SPIFI: A direct-detection imaging spectrometer for submillimeter wavelengths

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2561-2574

  Bradford, C Matt ^a,e   Stacey, Gordon J ^a   Swain, Mark R ^a   Nikola, Thomas ^a   Bolatto, Alberto D ^b,f   Jackson, James M ^b   Savage, Maureen L ^c   Davidson, Jacqueline A ^c   Ade, Peter A R ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BANDPASS FILTERS; BOLOMETERS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTONS; SILICON; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

DIRECT DETECTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0036575652     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.002561     Document Type: Article

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