Mach-Zehnder wavefront sensor for phasing of segmented telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4840, Issue , 2002, Pages 564-573

  Montoya Martinez, L ^a   Yaitskova, N ^b   Dierickx, P ^b   Dohlen, K ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mach Zehnder interferometry; OWL; Phasing; Segmented mirrors

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; WAVEFRONTS;

SEGMENTED TELESCOPES;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038664132     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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