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Dioptrics and Elasticity – Variable Curvature Mirrors (VCMs)

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Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory

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The elastic deformation modes corresponding to the first-order modes of the optical matrix characterizing the wavefront shape are the curvature (Cv 1) and tilt (Tilt 1). These are the two fundamental modes involved in Gaussian optics. Because a tilt is easily obtained by a global rotation of a rigid substrate, this chapter only reduces to mirrors generating a Cv 1 mode. Such variable curvature mirrors (VCM) are also sometimes called zoom mirrors.

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Lemaitre, G. (2009). Dioptrics and Elasticity – Variable Curvature Mirrors (VCMs). In: Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68905-8_2

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