Imaging polarimetry at the 10-5 level in the optical and near UV part of the solar spectrum

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 89-99

  Gandorfer, Achim M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CCDs; Modulation; Observational techniques; Polarimetry: Instrumentation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; POLARIMETERS; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SOLAR SPECTRUM;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0037740003     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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