Ultrastable mirrors made from diamond reinforced SiC composites for high precision and power applications

M. A. Akbas; D. Mastrobattisto; W. Vance; P. Jurgaitis; M. K. Aghajanian

doi:10.1117/12.928863

11 October 2012 Ultrastable mirrors made from diamond reinforced SiC composites for high precision and power applications

M. A. Akbas, D. Mastrobattisto, W. Vance, P. Jurgaitis, M. K. Aghajanian

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Proceedings Volume 8486, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering XIII; 84860O (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928863
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Diamond reinforced reaction bonded silicon carbide composites have unique properties such as very high stiffness, low density, low thermal expansion coefficient and high thermal conductivity making them attractive materials for high precision optical and structural components. However, their use in high precision equipments was limited due to significant difficulties in high tolerance machining of these super hard composites. In this present work, machineable diamond reinforced SiC composites were fabricated through forming hybrid monolithic microstructures with diamond free machineable surfaces. The resulting machineable composites were used to produce ultra-stable mirror substrates with optional internal cooling channels for high power laser optic applications.

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M. A. Akbas, D. Mastrobattisto, W. Vance, P. Jurgaitis, and M. K. Aghajanian "Ultrastable mirrors made from diamond reinforced SiC composites for high precision and power applications", Proc. SPIE 8486, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering XIII, 84860O (11 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928863

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