Advanced fringe tracking algorithms for low-light level ground-based stellar interferometry

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages 1585-1589

  Padilla, Carlos E ^a   Karlov, Valeri I ^a   Leslie, Matson ^a   Chun, Hon M ^a  

^a Moldyn Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; ATMOSPHERIC VARIATIONS; INTERFEROMETRIC FRINGES; INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; STATISTICAL MECHANISMS; STELLAR INTERFEROMETRY; SUBSPACE TRACKING ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; INTERFEROMETRY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; TRACKING (POSITION);

STARS;

EID: 84881351994     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.1998.707273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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