Re: 3D glas model

From: Bathsheba Grossman (sheba@bathsheba.com)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 19:37:13 EET


On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Bram de Smit wrote:
> On the latest Euromold I saw a system that could engrave 3D images
> inside a glas cube. If I understood it right the internal cristal
> structure of the glas was altered by laser interference. By doing so
> a kind of 3D pointcloud could be made visible inside the glas.
>
> Does any of you now the name of that system, or who produces it?

There are several manufacturers; Vitro at www.vitro.de is one. There
was a discussion of this technique here several weeks ago, you might
try looking in the rp-ml archives.

I use it for my own work, and also on a service basis for scientific
imaging.

-Sheba

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