Dual three-way infrared beam combiner at the CHARA Array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7734, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sturmann, Judit ^a   Brummelaar, Theo Ten ^a   Sturmann, Laszlo ^a   McAlister, Harold A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk optics; Infrared; Interferometry; Pupil plain beam combiner; Three way beam combination

Indexed keywords

BEAM COMBINER; BULK OPTICS; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; INFRARED; INFRARED BEAMS; OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT; PHASE CLOSURE; PUPIL PLAIN BEAM COMBINER; SPATIAL FILTERINGS; THREE-WAY BEAM COMBINATION;

DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL DESIGN;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 79953032419     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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