The LINC-NIRVANA testbed fizeau interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1760-1770

  Andersen, David R ^a   Bertram, Thomas ^b   Bizenberger, Peter ^a   Egner, Sebastian ^a   Herbst, Tom M ^a   Ragazzoni, Roberto ^c   Straubmeier, Christian ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fizeau; Interferometry; Laboratory; Wide field imaging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ALGORITHMS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SCANNING;

FIZEAU INTERFEROMETRY; FRINGE CONTRAST; FRINGE TRACKING; WIDE FIELD IMAGING;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 11144327717     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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