Calculations for, and laboratory measurements of a multistage labyrinthine baffle for "SMEI"

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4853, Issue , 2002, Pages 490-503

  Buffington, Andrew ^a   Jackson, Bernard V ^a   Hick, Paul P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Background light reduction; Space optics; Very wide angle optical designs

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; EARTH (PLANET); MAPS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE OPTICS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

HELIOSPHERIC ELECTRONS; SPACEBORNE SOLAR MASS EJECTION IMAGER;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0037854706     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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