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Selected Papers on Long Baseline Stellar Interferometry

Peter R. Lawson, Editor.

Volume MS 139 in the Milestone Series of Selected Reprints.
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Table of Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Annotated Bibliography

Section 1: Early Stellar Interferometry

Prix Bordin: Rapport sur le concours de l'année 1867
H. Fizeau, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 66, 932-934 (1868). 3 pp.

Extrait d'une lettre de M. Stephan à M. Fizeau
E. Stéphan, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 76, 1008-1010 (1873). 3 pp.

Sur l'extrême petitesse du diamètre apparent des étoiles fixes,
E. Stéphan, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 78, 1008-1012 (1874). 5 pp.

On the application of interference methods to astronomical measurements,
A.A. Michelson, Phil. Mag. 30, 1-20, Plates I and II, (1890). 22 pp.

Visibility of interference-fringes in the focus of a telescope,
A.A. Michelson, Phil. Mag. 31, 256-259 (1891). 4 pp.

Measurement of Jupiter's satellites by interference,
A.A. Michelson, Nature 45, 160-161 (1891). 2 pp.

Ueber messung von doppelsternen durch interferenzen,
K. Schwarzschild, Astron. Nachr 139, No. 3335, (1896). 4 pp.

On the application of interference methods to astronomical measurements,
A.A. Michelson, Ap.J. 51 257-262 (1920). 6 pp.

Application of Michelson's interferometer method to the measurement of close double stars,
J.A. Anderson, Ap.J. 51 263-275 (1920). 13 pp.

Measurement of the diameter of Orionis with the interferometer,
A.A. Michelson and F.G. Pease, Ap.J. 53, 249-259 (1921). 11 pp.

Interferometer methods in astronomy,
F.G. Pease, Ergebnisse der Exakten Naturwissenschaften 10, 84-96 (1931). 13 pp.

Section 2: Intensity Interferometry

Correlation between photons in two coherent beams of light,
R. Hanbury Brown and R.Q. Twiss, Nature 177, 27-29 (1956). 3 pp.

A test of a new type of stellar interferometer on Sirius,
R. Hanbury Brown and R.Q. Twiss, Nature 178, 1046-1048 (1956). 3 pp.

The stellar interferometer at Narrabri Observatory-I,
R. Hanbury Brown, J. Davis, L.R. Allen, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 137, 375-392 (1967). 18 pp.

The angular diameters of 32 stars,
R. Hanbury Brown, J. Davis and L.R. Allen, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 167, 121-136 (1974). 16 pp.

Section 3: Infrared Heterodyne Interferometry

Infrared Interferometry,
J. Gay and A. Journet, Nature Phys. Sci. 241, 32-33 (1973). 2 pp.

10-m heterodyne stellar interferometer,
M.A. Johnson, A.L. Betz, C.H. Townes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 33, 1617-1620 (1974). 4 pp.

L'interféromètre infrarouge du CERGA,
P. Assus, H. Choplin, J.P. Corteggiani, E. Cuot, J. Gay, A. Journet, G. Merlin, and Y.Rabbia, J. Optics (Paris) 10, 345-350 (1979). 6 pp.

Long baseline interferometer for the mid-infrared,
M. Bester, W.C. Danchi, and C.H. Townes, Proc. SPIE 1237, 40-48 (1990). 9 pp.

Visibility curves at 10 m wavelength for stars and dust shells,
W.C. Danchi, M. Bester, C. Degiacomi, C.H. Townes, Proc. SPIE 1237, 327-334 (1990). 8 pp.

Section 4: Direct-Detection Interferometry

Interferometry with two apertures

A superposed-ray interferometer,
E.S. Kulagin, Sov. Astron. 13, 1023-1028 (1970). 6 pp.

Four stellar-diameter measurements by a new technique: amplitude interferometry,
D.G. Currie, S.L. Knapp, and K.M. Liewer, Ap.J. 187, 131-134 (1974). 4 pp.

Initial results of spatial interferometry at 5 microns,
D.W. McCarthy and F.J. Low, Ap.J. 202, L37-L40 (1975). 4 pp.

Interferometry with Two Telescopes

Interference fringes obtained on Vega with two optical telescopes,
A. Labeyrie, Astrophys. J. 196, L71-L75 (1975). 5 pp.

The I2T interferometer,
L. Koechlin, in ESO Conf. on High Resolution Imaging by Interferometry, F. Merkle ed., 695-704 (1988). 10 pp.

Stellar diameter measurements by two-aperture interferometry in the infrared,
G.P. Di Benedetto and G. Conti, Ap. J., 268, 309-318 (1983). 10 pp.

Accurate angular diameters and effective temperatures for eleven giants cooler than K0 by Michelson interferometry,
G.P. Di Benedetto and Y. Rabbia, Astron. Astrophys. 188, 114-124 (1987). 11 pp.

