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astro-ph.IM2023
Atomic Layer Deposited Protective Coating of Aluminum Oxide on Silver-based Telescope Mirror A Comparison Between a Pure Ozone and H2O Precursor
Søren A. Tornøe, Brandon Cheney, Brian Dupraw +5
Although silver-based telescope mirrors excel over other materials such as gold and aluminum in the visible-infrared spectral range, they require robust protective coatings to over…
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Critical processing temperature for high performance protected silver thin film mirrors
David M. Fryauf, Andrew C. Phillips, Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi
Silver (Ag) mirrors for astronomical telescopes consist of multiple metallic and dielectric thin films. Furthermore, the topmost surface of such Ag mirrors needs to be covered by a…