• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Low retaining force optical viewport seal
  • Contributor: Kaltenhäuser, Bernd; Kübler, Harald; Chromik, Andreas; Stuhler, Jürgen; Pfau, Tilman
  • imprint: AIP Publishing, 2007
  • Published in: Review of Scientific Instruments
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2723065
  • ISSN: 0034-6748; 1089-7623
  • Keywords: Instrumentation
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  • Description: <jats:p>We report on the experimental realization of an ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) indium sealing between a conflat knife edge and an optical window. The sealing requires a very low clamping force and thus allows for the use of very thin and fragile windows.</jats:p>