A fast new cadioptric design for fiber-fed spectrographs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8446, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Saunders, Will ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiber spectroscopy; Schmidt optics; Spectrographs; VPH gratings

Indexed keywords

COUNT RATES; FIBER SPECTROSCOPY; FREE PARAMETERS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH; TELESCOPE PUPILS; VPH GRATINGS; WAVELENGTH COVERAGE;

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICS; SPECTROGRAPHS; TELESCOPES;

DESIGN;

EID: 84871949332     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.925704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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