Testing and qualification of optical glasses for use in a space radiation environment; the advantages and pitfalls of using a parametric approach

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 540, 2003, Pages 633-641

  Gusarov, Andrei ^a   Doyle, Dominic ^b   Kinet, Damien ^a   Volchek, Andrei ^c  

^a Multitel   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c RTIOMS ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL GLASS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SPACE RADIATION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0141648441     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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