Initial strategies for 3D RAP processing of optical surfaces based on a temperature adaptation approach

Proceedings of the 36th International MATADOR Conference

Volumn 2010-January, Issue , 2010, Pages 569-572

  Castelli, M ^a   Jourdain, R ^a   McMeeking, G ^a   Morantz, P ^a   Shore, P ^a   Proscia, D ^b   Subrahmanyan, P ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RAPT Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Figuring; Low thermal expasion glass; Plasma torch; RAP; Removal rate; Roughness; Ultra precision surfaces

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONVOLUTION; ETCHING; FUSED SILICA; INTERFEROMETRY; PLASMA TORCHES; PRECISION ENGINEERING; SUBSTRATES; TOPOGRAPHY;

FIGURING; PHASE SHIFT INTERFEROMETRY; REMOVAL RATE; SYNTHETIC FUSED SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS COMPENSATION; TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT; ULTRA PRECISION; WHITE-LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84855786655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84996-432-6_124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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