First fringes with the large boules interferometer at CERGA,
A. Labeyrie et al., Astron. Astrophys. 162, 359-364 (1986). 6 pp.

The GI2T interferometer on Plateau de Calern,
D. Mourard, I. Tallon-Bosc, A. Blazit, D. Bonneau, G. Merlin, F. Morand, F. Vakili, and A. Labeyrie, Astron. Astrophys. 283, 705-713 (1994). 9 pp.

The Sydney University 11.4 m prototype stellar interferometer,
J. Davis and W.J. Tango, Proc. Astron. Soc. Aus. 6 34-38 (1985). 5 pp.

New determination of the angular diameter of Sirius,
J. Davis and W.J. Tango, Nature 323, 234-235 (1986). 2 pp.

A new very high angular resolution stellar interferometer,
J. Davis and W.J. Tango, Proc. Astron. Soc. Aus. 6 38-43 (1985). 6 pp.

IRMA: a prototype infrared Michelson stellar interferometer,
H.M. Dyck, J.A. Benson, and S.T. Ridgway, Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac. 105, 610-615 (1993). 6 pp.

Current status of the IOTA interferometer,
N.P. Carleton et al., Proc. SPIE 2200, 152-165 (1994). 14 pp.

Astrometry

Long-baseline optical interferometer for astrometry,
M. Shao and D.H. Staelin, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 67, 81-86 (1977). 6 pp.

First fringe measurements with a phase-tracking stellar interferometer,
M. Shao and D.H. Staelin, Appl. Opt. 19, 1519-1522 (1980). 4 pp.

Two-color method for optical astrometry: theory and preliminary measurements with the Mark III stellar interferometer,
M.M. Colavita, M. Shao, and D.H. Staelin, Appl. Opt. 26, 4113-4121 (1987). 9 pp.

The Mark III Stellar interferometer,
M. Shao, M.M. Colavita, B.E. Hines, D.H. Staelin, D.J. Hutter, K.J. Johnston, D. Mozurkewich, R.S. Simon, J.L. Hershey, J.A. Hughes, and G.H. Kaplan, Astron. Astrophys. 193, 357-371 (1988). 15 pp.

Four years of astrometric measurements with the Mark III optical interferometer,
C.A. Hummel, D. Mozurkewich, N.M. Elias, A. Quirrenbach, D.F. Buscher, J.T. Armstrong, K.J. Johnston, R.S. Simon, D.J. Hutter, Astron. J. 108 326-336 (1994). 11 pp.

U.S. Naval Observatory Astrometric Interferometer
D.J. Hutter, Proc. SPIE 2200, 81-88 (1994). 8 pp.

Potential of long-baseline infrared interferometry for narrow-angle astrometry,
M. Shao and M.M. Colavita, Astron. Astrophys. 262 353-358 (1992). 6 pp.

ASEPS-0 testbed interferometer,
M.M. Colavita, M. Shao, B.E. Hines, J.K. Wallace, Y. Gursel, F. Malbet, J.W. Yu, H. Singh, C.A. Beichman, X.P. Pan, T. Nakajima, and S.R. Kulkarni, Proc. SPIE 2200, 89-97 (1994). 9 pp.

Optical Synthesis Imaging

The Michelson stellar interferometer: a phase sensitive variation of the optical instrument,
R.C. Jennison, Proc. Phys. Soc. 78, 596-599 (1961). 4 pp.

A technique for measuring visibility phase with an optical interferometer in the presence of atmospheric seeing,
D.H. Rogstad, Appl. Opt. 7, 585-588 (1968). 4 pp.

Interferometric technique for recording and restoring images degraded by unknown aberrations,
W.T. Rhodes and J.W. Goodman, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63, 647-657 (1973). 11 pp.

Closure phase in high-resolution optical imaging,
J.E. Baldwin, C.A. Haniff, C.D. Mackay, and P.J. Warner, Nature 320, 595-597 (1986). 3 pp.

The first images from optical aperture synthesis,
C.A. Haniff, C.D. Mackay, D.J. Titterington, D. Sivia, J.E. Baldwin, and P.J. Warner, Nature 328, 694-696 (1987). 3 pp.

Progress on the Big Optical Array (BOA)
J.T. Armstrong, Proc. SPIE 2200, 62-70 (1994). 9 pp.

Design and performance of COAST,
J.E. Baldwin, R.C. Boysen, G.C. Cox, C.A. Haniff, J. Rogers, P.J. Warner, D.M.A. Wilson, and C.D. Mackay, in Amplitude and Intensity Spatial Interferometry II, J.B. Breckinridge, ed., Proc. SPIE 2200, 118-128 (1994). 11 pp.

The first images from an optical aperture synthesis array: mapping of Capella with COAST at two epochs,
J.E. Baldwin, M.G. Beckett, R.C. Boysen, D. Burns, D.F. Buscher, G.C. Cox, C.A. Haniff, C.D. Mackay, N.S. Nightingale, J. Rogers, P.A.G. Sheuer, T.R. Scott, P.G. Tuthill, P.J. Warner, D.M.A. Wilson, and R.W. Wilson, Astron. Astrophys. 306, L13-L16 (1996). 4 pp.

