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  • Gamma-ray source observations with the HAGAR telescope system at Hanle in the Himalayas 
    Britto, R. J; Acharya, B. S; Chitnis, V. R; Cowsik, R; Dorji, N; Duhan, S. K; Gothe, K. S; Kamath, P. U; Mahesh, P. K; Nagesh, B. K; Naidu, A; Parmar, N. K; Prabhu, T. P; Rao, S. K; Saha, L; Saleem, F; Saxena, A. K; Sharma, S. K; Shukla, A; Singh, B. B; Srinivasan, R; Srinivasulu, G; Sudersanan, P. V; Tsewang, D; Upadhya, S. S; Vishwanath, P. R (Societe Francaise d’Astronomie et dAstrophysique, 2009-11)
    We have observed Crab nebula using the recently commissioned wavefront sampling high alti- tude (4270 m) array, HAGAR, at Hanle in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas. Regular source observations have begun with the ...
  • HiRES - A high-resolution stigmatic extreme ultraviolet spectroheliometer for studies of the fine-scale structure of the solar chromosphere, transition region, and corona 
    Timothy, J. G; Berger, T. E; Morgan, J. S; Walker, A. B. C; Jain, S. K; Saxena, A. K; Bhattacharyya, J. C; Huber, M. C. E; Tondello, G; Naletto, G (SPIE, 1991-08)
    HiRES is a high-resolution stigmatic EUV spectroheliometer whose 45-cm Gregory telescope is coupled to a spectrometer employing a single toroidal diffraction grating and an imaging pulse-counting multianode microchannel ...
  • HiRES: high resolution extreme ultraviolet spectroheliometer 
    Berger, T; Bergamini, P; Kirby, H; Timothy, J. G; Walker, A. B. C; Bhattacharyya, J. C; Jain, S. K; Saxena, A. K; Huber, M. C. E; Naletto, G; Tondello, G (Cambridge University Press, 1993)
    The HiRES sounding rocket payload is designed to obtain very high spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution images of the solar chromospheric and coronal plasmas in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength range from 500 ...
  • HiRES: High-resolution extreme-ultraviolet spectroheliometer toroidal diffraction grating performance evaluation 
    Berger, T. E; Bergamini, P; Walker II, A. B. C; Jain, S. K; Saxena, A. K; Bhattacharyya, J. C; Huber, M. H; Tondello, G; Naletto, G; Baker, P. C (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1993)
    The HiRES sounding rocket payload has been described in detail in previous SPIE Proceedings. Here, optical design of the toroidal grating spectrograph is presented and discussed. Ray tracing results are presented which ...
  • History of optical glass and optical technology in India 
    Saxena, A. K; Vagiswari, A (Indian National Science Academy, 1990)
  • Improving the throughput of telescope by adaptive optics methods 
    Chinnappan, V; Saxena, A. K; Sreenivasan, A (Astronomical Society of India, 1998)
  • Large optical mirror making technology and facility at Indian Institute of Astrophysics 
    Saxena, A. K (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1990)
    Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has recently completed building of 2.34 MTelescopeS Optics for the same was fabricated in the Optical shop of the Institute. Thepaper describes the technology used in making 2.34 M ...
  • Low cost method for subarcsecond testing of a right angle prism 
    Saxena, A. K; Yeswanth, L (SPIE, 1990-12)
    This paper describes a method for testing a right angle prism, or any other optical component having a right angle, to subarcsecond accuracy. The method makes use of Haidinger fringes and is simple to use. Unlike autocollimation ...
  • Low-cost adaptive optics for astronomical applications 
    Chinnappan, V; Saxena, A. K; Sreenivasan, A (The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), 2001-09)
    Recent advancement in the technology in integrated circuit fabrication and new smart sensors allow us to implement adaptive optics systems which is otherwise not possible to implement a few years back with limited resources ...
  • Measurement of gradient index profiles by babinet fringe analysis 
    Pandya, T. P; Saxena, A. K (American Institute of Physics, 1979-03)
    A theory for determining one-dimensional ray deflections with the help of distorted Babinet fringes has been developed. An approach for investigating two-dimensional ray deflections has been presented. Applications of the ...
