Dispersion affecting the VLTI and 10 micron interferometry using MIDI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4838, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 609-624

  Meisner, Jeffrey ^a   Le Poole, Rudolf ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Dispersion; Group delay; Infrared; Phase; Stellar interferometry; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTERFEROMETRY; VAPORS; WATER;

MICRON INTERFEROMETRY;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0037650203     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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