The Gemini Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI): A discussion of its design features and performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4841, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 869-880

  Hodapp, Klaus W ^a   Irwin, Everett M ^a   Yamada, Hubert ^a   Chung, Randolph ^a   Fletcher, Kent ^a   Jensen, Joe ^b   Mays, Wendy ^b   Nolan, Robert ^b   Simons, Douglas A ^b   Aspin, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Gemini Telescope   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo mechanisms; Infrared imager; Infrared optics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CRYOSTATS; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

INFRARED OPTICS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0038634949     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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