Interference filters and coatings for mid-infrared astronomy (8-30 μm)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4842, Issue , 2002, Pages 43-55

  Hawkins, Gary ^a   Hunneman, Roger ^a   Sherwood, Richard ^a   Barrett, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coatings; Filters; Infrared; Spectral

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; FABRICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPECTROMETERS;

MID-INFRARED ASTRONOMY;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0038078190     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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