Tuneable Heterodyne Infrared Spectrometer for atmospheric and astronomical studies

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2978-2984

  Sonnabend, Guido ^a   Wirtz, Daniel ^a   Schmülling, Frank ^a   Schieder, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; HETERODYNING; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

LOCAL OSCILLATORS (LO); TUNEABLE HETERODYNE INFRARED SPECTROMETERS (THIS);

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0037140630     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.002978     Document Type: Article

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