Handbook of plastic optics

List of Contributors. 1 Introduction. 2 Optomechanics of Plastic Optical Components. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Configuration of Plastic Optical Elements. 2.3 Mounting Plastic Optical Elements. 2.4 Dimensional Stability. 2.5 Tolerancing. 2.6 Optomechanical Simulation of Plastic Optical Elements. 3 Tooling for Injection Molded Optics. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Principles. 3.3 Molding Variations. 3.4 Optical Mold Inserts. 3.5 Ultra-precision Machine Tools for Mold-Making. 4 Metrologyof Injection Molded Optics. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Dimensional Metrology. 4.3 Optical Metrology. 4.4 Tactile Profiling. 4.5 Centration Measurement. 4.6 Birefringence. 4.7 Custom Setups. 4.8 Concluding Remarks. 5 Optical Plastics. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Quality Requirements for Optical Plastics. 5.3 Plastics. 5.4 Summary. 6 Coating on Plastics. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Deposition Techniques. 6.3 Plasma Effects on Polymers. 6.4 Stresses and Crack Formation. 6.5 Test and Qualification Methods. 6.6 Antireflective Properties. 6.7 Additional Functional Coatings. 6.8 Coating with Different Thermoplastics. 6.9 Summary and Outlook. Index.