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Ionic polishing of optical surfaces
J B Schroeder1, S Bashkin, J F Nester
1Research Department, The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.
Applied Optics
|January 6, 2010
Abstract:
The controlled removal of material from the surface of insulators has been observed by using a positive ion beam. In the energy range 0.5-2.0 MeV the sputtering yield was observed to be unity. The application of this technique to the manufacture of high quality optical surfaces is discussed.
