Instrumentation for high-resolution spectropolarimetry in the visible and far-ultraviolet

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 170-179

  Nordsieck, Kenneth H ^a   Jaehnig, Kurt P ^a   Burgh, Eric B ^a   Kobulnicky, Henry A ^a   Percival, Jeffrey W ^a   Smith, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brewster polarizers; Fabry Perot spectroscopy; Linear spectropolarimetry; Ultraviolet polarimetry; Volume phase holographic gratings; Waveplates

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; POLARIMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SPECTROPOLARIMETRY;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0038416096     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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