Development and testing of coatings for orbital space radiation environments

Applied Optics

Volumn , Issue 4, 2014, Pages A339-A350

  Pellicori, Samuel F ^a,b   Martinez, Carol L ^a   Hausgen, Paul ^c   Wilt, David ^c  

^a Optical Coating Solutions Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Pellicori Optical Consulting   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; MULTILAYERS; ORBITS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE STATIONS; SUBSTRATES;

ATOMIC OXYGEN EXPOSURE; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; FLEXIBLE POLYMER SUBSTRATES; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EXPERIMENTS; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; MULTI-LAYER-COATING; SPACE RADIATION EXPOSURE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84942370547     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.00A339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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