The Zeeko/UCL process for polishing large lenses and prisms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4411, Issue , 2002, Pages 106-111

  Walker, D D ^a,b   Freeman, R ^b   McCavana, G ^b   Morton, R ^b   Riley, D ^b   Simms, J ^b   Brooks, D ^a   Kim, E D ^a,b   King, A ^a  

^a Dept Physics and Astronomy University College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; MOTION CONTROL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; POLISHING; POLISHING MACHINES; PRISMS; ROBOTIC ARMS; SILICON WAFERS; TEXTURES;

OPTICS INDUSTRY; PRECISION SURFACES; SURFACE GENERATION;

ASPHERICS;

EID: 0036393339     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454877     Document Type: Article

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