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    Area of Science:

    • Optical Engineering
    • Computational Metrology
    • Astronomy Instrumentation

    Background:

    • Increasing demand for high-precision optical mirrors in astronomy necessitates improved fabrication techniques.
    • Current multi-tool polishing methods face limitations in computational and fabrication efficiency.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose an iterative wavelet-transform-based surface decomposition algorithm (IWTSD) and a multi-tool fabrication strategy.
    • To enhance computational and fabrication efficiency for large-aperture optical mirrors.

    Main Methods:

    • The iterative wavelet-transform-based surface decomposition algorithm (IWTSD) utilizes the 2D dual-tree complex wavelet transform (2D-DTCWT) for iterative refinement.
    • Decomposition separates target surfaces into scale-separated, non-negative component surfaces.
    • A surface extension operation with an optimized factor adapts IWTSD for non-rectangular apertures.

    Main Results:

    • Simulations show IWTSD-based fabrication achieves comparable surface error convergence in 2/3 of the dwell time compared to other methods.
    • Residual RMS is approximately 1/3 of that achieved by single-tool fabrication.
    • Experimental polishing of a 1150 mm mirror reduced overall RMS from 0.655 λ to 0.21 λ.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed IWTSD method significantly improves fabrication efficiency for large-aperture optical mirrors.
    • The algorithm offers reduced computational cost and polishing dwell time.
    • Substantial reduction in residuals at each scale was observed in experimental results.