The wide-field imaging interferometry Testbed I: Purpose, testbed design, data, and synthesis algorithms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4852, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 255-267

  Leisawitz, David ^a   Frey, Bradley J ^a   Leviton, Douglas B ^a   Martino, Anthony J ^a   Maynard, William L ^a   Mundy, Lee G ^b   Rinehart, Stephen A ^a   Teng, Stacy H ^b   Zhang, Xiaolei ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Imaging algorithms; Interferometry; Michelson interferometer; Synthesis imaging; Testbed; Wide field imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASTROPHYSICS; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INSTRUMENT TESTING; NYQUIST DIAGRAMS; PROBES; SPACE TELESCOPES;

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; IMAGING ALGORITHMS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPE; SYNTHESIS IMAGING; WIDE FIELD IMAGING INTERFEROMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0037502862     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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