High-performance fringe tracking algorithms utilizing statistical models of atmospheric turbulence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3350, Issue , 1998, Pages 1045-1056

  Padilla, Carlos E ^a   Karlov, Valeri I ^a   Matson, Leslie E ^a   Soosaar, Keto ^a   Ten Brummelaar, Theo A ^b  

^a Moldyn Inc   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Fringe tracking; Nonlinear estimation; Statistical models; Stellar interferometry

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DECISION MAKING; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; GAME THEORY; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MARKOV PROCESSES; STATISTICS;

FOURIER; FRINGE TRACKING; GAUSSIAN; GROUP DELAYS; LIGHT LEVELS; MARKOV CHAINS; NEW METHODS; NON-LINEARITIES; NONLINEAR ESTIMATION; POISSON; SIMULATION RESULTS; STATISTICAL MODELS; STELLAR INTERFEROMETRY;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 0005607095     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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