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Ph.D. Dissertations and Masters Theses in Stellar Interferometry

I am slowly putting this page together based on the resources I have available. If your thesis concerned long baseline stellar interferometry and is not included here, please email me the details.
 


Stanford University

Supervisor:  Prof. J.W. Goodman
  • An optical array technique for removal of atmospheric aberrations in astronomical imaging
    William T. Rhodes
    PhD Thesis, Stanford University (1971).
     
  • Limitations in interferometric measurements and image restoration at low light levels
    John F. Walkup
    PhD Thesis, Stanford University (1971). Stanford University (1971).
     
  • Space invariant and parametric nonlinear restoration of photon-limited images
    John F. Belsher
    PhD Thesis, Stanford University (1979).

University of Maryland

Supervisor: Dr D.G. Currie
  • A description of the cassegrain amplitude interferometer and disc diameters for five late type giant stars
    S. Knapp
    PhD thesis, University of Maryland (1974).
     
  • The amplitude interferometer: design, testing and astrometric results
    Kurt Liewer
    PhD thesis, University of Maryland (1974).
     

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Marks I, II, and III

Supervisor: Prof. D.H. Staelin
  • Analysis of a Long Baseline Stellar Interferometer System
    P.L. Kebabian
    MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1968)
     
  • Optical Stellar Interferometry for Satelitte Surveillance
    P.L. Kebabian
    PhD thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1974)
     
  • Computerized Laser Interferometer for Use with Astrometric Interferometers
    D. McDohough
    BSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1976)
     
  • A Long Baseline Optical Interferometer for Astrometry
    Michael Shao
    PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978)
     
  • A Fast Servo-Controlled Precision Optical Delay Line
    R.R. Newcomb
    BSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1981)
     
  • Atmospheric Limitations of a Two-Color Astrometric Interferometer
    M. Mark Colavita
    PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985)
     
  • A Photon Camera Star Tracker For Stellar Interferometry
    Lloyd D. Clark, Jr.
    MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986)
     
  • A High-Speed, High-Resolution Optical Delay Line For Stellar Interferometry Applications
    Richard Walter Holm
    MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986)
     
  • A Siderostat Control System
    Mathew J. Kelly
    MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986)
     
  • A Communications Protocol for the Siderostat Control and Photon Camera Subsystems
    J.A. Cherian
    BSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986)
     
  • Laser Metrology System for Stellar Interferometry
    Braden E. Hines
    MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1988)
     
  • A Design for an Interface Between the Photon Camera and the Exabyte EXB-8200 Tape Drive
    L. Renna
    BSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1988)
     
  • Dispersed Fringe Group Delay Astrometry Using the Mark III Stellar Interferometer
    E.J. Kim
    MSEE thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1989)
     

University of California, Berkeley: Infrared Spatial Interferometer

Supervisor: Prof. C.H. Townes

University of Cambridge: COAST

Supervisors: Prof. J.E. Baldwin, C.D. McKay, P. Scheuer,  C.A. Haniff

University of Sydney: Intensity Interferometer, SUSI

Supervisors: Prof. R. Hanbury Brown, Prof. J. Davis,  L.R. Allen, W.J. Tango,  A.J. Booth
  • A new technique for the measurement of the correlation between small signals in noise
    Michael J. Yerbury
    Ph.D. University of Sydney (1967)
     
  • Use of photomultipliers in the stellar intensity interferometer
    Daniel W. Keenan
    M.Sc. University of Sydney (1970)
     
  • Angular Diameters and Fluxes of Early Type Stars
    Robert J. Webb
    Ph.D. University of Sydney (1971)
     
  • The secondary optics of a very large stellar intensity interferometer
    Robert T. Kery
    M.Sc. University of Sydney (1972)
     
  • Interferometric measurements of stellar brightness distributions and rotational distortion
    Royden J.W. Lake
    Ph.D. University of Sydney (1975)
     
  • On the application of high resolution optical interferometry to the study of binary systems and Cepheids
    Richard J. Thompson
    Ph.D. University of Sydney (1976)
     
  • Development and application of a real-time interferometric seeing monitor
    John W. O'Byrne
    Ph.D. University of Sydney (1986)
     
  • A video acquisition system for the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer
    Eugene B. Seneta
    MSc thesis, University of Sydney (1991)
     
  • Design and implementation of a variable optical path length compensation system for the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer
    Yves A. Gilliand
    MSc thesis, University of Sydney (1992)
     
  • Diffraction effects in michelson stellar interferometry
    Michael Hrynevych
    PhD thesis, University of Sydney (1992)
     
  • Taking the twinkle out of the stars
    Theo A. ten Brummelaar
    PhD thesis, University of Sydney (1992)
     
  • Group delay tracking with the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer
    Peter R. Lawson
    PhD thesis, University of Sydney (1993)
     
  • An investigation of systematic effects in observations made with SUSI
    John Giovannis
    M.Sc. University of Sydney (1994)
     
  • Optical Path Length Controller
    Stephen M. Owens
    MSc thesis, University of Sydney (1998)

  • Interferometric Studies of Red Giants with MAPPIT
    M. Ireland,
    MSc Thesis, U of Sydney, (2002)

Observatoire de Paris: FLUOR

Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur

  • Exploitation d'Observations par Speckle Interferometry pour calculer les masses d'etoiles doubles spectroscopiques
    D. Bonneau
    These de 3 eme Cycle, Université Paris 7 (1974)
     
  • Developpement et exploitation astrophysique de l'interferometre a deux telescopes du CERGA
    L. Koechlin
    Doctorat d'Etat en Astrophysique, Université de Nice (1985)
     
  • Conception et réalisation d'un appareil de traitement d'images interférométriques en comptage de photons
    C. Thom
    Ph. D. Dissertation, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (1986).

