Mr. Denis Fappani Profile

Denis Fappani

Commercial Engineer and Sales Representative at Thales SESO SAS

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Publications (12)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Paper

Manufacturing and testing of the large lenses for the SDSS-V wide field corrector

Matthieu Gilles, Cédric Cammarata, Hélène Ducollet, Denis Fappani, Céline Lopez, Sylvain Perrin, Christian du Jeu, Bruno Delaborde, Patrick Robert, Julien Fourez, Stephen Smee, Robert Barkhouser, Aidan Gray

Proceedings Volume 12188, 121880M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627242

KEYWORDS: Lenses, Optics manufacturing, Optical coatings, Telescopes, Mirrors, Aspheric lenses, Spherical lenses, Polishing, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 20 November 2017 Open Access

Thales SESO’s hollow and massive corner cube solutions

Denis Fappani, Déborah Dahan, Vincent Costes, Clément Luitot

Proceedings Volume 10564, 1056430 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309121

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Proceedings Article | 17 November 2017 Open Access

Cryogenic optics for space application

Denis Fappani, Patrick Robert

Proceedings Volume 10563, 1056316 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304176

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Cryogenics, Optical coatings, Temperature metrology, Optical cryogenics, Optical fabrication, Glasses, Antireflective coatings, Aluminum, Silica

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2017 Open Access

High performance equipped mirrors for MTG FCI-TA and IRS-FTO

T. Kazakov, J. San Juan, J. Serrano, J. Moreno, D. González, G. Rodríguez, D. López, E. Vázquez, J. Aivar, A. Motos, Christophe Rahmouni, Stephan Imperiali, Denis Fappani

Proceedings Volume 10562, 105623P (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296072

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Space telescopes, Interfaces, Satellites, Telescopes, Scanning tunneling microscopy, Thermography, Off axis mirrors, Astronomical imaging, Optical fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 9 June 2017 Presentation

Solution for testing large high-power laser lenses having long focal length (Conference Presentation)

Denis Fappani, Monique IDE

Proceedings Volume 10238, 1023804 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2270918

KEYWORDS: Lenses, Interferometry, Optics manufacturing, High power lasers, Optical components, Optical testing, Inspection, Wavefronts, Testing and analysis, Zemax

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

Stress polishing demonstrator for ELT M1 segments and industrialization

Emmanuel Hugot, Anaïs Bernard, Marie Laslandes, Johan Floriot, Thibaut Dufour, Denis Fappani, Jean Marc Combes, Marc Ferrari

Proceedings Volume 9145, 914539 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055867

KEYWORDS: Polishing, Mirrors, Actuators, Optical testing, Optics manufacturing, Finite element methods, Telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Zerodur, Optical spheres

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Manufacturing and testing of the large lenses for Dark Energy Survey (DES) at THALES SESO

Denis Fappani, Julien Fourez, Peter Doel, David Brooks, Brenna Flaugher

Proceedings Volume 8444, 84440C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.923044

KEYWORDS: Optics manufacturing, Lenses, Surface finishing, Spherical lenses, Polishing, Optical components, Reflection, Manufacturing, Telescopes, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 22 September 2011 Paper

Manufacturing and testing of the large lenses for Dark Energy Survey (DES) at SESO

Denis Fappani, Julien Fourez, Peter Doel, David Brooks, Brenna Flaugher

Proceedings Volume 8169, 816904 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896823

KEYWORDS: Optics manufacturing, Surface finishing, Lenses, Spherical lenses, Polishing, Optical components, Reflection, Manufacturing, Telescopes, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2008 Paper

Light and lightened mirrors for astronomy

Denis Fappani

Proceedings Volume 7018, 701803 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.785387

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Optics manufacturing, Astronomy, Off axis mirrors, Telescopes, Polishing, Space telescopes, Design for manufacturability, Zerodur, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2007 Paper

Manufacturing and control of the aspherical mirrors for the telescope of the French satellite Pleiades

Denis Fappani, Hélène Ducollet

Proceedings Volume 6687, 66870T (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730691

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Off axis mirrors, Manufacturing, Space mirrors, Polishing, Control systems, Interferometry, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

Active polishing of a 2mm thin shell for large adaptive secondary mirrors

E. Hugot, M. Ferrari, D. Fappani, R. Arsenault

Proceedings Volume 6272, 62724Z (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671853

KEYWORDS: Polishing, Optics manufacturing, Surface finishing, Spherical lenses, Mirrors, Spatial frequencies, Active optics, Adaptive optics, Finite element methods, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2004 Paper

New improvements in reflecting-absorbing coatings for astronomy

Denis Fappani

Proceedings Volume 5494, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551399

KEYWORDS: Reflectivity, Optical coatings, Infrared radiation, Astronomy, Absorption, Mirrors, Aluminum, Ultraviolet radiation, Infrared telescopes, Reflection

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