A high-level technical overview of prototype and first-generation optical arrays
Proceedings of the European Interferometry Initiative Workshop organized in the context of the 20005 Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting "Distant Worlds"?
D. F. Buscher,
Cavendish Laboratory, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
Abstract
More than a dozen optical/IR interferometers have been in operation in the period 1985-2000. The lessons that can be learned from these arrays to guide the building of future interferometers are discussed, including their design, the practical problems encountered in their construction and operation, and the strategic and fundamental technical issues relating to the overall scientific productivity of an array. The interferometers discussed in detail are mainly those which the author has had personal experience of designing, building, and/or operating.
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D. F. Buscher, «A high-level technical overview of prototype and first-generation optical arrays», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Numéro 5 - 6, Volume 74 - Année 2005, 369-377 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=149.