Abstract

During construction and testing of the XUV spectrographs flown in the ATM by the Naval Research Laboratory, many problems associated with optical contamination were encountered. Solving these problems required setting up a contamination prevention program to select the materials used in constructing the instruments and to delineate procedures in assembling, testing, and storing the instruments. A brief description is given of methods of assessing the effects of contamination and of the procedures used to prevent contamination.

© 1977 Optical Society of America

Thin aluminum filters for use on the Apollo Telescope Mount XUV spectrographs

R. J. Schumacher and W. R. Hunter
Appl. Opt. 16(4) 904-908 (1977)

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S056 x-ray telescope experiment on the Skylab Apollo Telescope Mount

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Appl. Opt. 16(4) 858-869 (1977)

Extreme uv spectroheliometer on the Apollo Telescope Mount

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Optics research at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

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