Challenges and strategies in high-accuracy manufacturing of the world’s largest SiC aspheric mirror

CIOMP report their progress in high-accuracy manufacturing of the world’s largest SiC aspheric mirror. The final surface figure error is 15.2 nm RMS and aerial density is less than 120 kg/m2.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xuejun Zhang, Haixiang Hu, Xiaokun Wang, Xiao Luo, Ge Zhang, Wenxing Zhao, Xiaoyi Wang, Zhenyu Liu, Ling Xiong, Erhui Qi, Congcong Cui, Yanchao Wang, Yingjie Li, Xu Wang, Longxiang Li, Yang Bai, Qiang Cheng, Zhiyu Zhang, Ruigang Li, Wa Tang, Xuefeng Zeng, Weijie Deng, Feng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-10-01
Series:Light: Science & Applications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-00994-3