CHARA Michigan phase-tracker (CHAMP): Design and fabrication

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6268 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Berger, David H ^a   Monnier, John D ^a   Millan Gabet, Rafael ^b   Ten Brummelaar, Theo A ^c   Muirhead, Philip ^d   Pedretti, Ettore ^a   Thureau, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Mount Wilson Observatory   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fringe tracking; Long baseline optical interferometry

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CHARA MICHIGAN PHASE-TRACKER (CHAMP); FRINGE TRACKING; LONG BASELINE OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; MACH-ZEHNDER COMBINERS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 33749248542     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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