Development of optimal grinding and polishing tools for aspheric surfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4451, Issue , 2001, Pages 153-164

  Burge, J H ^a   Anderson, B ^a   Benjamin, S ^a   Cho, M ^a   Smith, K ^a   Valente, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspherics; Optical fabrication; Polishing technology

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICS; OPTIMIZATION; POLISHING; STIFFNESS; SURFACES;

ASPHERIC SURFACES; OPTICAL FABRICATION; POLISHING TOOLS;

GRINDING WHEELS;

EID: 0035761840     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453615     Document Type: Conference Paper

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