OPTIC OBSCURATION ASSEMBLY, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WORKING ON AN OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND RESULTING OPTICAL ELEMENT

An optic obscuration assembly, a system and method for working on an optical element, and the resulting optical element are described herein. In one example, the system and related components (e.g., optic obscuration assembly, positioning system, and coating system) allow the accurate placement of a...

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Main Authors PARKER GLENN A, MCMASTER BRIAN MONROE, MAGIERSKI KEVIN J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.08.2014
Subjects
APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL
APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
HAND TOOLS
MANIPULATORS
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL
TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FORFASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An optic obscuration assembly, a system and method for working on an optical element, and the resulting optical element are described herein. In one example, the system and related components (e.g., optic obscuration assembly, positioning system, and coating system) allow the accurate placement of a very round thin metal obscuration (e.g., thin metal disk) in the center of a front surface of the optical element before a high reflective thin film coating is applied to the front surface. Once, the optical element has had the high reflective thin film coating applied thereto then the thin metal obscuration is removed to reveal a transmissive aperture.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201313957635