Glasses and Optical Components
Because of their optical, mechanical and thermal properties glasses are widely used. These properties can be adapted to the actual application by a targeted variation in the chemical composition (e.g. by doping with other elements) or by deposition of chemically or structurally different layers. Therefore, the analysis of the near-surface composition and topography is of specific interest in many areas ranging from product development to failure analysis. Possible uses of surface analytical techniques are:
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Case Studies
- Cleaning of an optical filter
- Glass corrosion