Photometrical scrambling gain and focal ratio degradation in fibers for astronomical instruments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Avila, Gerardo ^a   Singh, Paul ^a   Albertsen, Maja ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b Ibsen Photonics A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

FRD; Optical fibres; Optical scramblers; Slit light pipes

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

FOCAL RATIO DEGRADATION; OPTICAL SCRAMBLERS; SLIT LIGHT PIPES;

PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33749341008     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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