  • Multislit spectrophotometry of the corona 
    Saxena, A. K; Singh, J; Gabriel, F (Indian National Science Academy, 1981)
  • A New Polarimeter for Stellar Polarization Measurement 
    Saxena, A. K (International Astronomical Union, 1986)
    A polarimeter for the measurement of Stokes' parameters for stellar and quasi stellar objects in specific wavelength regions has been reported. The variable retardation and dispersive property of a small angle Babinet ...
  • Observations with the High Altitude GAmma Ray (HAGAR) telescope array in the Indian Himalayas 
    Britto, R. J; Acharya, B. S; Anupama, G. C; Bhatt, N; Bhattacharjee, P; Bhattacharya, S. S; Chitnis, V. R; Cowsik, R; Dorji, N; Duhan, S. K; Gothe, K. S; Kamath, P. U; Koul, R; Mahesh, P. K; Mitra, A; Nagesh, B. K; Parmar, N. K; Prabhu, T. P; Rannot, R. C; Rao, S. K; Saha, L; Saleem, F; Saxena, A. K; Sharma, S. K; Shukla, A; Singh, B. B; Srinivasan, R; Srinivasulu, G; Sudersanan, P. V; Tickoo, A. K; Tsewang, D; Upadhya, S; Vishwanath, P. R; Yadav, K. K (French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010-12)
    For several decades, it was thought that astrophysical sources emit high energy photons within the energy range of the gamma-ray region of the lectromagnetic spectrum also. These photons originate from interactions of high ...
  • Observations with the High Altitude GAmma-Ray (HAGAR) telescope array in the Indian Himalayas 
    Britto, R. J; Acharya, B. S; Anupama, G. C; Bhatt, N; Bhattacharjee, P; Bhattacharya, S; Chitnis, V. R; Cowsik, R; Dorji, N; Duhan, S. K; Gothe, K. S; Kamath, P. U; Koul, R; Manoharan, J; Mahesh, P. K; Mitra, A; Nagesh, B. K; Parmar, N. K; Prabhu, T. P; Rannot, R. C; Rao, S. K; Saha, L; Saleem, F; Saxena, A. K; Sharma, S. K; Shukla, A; Singh, B. B; Srinivasan, R; Srinivasulu, G; Sudersanan, P. V; Tickoo, A. K; Tsewang, D; Upadhya, S. S; Vishwanath, P. R; Yadav, K. K (Copernicus Publications, 2011-11)
    The High Altitude GAmma-Ray (HAGAR) array is a wavefront sampling array of 7 telescopes, set-up at Hanle, at 4270 m amsl, in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas (Northern India). It constitutes the first phase of the HImalayan ...
  • Optical glass: its manufacture in India — a historical perspective 
    Saxena, A. K; Vagiswari, A; Manjula, M (Indian National Science Academy, 1991)
    A historical perspective of optical glass industry in India has been presented in this paper. In this introduction a clear definition and understanding of optical glass is given. This is followed by world perspective. The ...
  • Optical polishing for development of highly specular sunshield for radiant coolers of meteorological satellites of ISRO 
    Madhu Prasad; Saxena, A. K (Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO Satellite Centre, 2010-01-22)
    Radiant cooler is used to cool the infrared and water vapour detectors of meteorological payload of several geosynchronous satellites of ISRO. A three stage cooler was developed at Thermal Systems Group, ISAC to achieve ...
  • Overview of the Instrument & Technology development at IIA (Past, Present, Future) 
    Saxena, A. K (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 2010)
  • Performance evaluation of high-speed camera system for adaptive optics 
    Chinnappan, V; Saxena, A. K; Sreenivasan, A (Astronomical Society of India, 2002-09)
    Atmospheric turbulence distorts the incoming wavefront from the star light, thus severely limiting the resolution of the groundbased optical telescopes (Fried 1966). Adaptive optics is being implemented in all big ...
  • Performance of 10.5μm quantum well infrared photodetector for astronomical applications 
    Joseph, Celine; Saxena, A. K (Department of Applied Optics and Photonics, University of Calcutta, 2011)
  • A Program for Testing Aspheric Schmidt Corrector Plate 
    Saxena, A. K; Lancelot, J. P (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1987)
    A null test for testing aspheric Schmidt corrector plate has been described. This paper gives a detailed procedure and a computer programe for computing optimum test parameters. A typical run of the program for testing a ...

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