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Novel Bonding Technology Improves Optical Assemblies

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Trey Turner, REO, and Patrick Casnedi, Consultant

Activated covalent bonding overcomes the optical performance and laser damage limitations of traditional adhesive techniques and also can be used with mid-IR components. Optical components and assemblies in which elements are bonded together using UV-curing adhesives are widely employed in many laser applications. But traditional adhesive bonding technology does have some significant limitations in terms of the optical performance, laser damage characteristics and environmental attributes it delivers. A novel technique called activated covalent bonding (ACB) responds to the need for...Read full article

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    Published: March 2013
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    laser damage
    A natural or mechanical system adversely affected by the influence of laser radiation. During laser damage the common effect of the radiation on the surface of interest is heat accumulation due to absorption of the incident light by the incident material.
    ACBactivated covalent bondingadhesiveBasic SciencebondingchemicalsCoatingsdefenseEuropeFeaturesindustriallaser damageMicroscopymid-IRoptical assembliesOpticsPatrick CasnediREOTrey TurnerUV curing

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