Improvement of the fabrication technology of large blanks of silicon carbide mirrors

Khimich, Y.P., Starichenkova, V.D., Nikitin, D.B., Malyshev, I.V.

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Химич Ю.П., Стариченкова В.Д., Никитин Д.Б., Малышев И.В. Усовершествование технологии изготовления крупногабаритных заготовок зеркал из карбида кремния // Оптический журнал. 2018. Т. 85. № 6. С. 39–41. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-06-39-41

Khimich Yu.P., Starichenkova V.D., Nikitin D.B., Malyshev I.V. Improvement of the fabrication technology of large blanks of silicon carbide mirrors [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2018. V. 85. № 6. P. 39–41. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-06-39-41

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

Yu. P. Khimich, V. D. Starichenkova, D. B. Nikitin, and I. V. Malyshev, "Improvement of the fabrication technology of large blanks of silicon carbide mirrors," Journal of Optical Technology. 85(6), 343-345 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.85.000343

Abstract:

A set of lightened blanks of silicon carbide mirrors, with diameters of 230, 486, and 1000 mm, was fabricated using the advanced technology of the S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute. The implemented process yielded a homogeneous structure of the material forming the body of the blank. The main characteristics of the products thus obtained are presented.

Keywords:

fabrication of large optical elements of silicon carbide

OCIS codes: 220.4610, 160.160

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