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Vacuum activated polishing laps produce smooth aspheric surfaces

W Rupp, V Plotsker

    Applied Optics
    |September 8, 2010
    PubMed

    Abstract:

    A novel approach to computer controlled fabrication of aspheric optical surfaces utilizes semi-flexible vacuum activated polishing tools to produce high quality, smooth surface geometry on off-axis mirror components.

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