Space Infrared Telescope Facility cryogenic and optical technology

Peter V. Mason; T. Kiceniuk; Joseph A. Plamondon; Stanley Walter Petrick

doi:10.1117/12.48717

1 December 1991 Space Infrared Telescope Facility cryogenic and optical technology

Peter V. Mason, T. Kiceniuk, Joseph A. Plamondon, Stanley Walter Petrick

Proceedings Volume 1540, Infrared Technology XVII; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48717
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

SIRTF will require new liquid helium cryogenics and optical technology at liquid helium temperatures to meet the scientific requirements. In particular, it will require a helium cryogenic system operating at 1.25 K with a lifetime of five years. The optical system will require a 1-m mirror operating at 2 K, which is diffraction limited at 3 microns. This paper describes the advances which will be needed and the approaches to be taken.

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Peter V. Mason, T. Kiceniuk, Joseph A. Plamondon, and Stanley Walter Petrick "Space Infrared Telescope Facility cryogenic and optical technology", Proc. SPIE 1540, Infrared Technology XVII, (1 December 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48717

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