Fabrication and testing (optical components)
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Optical fabrication and testing spans an enormous range of manufacturing procedures and optical test configurations.
I. Glass blank manufacturing
- Batch mixing
- Pouring and casting techniques
- Annealing schedules and equipment
- Physical characterization techniques
- Index of refraction measurements and calculation of melt pedigree
II. Diamond shaping techniques
- Diamond wheel curve generation processes and equipment
- Diamond edging processes and equipment
III. Loose grit fabrication techniques:
IV. Single-point diamond turning processes and equipment
V. Optical testing techniques
- Direct surface profile measurement
- Direct surface surveying (no intervening optics, for example Foucault, Ronchi, Caustic testing)
- Auxiliary optics (null correctors, computer generated holograms, etc.)
- Interferometric testing
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Malacara, D., Optical Shop Testing - 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 1992, ISBN 0-471-52232-5
