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LightWorks excels at difficult to achieve requirements that are outside the capabilities of most precision optical suppliers. With our experienced engineering & manufacturing staff we can develop and refine critical performance requirements into producible designs. Our expertise in all aspects of optical metrology allows us to test and verify important performance parameters. Whether your requirement includes comprehensive design support, or is simply build to print, LightWorks can supply your Ultra-Precision Optical Components.
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Deep Impact Telescope Mirrors
LightWorks performed the design and analysis to lightweight the primary and secondary mirrors for the Deep Impact High Resolution and Medium Resolution Telescopes. These ZeroDur mirrors are designed to operate at cryogenic temperatures and achieve better than 0.05 waves RMS surface figure (@632.8 nm). To accomplish that LightWorks had to pay special attention to the coating stresses and the uniformity of coating thickness over the optical apertures. LightWork delivered three sets of each aspheric mirror, the largest of which was 12 inches in diameter. |
| Ball Aerospace Technology Corporation presented LightWorks Optics with a plaque in recognition of our performance on the Deep Impact Program. The inscription on the plaque was: "In appreciation of the excellent performance by LightWorks, Inc. in providing the High Resolution Instrument, Medium Resolution Instrument, and Impactor Targeting Sensor Telescope Mirror Sets for the Deep Impact Program. Your optics significantly exceeded their requirements while maintaining our tight schedule, directly contributing to the programs ability to maintain performance margin with respect to our stringent requirements." |
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HiRISE Telescope Mirrors
LightWorks was awarded a contract to perform the design and manufacture the ultra-precision mirrors for the Mars 2005 Mission HiRISE Telescope. This task included full FEA analysis to determine mirrors figure distortions due to coating stresses and variations from full Earth to zero gravity. The mirrors are required to achieve better than 0.020 waves rms (632.8nm). The largest mirror is over 20 inches in diameter. LightWorks will deliver 2 sets of the primary, secondary, tertiary and two fold mirrors. |
Light Weight Beryllium Scan Mirror
This lightweight beryllium scan mirror was designed to provide better than 1/10 wave p-v performance in a dynamic aircraft environment, including a wide range of operating temperatures and orientations with respect to gravity. The 27-inch major axis mirror is nickel plated and gold coated to achieve low emissivity and high reflectivity. |
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