Precision spectro-polarimeter for high-resolution observations of solar magnetic fields

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4498, Issue , 2001, Pages 73-83

  Lites, Bruce W ^a   Elmore, David F ^a   Streander, Kim V ^a   Akin, David ^b   Berger, Thomas E ^b   Duncan, Dexter ^b   Edwards, Christopher ^b   Francis, Barbara ^b   Hoffmann, Christopher ^b   Katz, Noah ^b   Levay, Michael ^b   Mathur, Dnyanesh ^b   Rosenberg, William ^b   Sleight, Ericka ^b   Tarbell, Theodore D ^b   Title, Alan M ^b   Torgerson, Darrel ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Building 252   (United States)

Author keywords

Polarimetry; Solar physics; Space hardware; Spectroscopy; Visible light

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DETECTORS; DYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POLARIMETERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE DETECTORS; FOCAL PLANE PACKAGE; LITTROW SPECTROGRAPH; PHOTOSPHERIC LINE; POLARIZATION MODULATION; SOLAR VECTOR MAGNETIC FIELD; SPECTRO-POLARIMETER; SPECTROGRAPH SLIT; SVART PLATE BEAM SPLITTER; VISIBLE LIGHT;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 18644383777     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450047     Document Type: Article

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