Optical Polymer Materials and Devices for Space Based Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 November 2023) | Viewed by 3269
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adaptive optics; exoplanet detection; astronomical instrumentation; imaging and image processing; wavefront sensing
Interests: holography; holographic optical elements; wavefront sensing; photosenstive materials; photopolymers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An increasing number of satellites and space-based scientific instrumentation are being launched by both public organizations and private industry, with further increases planned. This leads to a continuing demand for better components and for a reduction in the weight and size of payloads, all the while improving the performance of the instrumentation in this most challenging of environments.
Optics are a critical aspect of many of the instruments launched into space, from telescopes to imaging equipment and from optical communications to spectrometers. Conventional refractive elements can, however, be bulky, heavy, and contribute to complex systems. One potential solution is optical polymer materials and devices designed for space applications.
This Special Issue of Polymers aims to report full research papers, communications, and review articles based on the latest advances in the field of polymer optics for space applications.
Topics covered include but are not limited to:
- Polymer material formulations for space applications;
- Diffractive, refractive, and hybrid polymer optical devices (i.e., lenses, filters, mirrors, etc.);
- Applications (e.g., adaptive/active optics, remote sensing, solar collectors, other space instrumentation, technologies for human monitoring in space).
Dr. Nicholas Devaney
Dr. Kevin Murphy
Guest Editors
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