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Optical coating technology for the EUVAdvances in optical coating and materials technology are one of the key motivators for the development of missions such as the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer recently selected by NASA for an Explorer class mission in the mid 1990's. The performance of a range of candidate coatings are reviewed for normal-incidence and glancing-incidence applications, and attention is given to strengths and problem areas for their use in space. The importance of recent developments in multilayer films, chemical-vapor deposited SiC (CVD-SiC) mirrors, and SiC films are discussed in the context of EUV instrumentation design. For example, the choice of optical coatings is a design driver for the selection of the average glancing angle for the FUSE telescope, and impacts efficiency, short-wavelength cut-off, and physical size.
Document ID
19920036550
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Osantowski, J. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Keski-Kuha, R. A. M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Herzig, H.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Toft, A. R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gum, J. S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fleetwood, C. M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 11
Issue: 11, 1
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Optics
Accession Number
92A19174
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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