Figuring and finishing of optical surfaces also employs ion milling—a technique called ion-beam figuring (IBF). Eastman Kodak introduced it in 1988 and applied it in 1990. IBF first requires polishing ...

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), billions of gold ions race through magnets at nearly the speed of light. Thousands of ...

To reach this level of performance, Safran Reosc used a technique called ion-beam figuring, in which a beam of ions sweeps the mirror surface and removes irregularities atom by atom. While only 18 ...

Polishing the mirrors was not simple. Safran Reosc used a technique called “ion beam figuring.” A beam of positively charged ions slides across the mirror’s surface to remove any ...

Our latest addition is the IBF range of ion beam figuring systems for non contact surface finishing. With over 150 years of experience, Bühler Leybold Optics is a leading supplier of thin-film vacuum ...