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Optics
Surface processing ensures that lenses, mirrors, prisms, and other optical elements meet the necessary specifications for surface quality, shape accuracy, and overall performance. The precision and clarity achieved through these methods are critical for the functionality of optical systems in applications ranging from everyday eyewear to advanced scientific instruments.
Optical Components
Flat grinding is used to give optical components their basic shape and to approximate the desired thickness and surface curvature before finer processes like lapping and polishing are applied. This step is crucial for lenses and mirrors used in cameras, telescopes, and microscopes.
Optical Flats and Windows
Components that require precise flat surfaces, such as optical flats and windows used in laser applications, undergo flat lapping to ensure they meet the strict flatness criteria necessary for their application.
Astronomical Mirrors
Optical elements, such as the mirrors used in astronomical telescopes, undergo lapping to correct surface irregularities and achieve the specific optical profiles required for capturing clear and accurate images of distant celestial objects.
Waveguides and Light Pipes
These components, used to guide light in a variety of optical devices, require precision polishing to facilitate efficient light transfer and minimize losses.
Optical Coating Substrates
Before applying anti-reflective or other optical coatings, the substrate surfaces are polished to ensure that the coatings adhere uniformly, enhancing the performance of the optical component.
Optical Filters
Optical filters, which selectively transmit light of different wavelengths, require polishing to ensure that they do not introduce unwanted diffraction or scattering that could affect the performance of optical systems.
Interferometer Mirrors
Mirrors used in interferometers, which are instruments for measuring wavelengths of light and small distances with high precision, are lapped to achieve extremely flat and smooth surfaces necessary for accurate interference patterns.
Optical Gratings
Diffraction gratings, which are used to disperse light into its component wavelengths, undergo precision polishing to ensure that the grooves are smooth and of uniform depth, critical for accurate spectral analysis.
Scintillator
Scintillator converts incoming radiation (such as gamma rays, X-rays, or neutrons) into visible light, which can then be detected and analyzed. The precision of the scintillator cube's surfaces is crucial for the efficient transmission and detection of the converted light signals.
HUD and Holography
Lapping and polishing play crucial roles in the production of components for Head-Up Displays (HUDs) and holography, where optical clarity, precision, and quality are paramount.
| Industry | Product |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Seal | Seal Ring Valve Plate (Gas, Liquid, Oil, ) |
| Semiconductor (wafer) | AlN GaAs GaN Ge Ge-Si Glass InP InSb Quartz Sapphire Si SiC ZnO |
| Smartphone | Camera Lens Eject Pin Key Middle Housing SIM Card Tray Holder Touch Screen |
| Flat Optics | Holographic Slide HUD Screen Glass Slide Microscope Reference Slide Optical Lens Optical Reflector Scintillator Cube |
| Vehicle | Bearing Brake Pad Engine Mechanism Friction Plate Gear Radar Component |
| Medical | Blood Smears Diagnostic Imaging Microarray Microscopy Microfluidic Spectroscopy |
| Clean Energy | Electric Vehicle Battery Partition Nuclear Energy Solar Wafer Wind Enegery |
| Metrology | Benchmark Calibration Gauge Block Flat Meter Probe |
| Others | Gemstone Graphite Knife Metal Part, etc. |
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