Converted silicon carbide technology developments for optics

Christopher Duston; Ken Woestman; Hugo Vargas; Brett deBlonk

doi:10.1117/12.734902

17 September 2007 Converted silicon carbide technology developments for optics

Christopher Duston, Ken Woestman, Hugo Vargas, Brett deBlonk

Proceedings Volume 6666, Optical Materials and Structures Technologies III; 66660I (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734902
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Silicon carbide structures fabricated by converting near-net-shape graphite preforms via Chemical Vapor Conversion (CVC) phase reaction have long provided improved performance components for electronics processing. In recent years, this same technology has been applied to the fabrication of simple and lightweighted mirrors and is moving into optical bench applications. To support the expanded applications, Poco has further evaluated the material properties of SUPERSiC® silicon carbide, developed technologies to mount silicon carbide mirrors on benches of similar and dissimilar materials, and fabricated complex monolithic geometries using in situ conversion bonding of mating graphite components. Overviews of each of these areas will be presented.

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Christopher Duston, Ken Woestman, Hugo Vargas, and Brett deBlonk "Converted silicon carbide technology developments for optics", Proc. SPIE 6666, Optical Materials and Structures Technologies III, 66660I (17 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734902

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