Characterization of silver and aluminum custom mirror coatings for the MRO interferometric telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7425, Issue , 2009, Pages

  McCord, Krista M ^a   Klinglesmith, Daniel A ^a   Jurgenson, Colby A ^a   Bakker, Eric J ^a   Schmell, Reed A ^b   Schmell, Rodney A ^b   Gartner, Darren ^b   Jaramillo, Anthony ^c   Romero, Kelly ^b   Rael, Andres ^b   Lewis, Jeff ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Optical Surface Technologies   (United States)

^c W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Interferometry; Mirror coatings; Reflectivity tests; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MAGDALENA RIDGE OBSERVATORIES; MIRROR COATING; MIRROR COATINGS; NORMAL OPERATIONS; OPTICAL SURFACES; PAPER TRACKS; REFLECTIVITY TESTS; UNIT TELESCOPES; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ASTROPHYSICS; BUILDINGS; ELECTROPLATING; ENCLOSURES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TESTING; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; REFLECTION; SILVER; TELESCOPES;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 70349924960     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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