Imaging Optical interferometry

Interferometry at optical wavelengths is very similar to radio interferometry, once the fundamental differences in detectors are accounted for. The Mount Wilson Mark III optical interferometer has been used for optical interferometry of stars and stellar systems. Success with the Mark III has lead t...

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Published in:International Astronomical Union Colloquium 1991, Vol.131, p.358-367
Main Authors: Simon, R.S., Johnston, K.J., Mozurkewich, D., Weiler, K.W., Hutter, D.J., Armstrong, J.T., Brackett, T.S.
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Language:English
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Summary:Interferometry at optical wavelengths is very similar to radio interferometry, once the fundamental differences in detectors are accounted for. The Mount Wilson Mark III optical interferometer has been used for optical interferometry of stars and stellar systems. Success with the Mark III has lead to the current program at the Naval Research Laboratory to build the Big Optical Array (BOA), which will be an imaging interferometer. Imaging simulations show that BOA will be able to produce images of complex stellar systems, with a resolution as fine as 0.2 milliarcseconds.
ISSN:0252-9211
DOI:10.1017/S0252921100013646