Theoretical analysis of astronomical phased arrays

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Withington, Stafford ^a   Saklatvala, George ^a   Hobson, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astronomical telescopes; Coherence; Frame theory; Imaging arrays; Millimetre wave instruments; Optical modes; Phased arrays; Planar arrays; Terahertz instruments

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHASE NOISE; PHOTONS; STATISTICS;

ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES; FRAME THEORY; IMAGING ARRAYS; MILLIMETER WAVE INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MODES; TERAHERTZ INSTRUMENTS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 41849105372     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/01/015304     Document Type: Article

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