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This chapter continues discussion of the development of the Optical Sciences Center (OSC) at the University of Arizona with faculty hires, curriculum and textbooks, funding for building construction, and teaching and research in computer-aided design, ray-trace optical design and engineering, precision structures for optical systems, optical materials, physical optics, radiometry, detectors (IR and visible), optical testing, quantum optics, and lasers. Related to these was Aden Meinel’s expanding emphasis on the need for electronic imaging from space to replace photographic film. He retired as director of the OSC in 1973 to devote more time to solar energy, astronomical instrumentation, and telescope design in China (LAMOST telescope) and the United States (Multiple Mirror Telescope, Eye of Texas). |
