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I intend to describe first surface mirrors and the images obtained by reflecting a spectral beam off their modified planar surface to one where bumps, dips, and ripples create multicoloured fractal images from the spectrum
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While James Webb's mirrors are made of polished Beryllium, they are coated with a thin layer of gold, which excels in reflecting IR light, which is then coated with a layer of glass, SiO2. The gold coating does not affect the mirror type being first-surface, but it is an important detail omitted here. The thin coating of glass seems like it would technically make it a second-surface mirror but maybe if it's thin enough, that's not the case?