Investigation of focal ratio degradation in optical fibres for astronomical instrumentation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7014, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Crausea, Lisa ^a   Bershady, Matthew ^b   Buckleya, David ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal ratio degradation; Multi mode fibres

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION; BEAM PROFILES; BROADBAND APPLICATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL METHODS; FAR-FIELD; FOCAL RATIO DEGRADATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; MEASUREMENT EFFICIENCY; MULTI-MODE FIBRES; OPTICAL FIBRE; SOUTHERN AFRICAN LARGE TELESCOPE; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; DEGRADATION; FOCUSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

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EID: 66249123961     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.791041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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