Obtaining information through the atmosphere at the diffraction limit of a large aperture
JOSA, Vol. 65, Issue 7, pp. 755-759 (1975)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSA.65.000755
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Abstract
An analysis is made which shows that if the pupil plane of a large telescope is relayed into a special achromatic prism interferometer of 180° rotational shear and with point symmetry, the second statistical moment of the pupil irradiance fluctuations reveals information about the source two-dimensional mutual coherence function (MCF) at spatial frequencies that, under ordinary conditions, are severely attenuated by propagation through the atmosphere. To obtain a measure of the MCF at points across the telescope pupil simultaneously, it is necessary to use a two-dimensional photo-electronic array detector, with real-time processing.
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Citation
James B. Breckinridge, "Obtaining information through the atmosphere at the diffraction limit of a large aperture," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 65, 755-759 (1975)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josa/abstract.cfm?URI=josa-65-7-755
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