Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This new edition of Fynn and Powell's highly successful The Cutting and Polishing of Electro-Optic Materials will serve as a practical 'hands on' guide to the machining of precision optical surfaces on optical and electronic materials. Clearly based on the sound experience and skills of the authors, the original book was quickly established as the standard work on this subject. This enlarged and updated edition covers several new materials and techniques. It describes shaping and measuring instruments and explains the practical details of the cutting, polishing, specimen handling and operations. Detailed directions are included for the working of over a hundred specific materials, ranging from robust solid state laser crystals to fragile semiconducting compounds. The title reflects a wealth of experience gathered in Government Research Establishments which specialise in making new materials and includes information which is not readily available elsewhere. Sufficient detail is provided for readers to construct and use the equipment in their own production laboratories. Primarily intended for technicians working with optical and electronic materials it is also relevant to optical devices, metallography, ceramics, geology, gemstones, metrology and production engineering.