LMIRcam: An L/M-band imager for the LBT combined focus

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7013, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wilson, John C ^a   Hinz, Philip M ^b   Skrutskie, M F ^a   Jones, Terry ^c   Solheid, Elliott ^b   Leisenring, Jarron ^a   Garnavich, Peter ^d   Kenworthy, Matthew ^b   Nelson, Matthew J ^a   Woodward, Charles E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Biconics; Fizeau; Infrared; Interferometry; SPDT

Indexed keywords

BINOCULARS; CAMERAS; COPYING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXELS; TELESCOPES; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; BEAM COMBINERS; BICONICS; CUT-OFF; FIELD OF VIEWS; FIZEAU; HAWAII-1; HIGH-CONTRAST IMAGING; INFRA RED INTERFEROMETRY; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; INFRARED; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE INTERFEROMETER; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPES; LOW-RESOLUTION; MID-INFRARED; NARROW-BAND FILTERS; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION; NULLING; OPTICAL-; OPTO-MECHANICAL DESIGNS; PRIMARY MIRRORS; PUPIL MASKS; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; SPDT; TELEDYNE; TEST BEDS; UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA; UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 52249113305     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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