Performance of ion–figured silicon carbide SUMER telescope mirror in the vacuum ultraviolet

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1742-1750

  Saha, Timo T ^a   Leviton, Douglas B ^a   Glenn, Paul ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Bauer Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Mirrors; Optical testing; Scattering; Surfaces; Vacuum ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010282956     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001742     Document Type: Article

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