So, it's the mirrors. Freakishly accurate-to-an-atom-width mirrors are one big reason your modern GPU is so damned expensive
But you probably wouldn't have guessed another major reason is mirrors. More specifically, the insanely perfect mirrors ...
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The Mirror Makers
Such work capitalized on the company’s expertise—grinding and polishing disks of glass or metal into optical mirrors. Veteran optical physicist Terence Facey leans back in his chair and ...
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Schott leads project SHARP to develop new mirrors for laser fusion
To this end, large-area and internally cooled high-performance optical mirror systems are to be developed that have not yet been realized in this form. “The SHARP project aims to lead to new ...
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Dichroics, Mirrors, and Beamsplitters — Omega Optical
Omega Optical offers a product range that includes all kinds of filters available in a polarizing cube configuration. Mirrors and partial mirrors reflect uniformly over a broad spectral range. Partial ...
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Active Optical Systems, LLC
Active Optical Systems started in 2005 by developing the lowest-cost high-quality deformable mirror on the market. AOS then developed the low-cost wavefront sensor products on the market today by ...