Controlling stress in sapphire optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3134, Issue , 1997, Pages 284-292

  Smith, Maynard B ^a   Schmid, Keil A ^a   Schmid, Frederick ^a   Khattak, Chandra P ^a   Lambropoulos, John C ^b  

^a Crystal Systems Inc   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Grinding stress; Heat treatment; Lapping; Polishing; Stress depth; Twyman effect

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); HEAT TREATING FURNACES; HEAT TREATMENT; POLISHING; SAPPHIRE; SILICA;

AFTER-HEAT; FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; GRINDING STRESS; STRESS DEPTH; STRESS LEVELS; SURFACE STRESSES; TWYMAN EFFECT;

LAPPING;

EID: 0010753437     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.295134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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