A stokes polarimeter for mid-IR solar magnetic field measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 39-44

  McCabe, George ^a   Jennings, Donald E ^c   Deming, Drake ^c   Sada, Pedro ^b   Moran, Thomas ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Infrared; Magnetic fields; Polarimetry; Sun

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; POLARIMETERS; SUN;

STOKES POLARIMETERS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0037740564     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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