From: "Jan van Gastel" 
To: "John Vede Dudgeon" , 
Reply-To: "Jan van Gastel" 


Assuming the errors are orthogonal, the total error will be:
sqrt(0.1^2+(1/133)^2)=0.100282 wave. So the cell will add nothing noticably
to the figuring error

Jan
http://home.wanadoo.nl/jhm.vangastel/

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Vede Dudgeon" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:40 PM Subject: Re: ATM PLOP 36 point
mirror cell design help needed


>
> >
> > Question is what relevance has cell designed for 1/100 waves
> > in supporting 1/10 waves mirror.
> >
>
> That was my point exactly. Mark and others can probably help here, but
> the way I see it, at 1/333rd wave, I know that within a certain
> operating condition, my mirror cell will have little negative input
> towards the overall performance of my images that it can be
> effectively eliminated as a limiting variable. Collimation, mirror
> figure and surface, thermal eq and other variables become my main
> considerations in use.
>
> John
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>
>

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