The StarLight space interferometer: Optical design and performance modeling

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4852, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 500-511

  Martin, S R ^a   Morgan, R ^a   Gunter, S M ^a   Bartos, R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferometry; Space interferometer

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

SPACE INTERFEROMETER; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0038287940     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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