NASA advanced cryocooler technology development program

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4850, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1020-1028

  Ross Jr , R G ^a   Boyle, R F ^b   Key, R W ^a   Coulter, D R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTDP; Brayton; Con X; Cryocoolers; Joule Thomson; JPL; NASA; NGST; Pulse tube; Stirling; TPF

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; COOLING; INFRARED DETECTORS; STIRLING CYCLE;

CRYOCOOLERS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037725146     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.462788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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