400 Years of Optical Instrumentation: feature introduction
Applied Optics, Vol. 49, Issue 16, pp. YOI1-YOI1 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.49.00YOI1
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Abstract
Through its presentation of the recent and continuous developments in optical instrumentation, this Applied Optics feature celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s telescope and the subsequent discoveries he made.
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OCIS Codes
(120.4570) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical design of instruments
(220.4610) Optical design and fabrication : Optical fabrication
(350.1260) Other areas of optics : Astronomical optics
(350.6090) Other areas of optics : Space optics
History
Original Manuscript: May 24, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: May 24, 2010
Published: May 31, 2010
Citation
Daniel Malacara, Joanna Schmit, Małgorzata Kujawińska, and Mitsuo Takeda, "400 Years of Optical Instrumentation: feature introduction," Appl. Opt. 49, YOI1-YOI1 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-49-16-YOI1
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