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GOLD’s research is devoted to developing novel coatings with enhanced performance for space optics. Several deposition systems are available for the deposition of multilayer coatings. A deposition system was developed to deposit FUV coatings to satisfy space requirements. It consists of a 75-cm-diameter deposition chamber pumped with a cryo-pump and placed in an ISO-6 clean room. This chamber is available for deposition by evaporation of top-requirement coatings such as Al/ MgF2 mirrors or (Al/MgF2)n multilayer coatings for transmittance filters. A plan to add an Ion-Beam-Sputtering system in this chamber is under way. In this and other chambers at GOLD the following FUV coatings can be prepared: Transmittance filters based on (Al/MgF2)n multilayer coatings. These filters can be designed to have a peak at the FUV spectral line or band of interest and a high peak-to-visible transmittance ratio. Filters can be designed with a peak transmittance at a wavelength as short as 120 nm and with a transmittance in the visible smaller than 10-5. Narrowband reflective coatings peaked close to H Lyman β (102.6 nm) with a reflectance at H Lyman α (121.6 nm) two orders of magnitude below the one at 102.6 nm. Other potential spectral lines at which these coatings could be peaked are the OVI doublet (103.2, 103.8 nm). Narrowband reflective mirrors based on (MgF2/LaF3)n multilayers peaked at a wavelength as short as 120 nm. Target wavelengths include lines of high interest for space observations, such as H Lyman α (121.6 nm), OI (130.4 and 135.6 nm), CIV (154.8, 155.1 nm), among others. Coating-based linear polarizers tuned at H Lyman α (121.6 nm) both based on reflectance or on transmittance. Reflective polarizers present a high efficiency. Transmissive polarizers have a more modest peak performance compared to reflective polarizers; however, they involve spectral filtering properties to reject the long FUV and even more the near UV to the IR, which turn them competitive compared to reflective polarizers. In this communication we present a summary of our research on the above FUV coatings developed at GOLD. |
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Reflectivity
Multilayers
Transmittance
Polarizers
Optical coatings
Gold
Optical filters
