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Enabling High Performance Instruments for Astronomy and Space Exploration with ALD

“…dense to prevent humidity interactions and low in impurity/defect concentration to avoid UV absorption). [6][7] This makes UV detectors and optical elements such as filters, mirrors, and antireflection coatings very complex to manufacture. Due to these materials limitations, even today's state of the art space telescopes, such as the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX, pictured in Figure 1), are typically only able to collect and measure 1% of the available Near and Far UV light (NUV/FUV).…”