Quality of silicon convex lenses fabricated by ultra-high precision diamond machining

Infra-red optical components are made mainly from hard and brittle materials such as germanium and silicon. Silicon machining is characterised by some difficulties when ultra-high precision machined by mono-crystalline single-point diamond. Accelerated tool wear and machined-surface deterioration ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abou-El-Hossein, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stellenbosch University 2013-05-01
Series:South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
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Online Access:http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/491