Abstract

We have written this note to show how tools and techniques from other fields of technology may be applied to optical fabrication problems. If the polished flats required on the light pipes shown in Fig. 1 are thought of as facets of a jewel, a natural connection is made with the lapidary trade. This note illustrates the basic functions of a faceting machine, the central tool of lapidary work. It also shows that we do not have to be bound by pitch and rouge for all types of glass working; there are other combinations of laps and compounds that will work as well on glass as they do on gem stones.

© 1977 Optical Society of America

Infrared radiometer for the Pioneer Venus orbiter. 1: Instrument description

F. W. Taylor, F. E. Vescelus, J. R. Locke, G. T. Foster, P. B. Forney, R. Beer, J. T. Houghton, J. Delderfield, and J. T. Schofield
Appl. Opt. 18(23) 3893-3900 (1979)

Optical figuring of prisms

A. S. DeVany and Frank Cooke
Appl. Opt. 16(6) 1459-1460 (1977)

Chemical spray silvering

Bruce Armstrong and Frank Cooke
Appl. Opt. 16(11) 2785-2787 (1977)

Correcting glass-angles of a prism

A. S. De Vany and Frank Cooke
Appl. Opt. 16(8) 2019-2021 (1977)

Testing germanium for heating absorbing inclusions

Frank Cooke
Appl. Opt. 16(7) 1768-1769 (1977)