Water jet: a promising method for cutting optical glass.
We present an alternative method for cutting optical glass. It works with a high-pressure fluid, carring abrasive powder. This technique offers some advantages over conventional methods that use diamond abrasive covered wires or disks. We make a critical comparison between those two techniques, characterizing cuts with interferometric, polarimetric, and Ronchi testing. The main feature of the water-jet technique is that it allows surface of any shape, already polished, to be cut safely.
Salinas-Luna
Javier
J
Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Tijuana-Ensenada, México. jsl@ccmc.unam.mx
Machorro
Roberto
R
Camacho
Javier
J
Luna
Esteban
E
Nunez
Juan
J