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optical surface

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surface, optical 
Surface at which light is either refracted or reflected, or both simultaneously.
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At synchrotron laboratories the beamlines are often equipped with devices to enable cleaning of the optical surfaces with oxygen plasmas (2).
Method for the characterization of extreme-ultraviolet photoresist ... by Tarrio, Charles / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Beginning with a section on light propagation, which tackles the difficult question of defining light, chapters progress to cover reflections and refractions at optical surfaces, image formation, mirrors and prisms, curved optical surfaces, thin lenses, thick lenses, mirrors, optical apertures, paraxial ray tracing, aberrations in optical systems and real ray tracing.
Geometrical and trigonometric optics by SciTech Book News
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Our process uses MRF to polish optical surfaces to extreme precision," Steve Hogan, QED alliance manager, said, "where the form error on a surface of 8" in diameter is typically less than one- to two-millionths of an inch.
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