CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Advanced Search
Home > Journals > Opt. Eng. > Volume 21 > Issue 6 > Article
Open Access
1 December 1982 Guest Editorial Conial Optical Element Metrology
Thomas R. Ferguson
Author Affiliations +
Optical Engineering, Vol. 21, Issue 6, 216957 (December 1982). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7973012
Abstract
A conference on Conical Optical Element Metrology, Thomas R. Ferguson, Chairman; Marek J. Konopnicki, Co-chairman, was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 24-25, 1981. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of work on measurement of surface properties of conical optical elements. An underlying motivation for the conference was the need for developing new techniques for metrology used in the fabrication, polishing, coating, and final testing of the conical elements designed for current and future high energy laser cylindrical resonators. The conference was organized in May and June by personnel from the Advanced Resonator/Optics Branch of the Advanced Radiation Technology Office at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory (AFWL) and was announced mainly by a hastily assembled telephone and mailing list. As a consequence, most of the papers presenting results of testing of conical optical elements arose from current Air Force programs. However, the scope of the conference included current and potentially applicable measurement methods, and many authors discussed the problems associated with adapting conventional methods to highly curved surfaces.
Citation Download Citation
Thomas R. Ferguson "Guest Editorial Conial Optical Element Metrology," Optical Engineering 21(6), 216957 (1 December 1982). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7973012
Published: 1 December 1982
JOURNAL ARTICLE
 -956 PAGES
DOWNLOAD PAPER SAVE TO MY LIBRARY
GET CITATION
Advertisement
Advertisement
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission  Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace
KEYWORDS
Optical components
Metrology
Coating
Fabrication
Laser development
Laser energy
Laser resonators
RELATED CONTENT
Subscribe to Digital Library
Receive Erratum Email Alert
Back to Top