Precision encoders provide the path to perfect surfaces (.PDF download)

April 22, 2014
It takes considerable time and effort to manufacture “perfect” surfaces. The mirrors on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, with a surface area of about 25 m2 and finished to accuracies of 25 nm...

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