TNTCAM MARK II: A new mid-IR array imager/polarimeter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3354, Issue , 1998, Pages 853-864

  Klebe, Dimitri I ^a   Stencel, Robert E ^a   Theil, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Cold stepper motor; Imaging; Infrared; Infrared astronomy; Mid infrared; Polarimeter; Polarimetry; Tip tilt

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; COLD STEPPER MOTOR; IMAGING; INFRARED; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; MID-INFRARED; POLARIMETRY; TIP-TILT;

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COSMOLOGY; ELLIPSOMETRY; INFRARED DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; MOTORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; STEPPING MOTORS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0242482657     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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