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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
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An optical array technique for removal of atmospheric aberrations in
astronomical imaging
William T. Rhodes
PhD Thesis, Stanford University (1971).
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Limitations in interferometric measurements and image restoration at
low light levels
John F. Walkup
PhD Thesis, Stanford University (1971). Stanford University (1971).
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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
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A description of the cassegrain amplitude interferometer and disc
diameters for five late type giant stars
S. Knapp
PhD thesis, University of Maryland (1974).
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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
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Analysis of a Long Baseline Stellar Interferometer System
P.L. Kebabian
MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1968)
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Optical Stellar Interferometry for Satelitte Surveillance
P.L. Kebabian
PhD thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1974)
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Computerized Laser Interferometer for Use with Astrometric Interferometers
D. McDohough
BSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1976)
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A Long Baseline Optical Interferometer for Astrometry
Michael Shao
PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978)
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A Fast Servo-Controlled Precision Optical Delay Line
R.R. Newcomb
BSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1981)
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Atmospheric Limitations of a Two-Color Astrometric Interferometer
M. Mark Colavita
PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985)
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A Photon Camera Star Tracker For Stellar Interferometry
Lloyd D. Clark, Jr.
MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1986)
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A High-Speed, High-Resolution Optical Delay Line For Stellar Interferometry
Applications
Richard Walter Holm
MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1986)
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A Siderostat Control System
Mathew J. Kelly
MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1986)
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A Communications Protocol for the Siderostat Control and Photon Camera Subsystems
J.A. Cherian
BSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1986)
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Laser Metrology System for Stellar Interferometry
Braden E. Hines
MSc thesis (Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1988)
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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)
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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
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An Infrared Stellar Interferometer Using Heterodyne Detection
M.A. Johnson
PhD thesis, University of California, Berkeley (1974)
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Studies of Evolved Stars with a Mid-Infrared Interferometer
E. A. Lipman
PhD Thesis, University of California, Berkeley (1998)
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Infrared Interferometry and Spectroscopy of Circumstellar Envelopes
John D. Monnier
PhD thesis, University of California, Berkeley (1999)
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The Size, Structure, and Variability of Late-Type Stars Measured with
Mid-Infrared Interferometry
J. M. Weiner
PhD Thesis, University of California, Berkeley (2002)
University of Cambridge: COAST
Supervisors: Prof. J.E. Baldwin, C.D. McKay, P.
Scheuer, C.A. Haniff
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Phase Extension Methods
D.S. Sivia
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1987)
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High-resolution imaging with ground-based optical telescopes
Christopher A. Haniff
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1987)
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Getting the most out of COAST (2.3M PDF)
David F. Buscher
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1988)
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Stellar interferometry - detectors and the atmosphere
Nicholas S. Nightingale
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1991)
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Synthesis Imaging in Optical Astronomy.
Richard W. Wilson
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1992)
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Imaging stars through the atmosphere.
Peter G. Tuthill
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1994)
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High Resolution Infrared Imaging
Martin G. Beckett
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1995)
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Experiments with the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope
David Burns
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1997)
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Atmospheric Seeing in Space and Time: a study of atmospheric turbulence
in Spain and England, 1994-98
David Saint-Jacques
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1998)
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The Implications of Atmospheric Seeing for Optical Interferometry
Tania R. Scott
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1998)
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Infrared Imaging with COAST.
John S. Young
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (1999)
Design and Implementation of Spatial Filtering at COAST
James Keen
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (2003)
Lucky Exposures: Diffraction limited astronomical imaging through the atmosphere
Robert Tubbs
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (2003)
Adaptive Optics for Stellar Interferometry
Nazim Ali Bharmal.
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (2004)
A fast spectro-interferometric sensor for COAST
Alastair Basden
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (2004)
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)
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A video acquisition system for the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer
Eugene B. Seneta
MSc thesis, University of Sydney (1991)
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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)
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Diffraction effects in michelson stellar interferometry
Michael Hrynevych
PhD thesis, University of Sydney (1992)
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Taking the twinkle out of the stars
Theo A. ten Brummelaar
PhD thesis, University of Sydney (1992)
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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)
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Optical Path Length Controller
Stephen M. Owens
MSc thesis, University of Sydney (1998)
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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
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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)
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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).
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Comptage de photons bidimentionnel et applications astrophysiques
A. Blazit
Doctorat d'Etat en Sciences Physiques, Université de Nice (1987)
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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)
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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).
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Interferometrie Optique a Grande Base: resultats astrophysiques et perspectives
F. Vakili
Doctorat d'Etat en Sciences, Université de Nice (1990)
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Methodes et applications astrophysiques de l'interferometrie optique
D. Mourard
PhD en Sciences Physiques, Université de Nice (1990)
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High angular resolution imaging by optical aperture synthesis
Pierre Cruzalèbes
Thèse Université de Nice (1991).
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Traitement d'images en temps reel en interferometrie a longue base
Isabelle Percheron
Thèse Université de Nice (1992).
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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)
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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).
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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).
