IBF is an alternative way to correct shape errors of optical surfaces, super-smooth the surface or modify the shape of optical reflective or refractive elements in a deterministic way. For high precision surfaces traditional polishing and error correcting methods, such as MRF come to their limits due to the fact that a physical contact between the tool and the surface is needed. With IBF at the contrary there is no physical contact, it is a pure beam–surface interaction and no additional errors or subsurface damages were created.

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