In order to manufacture fine optical performance surface of aspheric silicon carbide(SiC) mirror
the technology of surface modification for SiC mirror is presented
and the technology of fabrication of surface modification aspheric SiC mirror is studied. First
ways of surface modification on SiC mirrors are introduced
and especially the technology of ion beam assisted deposition(IBAD)-Si on SiC mirror surface is emphasized.Then several polishing agents
such as CeO2
Al2O3 and SiO2
are used in experiments for polishing SiC samples with surfaces modification. It is verified that high polishing efficiency is acquired in experiment with polishing agent of CeO2
and the best optical surface is fabricated in experiment with polishing agent of SiO2. Finally
on the basis of experiments
650mm×200mm off-axis aspheric SiC mirror with surface modification is manufactured by the technology of computer-controlled optical surfacing. The testing results indicate that the surface accuracy of the aspheric SiC mirror with surface modification is better than λ/50(RMS)(λ=0.6328μm)