-assembly we explored metho...