High-performance wobbling subreflector for the millimetre and infrared testa grigia observatory 2.6–m telescope

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2246-2252

  Mainella, Gianni ^a   De Bernardis, Paolo ^a   De Petris, Marco ^a   Mandiello, Alfonso ^a   Perciballi, Maurizio ^b   Romeo, Gianni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave telescope; Sky chopping; Wobbling subreflector

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCULATIONS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; MILLIMETER WAVES; MODULATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REMOTE CONTROL; STABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELESCOPES;

ALLAN VARIANCE; CASSEGRAIN TELESCOPE; DIFFERENTIAL MODULATION WAVEFORM; LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMER; MICROPHONICS; SKY CHOPPING TECHNIQUE; WOBBLING SUBREFLECTOR;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0030150202     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002246     Document Type: Article

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