Imaging Michelson interferometers

Title, Alan M.

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Imaging Michelson interferometers

Alan M. Title⁵

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The imaging solid wide-field Michelson (SWFM) interferometer has a performance superior to that of a wide-field birefringent element because of its smaller angle sensitivity and its relative insensitivity to temperature. For these reasons SWFM filter systems were chosen as the imaging spectrometers for the Michelson Doppler Imager on SOHO and for the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on the SDO. Theory and practice in space are described for SWFM filters.

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LMSAL—Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Martin C. E. Huber , Anuschka Pauluhn & Alex Zehnder , &
Mullard Space Science Lab, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, UK
J. Len Culhane
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J. Gethyn Timothy
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Klaus Wilhelm

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Title, A.M. (2013). Imaging Michelson interferometers. In: Huber, M.C.E., Pauluhn, A., Culhane, J.L., Timothy, J.G., Wilhelm, K., Zehnder, A. (eds) Observing Photons in Space. ISSI Scientific Report Series, vol 9. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7804-1_19

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7804-1_19
Published: 11 October 2013
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