Development of lightweight SiC mirrors for the space infrared telescope for cosmology and astrophysics (SPICA) mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6666, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kaneda, Hidehiro ^a   Nakagawa, Takao ^a   Onaka, Takashi ^b   Enya, Keigo ^a   Kataza, Hirokazu ^a   Makiuti, Sin'Itirou ^a   Matsuhara, Hideo ^a   Miyamoto, Masashi ^c   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Saruwatari, Hideki ^c   Watarai, Hidenori ^c   Yui, Yukari Y ^c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C SiC; Cryogenic optical testing; Cryogenic telescope; Infrared space telescope; Lightweight mirror; SiC; SPICA mission

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; OPTICAL TESTING; SILICON CARBIDE; SPACE TELESCOPES;

CRYOGENIC OPTICAL TESTING; CRYOGENIC TELESCOPES; INFRARED SPACE TELESCOPE; LIGHT WEIGHT MIRRORS; RADIATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 42149126603     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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