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Re: [ATM] Gimbaled Secondary mirror

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From: "Don Clement" <clement.focuser@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 07:52:32 -0700
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> I'm working on a design to gimbal our secondary mirror for active optics.
> Gimbal designs anyone????

Don't see  getting  mS response times needed for active optics using piezo
actuators moving a high mass secondary with a gimbal. Wag the dog. Perhaps
mounting the piezos directly on the secondary and manipulating the surface
similar to SAW device.


Don Clement
Running Springs, California


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