Optical Fabrication in the Optics Research Group

Within the Optics Research Group there has been, and still is an interest in optical fabrication. The group had its own optical workshop in which the experimental work could be carried out. Recently, the optical workshop has been taken over by TNO/TPD and is now operated under the name Delft Center of Optical Surfaces (DeCOS), both for production and research. The research in the field of optical fabrication is carried out within DeCOS, with coaching by staff members of the Optics Research Group. The work reported here is the result of about ten years of research. The reported research ranges from process optimization and control to the design of new types of production machines and production methods.