Description and performance of mirrors and multilayers for the extreme ultraviolet imaging telescope of the SOHO mission

Abstract
The description fabrication and test of the primary and secondary mirrors of a Ritchey-Chretien telescope designed to provide the SOHO mission with a global view of the solar corona are discussed in details. Design fabrication and test of multilayers deposited on quadrants of the mirrors in order to select four narrow band-passes in the extreme ultra-violet range are presented and actual performances are reported.