Numerical modeling of optical/infrared interferometers for astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3350, Issue , 1998, Pages 282-293

  Wilhelm, Rainer ^a,b   Johann, Ulrich A ^b   Schalinski, Cornelius ^a   Jahn, Herbert ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherence; Diffraction; Interferometry; Numerical modeling; Polarization; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; WAVEFRONTS;

COHERENCE; DIFFRACTION LOSSES; DIFFRACTION MODELS; FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY SPECTRUM (FS); NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL MODELING; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL WAVEFRONT; POWER FLUX (PF); PROGRAM MODULES; RAY TRACING; RAY-TRACING ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTS; TEMPORAL COHERENCE;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 58749117005     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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