Effects of space exposure on ion-beam-deposited silicon-carbide and boron-carbide coatings

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 34, 1998, Pages 8038-8042

  Keski Kuha, Ritva A M ^a   Blumenstock, Gerald M ^a,c   Fleetwood, Charles M ^a   Schmitt, Dirk Roger ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c CYMER INC   (United States)

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EID: 4244020940     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.008038     Document Type: Article

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