Space telescopes require cryogenic cooling to eliminate thermal infrared emission

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Space-borne infrared telescopes incorporate cryogenic systems and components to manage thermal conditions and optimize infrared imaging performance.

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The retrieved literature supports the necessity of cryogenic technologies and cooling for infrared space telescopes (such as in papers 4 and 8) to ensure high-sensitivity measurements and proper wavefront performance in the infrared spectrum.

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Laboratory demonstration of a cryogenic deformable mirror for wavefront correction of space-borne infrared telescopes.

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A. Takahashi, K. Enya, K. Haze, H. Kataza, T. Kotani, H. Matsuhara, T. Kamiya, T. Yamamuro, P. Bierden, S. Cornelissen, Charlie V. Lam, M. Feinberg. Laboratory demonstration of a cryogenic deformable mirror for wavefront correction of space-borne infrared telescopes.. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.56.006694

Paper [4] discusses cryogenic components used for space-borne infrared telescopes to improve imaging performance.

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Development of a mid-infrared refractive index measurement system at cryogenic temperature for the development of an immersion grating to be onboard next-generation infrared space telescope GREX-PLUS

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Umi Enokidani, H. Matsuhara, Takao Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Hirahara, R. Koga, Yuan Li, Biao Zhao, Daiki Takama, Hiroshi Sasago, Takehiko Wada. Development of a mid-infrared refractive index measurement system at cryogenic temperature for the development of an immersion grating to be onboard next-generation infrared space telescope GREX-PLUS. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019753

Paper [8] details instrumentation for mid-infrared space telescopes requiring cryogenic cooling.

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