Demonstration of a binary-optic infrared grism: A slitless spectrograph for meteor observations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3354, Issue , 1998, Pages 168-177

  Warren, David W ^a   Hayhurst, Thomas L ^a   Rossano, George S ^a   Hackwell, John A ^a   Russell, Ray W ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary optics; Diffraction grating; Grism; Infrared; Meteor; Spectrograph

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION CORRECTION; APRIORI; BINARY OPTICS; GRATING PROFILE; GRISM; INFRARED; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; LEONID METEOR SHOWER; METEOR; OPTICAL PATH; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS; REFRACTIVE OPTICS; TRANSIENT PHENOMENON; UNCOOLED;

ASTROPHYSICS; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SPECTROGRAPHS;

LIGHT;

EID: 60949084383     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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