Publications
Below is a list of our publications. If you have questions please contact us.
Understanding Optical Telescope Specifications for Imaging Applications
This presentation addresses smallsat telescope optical parameters, how to establish their values and the trade-offs between common telescope design forms. An example will be provided incorporating considerations of telescope material selection and thermal environment to tie optical parameters to imaging metrics.
Zero-Expansion Ceramic Mirrors
Ceramic Materials enable mirrors with greater durability and resistance to mechanical and thermal loading than glass. This application notes provides you with all you need to know about Cordierite materials for optics.
Advantages of the parallel configuration OAP
The typical image that comes to mind when thinking about off-axis parabolas is the wedged-configuration mirror section cut out of a larger parent parabola. However, independently fabricated parallel configurations provide advantages in both cost and performance. This article explores why you should consider the parallel configuration first.
AOS Technical Note: Coatings for OAPs
This publication summarizes the coatings AOS offers for its off-axis parabola products.
AOS Technical Note: Specifying Wavefront or Surface Error in Aspheres
Learn why its important to specify optical quality by the reflected wavefront error instead of surface error in this AOS optics training Applications Note.
Correlation of mid-spatial features to image performance in Aspheric Mirrors
Presented at SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego CA, June 2013
Aspheric Finishing of Glass and SiC Optics
Presented at OSA Optical Fabrication and Test, Monterey CA, June 2012
Fabrication of SiC Aspheric Mirrors (with low mid-spatial error)
Presented at SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego CA, June 2012
SBIR-STTIR Success Story
30 Inch Mirror Delivered to United States Air Force, October 2010
Fun Facts about Pitch
SPIE Conference on Optical Manufacturing and Testing III, Denver CO, July 1999
Filters for Dual Band Imagers
SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, April 2009
Dual Band Anti-Reflection Coatings for the Infrared
SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, February 2008