Coupling of large telescopes and single-mode waveguides: Application to stellar interferometry

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 143-149

  Ruilier, Cyril ^a,b,c   Cassaing, Frédéric ^c  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TURBULENCE;

SINGLE-MODE WAVEGUIDES;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0001559733     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.000143     Document Type: Article

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