The VISTA infrared camera

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dalton, G B ^a,f   Caldwell, M ^a   Ward, A K ^a   Whalley, M S ^a   Woodhouse, G ^a   Edeson, R L ^a   Clark, P ^b   Beard, S M ^c   Gallie, A M ^c   Todd, S P ^c   Strachan, J M D ^c   Bezawada, N N ^c   Sutherland, W J ^d   Emerson, J P ^e  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UKATC   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active Optics; Infrared Astronomy; Infrared Detectors; Large Lenses; Survey Astronomy

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; INTEGRATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

ACTIVE OPTICS; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; LARGE LENSES; SURVEY ASTRONOMY;

CAMERAS;

EID: 33749364922     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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