Analytical study of diffraction effects in extremely large segmented telescopes

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1563-1575

  Yaitskova, Natalia ^a   Dohlen, Kjetil ^b   Dierickx, Philippe ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SPECKLE;

EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES (ELT);

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0042932696     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.001563     Document Type: Article

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