Abstract:
A double reflector system has two spaced apart primary mirrors (5, 7) oriented towards a common focal point (1). The optical system further has two separate secondary deflector mirrors (2, 3), as well as tertiary deflector mirrors (6) for concentrating the beam on a common focal point (4). Both the primary mirrors (5, 7) and the secondary deflector mirrors (2, 3) are so-called off-axis reflectors, i.e. their surface represents sections of the surface of a large, aspherical, hypothetical mirror body. The primary mirrors (5, 7), as sections of the surface of a large, hypothetical hyperbolic mirror, are inclined at an angle to the common optical axis and are located at a predetermined distance therefrom, so that the inner marginal rays of the incident radiation that are nearest to the optical axis converge. The primary mirrors (5, 7) of over 8 m in diameter must be formed of individual segments coupled to the corresponding segments of the secondary deflector mirrors (2, 3) that lie opposite to them in the path of the rays by a high-precision, computer-assisted measurement system, so that each deviation in the position of the segments of the primary mirrors (5, 7) may be effected by actuators by a real time corrective displacement of the corresponding, opposite segments of the secondary deflector mirrors (2, 3).
Abstract:
A double reflector system has two spaced apart primary mirrors oriented towards a common focal point. The optical system further has two separate secondary deflector mirrors, as well as tertiary deflector mirrors, for concentrating the beam on a common focal point. Both the primary mirrors and the secondary deflector mirrors are so-called off-axis reflectors, i.e. their surface represents sections of the surface of a large, aspherical, hypothetical mirror body. The primary mirrors, as sections of the surface of a large, hypothetical hyberpolic mirror, are inclined at an angle to the common optical axis and are located at a predetermined distance therefrom, so that the inner marginal rays of the incident radiation that lie nearest to the optical axis converge. The primary mirrors of over 8 m in diameter must be formed of individual segments coupled to the corresponding segments of the secondary deflector mirrors that lie opposite to them in the path of the rays by a high-precision, computer-assisted measurement system, so that each deviation of the position of the segments of the primary mirrors may be effected by actuators by a real time corrective displacement of the corresponding, opposite segments of the secondary deflector mirrors.