Thermal design considerations for the Cryogenic High Accuracy Refraction Measuring System (CHARMS)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5172, Issue , 2003, Pages 25-35

  Leviton, Douglas B ^a   Frey, Bradley J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic; Liquid helium; Minimum deviation; Refractive index; Refractometry; Thermal; Windowless

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COOLING; CRYOGENICS; DATA REDUCTION; HELIUM; INFRARED RADIATION; MIRRORS; NITROGEN; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LIQUID HELIUM; MINIMUM DEVIATION; REFRACTOMETRY; WINDOWLESS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 1242286506     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.518683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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