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Re: [ATM] thin but workable

To: Tony Gondola <acgna@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [ATM] thin but workable
From: Mark Holm <mdholm@telerama.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 22:24:07 -0500
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Some guidance WRT support systems is at
http://www.atmsite.org/contrib/Holm/Plop_optimized_cells/design_space.html

You can see that 1:10 is not too bad looking, but 1:20 is pretty close
to the limit.

Tony Gondola wrote:
> With all this talk of ultra thin mirrors does anyone have guidelines for 
> just how thin you can go without resorting to unusual support systems 
> and grinding/polishing systems? I'm specifically interested in the 12.5" 
> diameter case in pyrex.


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Mark Holm
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