Apochromatic lenses for near-infrared astronomical instruments

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 537-542

  Ren, Deqing ^a   Allington Smith, Jeremy R ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Camera; Infrared; Lenses; Optical design; Optical glass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038183249     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602131     Document Type: Article

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