Strehl ratio and modulation transfer function for segmented mirror telescopes as functions of segment phase error

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 31, 1999, Pages 6642-6647

  Chanan, Gary ^a   Troy, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037745630     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006642     Document Type: Article

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