Section 5: Related Technology and Limitations

Fiber Optics

Coherence and interferometry through optical fibers,
C. Froehly, in Proc. ESO Conf. on Scientific Importance of High Angular Resolution at Infrared and Optical Wavelengths, M.H. Ulrich and K. Kjär eds., (European Southern Observatory: Garching, 1981) pp.285-293. 9 pp.

Single-mode fiber optics in a long-baseline interferometer,
S.B. Shaklan and F. Roddier, Appl. Opt. 26, 2159-2163 (1987). 5 pp.

Coupling starlight into single-mode fiber optics,
S.B. Shaklan and F. Roddier, Appl. Opt. 27, 2334-2338 (1988). 5 pp.

FLUOR: A stellar interferometer using single-mode infrared fibers,
V. Coudé du Foresto and S. Ridgway, in High-Resolution Imaging by Interferometry II, J.M. Beckers and F. Merkle eds., (ESO: Garching, 1992) pp. 731-740. 10 pp.

Interferometric Seeing Measurements

Measurement of the amplitude of phase excursions in the earth's atmosphere,
J.B. Breckinridge, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 66, 143-144 (1976). 2 pp.

Pathlength stability of synthetic aperture telescopes: the case of the 25 cm CERGA interferometer,
J.M. Mariotti and G.P. Di Benedetto, Proc. IAU Colloq. 79, Very Large Telescopes, their Instrumentation and Programs, (ESO, Garching, 1984), pp. 257-265. 9 pp.

Atmospheric phase measurements with the Mark III stellar interferometer,
M.M. Colavita, M. Shao, and D.H. Staelin, Appl. Opt. 26, 4106-4112 (1987). 7 pp.

Atmospheric fluctuations: empirical structure functions and projected performance of future instruments,
M. Bester, W.C. Danchi, C.G. Degiacomi, L.J. Greenhill, and C.H. Townes, Ap.J. 392, 357-374 (1992). 18 pp.

Interferometric seeing measurements on Mt. Wilson: power spectra and outer scales,
D.F. Buscher, J.T. Armstrong, C.A. Hummel, A. Quirrenbach, D. Mozurkewich, K.J. Johnston, C.S. Denison, M.M. Colavita, and M. Shao, Appl. Opt. 34, 1081-1096 (1995). 16 pp.

Atmospheric path variations for baselines up to 80 m measured with the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer,
J. Davis, P.R. Lawson, A.J. Booth, W.J. Tango, E.D. Thorvaldson, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 273, L53-L58 (1995). 6 pp.

Theory and Techniques

Limitations of fringe-parameter estimation at low light levels,
J.F. Walkup and J.W. Goodman, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63, 399-407 (1973). 9 pp.

Signal-to-noise ratio in speckle interferometry,
F. Roddier, Proc. OSA Topical Meeting C12, ThC6 1-4 (1975). 5 pp.

Michelson stellar interferometry,
W.J. Tango, R.Q. Twiss, Progress in Optics Vol. 17, pp. 239-277 (1980). 39 pp.

Optimizing a ground-based optical interferometer for sensitivity at low light levels,
D. Buscher, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 235, 1203-1226 (1988). 24 pp.

Diffraction effects in long path interferometers,
W.J. Tango and R.Q. Twiss, Appl. Opt. 13, 1814-1819 (1974). 6 pp.

Dispersion in stellar interferometry,
W.J. Tango, Appl. Opt. 29, 516-521 (1990). 6 pp.

Field of view considerations for telescope arrays,
J.M. Beckers, Proc. SPIE 628 on Advanced Technology Telescopes III, L. Barr ed., 255-260 (1986). 6 pp.

Hybrid design for a six way beam combiner,
D. Mozurkewich, Proc. SPIE 2200, 76-80 (1994). 5 pp.

Passive versus active methods in optical interferometry,
F. Roddier, in ESO Conf. on High Resolution Imaging by Interferometry, F. Merkle ed., 565-574 (1988). 10 pp.

Phase-referenced visibility averaging in optical long-baseline interferometry,
A. Quirrenbach, D. Mozurkewich, D.F. Buscher, C.A. Hummel, and J.T. Armstrong, Astron. Astrophys. 286 1019-1027 (1994). 9 pp.

Double Fourier spatio-spectral interferometry: combining high spectral and high spatial resolution in the near infrared,
J.-M. Mariotti and S. Ridgway, Astron. Astrophys. 195 350-363 (1988). 14 pp.

Application of geometric phase techniques to stellar interferometry,
W.J. Tango and J. Davis, Appl. Opt. 35, 621-623 (1996). 3 pp.

Author Index

Subject Index

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