Sampling of the telescope image plane using single- And few-mode fibre arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1885-1891

  Corbett, Jason C W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CONVERTERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

COMPLICATED FUNCTIONS; CONTINUOUS FIELDS; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; FOCAL RATIO DEGRADATION; IMAGE SCRAMBLING; LENSLET ARRAY; PHOTONIC INSTRUMENTATION; SINGLE-MODE FIELD;

FIBERS;

EID: 59749099850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001885     Document Type: Article

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