Results of a polishing study for SCHOTT XLD glasses

Ralf Jedamzik; Harshwadhan Yadwad; Volker Dietrich

doi:10.1117/12.2191036

24 September 2015 Results of a polishing study for SCHOTT XLD glasses

Ralf Jedamzik, Harshwadhan Yadwad, Volker Dietrich

Proceedings Volume 9628, Optical Systems Design 2015: Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology V; 96280T (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191036
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2015, Jena, Germany

Abstract

Extremely low dispersion glasses (e.g. SCHOTT XLD glasses) play an essential role in the color correction of optical systems. Together with short flint glasses (KZFS Types) they can be used for apochromatic color correction in the visible spectrum or even for broadband color correction in combination with lanthanum crown glasses (LAK Types).

Unfortunately the chemical composition of those glasses leads to a high coefficient of thermal expansion, low hardness and low resistance against chemical attacks. As a consequence these glasses tend to be difficult in processing. Therefore the glass engineer’s task is to improve processing characteristics while keeping their special optical properties. N-FK58 XLD is an example of a new generation of XLD glasses from SCHOTT with improved workability. In 2014 a processing study has been conducted to optimize the polishing of XLD glasses. This presentation will show the results of this study for N-FK58 XLD and the application to other fluorophosphates glasses.

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Ralf Jedamzik, Harshwadhan Yadwad, and Volker Dietrich "Results of a polishing study for SCHOTT XLD glasses", Proc. SPIE 9628, Optical Systems Design 2015: Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology V, 96280T (24 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191036

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