Differential phase delay observations with VLTI/MIDI at N-band

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 588-599

  Tubbs, Robert N ^a   Meisner, Jeffrey A ^a   Bakker, Eric J ^a   Albrecht, Simon ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

10 micron; Atmospheric turbulence; Colour differential phase; Fringe tracking; Humidity; Interferometry; Longitudinal dispersion; MIDI; Phase referencing; Phase tracking; VLTI

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEFRONTS;

10 MICRON; COLOUR DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; FRINGE TRACKING; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSION; MIDI; PHASE REFERENCING; PHASE TRACKING; VLTI;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 11144352265     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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