Development of large high-performance lenses for astronomical spectrographs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3355, Issue , 1998, Pages 111-128

  Epps, Harland W ^a  

^a University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

All spherical; Aspheric; Astronomy; Camera; Collimator; Large; Lens; Reimage; Spectrograph

Indexed keywords

ALL-SPHERICAL; ANAMORPHIC; ASPHERIC LENS; CATADIOPTRIC CAMERAS; CCD ARRAYS; COLLIMATED BEAMS; COLLIMATOR; FOCAL LENGTHS; GLASS TECHNOLOGIES; LARGE; LARGE TELESCOPES; LARGER FIELDS; LOW RESOLUTIONS; MAGELLAN; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; REIMAGE; SPECTRAL COVERAGES; SPHERICAL LENS;

ASPHERICS; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIGITAL CAMERAS; INSTRUMENTS; METAL CASTINGS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL GLASS; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPHERES;

LENSES;

EID: 62849127083     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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