Can intensity interferometry play a useful role in a space environment?

International Astronautical Federation - 56th International Astronautical Congress 2005

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 612-621

  Klein, I ^a   Lipson, S G ^a   Guelman, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; TRIPLE CORRELATION;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SPACECRAFT; WAVELENGTH;

SPACE RESEARCH;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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