1st Edition
by Tayyab I. Suratwala (Author)
Covers the fundamental science
of grinding and polishing by examining the chemical and mechanical
interactions over many scale lengths
Manufacturing next
generation optics has been, and will continue to be, enablers for
enhancing the performance of advanced laser, imaging, and spectroscopy
systems. This book reexamines the age-old field of optical fabrication
from a materials-science perspective, specifically the multiple, complex
interactions between the workpiece (optic), slurry, and lap. It also
describes novel characterization and fabrication techniques to improve
and better understand the optical fabrication process, ultimately
leading to higher quality optics with higher yield.
Materials Science and Technology of Optical Fabrication
is divided into two major parts. The first part describes the phenomena
and corresponding process parameters affecting both the grinding and
polishing processes during optical fabrication. It then relates them to
the critical resulting properties of the optic (surface quality, surface
figure, surface roughness, and material removal rate). The second part
of the book covers a number of related topics including: developed
forensic tools used to increase yield of optics with respect to surface
quality (scratch/dig) and fracture loss; novel characterization and
fabrication techniques used to understand/quantify the fundamental
phenomena described in the first part of the book; novel and recent
optical fabrication processes and their connection with the fundamental
interactions; and finally, special techniques utilized to fabricate
optics with high damage resistance.
- Focuses on the
fundamentals of grinding and polishing, from a materials science
viewpoint, by studying the chemical and mechanical
interactions/phenomena over many scale lengths between the workpiece,
slurry, and lap
- Explains how these phenomena affect the major
characteristics of the optic workpiece—namely surface figure, surface
quality, surface roughness, and material removal rate
- Describes
methods to improve the major characteristics of the workpiece as well
as improve process yield, such as through fractography and scratch
forensics
- Covers novel characterization and fabrication
techniques used to understand and quantify the fundamental phenomena of
various aspects of the workpiece or fabrication process
- Details novel and recent optical fabrication processes and their connection with the fundamental interactions
Materials Science and Technology of Optical Fabrication
is an excellent guidebook for process engineers, fabrication engineers,
manufacturing engineers, optical scientists, and opticians in the
optical fabrication industry. It will also be helpful for students
studying material science and applied optics/photonics.
