Effect of CCD readout noise in astronomical speckle imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 361-368

  Zadnik, Jerome A ^a,b   Beletic, James W ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Aeromet Inc   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

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EID: 18444362772     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000361     Document Type: Article

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