Design of an efficient broadband far-infrared Fourier-transform spectrometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3945-3950

  Carli, Bruno ^a   Barbis, Alessandra ^b   Harries, John E ^c   Palchetti, Luca ^a  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b Alenia Difesa   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DESIGN;

FAR-INFRARED FOURIER-TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER; RADIATION EXPLORER IN THE FAR INFRARED (REFIR);

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0032613890     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003945     Document Type: Article

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