Mr. George J. Gardopee Profile

George J. Gardopee

Retired at L-3 IOS Brashear

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Game-changing approaches to affordable advanced lightweight mirrors II: new cases analyzed for extreme ZERODUR lightweighting and relief from the classical polishing parameter constraint

Tony Hull, Thomas Westerhoff, John Pepi, Ralf Jedamzik, George Gardopee, François Piché, Andrew Clarkson, Antoine Leys, Martin Schaefer, Volker Seibert

Proceedings Volume 8450, 845050 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926807

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Lightweight mirrors, Space telescopes, Polishing, Telescopes, Magnetorheological finishing, Optical fabrication, Glasses, Zerodur, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2011 Paper

Game-changing approaches to affordable advanced lightweight mirrors: Extreme Zerodur lightweighting and relief from the classical polishing parameter constraint

Tony Hull, Andrew Clarkson, George Gardopee, Ralf Jedamzik, Antoine Leys, John Pepi, François Piché, Martin Schäfer, Volker Seibert, Armin Thomas, Thomas Werner, Thomas Westerhoff

Proceedings Volume 8125, 81250U (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896571

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Polishing, Metrology, Lightweight mirrors, Magnetorheological finishing, Manufacturing, Finite element methods, Information operations, Zerodur

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

Reactive atom plasma (RAP) processing of mirrors for astronomy

Pradeep Subrahmanyan, George Gardopée

Proceedings Volume 7018, 701809 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.786991

KEYWORDS: Optics manufacturing, Mirrors, Plasma, Astronomy, Chemical species, Atmospheric plasma, Abrasives, Spatial frequencies, Polishing, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2007 Paper

Fabrication and optical characterization of a segmented and brazed mirror assembly

David Bath, Steven Williams, Michel Bougoin, George Gardopee

Proceedings Volume 6666, 66660L (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734406

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Chemical vapor deposition, Silicon carbide, Polishing, Surface finishing, Thermography, Cladding, Silicon, Diamond machining, Photovoltaics

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2007 Paper

Rapid fabrication of lightweight SiC aspheres using reactive atom plasma (RAP) processing

Pradeep Subrahmanyan, George Gardopee, Yogesh Verma, Ning Li, Tom Yu, Thomas Kyler, Peter Fiske, Philip Sommer

Proceedings Volume 6666, 66660A (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.733123

KEYWORDS: Silicon carbide, Mirrors, Polishing, Aspheric lenses, Chemical species, Plasma, Surface finishing, Ceramics, Abrasives, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

Rapid damage-free shaping of silicon carbide using reactive atom plasma (RAP) processing

Yogesh Verma, Andrew Chang, John Berrett, Kenneth Futtere, George Gardopee, Jude Kelley, Thomas Kyler, Jeonghwa Lee, Nick Lyford, David Proscia, Phillip Sommer

Proceedings Volume 6273, 62730B (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671969

KEYWORDS: Silicon carbide, Glasses, Optics manufacturing, Argon, Abrasives, Plasma, Fluorine, Chemical species, Surface finishing, Polishing

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Proceedings Article | 26 March 1992 Paper

Fabrication of a lightweight beryllium one-meter f/0.58 ellipsoidal mirror

Roger Paquin, George Gardopee

Proceedings Volume 1618, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58043

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Beryllium, Polishing, Computer aided design, Lightweight mirrors, Copper, Aspheric lenses, Profilometers, Surface finishing, Spindles

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 1991 Paper

Fabrication of a fast, aspheric beryllium mirror

Roger Paquin, George Gardopee

Proceedings Volume 1485, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46520

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Beryllium, Polishing, Aspheric lenses, Computer aided design, Lightweight mirrors, Copper, Metrology, Profilometers, Surface finishing

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 1990 Paper

Large stable mirrors: a comparison of glass, beryllium, and silicon carbide

Stanley Kishner, George Gardopee, Matthew Magida, Roger Paquin

Proceedings Volume 1335, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22882

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Silicon carbide, Beryllium, Glasses, Actuators, Lightweight mirrors, Structural design, Manufacturing, Polishing, Fused quartz

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