Quantum-statistical analysis of multimode far-infrared and submillimeter-wave astronomical interferometers

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

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1937-1946

  Withington, Stafford ^a   Hobson, Michael P ^a   Saklatvala, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL OPTICS; TELESCOPES;

APERTURE-SYNTHESIS INTERFEROMETRY; ASTRONOMICAL INTERFEROMETERS; BOLOMETRIC INTERFEROMETER; FAR-INFRARED INTERFEROMETERS; QUANTUM-STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 25444468340     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.001937     Document Type: Article

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