Microscopic surface structure of C/SiC composite mirrors for space cryogenic telescopes

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2049-2056

  Enya, Keigo ^a   Nakagawa, Takao ^a   Kaneda, Hidehiro ^a   Onaka, Takashi ^b   Ozaki, Tuyoshi ^c   Kume, Masami ^c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COSMOLOGY; CRYOGENICS; MIRRORS; SILICON CARBIDE; SPACE TELESCOPES;

MICROSCOPIC SURFACE STRUCTURE; SPACE CRYOGENIC TELESCOPES; SPACE INFRARED TELESCOPE FOR COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS (SPICA);

CARBON;

EID: 34248197568     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.002049     Document Type: Article

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