The advent of nanoscale multilayer (ML) technology has led to great breakthroughs in many
scientific and technological fields such as nano-manufacturing, bio-imaging, atto-physics …

Abstract Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) correspond to dramatic expulsions of plasma and
magnetic field from the solar corona into the heliosphere. CMEs are scientifically relevant …

Some of the major challenges faced in understanding the early evolution of coronal mass
ejections (CMEs) are due to the limited observations in the inner corona (< 3 R⊙) and the …

This paper describes the innovative optical design of the Metis coronagraph for the Solar
Orbiter ESA-NASA mission. Metis is a multi-wavelength, externally occulted telescope for the …

This work combined coronagraphic visible light (VL) and UV data to provide with an
unprecedented view of the inner corona where the nascent solar wind is accelerated. The …

Single layer mirrors have been prepared by evaporating gold and iridium on silicon
substrates. The samples have been exposed to 4 keV He+ ion flux at different total fluences …

We present an approach to classical polarimetry that requires no moving parts; is compact
and robust; and that encodes the complete polarization information on a single data frame …

Visible emission line coronagraph (VELC) on board ADITYA-L1 mission is an internally
occulted mirror coronagraph designed for solar coronal observations over a field of view …

Context. The determination from coronagraphic observations of physical parameters of the
plasma embedded in coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is of crucial importance for our …

Future solar missions will investigate the Sun from very close distances and optical
components are constantly exposed to low energy ions irradiation. In this work we present …