The LRIS imaging spectropolarimeter at the W. M. Keck Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 146-155

  Goodrich, Robert W ^a   Cohen, Marshall H ^b  

^a W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Optics; Polarization; Spectropolarimetry

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; TELESCOPES;

SPECTROPOLARIMETERS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0038416102     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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