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Convergent Polishing: A Simple, Rapid, Full Aperture Polishing Process of High Quality Optical Flats & Spheres
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Convergent Polishing: A Simple, Rapid, Full Aperture Polishing Process of High Quality Optical Flats & Spheres

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Uniform polishing of convex aspheres with an elastic lap

K B Paxton

    Applied Optics
    |February 16, 2010
    PubMed

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