Adsorption and Condensation of Water on Mirror and Lens Surfaces

Abstract

This is a report of a literature search on adsorption and condensation of water on mirror and lens surfaces. Adsorbed water films on clean surfaces are generally <3.0 nm thick and can be ignored when considering absorption losses. When the surfaces are exposed to ambient conditions, various aerosols of dusts and hygroscopic particles are deposited on the surfaces which give rise to small losses by scattering of the incident radiation. In the case of hygroscopic particles the problem can be especially troublesome because here the scattering magnitude is a function of the relative humidity. For a given aerosol deposit an optical system containing a 6 mirror train will have a cumulative reflectivity decrease of about 7% as the relative humidity varies from 60% to 80%.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA030871

Entities

People

  • Joseph A. Curcio

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Contamination
  • Dew Point
  • Environment
  • Films
  • Humidity
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Radiation
  • Reflectivity
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Saturation
  • Scattering
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.