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Precision Engineering/Precision Optics in Japan:  Status, Technology and Culture

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Author(s)

Christopher J. Evans

Abstract

Precision engineering and precision optics are commercially and strategically important enabling technologies. The character of precision engineering research and development in Japan is different from that in the U.S. and Europe; these differences are the focus of this report.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5491
Report Number
5491

Citation

Evans, C. (1994), Precision Engineering/Precision Optics in Japan:  Status, Technology and Culture, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created January 1, 1994, Updated February 19, 2017