Michigan infrared combiner (MIRC): Commissioning results at the CHARA Array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6268 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Monnier, John D ^a   Pedretti, Ettore ^a   Thureau, Nathalie ^a   Berger, Jean Philippe ^b   Millan Gabet, Rafael ^c   Ten Brummelaar, Theo ^d   McAlister, Harold ^d   Sturmann, Judit ^d   Sturmann, Lazlo ^d   Muirhead, Phil ^a,e   Tannirkulam, Ajay ^a   Webster, Scott ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Closure phase; Imaging; Infrared; Interferometry

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; PRODUCT DESIGN; TELESCOPES;

CHARA ARRAY; CLOSURE PHASE; MICHIGAN INFRARED COMBINER (MIRC); PHASE STABILITY;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 33748996793     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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