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Convergent Polishing: A Simple, Rapid, Full Aperture Polishing Process of High Quality Optical Flats & Spheres
Published on: December 1, 2014
Vacuum activated polishing laps produce smooth aspheric surfaces
Applied Optics
|September 8, 2010
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.

