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
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);
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929912
