GREAT: A first light instrument for SOFIA

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7014, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Heyminck, S ^a   Gusten R ^a   Hartogh, P ^b   Hubers H W ^c   Stutzki, J ^d   Graf, U U ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterodyne receiver; SOFIA; Terahertz receiver

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS; ATOMIC OXYGEN; CONFERENCE SYSTEM; GERMAN RECEIVER FOR ASTRONOMY AT TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; HETERODYNE RECEIVER; LOW FREQUENCY; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; SOFIA; TERAHERTZ RECEIVER;

AIRCRAFT; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; DEUTERIUM; FREQUENCY BANDS; HYDROGEN; INSTRUMENTS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OXYGEN; RADIO RECEIVERS;

HETERODYNING;

EID: 66249107442     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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