ESPRESSO - Design and analysis of Coudé-train concepts for stable and efficient optical feeding

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7739, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cabral, Alexandre ^a   Moitinho, André ^a   Coelho, João ^a   Lima, Jorge ^a   Carvas, Pedro ^a   Amorim, Antonio ^a   Rebordão, José ^a   Ávila, Gerardo ^b   Mégevand, Denis ^c   Herreros, José Miguel ^d   Zerbi, Filippo ^e   Di Marcantonio, Paolo ^f   Lovis, Christophe ^c   Santos, Nuno C ^g   Pepe, Francesco ^c   Cristiani, Stefano ^f   Rebolo, Rafael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^g CENTRO DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coud ; Optical design; Optics; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICS; SPECTROGRAPHS; TELESCOPES;

BASELINE CONCEPTS; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY; EXPECTED THROUGHPUT; HIGH RESOLUTION; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL SET-UP; VERY LARGE TELESCOPE;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77956754909     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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