Ray-tracing and physical-optics analysis of the aperture efficiency in a radio telescope

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4092-4101

  Olmi, Luca ^a,b   Bolli, Pietro ^a,c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSICAL OPTICS; RAY TRACING;

APERTURE EFFICIENCY; PHASE EFFICIENCY;

RADIO TELESCOPES;

EID: 34548236422     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.004092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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