New UV instrumentation enabled by enhanced broadband reflectivity lithium fluoride coatings

Brian T. Fleming; Manuel A. Quijada; Kevin France; Keri Hoadley; Javier Del Hoyo; Nicholas Kruczek

doi:10.1117/12.2190556

24 August 2015 New UV instrumentation enabled by enhanced broadband reflectivity lithium fluoride coatings

Brian T. Fleming, Manuel A. Quijada, Kevin France, Keri Hoadley, Javier Del Hoyo, Nicholas Kruczek

Proceedings Volume 9601, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIX; 96010R (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190556
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present the results of a preliminary aging study of new enhanced broadband reflectivity lithium fluoride mirror coatings under development at the thin films laboratory at GSFC. These coatings have demonstrated greater than 80% reflectivity from the Lyman ultraviolet (~1020 Å) to the optical, and have the potential to revolutionize far-ultraviolet instrument design and capabilities. This work is part of a concept study in preparation for the fight qualification of these new coatings in a working astronomical environment. We outline the goals for TRL advancement, and discuss the instrument capabilities enabled by these high reflectivity broadband coatings on potential future space missions. We also present the early design of the first space experiment to utilize these coatings, the proposed University of Colorado sounding rocket payload SISTINE, and show how these new coatings make the science goals of SISTINE attainable on a suborbital platform.

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Brian T. Fleming, Manuel A. Quijada, Kevin France, Keri Hoadley, Javier Del Hoyo, and Nicholas Kruczek "New UV instrumentation enabled by enhanced broadband reflectivity lithium fluoride coatings", Proc. SPIE 9601, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIX, 96010R (24 August 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190556

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