Polarization and optical aperture synthesis: The problem and a solution

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 122-136

  Tinbergen, Jaap ^a  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aperture synthesis; Optical full Stokes interferometty; Optical interferometry correlator; Polarization

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIMETERS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

OPTICAL APERTURES;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0038754170     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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