Magdalena ridge observatory interferometer: Progress towards first light

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7013, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Creech Eakman, M J ^a   Romero, V ^a   Westpfahl, D ^a   Cormier, C ^a   Haniff, C ^b   Buscher, D ^b   Bakker, E ^a   Berger, L ^a   Block, E ^a   Coleman, T ^a   Festler, P ^a   Jurgenson, C ^a   King, R ^a   Klinglesmith, D ^a   McCord, K ^a   Olivares, A ^a   Parameswariah, C ^a   Payne, I ^a   Paz, T ^a   Ryan, E ^a   Salcido, C ^a   Santoro, F ^a   Selina, R ^a   Shtromberg, A ^a   Steenson, J ^a   Baron, F ^b   Boysen, R ^b   Coyne, J ^b   Fisher, M ^b   Seneta, E ^b   Sun, X ^b   Thureau, N ^b   Wilson, D ^b   Young, J ^b   more..

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment systems; Beam combiners; Delay lines; Fringe tracking; High resolution imaging; Optical interferometer; Telescope facilities

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS; BEAM COMBINERS; DELAY LINES; FRINGE TRACKING; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; INFRA RED INTERFEROMETRY; MAGDALENA RIDGE OBSERVATORY; NEAR INFRA-RED; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL-; SCIENCE MISSIONS; TELESCOPE FACILITIES;

BUILDINGS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETERS; METRIC SYSTEM; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 52249110941     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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