Evaluation of a solid KRS-5 grism for infrared astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3354, Issue , 1998, Pages 289-294

  Rayner, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera; Grism; Infrared; Spectrograph

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CAMERAS; INSTRUMENTS; NASA; RESINS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION; GERMANY; GRISM; INFRARED; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; IR CAMERA; R-EQUAL;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 60949083206     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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