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  • Frontiers in Optics 2008/Laser Science XXIV/Plasmonics and Metamaterials/Optical Fabrication and Testing
  • OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008),
  • paper OTuB4
  • https://doi.org/10.1364/OFT.2008.OTuB4

Predictive Molding of Precision Glass Optics

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Abstract

Precision glass molding process is an attractive approach to manufacture small precision optics in large volume over traditional manufacturing techniques because of its advantages such as lower cost, faster time to market and being environment friendly. In this paper, we present a physics-based computational tool that predicts the final geometry of the glass element after molding process using the finite element method. Deformations of both glass and molds are considered at three different stages: heating, molding, and cooling. Details on identifying material parameters, modeling assumptions, and simplifications are discussed. The tool can be used to predict the final shape of the molded optic. This tool eventually can be used to design proper mold geometry that yields the correct shape of the final optical element, thereby eliminating the iterative procedure for designing the molds.

© 2008 Optical Society of America

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