Magnetorheological finishing of large and lightweight optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5533, Issue , 2004, Pages 99-107

  Shorey, Aric ^a   Kordonski, William ^a   Tricard, Marc ^a  

^a QED TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser damage; Lightweight mirror; Magnetorheological finishing; MRF; Sub aperture polishing; Sub surface damage

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; FABRICATION; FINISHING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LASER DAMAGE; POLISHING; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POLYURETHANES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FINISHING; MRF; SUB-APERTURE POLISHING; SUB-SURFACE DAMAGE;

OPTICS;

EID: 15744401361     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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13. Roughness measurements taken using Zygo NewView 5000, 20x magnification, 80μm high pass filter.
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