• DocumentCode
    1900870
  • Title

    A comparison of grinding and electric discharge machining to fabricate a stepped mirror structure for a stationary optical delay line

  • Author

    Jansz, P.V. ; Wild, G. ; Hinckley, S. ; Yimeng Yang ; Duncan, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Res. Lab., Edith Cowan Univ., Joondalup, WA, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We compare methods to fabricate stepped mirror structures for use in stationary optical delay lines for optical fibre based OCT. The fabrication methods investigated include mechanical grinding, and electric discharge machining, combined with chemical polishing.
  • Keywords
    discharges (electric); grinding; machining; mirrors; optical delay lines; optical fabrication; optical tomography; OCT; chemical polishing; electric discharge machining; mechanical grinding; optical fibre; stationary optical delay line; stepped mirror structure; Chemical Polishing; Electro-Discharge Machining; Grinding; Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM); Stepped Mirrored Structure (SMS);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929912
  • Filename
    5929912
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1900870