Cold chopper system for mid-infrared instruments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nakamura, Tomohiko ^a   Miyata, Takashi ^a   Sako, Shigeyuki ^a   Onaka, Takashi ^a   Enya, Keigo ^b   Kataza, Hirokazu ^b   Takahashi, Hidenori ^c   Obuchi, Yoshiyuki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Gunma Astronomical Observatory   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chopping; Mid infrared; Piezoelectric actuator; SPICA; Tip tilt

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; HINGES; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TELESCOPES; TURBULENCE;

ATACAMA; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE NOISES; CHOPPER SYSTEMS; CHOPPING; FLEXURE HINGES; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS; MID-INFRARED; MIRROR SYSTEMS; SPICA; TILT MIRRORS; TIP-TILT; UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 56249086493     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.787762     Document Type: Conference Paper

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