Optical delay line nanometer level pathlength control law design for space-based interferometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3350, Issue , 1998, Pages 14-25

  Grogan, Robert L ^a   Blackwood, Gary H ^a   Calvet, Robert J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active optics control; Delay line; Interferometry; Interferometry technology; Space interferometry mission

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; BEAMFORMING; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; DESIGN; INTERFEROMETERS; JITTER; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; WAVES;

ACTIVE OPTICS CONTROL; CONTROL LAW DESIGN; CONTROL LAWS; DELAY LINE; DYNAMIC RANGE (DR); EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN (FD); FRINGE VISIBILITIES; INPUT SHAPING; INTERFEROMETRY MISSIONS; INTERFEROMETRY TECHNOLOGY; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; LOOP CONTROL; NANOMETER LEVELS; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS; SPACE INTERFEROMETRY MISSION;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0012794756     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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