When selecting the material of an aspheric optical component for an optical system, there are many factors that should be considered, including material hardness. The degree of difficulty when manufacturing aspheric optics will vary depending on the type of material selected. From soft optical glasses to hard technical ceramics, read how the flexibility of UltraForm Finishing enables efficient polishing of aspheric surfaces to submicron form accuracies.
Read more about this topic in our article featured in the May 2018 edition of Laser Focus World magazine: