Focal ratio degradation and transmission in VIRUS-P optical fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Murphy, Jeremy D ^a   MacQueen, Phillip J ^b   Hill, Gary J ^b   Grupp, Frank ^c   Kelz, Andreas ^d   Palunas, Povilas ^b,e   Roth, Martin ^c   Fry, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Focal Ratio Degradation; HETDEX; Optical Fibers; VIRUS P

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FOCUSING; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIO TELESCOPES; TELESCOPES; TESTING; VIRUSES;

ALL FIBERS; BAND INTERFERENCES; CENTRAL OBSCURATIONS; EXTENSIVE TESTS; FIBER TYPES; FOCAL RATIO DEGRADATION; HETDEX; INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROGRAPHS; MCDONALD; OPTICAL-; RATIO DEGRADATIONS; ROBUST TECHNIQUES; TEST BENCHES; TESTING METHODS; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCES;

FIBERS;

EID: 56249112644     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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