Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab

A team of scientists, engineers and technicians are making giant, lightweight mirrors of unprecedented power. At the University of Arizona's Richard F.

Caris Mirror Laboratory, our scientists, engineers, and technicians develop innovations in the design and fabrication of large lightweight mirrors with unprecedented surface accuracy. These mirrors represent a radical departure from the conventional solid-glass mirrors used in the past, producing a new generation of telescopes now exploring the universe in optical and infrared light. They have a h  ...