Mid-infrared high-resolution spectrograph for SPICA

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kobayashi, Naoto ^a   Ikeda, Yuji ^b   Kawakita, Hideyo ^c   Enya, Keigo ^d,g   Nakagawa, Takao ^d,g   Kataza, Hirokazu ^d,g   Matsuhara, Hideo ^d,g   Hirahara, Yasuhiro ^e   Tokoro, Hitoshi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Photocoding   (Japan)

^c KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Nano Optonics Research Institute Inc   (Japan)

^g Aerospace Exploration Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Extra terrestrial life; High resolution spectroscopy; Immersion gratin; Infrared; Molecular spectroscopy; Optical device; Space telescope; SPICA

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL LIFE; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; IMMERSION GRATIN; INFRARED; SPICA;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE PROBES; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 70349525323     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.799423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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