Toolroom CAD technologies applied to the manufacture of QO systems

Recent progress in porting Gaussian Beam-Mode routines into complex 3-D mechanical CAD software and the direct feed of machining data into High Speed Milling machines has allowed the design and manufacture of complex Quasi-Optical structures. The use of CAD allows the worry-free design of non-orthogonal beam paths, often reducing the amount of distortion caused by off-axis mirrors.