Conference proceeding
New UV Instrumentation Enabled by Enhanced Broadband Reflectivity Lithium Fluoride Coatings
UV, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY SPACE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY XIX, Vol.9601, pp.96010R-96010R-10
Proceedings of SPIE
01/01/2015
DOI: 10.1117/12.2190556
Abstract
We present the results of a preliminary aging study of new enhanced broadband reflectivity lithium fluoride mirror coatings under development at the thin films laboratory at GSFC. These coatings have demonstrated greater than 80% reflectivity from the Lyman ultraviolet (similar to 1020 angstrom) to the optical, and have the potential to revolutionize far-ultraviolet instrument design and capabilities. This work is part of a concept study in preparation for the flight qualification of these new coatings in a working astronomical environment. We outline the goals for TRL advancement, and discuss the instrument capabilities enabled by these high reflectivity broadband coatings on potential future space missions. We also present the early design of the first space experiment to utilize these coatings, the proposed University of Colorado sounding rocket payload SISTINE, and show how these new coatings make the science goals of SISTINE attainable on a suborbital platform.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- New UV Instrumentation Enabled by Enhanced Broadband Reflectivity Lithium Fluoride Coatings
- Creators
- Brian T. Fleming - University of Colorado BoulderManuel A. Quijada - Goddard Space Flight CenterKevin France - Univ Colorado, Atmospher & Space Phys Lab, Boulder, CO 80309 USAKeri Hoadley - University of Colorado BoulderJavier Del Hoyo - Goddard Space Flight CenterNickolas Kruczek - Univ Colorado, Atmospher & Space Phys Lab, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
- Contributors
- OHW Siegmund (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- UV, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY SPACE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY XIX, Vol.9601, pp.96010R-96010R-10
- Publisher
- Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering
- Series
- Proceedings of SPIE
- DOI
- 10.1117/12.2190556
- ISSN
- 0277-786X
- eISSN
- 1996-756X
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428804102771
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