The polarimetric mode of TIMMI2: Technical characteristics and first results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 233-240

  Käufl, Hans Ulrich ^a   Sterzik, Michael ^a   Siebenmorgen, Ralf ^a   Relke, Helena ^b   Stecklum, Bringfried ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b Universitats Sternwarte Jena   (Germany)

^c THÜRINGER LANDESSTERNWARTE TAUTENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dust; Imaging Polarimetry; Thermal Infrared

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

IMAGING POLARIMETRY;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0037510031     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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