Cryogenic far-infrared laser absorptivity measurements of the Herschel Space Observatory telescope mirror coatings

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3765-3771

  Fischer, Jacqueline ^a   Klaassen, Tjeerd ^b   Hovenier, Niels ^b   Jakob, Gerd ^c   Poglitsch, Albrecht ^c   Sternberg, Oren ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LASERS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL COATINGS; PHOTODETECTORS; SILICON CARBIDE; TELESCOPES;

LASER CALORIMETRY; MIRROR EMISSION; PASSIVELY COOLED TELESCOPES;

CRYOGENICS;

EID: 3142613804     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003765     Document Type: Article

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