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Title: Ultraprecision Diamond Machining of Polycarbonate Complex Multi-Sided Freeform Optics
Author: Swagler, Steven
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Mechanical engineering
Description: Advances in technology are driving optical systems to become more and more complex and compact. Ultra-precision machining centers have advanced to catch up with optical designs but there is a defined set of methods defining the use of the machines...

Title: Surface Integrity in Diamond Machining Germanium For Infrared Optics
Author: Sizemore, Nicholas
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Ultra-precision manufacturing is a deterministic method of producing optical-grade components. Continuous and interrupted machining operations are the main focus of this research with the goal of improving the manufacturing community’s knowledge. ...

Title: REPLICATION OF FREEFORM OPTICS ONTO NEAR-NET-SHAPE SUBSTRATES USING DIAMOND TURNED STAMPERS
Author: Smith, Glen
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Freeform optics open a new design space for optical systems. Production of freeform optics, with no axis of rotational symmetry, often requires the use of multi-axis (>2) sub aperture machining and finishing techniques. These are expensive and imp...

Title: Manufacturing Methodologies and Optomechanics for Dynamic Freeform Optics
Author: Gurganus, Dustin
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Engineering, Mechanical engineering
Description: Freeform optics have traversed the gap from theoretical to practical application propelled by ultra-precision multi-axis machining, like diamond turning and milling. Utilized for complex infrared sensors to human vision correction, freeform optics...

Title: Manufacture of Infrared Optics in Brittle Materials
Author: Owen, Joseph
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Infrared optics are manufactured for many different applications including: thermal imaging, surveillance, night vision, medical, laser machining, laser surgery, etc. Most infrared transparent materials are hard, brittle, or both. Unless special c...

Title: Integration of advanced manufacturing in the mechanical design of reflective optics
Author: Horvath, Nicholas
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics
Description: High-performance freeform optical systems, designed for broad spectral imaging fromthe visible to the far infrared, place new demands on optical design, precision manufacturing,and precision metrology. In this dissertation, four key aspects are ad...

Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF MATERIAL REMOVAL IN SILICON CARBIDE FOR FREEFORM OPTICS
Author: Shanmugam, Prithiviraj
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: 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...

Title: Cutting Mechanics and Manufacture of Optics for Imaging Applications
Author: Troutman, John
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics
Description: Ultraprecision diamond machining enables physical realization of freeform surfaces of nearly arbitrary complexity through turning and milling processes. Achievable form accuracies make diamond machining a viable alternative to conventional techniq...