Simulated interferometric patterns generated by a nearby star–planet system and detected by a rotational shearing interferometer

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

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2019-2024

  Strojnik, Marija ^a   Paez, Gonzalo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; PLANETS;

ROTATIONAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETERS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0032620135     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.002019     Document Type: Article

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