WaFIRS, a waveguide far-IR spectrometer: Enabling spectroscopy of high-z galaxies in the far-IR and submillimeter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4850, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1137-1148

  Bradford, C M ^a   Naylor, B J ^a   Zmuidzinas, J ^a   Bock, J J ^a,b   Gromke, J ^a   Nguyen, H ^b   Dragovan, M ^b   Yun, M ^b   Earle, L ^c   Glenn, J ^c   Matsuhara, H ^d   Ade, P A R ^e   Duband, L ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Far IR; Grating; Planar spectrometer; Spectroscopy; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; OBSERVATORIES; WAVEGUIDES;

BROAD-BAND SPECTROSCOPY;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0038062755     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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