Electroless silver as an optical coating in an operational environment

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3680-3686

  Nahrstedt, D ^a   Glesne, T ^a   Mc Nally, J ^b   Kenemuth, J ^b   Magrath, B ^c  

^a Rockwell Power Systems   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

Author keywords

High reflectance optical coatings; Metal coatings; Optical filters

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CORROSION; DEGRADATION; DUST; ELECTRODEPOSITION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; REFLECTOMETERS; SILVER; SULFUR; TELESCOPES;

METAL COATINGS; REFLECTANCE; SILVER SULFIDE; SULFIDATION; VOLCANIC DUST; WATER VAPOR;

OPTICAL COATINGS;

EID: 0030195985     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003680     Document Type: Article

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