Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Aug 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998spie.3352..477j&link_type=abstract
Proc. SPIE Vol. 3352, p. 477-502, Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes VI, Larry M. Stepp; Ed.
Computer Science
Performance
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Scientific paper
Acting as a prime contractor to the Gemini Project, the Optical Data Associates (ODA), with its major subcontractors, BOC Coating Technologies (BOCCT) and Deposition Sciences, Inc. (DSI), developed options for depositing protected silver coatings on the 8-M primary mirrors. The project began with a study that identified sputtering as the preferred deposition technique, defined a set of candidate adhesor and protective coatings for the silver layer, and simulated stack performance. The next phase involved pilot magnetron sputtering studies by BOCCT and DSI of designs involving silicon nitride and hafnia, respectively. ODA also developed mid-IR reflectance standards at (lambda) equals 10.6 micrometers to control the silver coating measurements in the critical 8 - 12 micrometers atmospheric window. The study results were successful, with both BOCCT and DSI producing Ag coatings with R equals 0.9920 +/- 0.0001 and protected Ag coatings with R equals 0.9910 +/- 0.0001. The Gemini Project coating plants are designed to sputter bare and protected Al and Ag coatings.
Booth Donald C.
Carniglia Charles K.
Filhaber John M.
Gillett Fred C.
Jacobson Michael R.
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