Laboratory imaging stellar interferometer with fiber links

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 34, 2000, Pages 6406-6420

  Delage, Laurent ^a   Reynaud, François ^a   Lannes, André ^b  

^a Institut de Recherche en Communications Optiques et Micro ondes   (France)

^b Centre Européen Research et de Formation Avencée en Calcul Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; RADIO ASTRONOMY;

SPACE MISSION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0000879003     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.006406     Document Type: Article

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