Magnetic-Optical Filter

Abstract

Magnetic-Optical Filter (MOF) is an instrument suited for high precision spectral measurements for its peculiar characteristics. It is employed in Astronomy and in the field of the telecommunications (it is called FADOF there). In this brief paper we summarize its fundamental structure and functioning.

Published in the Proceedings of the "I Workshop of Astronomy and Astrophysics for Students", Eds. N.R. Napolitano & M. Paolillo, Naples, 19-20 April 2006. (astro-ph/0701577)