Novel approach to dynamic modeling of active optical instruments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3737, Issue , 1999, Pages 45-56

  Wilhelm, Rainer ^a,b   Johann, Ulrich A ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

active optics; astronomical telescopes; simulation; stellar interferometry; umerical modeling; VLTI

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DIFFRACTION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICAL OPTICS; POLARIZATION; RADIO TELESCOPES; RADIOMETRY; RAY TRACING; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

ACTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES; SIMULATION; STELLAR INTERFEROMETRY; VLTI;

TELESCOPES; SPACE OPTICS;

ACTIVE OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL MODELING TOOL (OMT); STELLAR INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0032660630     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.360032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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