Caltech Professors Robert Leighton and Tom Phillips measuring panel curvature. The Leighton antennas were fabricated in the old Caltech Synchrotron Laboratory building because of its stable temperature environment. In all, seven antenna backing structures and surfaces were fabricated at this facility. The fourth one produced is sited on Mauna Kea at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. The other six are at the Owen's Valley Millimeter Array and will become elements in the future CARMA array. (Photo: circa 1981.)
....Literature References and technical memos...
A 10-Meter Telescope for Millimeter and
Sub-millimeter Astronomy, R.
Leighton, Final Technical Report for NSF Grant 73-04908, California
Institute
of Technology (1978).Surface figure measurements of radio telescopes with a shearing interferometer, E. Serabyn, T. G. Phillips, and C. R. Masson, Applied Optics, 30(10), pp. 1227-1241, (1991).
CSO Chopping Secondary Motion Requirements CSO Optics Memo #1, E. Serabyn, Caltech, MS 320-47, Pasadena, CA 91125, January 3, 1992.
Design, Construction, and Performance of the Leighton 10.4-m-Diameter Radio Telescopes, D. Woody and D. Vail and W. Schaal, Proc. of the IEEE, 82(5), pp. 673-686 (1994).
Cassegrain Relay Optics For The CSO Chopping Secondary: Revised CSO Optics Memo #4, E. Serabyn, Caltech, MS 320-47, Pasadena, CA 91125, October 17, 1995.
Gaussian Beams and CSO Side Cab Optics: FORTRAN tools for aiding in the optical system analysis, R. A. Chamberlin , Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, Hilo, HI 96720, 29-April-1997.
Measurement, Modeling and Adjustment of the 10.4 m Diameter Leighton Telescopes, D. Woody and E. Serabyn and A. Schinckel, in Advanced Technology MMW, Radio, and Terahertz Telescopes, pp. 474-485, SPIE Proceedings Series vol. 3357, ed: T. G. Phillips, SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 (1998).
Thermal Behavior of the Leighton 10-m Antenna Backing Structure, J. W. Lamb and D. P. Woody, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Calfornia Institute of Technology, MMA Memo 234, 23-October-1998.
