Characterization of materials for a vacuum-ultraviolet polarization analyzer

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3950-3956

  Corti, Gianni ^a   Romoli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SINGLE-REFLECTION SURFACE;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0041308101     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003950     Document Type: Article

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