Advanced Heat Pipes For Optical Applications

Robert M. Shaubach; G.Yale Eastman

doi:10.1117/12.964647

26 December 1984 Advanced Heat Pipes For Optical Applications

Robert M. Shaubach, G.Yale Eastman

Proceedings Volume 0505, Advances in Optical Materials; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.964647
Event: 28th Annual Technical Symposium, 1984, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Heat pipes offer the potential of vibrationless cooling of optical surfaces while maintaining a high degree of temperature uniformity on the cooled surface. The objective of the present program is to develop and demonstrate prototype heat pipes for this application. The material of construction is silicon; the pqwer density range is 5 to 50 Watts/per square centimeter with a nominal objective of 30 W/cm². This paper describes the first eighteen months of work, during which the contract goals were met. The program was carried out by Thermacore on Contract F33615-82-C-5127 for the Department of the Air Force, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Dr. Alan K. Hopkins of the Materials Laboratory supplied technical supervision of the program for the Air Force.

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Robert M. Shaubach and G.Yale Eastman "Advanced Heat Pipes For Optical Applications", Proc. SPIE 0505, Advances in Optical Materials, (26 December 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.964647

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