Materials and fabrication issues for large machined germanium immersion gratings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6273 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kuzmenko, Paul J ^a   Davis, Pete J ^a   Little, Steve L ^a   Hale, Layton C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond machining; Germanium; Immersion grating; Stress birefringence

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND MACHINING; IMMERSION GRATING; STRESS BIREFRINGENCE;

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIAMONDS; GERMANIUM; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33749618137     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670534     Document Type: Conference Paper

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