Characterization of a "hardened" ultrastable UV linear variable filter and recent results on the radiometric stability of narrow band interference filters subjected to temperature/humidity, thermal/vacuum and ionizing radiation environments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3501, Issue , 1998, Pages 401-411

  Heath, Donald F ^a   Hilsenrath, Ernest ^a   Janz, Scott ^a  

^a RESEARCH SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental effects on interference filters; Linear variable filters; Ultrastable interference filters

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

IN BAND TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS; IONIZING PARTICLE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT; NARROW BAND INTERFERENCE FILTER; OUT OF BAND TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS; RADIOMETRIC STABILITY; THERMAL VACUUM CYCLE; ULTRASTABLE LINEAR VARIABLE FILTER; ULTRAVIOLET LINEAR VARIABLE FILTER;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0032404632     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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