Polarization sensitivity of the SUMER instrument on SOHO

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 353-359

  Hassler, D M ^a   Lemaire, P ^b   Longval, Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

UV extreme UV polarimetry; UV extreme UV spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000496157     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000353     Document Type: Article

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