Advanced Techniques for Improving Laser Optical Surfaces

Abstract

The program is a study of surface-finishing techniques considered to be capable of improving the surface quality of laser optical materials. Chemical and chemical-mechanical polishing, ion-beam polishing, bowl-feed and continuously recycled abrasive 'superpolishing' techniques will be developed for single-crystal and polycrystalline potassium chloride and calcium fluoride, and polycrystalline zinc selenide. A new class of abrasives which are transparent to infrared laser radiation will be studied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0779673

Entities

People

  • Charles B. Willingham

Organizations

  • RTX

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Crystals
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Laser Damage
  • Measurement
  • Microscopes
  • Microscopy
  • Optical Materials
  • Optics
  • Particles
  • Radiation
  • Scanning Electron Microscopes
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Single Crystals
  • Surface Finishing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy