Preliminary results from the longitudinal dispersion compensation system for the CHARA array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4838, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 974-982

  Berger, David H ^a   Ten Brummelaar, Theo A ^b   Bagnuolo, William G ^a   McAlister, Harold A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared interferometry; Instrumentation; Longitudinal dispersion; Optical interferometry

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; GLASS; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; INTERFEROMETRY; OBSERVATORIES;

LONGITUDINAL DISPERSION COMPENSATOR (LDC);

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038554210     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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