Aperture configuration optimality criterion for phased arrays of optical telescopes

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

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2367-2374

  Mugnier, Laurent M ^a   Rousset, Gérard ^a   Cassaing, Frédéric ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Aperture configuration; Image restoration; Interferometry; Optical imaging; Phased arrays; Synthetic aperture

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

APERTURE CONFIGURATION; NOISE STATISTICS; OPTICAL IMAGING; PHASED ARRAYS; RADIO TRANSFER FUNCTION;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0030379027     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.002367     Document Type: Article

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