Cramér-Rao sensitivity limits for astronomical instruments: Implications for interferometer design

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

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 218-233

  Zmuidzinas, Jonas ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

THERMAL EMISSIONS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0043075802     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000218     Document Type: Article

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