  • Comptage de photons bidimentionnel et applications astrophysiques
    A. Blazit
    Doctorat d'Etat en Sciences Physiques, Université de Nice (1987)
     
  • Deux aspects de la Haute Resolution Angulaire en Astronomie: Interferometrie de Michelson et Occultations par la lune
    Y. Rabbia
    PhD en Sciences Physiques, Université de Nice (1989)
     
  • Recombinaison optique pour interféromètre à deux grandes ouvertures dans les longueurs d'onde du visible
    Isabelle Bosc
    Thèse de Doctorat, Université de Nice (1989)
     
  • Contributions à l'imagerie à haute résolution angulaire : analyse de surface d'onde, source laser de référence, optique adaptative
    M. Tallon
    Ph. D. Dissertation, Nice University, France (1989).

  • Interferometrie Optique a Grande Base: resultats astrophysiques et perspectives
    F. Vakili
    Doctorat d'Etat en Sciences, Université de Nice (1990)
     
  • Methodes et applications astrophysiques de l'interferometrie optique
    D. Mourard
    PhD en Sciences Physiques, Université de Nice (1990)
     
  • High angular resolution imaging by optical aperture synthesis
    Pierre Cruzalèbes
    Thèse Université de Nice (1991).
     
  • Traitement d'images en temps reel en interferometrie a longue base
    Isabelle Percheron
    Thèse Université de Nice (1992).
     
  • Physique du milieu circumstellaire des etoiles B actives: modelisation et observations a haute resolution angulaire
    Ph. Stee
    PhD en Astophysique et techniques spatiales, Université Paris 7 (1995)
     
  • Petites déformations élastiques des plaques et des coques sphériques surbaissées: fonction d'influence et application à l'optimisation de supports passifs ou actifs de miroirs minces de télescopes et aux miroirs adaptatifs
    L. Arnold
    Ph. D. Dissertation, Nice University, France (1995).

  • Etude de la perte de masse des étoiles évoluées. Apport des mesures a haute résolution angulaire
    B. Lopez
    Ph. D. Dissertation, Nice University, France (1995).

  • Mise en operation de l'interferometre stellaire asservi I2T+ASSI
    S. Robbe
    PhD en Sciences Physiques, Université de Nice (1996)
     
  • Modélisation des effets de polarisation dans un interféromètre stellaire: application aux observations astronomiques Haute Résolution Angulaire en lumière polarisée
    K. Rousselet
    Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Marseille, France (1996).

  • Analyse d'un instrument à synthèse d'ouverture optique: méthodes de cophasage et imagerie à haute résolution angulaire
    Frédéric Cassaing
    Thèse Université Paris XI (1997).
     
  • Correction partielle des effets de la turbulence atmosphérique en interférométrie optique: traitement des données et développement d'optiques adaptatives pour l'interféromètre GI2T
    Christophe Vérinaud
    Thèse Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis (2000).
     
  • Contribution à l`interferometrie optique à longue base en mode multi-tavelures: analyse formelle et quantitative des pertes de visibilité instrumentales pour l`interferometre GI2T-REGAIN, Preparation du programme d`observation des etoiles multiples
    Nathalie Thureau
    Thèse Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis (2001).
     
  • Perte de masse des étoiles chaudes - Polarisation et haut résolution angulaire
    Olivier Chesneau
    Ph.D. Thesis, Université Louis Pasteur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (2001)
     
  • L'environnement circumstellaire des étoiles évoluées sondé par les techniques interférométriques
    Stéphane Sacuto

    Ph.D. Thesis, Université de Nice-Sofia Antipolis (2007)
     

IRMA and IOTA

Palomar Testbed Interferometer

Fiber Optics in Stellar Interferometry

  • Multiple beam correlation using single-mode fiber optics with application to interferometric imaging
    Stuart B. Shaklan
    PhD thesis, University of Arizona (1989)
     
  • Interférences entre deux télescopes reliés par fibres optiques faiblement multimodales
    S. Pokrovski
    These (1995)

  • Application des fibres optiques monomodes à l'interférométrie stellaire
    H. Largorceix
    These (1995)

  • Réalisation d'un interféromêtre à deux télescopes reliés par fibres optiques de silice pour l'interférométrie stellaire dans la bande spectrale 600nm à 900nm
    J.J. Alleman
    These (1996)

  • D.A.F.I. : A single mode fibre interferometer for astronomy
    Mark P.J.L. Chang
    PhD Thesis, University of Durham (1998).

  • Multiple-Core Optical Fibers for Stellar Interferometry
    Carl E. Tuttle
    Ph.D. thesis, University of New Mexico (May, 2000)
    Sudhakar Prasad, Supervisor

Observatoire de Grenoble: IONIC

Theses Related to ESA's Darwin Mission

Very Large Telescope Interferometer

Other Listings

To be Included


I2T: Di Benedetto, Schumacher
I2T/GI2T: Labeyrie, Foy, Gay, Greenaway, Petrov, Morrel
Beavers
Georgia State: Turner
Obs Paris: Mariotti
Lacasse, Liewer, McCarthy, Pan, Roddier, Roddier, Breckinridge.
Publications and dissertations from IRCOM
Various dissertations from ONERA

Eckart
Reid
LUAN Universite de Nice - Sofia Antipolis


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