2002 Michelson Interferometry Summer School

Interferometer Design for Synthesis Imaging

David Mozurkewich (Naval Research Laboratory)

Abstract:

In this talk I will examine the practical details of building an array aimed at stellar imaging. This includes such vitally important topics as the layout of the array elements, the design of the beam combiner and how to detect fringes.

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Bibliography:

Caltech 1999 | Berkeley 2000 | Flagstaff 2001 | CfA 2002

Course Notes from the 2002 Michelson Interferometry Summer School
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge Massachusetts, June 24-28, 2002

Edited by P.R. Lawson (JPL), MS 301-451 Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California, 91109
Last Updated 9 February 2004