Air-clad fibres for astronomical instrumentation: Focal-ratio degradation

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 24, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Åslund, Mattias L ^a   Canning, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air clad fibres; Focal ratio degradation; High numerical aperture

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349275030     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9132-7     Document Type: Article

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