Wide-field Fizeau imaging telescope: Experimental results

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4235-4240

  Kendrick, R L ^a   Aubrun, Jean Noel ^a   Bell, Ray ^a   Benson, Robert ^a   Benson, Larry ^a   Brace, David ^a   Breakwell, John ^a   Burriesci, Larry ^a   Byler, Eric ^a   Camp, John ^a   Cross, Gene ^a   Cuneo, Peter ^a   Dean, Peter ^a   Digumerthi, Ramji ^a   Duncan, Alan ^a   Farley, John ^a   Green, Andy ^a   Hamilton, Howard H ^a   Herman, Bruce ^a   Lauraitis, Kris ^a   De Leon, Erich ^a   Lorell, Kenneth ^a   Martin, Rob ^a   Matosian, Ken ^a   Muench, Tom ^a   Ni, Mel ^a   Palmer, Alice ^a   Roseman, Dennis ^a   Russell, Sheldon ^a   Schweiger, Paul ^a   Sigler, Rob ^a   Smith, John ^a   Stone, Richard ^a   Stubbs, David ^a   Swietek, Gregg ^a   Thatcher, John ^a   Tischhauser, C ^a   Wong, Harvey ^a   Zarifis, Vassilis ^a   Gleichman, Kurt ^b   Paxman, Rick ^b   more..

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ERROR DETECTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHASE CONTROL; WAVEFRONTS;

COLLECTOR TELESCOPES; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED IMAGES; IMAGING TELESCOPES; PHASING ERRORS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749562371     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004235     Document Type: Article

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