Binary-optic smoothing with isotropic etching

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4644-4647

  Mansell, J D ^a,c   Neal, D R ^a,c   Smith, S W ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c WaveFront Sciences Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary optic smoothing; Isotropic etching; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009436839     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004644     Document Type: Article

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