International innovations in optical finishing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5523, Issue , 2004, Pages 264-272

  Jacobs, Stephen D ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer numerical control; Ion beams; Magnetic fluids; Optical finishing; Pitch polishing; Sub aperture lap

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ION BEAMS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; SHEARING; SILICA; STABILITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL; OPTICAL FINISHING; PITCH POLISHING; SUB-APERTURE LAP;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 13444270742     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.557274     Document Type: Conference Paper

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