Plasma jet assisted polishing of fused silica freeform optics
Atmospheric pressure plasma jet machining technology not only provides a flexible and efficient way to generate and correct optical freeform surfaces made of fused silica, it can also be applied as a surface smoothing or polishing technique. Thermal plasma jet treatment leads to softening and redist...
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| author | Arnold Thomas Boehm Georg Mueller Heike Ehrhardt Martin Zimmer Klaus |
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| description | Atmospheric pressure plasma jet machining technology not only provides a flexible and efficient way to generate and correct optical freeform surfaces made of fused silica, it can also be applied as a surface smoothing or polishing technique. Thermal plasma jet treatment leads to softening and redistribution of the material. An accurate temperature regime during the process is inevitable to achieve a uniformly smoothed surface. The possibilities for inȭprocess temperature control are demonstrated. Surface roughness values can be significantly reduced by a factor of 1000 depending on the initial roughness of the ground surface. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b1e212e2ca74ca59c6e08c581382aca2022-12-22T02:36:45ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2022-01-012660300110.1051/epjconf/202226603001epjconf_eosam2022_03001Plasma jet assisted polishing of fused silica freeform opticsArnold Thomas0Boehm Georg1Mueller Heike2Ehrhardt Martin3Zimmer Klaus4Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für FertigungstechnikLeibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)Atmospheric pressure plasma jet machining technology not only provides a flexible and efficient way to generate and correct optical freeform surfaces made of fused silica, it can also be applied as a surface smoothing or polishing technique. Thermal plasma jet treatment leads to softening and redistribution of the material. An accurate temperature regime during the process is inevitable to achieve a uniformly smoothed surface. The possibilities for inȭprocess temperature control are demonstrated. Surface roughness values can be significantly reduced by a factor of 1000 depending on the initial roughness of the ground surface.https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2022/10/epjconf_eosam2022_03001.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arnold Thomas Boehm Georg Mueller Heike Ehrhardt Martin Zimmer Klaus Plasma jet assisted polishing of fused silica freeform optics EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | Plasma jet assisted polishing of fused silica freeform optics |
| title_full | Plasma jet assisted polishing of fused silica freeform optics |
| title_fullStr | Plasma jet assisted polishing of fused silica freeform optics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plasma jet assisted polishing of fused silica freeform optics |
| title_short | Plasma jet assisted polishing of fused silica freeform optics |
| title_sort | plasma jet assisted polishing of fused silica freeform optics |
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