Acousto-optic imaging spectropolarimetry for remote sensing

Applied Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 31, 1994, Pages 7412-7424

  Glenar, David A ^a   Hillman, John J ^b   Saif, Jay ^c   Bergstralh, Babak ^d  

^a Photonics Branch ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Engineering and Economics Research Inc ^*  (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acousto optic tunable filter; Imaging spectroscopy; Planetary astronomy; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; ASTRONOMY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DESIGN; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PERFORMANCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACOUSTOOPTICAL TUNABLE FILTERS; PLANETARY ASTRONOMY; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; POLARIZED SPECTRAL IMAGES;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0028540667     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.33.007412     Document Type: Article

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