Abstract

A most remarkable double air bearing spindle, with a central variable-speed motor, is used to rotate the diamond. The massive table floats on an air film. When all goes well the thirty-six faces are flat to at least a quarterwave and all angles to 5 sec of arc or better.

© 1978 Optical Society of America

Generation of a spherical mirror in aluminum

Appl. Opt. 18(23) 3878-3879 (1979)

Making a 1.22-m Diameter Aluminum Mirror

Frank Cooke
Appl. Opt. 4(9) 1210-1212 (1965)

Twelve-sided polygon of hardened steel

Appl. Opt. 18(13) 2090-2090 (1979)

Making a concave mirror

Appl. Opt. 23(2) 185-190 (1984)

The Making of a Cyclindrical Ellipse

Frank Cooke
Appl. Opt. 5(2) 209-210 (1966)