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Motion of the Delay Lines of an Optical Interferometer when Reconstructing an Image by Redundant Spacing Calibration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Ageorges Nancy ,
Cruzalebes Pierre  and
Schumacher Gérard
Ageorges Nancy
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Grenoble - BP 53X - 414 rue de la piscine - 38041 Grenoble cedex (France)
Cruzalebes Pierre
Affiliation:
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur - Caussols 06460 Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey (France)
Schumacher Gérard
Affiliation:
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur - Caussols 06460 Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey (France)

Abstract

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In an optical interferometer, the delay lines compensate the optical path difference between the different arms of the interferometer, so that the interference patterns, which contain the information, can be observed. Thanks to the phase closure technics, the phase information can be extracted, despite the random phase shifts introduced by the atmospheric turbulence. As we used the redundant spacing calibration to reconstruct an image, the telescopes of the interferometer have to be arranged according to a given iterative procedure. The advantage of this technics is to enable the reconstruction of an image without any a priori knowledge on the object. But this implies constraints on the configurations of the telescopes array, and therefore on the offsets and on the kinematics of the delay lines. Their motion have been studied to define the future layout of the 3 telescopes optical interferometer of the Calern's Observatory (CHARON III project) and also to define the operational procedure.

Keywords

interferometryimage reconstruction
Type
Instrumentation and Techniques
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 158: Very High Angular Resolution Imaging , 1994 , pp. 187 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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