Narcissistic ghosts in Rowland-mounted, concave gratings with β = 0°: A cautionary note

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5070-5074

  McCandliss, Stephan R ^a   McPhate, Jason B ^a   Feldman, Paul D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18844435700     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005070     Document Type: Article

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