Computer controlled polishing of moderate-sized general aspherics for instrumentation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3355, Issue , 1998, Pages 947-954

  Walker, D D ^a,b   Kim, S W ^a,b   Bingham, R G ^a,b   Brooks, D ^a   Kim, D H ^a   Thirtle, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Optical Generics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Maran and Co   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspheric; Polishing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAPS; ASPHERIC POLISHING; COMPUTER CONTROLLED POLISHING; LARGE OPTICS;

ASPHERICS; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

POLISHING;

EID: 62849114108     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316754     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. S.-W. Kim, D. Rees, D. Walker, R. Bingham, D. Brooks, B. Humm, H. Jamshidi, D.-H. Kim, H.-S. Yang, G. Nixon, 'OGLP-400 An innovative computer-controlled polishing machine'. Conference: Specification, Production and Testing of Optical Components and Systems, 13-16 May 1996. EUROPT Series 2775, pp 491-496, Glasgow, 1996
2. D. Walker D. Brooks, F. Diego, B. Humm, S.-W Kim, G. Nixon, D. Rees, "The production of highly aspheric secondary mirrors using active laps", Proc. of the ESO Conference on "Progress in Telescope and Instrumentation Technologies' ,Munich, pp 215-218, 1992
3. S.-W. Kim, "Active Production of Large Aspheric Optics for Astronomy", Chapter 5, PhD Thesis, University College London, London, 1993