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Mise en operation de l'interferometre stellaire asservi I2T+ASSI
S. Robbe
PhD en Sciences Physiques, Université de Nice (1996)
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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
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An Infrared Michelson Stellar Interferometer and its Applications
James A. Benson
PhD thesis, University of Wyoming (1991)
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Angular Size Measurements of Highly Evolved Stars
Gerard T. van Belle
PhD thesis, University of Wyoming (1996)
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A stellar interferometer on the Moon
Irene Porro
PhD thesis, University of Padova (1997)
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Investigation of Herbig Ae/Be stars in the near-infrared with a long
baseline interferometer (PDF)
Rafael Millan-Gabet
PhD thesis, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1999)
- Infrared Aperture Synthesis Imaging of Close Binary Stars with the IOTA
Stefan Kraus
Masters Thesis, Universitat Heidelberg, Germany, and University of Massachusetts at Amherst (2003).
- Systems d'Imagerie Interferometriques
Ettore Pedretti
Ph.D. Thesis, Universite de Provence, Aix-Marseille I (2003).
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Interférométrie différentielle avec AMBER
Florentin Millour
Ph.D. Thesis, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), LAOG, France (2006)
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Imagerie des étoiles évoluées par interférométrie; Réarrangement de pupille
Sylvestre Lacour
Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI - (2007-01-22), Guy Perrin (Dir.)
Palomar Testbed Interferometer
Fiber Optics in Stellar Interferometry
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Multiple beam correlation using single-mode fiber optics with application
to interferometric imaging
Stuart B. Shaklan
PhD thesis, University of Arizona (1989)
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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
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Méthodes et systèmes laser pour l'analyse du trajet optique interne du très
grand télescope interférométrique européen, VLTI
Samuel Léveque
Thèse, Univ. de Strasbourg (1997)
- Novel numerical model for dynamic simulation of optical stellar
interferometers
Rainer Wilhelm
PhD Theses, Technical University of Berlin, Germany (2000)
- Interférometrie Optique avec le VLT Application à l'étude des étoiles Céphéides
Pierre Kervella
Thèse Université Paris VII - Denis Diderot (2001).
- The very low mass stars of the solar neighborhood: multiplicity and mass-luminosity relation
Damien Segransan
Thèse Université Joseph Fourier (2001).
- Calibration of MIDI, the Mid-infrared Interferometer for the VLTI
Peter Schuller
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Heidelberg (2002).
- Haute resolution angulaire et interferometrie optique en Astrophysique: Applications au Large Binocular Telescope et au Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Serge Correia
Ph.D. Thesis, Universite de Nice Sophia-Antipolis (2002)
- Spektroskopische und interferometrische Untersuchungen an T Tauri-Sternen im mittleren Infrarotbereich
Frank Przygodda
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Heidelberg (2004).
- Signal processing in single mode interferometry in the framework of the AMBER project. Application to interferometric observations of the circumstellar environment of young stars
Eric Tatulli
Thèse Université Joseph Fourier (2004).
- High Spatial Resolution Observations of Young Stellar Binaries
Thorsten Ratzka
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Heidelberg (2005)
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Evolved stars: a combined view from interferometry and spectroscopy.
Tijl Verhoelst
PhD thesis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2005)
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Imagerie par synthèse d'ouverture optique, application aux
étoiles chimiquement particulières
Jean-Baptiste LeBouquin
Ph.D. Thesis, Université Joseph Fourier (2005).
- Kompensation der atmosphaerischen
Turbulenz in einer optischen Antennengruppe
Robert Felkel
Diplomarbeit, Techn. Universität Wien (2005).
- Mid-infrared interferometry of nearby active galactic nuclei
Konrad R. W. Tristram
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Heidelberg (2007)
- Infrared Spectro-Interferometry of Massive Stars:
Disks, Winds, Outflows and Stellar Multiplicity
Stefan Kraus
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bonn (2007)
Other Listings
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Estimation and Tracking of Atmospheric Delay Noise in a Long Baseline
Optical Stellar Interferometer and Determination of the Expected Estimation
Error
Jeffrey Meisner
PhD thesis, University of Minnesota (1995)
- Contrôle des télescopes automatiques
et des grands interféromètres stellaires terrestres et spatiaux :
cas du télescope prototype OVLA
à monture sphérique et optique active.
Olivier Lardière
Thèse Université de Provence (2000).
- Les Noyaux Actifs de Galaxies par Interférométrie Optique à Très Longue Base - Projet `OHANA
Julien Woillez
Ph.D. thesis, Université de Paris XI - Paris-Sud, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France (2003).
- High-Precision Optical Interferometry and Application to Be Stars
Christopher Tycner
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto (2004).
- Michelson Wide-field Stellar Interferometry
Iciar Montilla
Ph.D. Thesis, Technische Universiteit Delft (2004).
- Reconstruction d'images astronomiques en interferometrie optique
Serge Meimon
Ph.D. thesis, Université de Paris XI - Paris-Sud, ONERA, France (2005).
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Optimal Trajectories and Orbit Design for Separated Spacecraft Interferometry
E. Kong, D. W. Miller, R. J. Sedwick
MSc Thesis, MIT, (1998)
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Selected aspects of wide-field stellar interferometry
L. A. d'Arcio,
PhD Thesis, TUDelft, (1999)
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Nulling interferometry for direct exo-planet detection
A. L. Meiremet,
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Optical aperture synthesis
C. van der Avoort,
PhD Thesis, TUDelft, (2006)
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Rotational Shear Interferometry for Astronomical Imaging
B. J. Crawford,
Sen. Thesis, Duke University, (2002)
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Imagerie Directe en Interférométrie Stellaire Optique:
Capacités d'Imagerie d'un Hypertélescope & Densifieur de Pupille Fibré
Fabien Patru
Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis - (2007-02-09), Denis Mourard (Dir.)
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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