Degradation effects of optical components in the low orbit

Dirk-Roger Schmitt; Gabriele A. Ringel; Frank Kratz; Rudolf Neubauer; Helmut Swoboda; Jans Hampe

doi:10.1117/12.188104

30 September 1994 Degradation effects of optical components in the low orbit

Dirk-Roger Schmitt, Gabriele A. Ringel, Frank Kratz, Rudolf Neubauer, Helmut Swoboda, Jans Hampe

Proceedings Volume 2210, Space Optics 1994: Space Instrumentation and Spacecraft Optics; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188104
Event: Space Optics '94, 1994, Garmisch, Germany

Abstract

Optical components which are being used for space instrumentation have been exposed to space conditions to examine degradation effects. The samples have been mounted into the SESAM (Surface Effects Sample Monitor) instrument which was integrated on the ASTRO-SPAS Satellite. Exposition occurred during the STS-51 mission. It was found out that especially supersmooth glass samples made of BK7 show damage effects which increase the roughness from i.e. 0.05 nm to 0.19 nm.

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Dirk-Roger Schmitt, Gabriele A. Ringel, Frank Kratz, Rudolf Neubauer, Helmut Swoboda, and Jans Hampe "Degradation effects of optical components in the low orbit", Proc. SPIE 2210, Space Optics 1994: Space Instrumentation and Spacecraft Optics, (30 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188104

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