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Thermal slumping process is a high volume and low cost manufacturing method for fabricating aspherical and freeform glass mirrors with large dimensions. It has been aggressively tested for X-ray mirrors for space-based telescopes and for solar panels as well. In case a concave mold is used, the relationship between the upper surface contour of a slumped mirror and that of the mold becomes non-linear...
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