Mirror Maker

Gordon's Mirror Workshop

Zones & knife-edge readings

Enter zone boundaries (inner/outer) or just the effective radius. With multiple tests, fill each column top-to-bottom — Enter or Tab jumps to the top of the next test column. The Avg column feeds the analysis.

Results

Wavefront error across the aperture
Offset from best‑fit ROC 0.0000

Measurement uncertainty

Millies-Lacroix Analysis

Percentage of desired correction (each zone vs. the one inside it)
M-L tornado — zonal aberration vs. the resolution-disk tolerance tube

Ronchi test simulation

Your measured surface
Ideal paraboloid

Simulated bench view with the grating near the center of curvature. A sphere shows straight, evenly spaced bands; a paraboloid shows symmetric curved bands. Compare your measured pattern (left) against the ideal (right) — where the curves differ, that zone is high or low. Slide the grating offset to sweep the bands.

Photos

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Drop a .fig file

Load a sample mirror

Couder mask designer

Equal-area annular zones with paired radial slots, sized to your mirror. Download a 1:1 PDF to print and cut.

#InnerOuterEff. radius

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