Practical Design Considerations For Polymer Optical Systems

Alice L. Palmer

doi:10.1117/12.932712

31 March 1982 Practical Design Considerations For Polymer Optical Systems

Alice L. Palmer

Proceedings Volume 0306, Contemporary Methods of Optical Fabrication; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932712
Event: 25th Annual Technical Symposium, 1981, San Diego, United States

Abstract

In recent years, injection molding technology has become increasingly sophisticated, making possible the production of precision polymer optical systems. This technology continues to advance, and requires a corresnonding advancement in optomechanical design techniques, materials selection, coating technology, assembly and handling, and packaging methods. Many of the oft-publicized advantages of polymer optics (low cost, low density, ease of asoheric Production, etc.) can be inadvertently offset by factors which may be anticipated and avoided by a designer reasonably familiar with polymer properties, processing procedures and limitations, and their implications. It is the purpose of this paper to provide some of this information.

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Alice L. Palmer "Practical Design Considerations For Polymer Optical Systems", Proc. SPIE 0306, Contemporary Methods of Optical Fabrication, (31 March 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932712

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