Mach-Zehnder Fourier transform spectrometer for astronomical spectroscopy at submillimeter wavelengths

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4855, Issue , 2002, Pages 540-551

  Naylor, David A ^a   Gom, Brad G ^a   Schofield, Ian S ^a   Tompkins, Greg J ^a   Davis, Gary R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Fourier; Imaging; Mach Zehnder; Spectrometer; Submillimeter

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GALAXIES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY; MACH ZEHNDER FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER; MARTIN-PUPLETT INTERFEROMETER;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0037731308     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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