Far infrared polarimeter with very low instrumental polarization

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 241-249

  Battistelli, Elia S ^a,c   DePetris, M ^a   Lamagna, L ^a   Maoli, R ^a   Melchiorri, F ^a   Palladino, E ^a   Savini, Giorgio ^a,c   Mauskopf, P D ^b   Orlando, A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology: cosmic microwave background; Instrumentation: interferometers; Instrumentation: polarimeters; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROWAVES; TELESCOPES;

INFRARED POLARIMETERS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0038416084     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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