Design, prototypes and performances of an image slicer system for integral field spectroscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4842, Issue , 2002, Pages 162-173

  Bonneville, Christophe ^a   Prieto, Eric ^a   Ferruit, Pierre ^a   Hénault, François ^a   Lemonnier, Jean Pierre ^a   Prost, Florence ^a   Bacon, Roland ^a   Le Fèvre, Olivier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Image slicer; Integral field spectroscopy; Micro optics; NGST; Optical design; Scattering; Second generation VLT instrumentation; SNAP

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; CRYOGENICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

IMAGE SLICERS;

INFRARED SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 0038137628     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457356     Document Type: Article

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