Grinding to shape

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Tool for lapping and polishing

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Matching shape after grinding

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Lapped surface of crystal

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Polishing missaligned

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Polished and cut to size

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...from to...

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Crystal planes are still plan parallel

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For focusing visible... see next

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Visible divergent ligth source and

reflected focused image at

1504.2 mm away of the crystal

Those were about 14 months of work! Now the process now is optimized and it can produce a crystal every 4 weeks!

The X-ray diffraction measurements for alignment of the part were done in "i711" beamline at the "Maxlab" - Lund

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A glimps into the real deal. Lapped and grunt.

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Different polished levels into the process.

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Getting ready for chemical etching.

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