Space stability investigations of optical coatings by earth- and space-based experiments

Erich J. Hacker; Peter Weissbrodt; L. Raupach; Hans Lauth; Heiner Kappel; Sigrid Wagner; Dirk-Roger Schmitt

doi:10.1117/12.188107

30 September 1994 Space stability investigations of optical coatings by earth- and space-based experiments

Erich J. Hacker, Peter Weissbrodt, L. Raupach, Hans Lauth, Heiner Kappel, Sigrid Wagner, Dirk-Roger Schmitt

Proceedings Volume 2210, Space Optics 1994: Space Instrumentation and Spacecraft Optics; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188107
Event: Space Optics '94, 1994, Garmisch, Germany

Abstract

Optical components for space optics - especially coated optical elements which represent the external surfaces of optical space instrumentation - have to work under harsh operation conditions like thermal loads, irradiation by photons, electrons and protons, as well as in atomic oxygen environments at low earth orbits. Additionally they have to withstand other cross contamination coming from the spacecraft. Therefore, the stability against these influences is a decisive factor for the application performance of optical coatings in space-borne devices. Some very recent results, based on the Surface Effects Sample Monitor (SESAM) flight experiment carried out aboard the ORFEUS-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS), STS-51, Discovery, are presented here along with laboratory experiments in an UHV-surface analysis system. The topics include ground simulation of selective and complex particle bombardment of optical coating analyzed by XPS as well as the verification of these results by flight experiments in combination with optical measurements (transmission, scattering).

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Erich J. Hacker, Peter Weissbrodt, L. Raupach, Hans Lauth, Heiner Kappel, Sigrid Wagner, and Dirk-Roger Schmitt "Space stability investigations of optical coatings by earth- and space-based experiments", Proc. SPIE 2210, Space Optics 1994: Space Instrumentation and Spacecraft Optics, (30 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188107

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