Deterministic, precision finishing of domes and conformal optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5786, Issue , 2005, Pages 310-318

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

^a QED TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Domes; Magnetorheological finishing; MR Jet; MRF; Sub aperture polishing; Windows and freeform optics

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DOMES; GLASS CERAMICS; INTERFEROMETERS; MISSILES; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL GLASS; POLISHING; RHEOLOGY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WINDOWS;

MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL (MR) JETS; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FINISHING (MRF); SUB-APERTURE POLISHING; WINDOWS AND FREEFORM OPTICS;

FINISHING;

EID: 26844483042     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.607456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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