Interferometry on the large binocular telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 383-390

  Herbst, T M ^a   Hinz, P M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fizeau; Infrared; Interferometry; Nulling

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BINOCULARS; CAMERAS; COHERENT LIGHT; INTEGRATION; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PLANETS; SCHEDULING;

BINOCULAR TELESCOPES; FIZEAU-MODE BEAM COMBINERS; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER (TPF); THERMAL INFRARED BEAM COMBINERS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 10444270353     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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