Precision Engineering of Aspherical Optical Surfaces for Silicate Glass Components

1991 ◽  
pp. 358-359
Author(s):  
Heiner Lammert
Keyword(s):  
Silicate Glass ◽  
Precision Engineering ◽  
Optical Surfaces

Reactive Atom Plasma for Rapid Figure Correction of Optical Surfaces

2011 ◽  
Vol 496 ◽  
pp. 182-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Castelli ◽  
Renaud Jourdain ◽  
Paul Morantz ◽  
Paul Shore
Keyword(s):  
Tool Path ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Scanning Speed ◽  
Fused Silica ◽  
Motion Path ◽  
Precision Engineering ◽  
Optical Surfaces ◽  
Reactive Atom ◽  
Spherical Hollow

Nanometre-scale figuring technique at atmospheric pressure for large optical surfaces is a high profile research topic which attracts numerous competing state-of-the-art technologies. In this context, a dry chemical process, called Reactive Atom Plasma (RAP), was developed as a prospectively ideal alternative to CNC polishing or Ion Beam Figuring. The RAP process combines high material removal rates, nanometre level repeatability and absence of subsurface damage. A RAP figuring facility with metre-scale processing capability, Helios 1200, was then established in the Precision Engineering Centre at Cranfield University. The work presented in this paper is carried out using Helios 1200 and demonstrates the rapid figuring capability of the RAP process. First experimental tests of figure correction are performed on fused silica substrates over 100 mm diameter areas. A 500 nm deep spherical hollow shape is etched onto the central region of 200x200 mm polished surfaces. The test is carried out twice for reproducibility purposes. After two iterative steps, a residual figure error of ~16 nm rms is achieved. Subsequently, the process is scaled up to 140 mm diameter areas and two tests are carried out. First, the developed algorithm for 500 nm deep spherical hollow test is confirmed. Residual deviation over processed area is ~18 nm rms after three iterations. Finally, a surface characterised by random topography (79 nm rms initial figure error) is smoothed down to ~ 16 nm rms within three iteration steps. All results presented in this paper are achieved by means of an in-house developed tool-path algorithm. This can be described as a staggered meander-type tool motion path specifically designed to reduce heat transfer and consequently temperature gradient on the surface. Contiguously, classical de-convolution methods are adapted to non-linear etching rates for the derivation of the surface scanning speed maps. The figuring procedure is carried out iteratively. It is noteworthy that iteration steps never exceed ~7 minutes mean processing time.

NUCLEAR SPIN-LATTICE RELAXATION IN A LITHIUM-SILICATE GLASS

1982 ◽  
Vol 43 (C9) ◽  
pp. C9-143-C9-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Heitjans ◽  
B. Bader ◽  
K. Dörr ◽  
H. J. Stöckman ◽  
G. Kiese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Silicate Glass ◽  
Nuclear Spin ◽  
Lattice Relaxation ◽  
Spin Lattice Relaxation ◽  
Lithium Silicate ◽  
Spin Lattice ◽  
Nuclear Spin Lattice Relaxation ◽  
Lithium Silicate Glass

Excitonic quasimolecules containing of two quantum dots

2016 ◽  
pp. 4024-4028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey I. Pokutnyi ◽  
Wlodzimierz Salejda
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Binding Energy ◽  
Exchange Interaction ◽  
Coulomb Interaction ◽  
Silicate Glass ◽  
Glass Matrix ◽  
Silicate Glass Matrix

The possibility of occurrence of the excitonic  quasimolecule formed of spatially separated electrons and holes in a nanosystem that consists  of  CuO quantum dots synthesized in a silicate glass matrix. It is shown that the major contribution to the excitonic quasimolecule binding energy is made by the energy of the exchange interaction of electrons with holes and this contribution is much more substantial than the contribution of the energy of Coulomb interaction between the electrons and holes.

Distribution and effects of organic contaminants on optical surfaces - Modeling

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Long, Jr. ◽  
Fred Rigby ◽  
Lawrence Grimes
Keyword(s):  
Organic Contaminants ◽  
Optical Surfaces
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