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    • Nick Traggis

    Nick Traggis is director of new product development at Precision Photonics (Boulder, CO).

    FIGURE 1. Optical contacting is used in the manufacture of micro-optic systems for a variety of applications from biophotonics to telecommunications.
    Optics

    OPTICAL FABRICATION: Optical contacting grows more robust

    Chris Myatt
    Jan. 1, 2006
    Because it is adhesive-free, optical contacting of glass elements handles high optical powers and eliminates outgassing. New versions of the process strongly unite two elements...