Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Jun 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004esasp.554..699k&link_type=abstract
In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO 2004), 30 March - 2 April 2004, Toulouse, France. Ed.:
Physics
Optics
Space Optics, Mirrors, Spica
Scientific paper
Light-weight mirrors are developed for two Japanese infrared astronomical missions, ASTRO-F and SPICA. ASTRO-F is scheduled for launch in 2005, while the target year for launch of SPICA is 2010. The mirrors of the ASTRO-F telescope are made of a sandwich-type silicon carbide (SiC) material, comprising porous core and CVD coat of SiC on the surface. Cryogenic measurements of the ASTRO-F primary mirror and telescope assembly were performed extensively. As for the SPICA telescope, which has an aperture of 3.5-m diameter, carbon-fiber-reinforced SiC (C/SiC composite), as well as SiC, is one of the promising candidates for mirror material. C/SiC composite spherical test mirrors of 160-mm diameter has recently been manufactured and tested. This paper presents the experimental results of the cryogenic performance obtained for the sandwich-type SiC mirrors and the C/SiC composite mirrors.
Enya Keigo
Kaneda Hidehiro
Nakagawa Takao
Onaka Takashi
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