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Variability in the vacuum-ultraviolet transmittance of magnesium fluoride windowsSample window materials tested during the development of a domed magnesium fluoride detector window for the Hubble Space Telescope's Imaging Spectrograph are noted to exhibit wide variability in VUV transmittance; a test program was accordingly instituted to maximize a prototype domed window's transmittance. It is found that VUV transmittance can be maximized if the boule from which the window is fashioned is sufficiently large to allow such a component to be cut from the purest available portion of the boule.
Document ID
19920040174
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Herzig, Howard
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fleetwood, Charles M., Jr.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Toft, Albert R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Volume: 31
ISSN: 0003-6935
Subject Category
Optics
Accession Number
92A22798
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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