Diffracfion effects with segmented apertures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 799-809

  Zeiders, Glenn W ^a   Montgomery, Edward E ^b  

^a Sirius Group   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Optical system design; Segmented optics; Space telescopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; GENERAL SITUATION; GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; SEGMENTED OPTICS; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; WAVEFRONT DISTORTION;

DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE UNDERSTANDING; INTEGRATION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MIRRORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE OPTICS; WAVEFRONTS;

SPACE TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

ACTIVE OPTICS; SEGMENTED APERTURES; SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0032298666     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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