SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE CONVERGING DEVICE OF HIGH SPACE DENSITY REFLECTING MIRROR INTEGRATED TYPE

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electromagnetic wave converging device capable of integrating and mounting a plurality of reflecting mirrors with high space density and coping with the requirement of a lower cost than that of the conventional confocal type, in the converging device adopting an incorporated large structure coping with the requirement of a large area. PSOLUTION: The electromagnetic wave converging device adopts a method of integrating and mounting a plurality of the reflecting mirrors each forming part of a paraboloid of revolution or a curved surface imitating it with high space density while directing the reflecting mirrors in particular directions and for that purpose, employs a form wherein an element support structure for supporting the respective reflecting mirrors at their circumferential edges individually is used for a basic unit and the support structures are coupled to each other for collectively supporting all the reflecting mirrors as the entire support structure or a form wherein a group support structure for collectively supporting some of the reflecting mirrors is used and the other group structure or the element support structure is coupled to the group support structure to obtain the entire support structure. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI