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Cutting and Polishing Optical and Electronic Materials, (The Adam Hilger Series on Optics and Optoelectronics)

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A standard and major reference work for all engineers with "difficult" materials to cut and/or polish.

The 2nd edition of the book adds substantial and worthwhile content to the first. Many materials and applications have been added to assist the optical or optoelectronic engineer to avoid 'common pitfalls' when preparing the surfaces of materials for laser, semiconductor and light transmission applications.

The discussion of machine design and development is admirable, ( it shows prototyping right through to the full development of MICROSLICE and MULTIPOL machines) , as is the extreme openenss of language in describing, often empirical, techniques that yielded the best results on cutting and polishing materials (and techniques)that seem all too often deemed in the categories of "proprietary" or "classified" - words which are destined never to help an engineer in need of an unbiased piece of advice.

This book never falls into either of those categories. What higher recommendation can there be for an engineering text ?!

I would like to see the index of this boo