Preliminary optical design for the Flamingos-2 near-infrared multi-slit spectrograph and imager for Gemini-South

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4841, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1280-1294

  Epps, Harland W ^a   Elston, Richard ^b  

^a University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Camera; Collimator; Flamingos 2; Gemini telescope; Lens; Near infrared; Spectrograph

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CRYOGENICS; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REFRACTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYOGENIC OPTICS;

SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 0037620528     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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