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Title
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FUNDAMENTALS OF MATERIAL REMOVAL IN SILICON CARBIDE FOR FREEFORM OPTICS
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Author
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Shanmugam, Prithiviraj
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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The mechanical and thermal properties offered by Silicon carbide (SiC) make it an ideal material for reflective freeform optics. However, the hardness, brittleness and fracture toughness of the material pose a challenge to manufacturing. The manuf...
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Title
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Variable Shearing Holography
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Author
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Shanmugam, Prithiviraj
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Optics
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Description
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From the perspective of manufacturing, it is not always ideal to use conventional methods of surface and optical metrology. Many optical metrology systems like interferometry use a stable temperature-controlled environment in a laboratory setting ...