Toward a diffraction-limited square-kilometer optical telescope: Digital revival of intensity interferometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6986, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dravins, Dainis ^a   LeBohec, Stephan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air Cherenkov telescopes; Astronomical intensity interferometry; Quantum optics; Stellar surface imaging

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRY; QUANTUM OPTICS; STARS;

AIR CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMICAL INTENSITY INTERFEROMETRY; STELLAR SURFACE IMAGING;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 43549123039     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.801260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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