Measurement of near-specular visible-wavelength scattered light from two superpolished "coronagraph quality" mirrors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1170-1174

  Korendyke, Clarence M ^a   Socker, Dennis G ^a   Brueckner, Guenter E ^a   Schwenn, Rainer ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corona; Coronagraph; Near specular; Scatterometer; Solar; Stray radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038520138     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600949     Document Type: Article

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