High precision calibration of spectrographs in astronomy

Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wilken, T ^a   Hansch T W ^a   Udem Th ^a   Steinmetz, T ^a,b   Holzwarth, R ^a,b   Manescau, A ^c   Lo Curto, G ^c   Pasquini, L ^c   Lovis, C ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b MENLO SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTROGRAPHS;

ABSOLUTE ACCURACY; ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROGRAPHS; FREQUENCY COMBS; HIGH-PRECISION CALIBRATION; PHOTON NOISE; TRADITIONAL CALIBRATION; YB-FIBER;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 77957579617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/cleo.2010.cmhh3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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