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Pressurization system aided polishing for fabrication of a quilting-free lightweighted mirror

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Abstract

We adopted simplified pneumatic pressurization system in polishing process to remove quilting effect. Optimized air pressure was investigated by FEM analysis and fabrication of 25 nm rms surface without quilting effect was experimentally verified.

© 2014 Optical Society of America

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