The SOLARC off-axis coronagraph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4853, Issue , 2002, Pages 318-326

  Kuhn, J R ^a   Coulter, R ^a   Lin, H ^a   Mickey, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraph; Off axis telescope

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FABRICATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PERFORMANCE; POLARIMETERS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

CORONAGRAPH; OFF-AXIS TELESCOPE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MODTRAN; SPECTROPOLARIMETER;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037517099     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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